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[ratnikov]

Resolves #398

I'm open to which version to pick, just happy I can depend on grpc-kotlin using bazel mod. :)

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[ed-irl]

@ratnikov I was just lurking on the issue that this patch is targeted towards. Is there an alternative/competing patch thats not listed on the issue? Nice work regardless, it would be good to see bzlmod support. Hopefully you're able to get the CLA and stuff and find a reviewer 😄 🤞

[ratnikov]

I'm not aware of any alternative work. I've been using my patch internally for a bit, so so far it works. :)

We've been making some progress on our end to get the EasyCLA hurdle out of the way, so I'm hopping that that will be green in a week or two. I have a feeling that may elicit some input from maintainers on its mergability.

[gonzojive]

Is anything blocking review of this? It seems the CLA has been signed.

[ratnikov]

@lowasser hey, looks like you merged last few commits. Could you help me understand what's the best process to follow to proceed with the review of this PR?

[gonzojive]

Ready to merge?

[ratnikov]

@gonzojive Yes. Waiting for maintainers to take action and unblock running of the checks (or unblock merging in a different way).

[blockjon-dd]

👋 bzlmod user here. I tried the techniques seen here in my project and things seem like they are working. Thanks for the great work.

[cgruber]

@lowasser - Any movement on this? (also, hi!)

[stack-plumber]

@ratnikov Thanks for this work. (bzlmod user here and also blaze user as I am a Googler :P) . Eagerly waiting for this PR to be merged from past few months. I can use the same tech-stack which I am currently used-to in Google for fullstack development.

[dougthor42]

Friendly /poke from another googler. 👋

[jack-bradshaw]

Is this going ahead? Bazel 9 is coming and soon workspace will not be feasible at all.

[duckladydinh]

Hey everyone - some good news. Initial bzlmod support has now been merged. Definitely, a huge thanks to @ratnikov for getting the ball rolling on this, and to everyone here for pushing it forward. While not merged, part of the info in this PR were definitely reflected in #640. Right now, you can test it with something like:

bazel_dep(name = "grpc_kotlin", version = "0.0.0")

git_override(
    module_name = "grpc_kotlin",
    commit = "de050e0bbef2c8acc1050697a0ee39afcf651858",
    remote = "https://github.com/grpc/grpc-kotlin.git",
)

As you may have guessed, the real maintainers are fully occupied with their primary work. To clarify, I am not real maintainer, but just have temporary permissions :). I would like to see this to the end, hopefully getting it released to the Bazel registry.

In the meantime (probably the next 1-2-3 weekends), while I can't approve my own PRs (so hard to make things better on my own), I can review yours =)). if you see some bugs or improvements and willing and able to make some very simple and short changes that can be quickly verified, I am happy to review and merge them to make this better. Especially @ratnikov, I'll prioritize your PRs if any. ;) Thanks.