bazel-contrib / bazel-contrib/rules_go
User tar.gz instead of zip
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Description
### What version of rules_go are you using?
v0.34.0
### What version of gazelle are you using?
N/A
### What version of Bazel are you using?
5.2.0
### Does this issue reproduce with the latest releases of all the above?
Yes.
### What operating system and processor architecture are you using?
N/A
### Any other potentially useful information about your toolchain?
N/A
### What did you do?
The release notes for rules_go suggest using .zip.
### What did you expect to see?
The release notes for rules_go should suggest .tar.gz.
### What did you see instead?
Every other ruleset uses tar.gz. The archive is smaller (900kb vs 1.2MB) and it would be nice to standardise.
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by locating the rules_go release notes and review the section that recommends using a .zip archive. Update that recommendation to .tar.gz, then verify the release notes consistently describe the archive format and size comparison accurately.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- go
- Domain
- documentation
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 1/5
- Estimated time
- Under an hour
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 50/100