bazel-contrib / bazel-contrib/rules_python
Override a requirement with a Bazel target
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Description
# 🚀 feature request
### Relevant Rules
`load("@rules_python//python:pip.bzl", "pip_install")`
### Description
We'd like to be able to override a `requirement` with a Bazel target. This is basically the `rules_python` equivalent of `rules_jvm_external`'s [`override_targets` directive](https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_jvm_external#overriding-generated-targets).
Consider the case where we're using grpc and protobuf from Bazel, and an external python library depends on `protobuf==3.13.0` (or whatever). I'd like to replace that dependency with `"@com_google_protobuf//:protobuf_python"` instead, so I'm not mixing pypi and Bazel versions of `protobuf`.
### Describe the solution you'd like
I like the way that `rules_jvm_external` has done it.
### Describe alternatives you've considered
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Contributor guide
Research direction
Start with the pip_install rule described in the issue and compare its dependency handling with rules_jvm_external's override_targets directive. The change is done when a Python requirement can be replaced by the specified Bazel target without mixing the corresponding PyPI and Bazel dependencies.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- build-system
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100