Rename config_setting
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Description
### Description of the feature request:
Sorry for the bike shedding, but the naming of *build settings*, *config settings*, and *constraint settings* makes them unnecessarily difficult to grok.
I suggest renaming `config_setting` to `condition`.
These are not actually "settings" but in fact "conditions". Compare with `//conditions:default`.
### What underlying problem are you trying to solve with this feature?
The general confusion around the three flavors of Bazel "settings."
### Have you found anything relevant by searching the web?
https://groups.google.com/g/bazel-discuss/c/2CNZiC-CvG4/m/EvFshjSUBAAJ
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Research direction
Start by reviewing the `config_setting` concept and the `//conditions:default` reference in the issue, then read the linked bazel-discuss thread for the naming rationale. Determine the scope of the proposed rename across Bazel before deciding what a complete, consistent change would include.
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Assessment
- Domain
- build-system
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100