Update HEAD to support Bazel 6 -> Bazel 8. (#1294)

* Update HEAD to support Bazel 6 -> Bazel 8.

* Update README.md

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Author: jin

.bazelci/presubmit.yml

@@ -24,23 +24,9 @@ tasks:
     test_targets:
       - "--"
       - "//tests/integration/override_targets:override_targets"
-# TODO: restore once https://github.com/bazelbuild/continuous-integration/issues/1810 is fixed
-#  ubuntu2204_4_2_2:
-#    platform: ubuntu2204
-#    bazel: 4.2.2
-#    environment:
-#      REPIN: 1
-#    shell_commands:
-#      - bazel run @regression_testing_coursier//:pin
-#      - bazel run @regression_testing_maven//:pin
-#      - bazel run @maven_install_in_custom_location//:pin
-#      - tests/bazel_run_tests.sh
-#    test_targets:
-#      - "--"
-#      - "//..."
-  ubuntu2204_5_4_0:
+  ubuntu2204_6_4_0:
     platform: ubuntu2204
-    bazel: 5.4.0
+    bazel: 6.4.0
     environment:
       REPIN: 1
     shell_commands:
@@ -51,9 +37,9 @@ tasks:
     test_targets:
       - "--"
       - "//..."
-  ubuntu2204_6_4_0:
+  ubuntu2204_7_4_1:
     platform: ubuntu2204
-    bazel: 6.4.0
+    bazel: 7.4.1
     environment:
       REPIN: 1
     shell_commands:

.bazelversion

@@ -1 +1 @@
-7.4.0
+7.4.1

README.md

@@ -92,11 +92,14 @@ Find other GitHub projects using `rules_jvm_external`
 
 ## Prerequisites
 
-* Bazel 5.4.1 and above.
+* Bazel 6.4.0, up to the current LTS version.
+* Support for Bazel versions between `5.4` and `7.x` is only available on releases `6.x`.
+* Support for Bazel versions between `4.x` and `5.4` is only available on releases `5.x`.
+* Support for Bazel versions before `4.0.0` is only available on releases `4.2` or earlier.
 
-Support for Bazel versions between `4.x` and `5.4` is only available on rules_jvm_external releases `5.x`. 
-
-Support for Bazel versions before `4.0.0` is only available on rules_jvm_external releases `4.2` or earlier.
+**Compatibility guideline:** This project aims to be backwards compatible with
+the (current LTS - 2) version. If the current LTS version is 8, then we aim to
+support versions 6, 7 and 8.
 
 ## Usage
 
@@ -172,7 +175,7 @@ rules_jvm_external_deps(
 rules_jvm_external_setup()
 ```
 
-If you are using `bzlmod`, define an `install` tag in your root 
+If you are using `bzlmod`, define an `install` tag in your root
 `MODULE.bazel` which overrides the values:
 
 ```python
@@ -184,7 +187,7 @@ maven.install(
 ```
 
 Once these changes have been made, repin using `REPIN=1 bazel run
-@rules_jvm_external_deps//:pin` and commit the file to your version 
+@rules_jvm_external_deps//:pin` and commit the file to your version
 control system (note that at this point you will need to maintain your
 customized `rules_jvm_external_deps_install.json`):
 

examples/android_kotlin_app/.bazelversion

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+7.4.1

examples/android_local_test/.bazelversion

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+7.4.1

examples/bzlmod/.bazelversion

@@ -1 +1 @@
-7.3.1
+8.0.0

examples/kt_android_local_test/.bazelversion

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+7.4.1

examples/pom_file_generation/.bazelversion

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+7.4.1

examples/protobuf-java/.bazelversion

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+7.4.1

examples/scala_akka/.bazelversion

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+7.4.1