Ship a repo rule to fetch a hermetic Python interpreter and generate a py_runtime / toolchain for it

[brandjon]

Tracking issue for the feature request proposed here.

[brandjon]

See also bazelbuild/bazel#8265, which can be reopened in this repo.

[ddlees]

@brandjon I've been posting to GH Issues like this w/ a tiny project I put together that might fill the gap here. It should help some people at least while there isn't a native solution in bazel or in these rules. Anyway, I hope you guys have time to take a gander and provide some feedback if you think it's warranted. Cheers!

https://github.com/digital-plumbers-union/rules_pyenv

[brandjon]

Thanks for the contribution! I'll leave a decision on the approach for this issue to the new maintainers, @thundergolfer and @andyscott.

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[thundergolfer]

@f0rmiga let's organize in this issue.

👀 also say this recent issue comment: #42 (comment)

[f0rmiga]

@thundergolfer Take a look at #618.