Protobuf/grpc integration with Pants 2.12.0 question 🧵

Which language (python/scala/java)?

Sorry, forgot to mention

python

Passing the version from a resolve through to the tool config is non-trivial to do given how the code is currently written. (The config for the

protoc

binary is also used for other languages in Pants.) And the notion of “resolve” and tool config are separate in the code. A more tractable solution would be for Pants to contain the digests for most recent versions of

protoc

for the default value of

--protoc-known-versions

which would avoid the user having to fill it in. That was the solution used for

terraform

known versions in a recent PR.

Thanks. That makes sense