[Bug]: Request for New Minor Release.

[pawanmsr]

Skylark Update Release

Hallo:

I use this software in few libraries for learning and competition.

Building googletest using bazel_deps instead of git_repository requries version number. Skylark-ification has occured after last release in April, 2025. So, cc_functions need to be loaded using rules_cc in BUILD definition, which has already been added in commit 50b8600.

Request to generate a new minor release. 1.17.1, which allows the new additions to be reflected during build. Also, if possible, please update the rules_cc version number to 0.2.16

Thank you.

Steps to reproduce the problem

Setup -> Build -> Test.

What version of GoogleTest are you using?

1.17.0

What operating system and version are you using?

Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS
Microsoft Windows Server 2025

Other OS on shared low end virtual machines.

What compiler and version are you using?

Host default.

Local: gcc version 11.4.0.

What build system are you using?

Bazelisk version: v1.26.0
Build label: 9.0.0

Additional context

A new minor release should fix the issue.

[h-vetinari]

@derekmauro @mkruskal-google @higher-performance
I see that the release notes for 1.17 say

GoogleTest will not accept patches of new features to the v1.17.x branch.
We recommend building GoogleTest from the latest commit instead.
Exceptional critical bug fixes may be considered.

Does this¹ mean that there won't be any releases of gtest anymore at all going forward? This would be quite a blow to various distribution efforts, who need some notion of a version (of course, each ecosystem could "invent" a CalVer-style versioning to pull in updates, but this would just sow chaos due to lack of coordination). I'll note that this affects even other FOSS google projects (c.f. #5048):

@Mizux: Another option would be to release a new version of googletest asap then wait for it to land on the windows various packager available in the windows ecosystem (e.g. vcpkg, winget, chocolatey, scoop etc...)

Footnotes

1. the second sentence in particular ↩

[pkumar0508]

The key aspect to the release notes you mention is "to the v1.17.x branch".
I will be soon be making a v1.18.0 release, which will include bumps to rules_cc version, per b607d9f, so stay tuned.

[h-vetinari]

Great news, thanks!