Hi all, I wanted to share an update on some of the work we are doing over at the bazel branch. Our goal there is to move the build system from gyp to bazel, and make a few improvements and dependency updates along the way (which became a lot easier on the bazel branch!). When we're done we are well positioned to modernize the code-base some more (next to the updated string handling), as well as lean up by shedding more dependencies.
High level, the current status is that the bazel branch compiles with clang-8 and roughly carves a path to where we want to be, but lots of details yet need to be resolved. Consensus during discussion on Slack is that landing some large but mechanical changes on master in preparation would be useful to ease the transit, as that would help make reviewing/landing the payload manageable. the following doc summarizes status quo: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_sTwZ2AN8aBpP-tfSbdSLzovchXDCFYTQkD92vb71jQ/edit?usp=sharing Otto
