Depend on the providers via the bcr module

.github/workflows/publish_to_bcr.yml

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
     uses: "bazel-contrib/publish-to-bcr/.github/workflows/publish.yaml@v1.1.0"
     with:
       tag_name: "${{ inputs.version }}"
-      tag_prefix: ""
+      tag_prefix: "rules_pkg_providers-"
       registry_fork: "bazel-contrib/bazel-central-registry"
       draft: false
     secrets:

MODULE.bazel

@@ -1,10 +1,16 @@
 module(
     name = "rules_pkg",
     version = "",  # set by release pipeline from version.bzl.
-    compatibility_level = 1,
     repo_name = "rules_pkg",
 )
 
+local_repository = use_repo_rule("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:local.bzl", "local_repository")
+
+local_repository(
+    name = "rules_pkg_providers",
+    path = "providers",
+)
+
 # Do not update to newer versions until you need a specific new feature.
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_license", version = "1.0.0")
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_python", version = "1.7.0")
@@ -36,8 +42,6 @@ register_toolchains(
     dev_dependency = True,
 )
 
-local_repository = use_repo_rule("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:local.bzl", "local_repository")
-
 local_repository(
     name = "mappings_test_external_repo",
     path = "tests/mappings/external_repo",

distro/BUILD

@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ py_test(
         ":distro",
         ":small_module",
         "//:standard_package",
+        "@rules_pkg_providers//:providers.bzl",
     ],
     env_inherit = ["PATH"],
     imports = [".."],

distro/packaging_test.py

@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ def _module_bazel_lines(self, local_path, sha256):
       'module(name = "test_rules_pkg_packaging")',
       f'bazel_dep(name = "{self.source_repo}", version = "{self.version}", repo_name = "{self.dest_repo}")',
       f'archive_override(module_name = "{self.source_repo}", sha256 = "{sha256}", url = "file://{local_path}")',
+      f'bazel_dep(name = "rules_pkg_providers", version = "1.0.0")',
     )
 
   def _workspace_lines(self, local_path, sha256):

pkg/providers.bzl

@@ -14,78 +14,19 @@
 
 """Packaging related providers."""
 
-PackageArtifactInfo = provider(
-    doc = """Metadata about a package artifact.""",
-    fields = {
-        "file": "File object for said artifact",
-        "file_name": "DEPRECATED (use fields of file instead): The file name of the artifact.",
-        "label": "Label which produced it",
-    },
+load(
+    "@rules_pkg_providers//:providers.bzl",
+    _PackageArtifactInfo = "PackageArtifactInfo",
+    _PackageDirsInfo = "PackageDirsInfo",
+    _PackageFilegroupInfo = "PackageFilegroupInfo",
+    _PackageFilesInfo = "PackageFilesInfo",
+    _PackageSymlinkInfo = "PackageSymlinkInfo",
+    _PackageVariablesInfo = "PackageVariablesInfo",
 )
 
-PackageVariablesInfo = provider(
-    doc = """Variables which may be substituted into package names and content.""",
-    fields = {
-        "values": "Dict of name/value pairs",
-    },
-)
-
-PackageFilesInfo = provider(
-    doc = """Provider representing the installation of one or more files to destination with attributes""",
-    fields = {
-        "attributes": """Attribute information, represented as a `dict`.
-
-Keys are strings representing attribute identifiers, values are
-arbitrary data structures that represent the associated data.  These are
-most often strings, but are not explicitly defined.
-
-For known attributes and data type expectations, see the Common
-Attributes documentation in the `rules_pkg` reference.
-        """,
-
-        # This is a mapping of destinations to sources to allow for the same
-        # target to be installed to multiple locations within a package within a
-        # single provider.
-        "dest_src_map": """Map of file destinations to sources.
-
-        Sources are represented by bazel `File` structures.""",
-    },
-)
-
-PackageDirsInfo = provider(
-    doc = """Provider representing the creation of one or more directories in a package""",
-    fields = {
-        "attributes": """See `attributes` in PackageFilesInfo.""",
-        "dirs": """string list: installed directory names""",
-    },
-)
-
-PackageSymlinkInfo = provider(
-    doc = """Provider representing the creation of a single symbolic link in a package""",
-    fields = {
-        "attributes": """See `attributes` in PackageFilesInfo.""",
-        "destination": """string: Filesystem link 'name'""",
-        "target": """string or Label: Filesystem link 'target'.
-
-        TODO(nacl): Label sources not yet supported.
-        """,
-    },
-)
-
-# Grouping provider: the only one that needs to be consumed by packaging (or
-# other) rules that materialize paths.
-PackageFilegroupInfo = provider(
-    doc = """Provider representing a collection of related packaging providers,
-
-    In the "fields" documentation, "origin" refers to the label identifying the
-    where the provider was originally defined.  This can be used by packaging
-    rules to provide better diagnostics related to where packaging rules were
-    created.
-
-    """,
-    fields = {
-        "pkg_files": "list of tuples of (PackageFilesInfo, origin)",
-        "pkg_dirs": "list of tuples of (PackageDirsInfo, origin)",
-        "pkg_symlinks": "list of tuples of (PackageSymlinkInfo, origin)",
-    },
-)
+PackageArtifactInfo = _PackageArtifactInfo
+PackageDirsInfo = _PackageDirsInfo
+PackageFilegroupInfo = _PackageFilegroupInfo
+PackageFilesInfo = _PackageFilesInfo
+PackageSymlinkInfo = _PackageSymlinkInfo
+PackageVariablesInfo = _PackageVariablesInfo

providers/MODULE.bazel

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 module(
     name = "rules_pkg_providers",
     version = "",  # set by release pipeline from version.bzl.
-    compatibility_level = 1,
     repo_name = "rules_pkg_providers",
 )