Update .bazelversion and support matrix after releasing Bazel 8.0.0

pywrapper_template.txt change was due to #24256 (comment)

PiperOrigin-RevId: 705079774
Change-Id: I4acbce5096b87e30add5cba1632fae1eab7627c0

.bazelrc

@@ -1,9 +1,4 @@
 common --enable_platform_specific_config
-common --incompatible_use_plus_in_repo_names
-common --experimental_google_legacy_api # needed by protobuf
-
-# For @rules_java doc generation only, can be dropped after Bazel 8
-common --experimental_rule_extension_api
 
 # Shared configuration flags to build and test Bazel on RBE.
 build:remote_shared --remote_instance_name=projects/bazel-untrusted/instances/default_instance
@@ -39,8 +34,6 @@ common --check_direct_dependencies=error
 # Add mirrors for certain download URLs
 common --experimental_downloader_config=bazel_downloader.cfg
 
-common --noenable_workspace
-
 # Enable modern C++ features
 build:linux --cxxopt=-std=c++17
 build:linux --host_cxxopt=-std=c++17
@@ -63,9 +56,6 @@ build --java_language_version=21
 build --tool_java_language_version=21
 build --tool_java_runtime_version=21
 
-# Fail if a glob doesn't match anything (https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/issues/8195)
-common --incompatible_disallow_empty_glob
-
 # User-specific .bazelrc
 try-import %workspace%/user.bazelrc
 

.bazelversion

@@ -1 +1 @@
-7.4.1
+8.0.0

MODULE.bazel

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ bazel_dep(name = "rules_python", version = "0.40.0")
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_testing", version = "0.6.0")
 bazel_dep(name = "googletest", version = "1.15.2", repo_name = "com_google_googletest")
 bazel_dep(name = "with_cfg.bzl", version = "0.6.0")
-bazel_dep(name = "abseil-cpp", version = "20240722.0")
+bazel_dep(name = "abseil-cpp", version = "20240722.0.bcr.2")
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_shell", version = "0.2.0")
 
 # repo_name needs to be used, until WORKSPACE mode is to be supported in bazel_tools
@@ -78,10 +78,12 @@ local_path_override(
 # The following Bazel modules are not direct dependencies for building Bazel,
 # but are required for visibility from DIST_ARCHIVE_REPOS in repositories.bzl
 bazel_dep(name = "apple_support", version = "1.15.1")
+bazel_dep(name = "rules_apple", version = "3.16.0")
 bazel_dep(name = "bazel_features", version = "1.21.0")
 bazel_dep(name = "c-ares", version = "1.15.0")
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_go", version = "0.48.0")
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_kotlin", version = "1.9.6")
+bazel_dep(name = "re2", version = "2024-07-02.bcr.1")
 
 # =========================================
 # Java dependencies