Update Request: Bazel 6.5.0 → v8.1.1

[IanMcShane]

Nixpkgs version

• Unstable (25.05)

Package name

bazel

Upstream version

8.1.1

Nixpkgs version

6.5.0

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@orivej-nixos

Hi - first time requesting an update, sorry if I pinged the wrong people.

Please could we get Bazel 8 as a package.

Thank you!

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[dabrowski-adam]

There is some work done in #362414