Release 0.4.5rc1 (2017-02-22)

Baseline: 2e689c29d5fc8a747216563235e905b1b62d63b0

Incompatible changes:

Depsets (former sets) are converted to strings as "depset(...)" instead of "set(...)".
Using --symlink_prefix is now applied to the output symlink (e.g. bazel-out) and the exec root symlink (e.g. bazel-workspace).
Bazel now uses the test's PATH for commands specified as --run_under; this can affect users who explicitly set PATH to a more restrictive value than the default, which is to forward the local PATH
It's not allowed anymore to compare objects of different types (i.e. a string to an integer) and objects for which comparison rules are not defined (i.e. a dict to another dict) using order operators.

New features:

environ parameter to the repository_rule function let defines a list of environment variables for which a change of value will trigger a repository refetching.

Important changes:

android_ndk_repository now supports Android NDK R13.
Android resource shrinking is now available for android_binary rules. To enable, set the attribute 'shrink_resources = 1'. See https://bazel.build/versions/master/docs/be/android.html#android_b inary.shrink_resources.
resolve_command/action's input_manifest return/parameter is now list
For increased compatibility with environments where UTS namespaces are not available, the Linux sandbox no longer hides the hostname of the local machine by default. Use --sandbox_fake_hostname to re-enable this feature.
proto_library: alias libraries produce empty files for descriptor sets.
Adds pkg_rpm rule for generating RPM packages.
Allow CROSSTOOL files to have linker flags specific to static shared libraries.
Make it mandatory for Java test suites in bazel codebase, to contain at least one test.
Support for Java 8 lambdas, method references, type annotations and repeated annotations in Android builds with --experimental_desugar_for_android.
Removed .xcodeproj automatic output from objc rules. It can still be generated by requesting it explicitly on the command line.
Flips --explicit_jre_deps flag on by default.
Activate the "dbg", "fastbuild", and "opt" features in the objc CROSSTOOL.
Remove support for configuring JDKs with filegroups; use java_runtime and java_runtime_suite instead
android_ndk_repository api_level attribute is now optional. If not specified, the highest api level in the ndk/platforms directory is used.

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