Tentative fix.

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -565,27 +565,6 @@ jobs:
     - name: run tests
       run: ./ci/do_ci.sh bazel.with_async_export.test
 
-  bazel_with_abseil:
-    name: Bazel with external abseil
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      with:
-        submodules: 'recursive'
-    - name: Mount Bazel Cache
-      uses: actions/cache@v4
-      env:
-        cache-name: bazel_cache
-      with:
-        path: /home/runner/.cache/bazel
-        key: bazel_test
-    - name: setup
-      run: |
-        sudo ./ci/setup_ci_environment.sh
-        sudo ./ci/install_bazelisk.sh
-    - name: run tests
-      run: ./ci/do_ci.sh bazel.with_abseil
-
   bazel_valgrind:
     name: Bazel valgrind
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest

api/BUILD

@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ cc_library(
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/types:variant",
-        ],
+    ],
 )
 
 [config_setting(

api/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -41,8 +41,14 @@ if(WITH_ABSEIL)
   target_link_libraries(
     opentelemetry_api INTERFACE absl::bad_variant_access absl::any absl::base
                                 absl::bits absl::city)
-  list(APPEND TARGET_DEPS "absl_bad_variant_access" "absl_any" "absl_base"
-       "absl_bits" "absl_city")
+  list(
+    APPEND
+    TARGET_DEPS
+    "absl_bad_variant_access"
+    "absl_any"
+    "absl_base"
+    "absl_bits"
+    "absl_city")
 endif()
 
 if(WITH_STL STREQUAL "OFF")

ci/do_ci.sh

@@ -403,10 +403,6 @@ elif [[ "$1" == "cmake.install.test" ]]; then
   make -j $(nproc)
   sudo make install
   exit 0
-elif [[ "$1" == "bazel.with_abseil" ]]; then
-  bazel $BAZEL_STARTUP_OPTIONS build $BAZEL_OPTIONS_ASYNC --//api:with_abseil=true //...
-  bazel $BAZEL_STARTUP_OPTIONS test $BAZEL_TEST_OPTIONS_ASYNC --//api:with_abseil=true //...
-  exit 0
 elif [[ "$1" == "cmake.test_example_plugin" ]]; then
   # Build the plugin
   cd "${BUILD_DIR}"

docs/dependencies.md

@@ -35,10 +35,8 @@ Both these dependencies are listed here:
       `OPENTELEMETRY_OPTION_USE_STD_SPAN=0` to indicate nostd:span will always
       not be a alias for std::span.
   - Uses Abseil C++ Library for `absl::variant` as default `nostd::variant` if
-    `WITH_ABSEIL` cmake option or
-    `--@io_opentelemetry_cpp//api:with_abseil=true` (aka
-    `--//api:with_abseil=true`) bazel option is enabled. License: `Apache
-    License 2.0`
+    using cmake option `WITH_ABSEIL`, or if using bazel.
+    License: `Apache License 2.0`
 
 - [OTLP/HTTP+JSON](/exporters/otlp)
   exporter:

examples/otlp/README.md

@@ -74,8 +74,7 @@ gRPC internally uses a different version of Abseil than OpenTelemetry C++ SDK.
 One option to optimize your code is to build the SDK with system-provided
 Abseil library. If you are using CMake, then `-DWITH_ABSEIL=ON` may be passed
 during the build of SDK to reuse the same Abseil library as gRPC. If you are
-using Bazel, then `--@io_opentelemetry_cpp/api:with_abseil=true` may be passed
-to reuse your Abseil library in your project.
+using Bazel, the build already depends on an Abseil library in your project.
 
 If you do not want to pursue the above option, and in case if you run into
 conflict between Abseil library and OpenTelemetry C++ `absl::variant`