need a way to affect the default timeout of repository_ctx.execute()

[dws]

Description of the feature request:

It would be helpful if there were a way to affect the default timeout of repository_ctx.execute() without needing to patch Bazel itself. While repository_ctx.execute() does accept a timeout parameter, the git_repository() and http_archive() rules provided with Bazel currently provide no way to specify an alternate timeout. Even if they did, it could be quite cumbersome to provide a new parameter to all the calls to these rules in a given repo. So, it would be helpful to have a way to adjust the default value, perhaps via a command line argument to Bazel.

If this is acceptable, then I'll be happy to provide a patch.

Which category does this issue belong to?

Core

What underlying problem are you trying to solve with this feature?

In order to cope with slow infrastructure, we need to be able to boost the timeout of all uses of repository_ctx.execute().

Which operating system are you running Bazel on?

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

What is the output of bazel info release?

release 7.2.1

If bazel info release returns development version or (@non-git), tell us how you built Bazel.

No response

What's the output of git remote get-url origin; git rev-parse HEAD ?

No response

Have you found anything relevant by searching the web?

No

Any other information, logs, or outputs that you want to share?

No response

[Wyverald]

You can use --experimental_scale_timeouts for this exact use case, I believe.