[tooling] bump bazel 8.7.0 and rules python 1.8.5

.bazelversion

@@ -1 +1 @@
-8.5.1
+8.7.0

MODULE.bazel

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ bazel_dep(name = "buildifier_prebuilt", version = "8.2.0.2", dev_dependency = Tr
 
 ## Rules Score
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_cc", version = "0.2.14")
-bazel_dep(name = "rules_python", version = "1.4.1")
+bazel_dep(name = "rules_python", version = "1.8.5")
 bazel_dep(name = "platforms", version = "1.0.0")
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_shell", version = "0.5.0")
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_rust", version = "0.68.1-score")

python_basics/integration_tests/simple-tests/test_venv_ok.py

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 # *******************************************************************************
 import os
 import subprocess
+import sys
 from pathlib import Path
 
 
@@ -27,6 +28,14 @@ def test_venv_ok():
 
         python_venv_folder = [x for x in packages if "python_3_12_" in x][0]
 
+        # Since rules_python 1.7.0, PYTHONPATH is no longer populated for
+        # --bootstrap_impl=system_python, so the raw toolchain interpreter
+        # invoked below no longer inherits the import paths this process
+        # was started with. Rebuild PYTHONPATH from our own sys.path (which
+        # is known-good, since `import pytest` above already succeeded) and
+        # pass it explicitly so the subprocess can find pytest too.
+        env = os.environ | {"PYTHONPATH": os.pathsep.join(filter(None, sys.path))}
+
         # Trying to actually use pytest module and collect current test & file.
         # Scope collection to "_main" (this workspace's own sources, canonical
         # repo name for the root module under bazel) instead of the whole
@@ -44,6 +53,7 @@ def test_venv_ok():
             cwd=runfiles,
             check=True,
             capture_output=True,
+            env=env,
         )
         assert "test_venv_ok.py" in str(proc.stdout), (
             "test_venv_ok.py, file not found in pytest collect"