fix: tech debt removed from reconciler

release-controller/README.md

@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ Make sure also that few minutes have passed and that public dashboard still does
 Please see the parent folder's `README.md` for virtual environment setup.
 Follow the whole *Contributing* section to the letter.
 
-### Running the reconciler in dry-run mode:
+### Running the reconciler in dry-run mode
 
 ```sh
 bazel run //release-controller:release-controller -- --dry-run --verbose
@@ -201,6 +201,22 @@ canister.  It is useful (in conjunction with an empty reconciler state folder)
 to make the reconciler do all the work of submitting proposals again.  It should
 not be used without `--dry-run`, to avoid submitting proposals twice.
 
+### Running the reconciler in the container it ships
+
+You can load the reconciler into your local podman or docker system:
+
+```sh
+bazel run //release-controller:oci_image_load
+```
+
+This will spit out a SHA256 sum, which is the name of the container image just
+built and imported into your containerization system.  Run it as follows:
+
+```sh
+SHASUM=...
+podman run -it --entrypoint=/release-controller/release-controller $SHASUM
+```
+
 ### Tests
 
 #### Unit tests

release-controller/reconciler.py

@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 import urllib.parse
 
 sys.path.append(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__)))
-import __fix_import_paths  # isort:skip  # noqa: F401 # pylint: disable=W0611
 import dre_cli
 import dryrun
 import release_index

tools/python/py_oci_image.bzl

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 load("@aspect_bazel_lib//lib:tar.bzl", "mtree_spec", "tar")
-load("@rules_oci//oci:defs.bzl", "oci_image", "oci_push")
+load("@rules_oci//oci:defs.bzl", "oci_image", "oci_push", "oci_load")
 
 # match *only* external repositories that have the string "python"
 # e.g. this will match
@@ -76,6 +76,13 @@ def py_oci_image(name, binary, tars = [], **kwargs):
         **kwargs
     )
 
+    oci_load(
+        name = "{}_load_locally".format(name),
+        image = name,
+        repo_tags = [],
+        tags = ["manual"],
+    )
+
     binary_label = native.package_relative_label(binary)
     oci_push(
         name = "{}_push".format(name),