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doc: improve instructions for WORKSPACE files #1254
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We never explained that users need to load a Starlark function to use
http_archive(). Also fix the documentation to use the current release,this will get "stale", but would be still functional and we warn users
to update the version and SHA256 in the comments.
Since I was fixing this I also updated the INSTALL.md file (and its
generator) with the changes from #1252, thanks to @antfitch for proposing
these improvements.
This change is