EOL protobuf version is required

[bdraco]

This library requires protobuf < 4, however its reached EOL https://protobuf.dev/support/version-support/#python which prevents it from being used in newer projects which use protobuf 4+ and is blocking esphome/esphome#8105

[bdraco]

@moyogo Maybe I ask if there is a plan to move to protobuf 4?

Thank you!

[simoncozens]

I'm going to take a look at this (probably after the next release) - but wow, dependencies are weird. A library to interact with ESP devices needs to know the glyphs required in Google Fonts projects? I feel like something else has gone wrong here.

[bdraco]

I'm going to take a look at this (probably after the next release) - but wow, dependencies are weird. A library to interact with ESP devices needs to know the glyphs required in Google Fonts projects? I feel like something else has gone wrong here.

Thanks. Yeah it's always surprising what people want to with their ESP devices.