chore: removing Kokoro - Against Pub/Sub Lite samples from required checks (#1894)

* chore: removing Kokoro - Against Pub/Sub Lite samples from required checks

The "Kokoro - Against Pub/Sub Lite samples" has been failing for a while.

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.github/sync-repo-settings.yaml

@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ branchProtectionRules:
       - units (8)
       - units (11)
       - 'Kokoro - Test: Integration'
-      - Kokoro - Against Pub/Sub Lite samples
       - cla/google
       - OwlBot Post Processor
       - 'Kokoro - Test: Java GraalVM Native Image'

README.md

@@ -52,20 +52,20 @@ If you are using Maven without the BOM, add this to your dependencies:
 If you are using Gradle 5.x or later, add this to your dependencies:
 
 ```Groovy
-implementation platform('com.google.cloud:libraries-bom:26.30.0')
+implementation platform('com.google.cloud:libraries-bom:26.31.0')
 
 implementation 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-pubsub'
 ```
 If you are using Gradle without BOM, add this to your dependencies:
 
 ```Groovy
-implementation 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-pubsub:1.126.1'
+implementation 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-pubsub:1.126.2'
 ```
 
 If you are using SBT, add this to your dependencies:
 
 ```Scala
-libraryDependencies += "com.google.cloud" % "google-cloud-pubsub" % "1.126.1"
+libraryDependencies += "com.google.cloud" % "google-cloud-pubsub" % "1.126.2"
 ```
 <!-- {x-version-update-end} -->
 
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ Java is a registered trademark of Oracle and/or its affiliates.
 [kokoro-badge-link-5]: http://storage.googleapis.com/cloud-devrel-public/java/badges/java-pubsub/java11.html
 [stability-image]: https://img.shields.io/badge/stability-stable-green
 [maven-version-image]: https://img.shields.io/maven-central/v/com.google.cloud/google-cloud-pubsub.svg
-[maven-version-link]: https://central.sonatype.com/artifact/com.google.cloud/google-cloud-pubsub/1.126.1
+[maven-version-link]: https://central.sonatype.com/artifact/com.google.cloud/google-cloud-pubsub/1.126.2
 [authentication]: https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-java#authentication
 [auth-scopes]: https://developers.google.com/identity/protocols/oauth2/scopes
 [predefined-iam-roles]: https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/understanding-roles#predefined_roles