Loosen protobuf version constraint and add protobuf v4/5/6 to the test matrix (#1080)

* Loosen protobuf version constraint

* tests: Add Tox envs for testing various protobuf versions

Author: bkeryan

README.md

@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ InstrumentStudio and automated testing in TestStand.
 
 ## Dependencies
 
-- Python >= 3.8 [(3.9 recommended)](https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-3913/)
+- [Python >= 3.9](https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-3913/)
 - [grpcio >= 1.49.1, < 2.x](https://pypi.org/project/grpcio/1.49.1/)
-- [protobuf >= 4.21, < 5.x](https://pypi.org/project/protobuf/4.21.0/)
+- [protobuf >= 4.21](https://pypi.org/project/protobuf/4.21.0/)
 - [pywin32 >= 303 (Only for Windows)](https://pypi.org/project/pywin32/303/)
 
 ---

examples/game_of_life/pyproject.toml

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ click = ">=7.1.2, !=8.1.4" # mypy fails with click 8.1.4: https://github.com/pal
 ni-python-styleguide = ">=0.4.1"
 mypy = ">=1.0"
 grpc-stubs = "^1.53"
-types-protobuf = "^4.21"
+types-protobuf = ">=4.21"
 # Uncomment to use prerelease dependencies.
 # ni-measurement-plugin-sdk-service = {path = "../../packages/service", develop = true}
 

examples/sample_measurement/pyproject.toml

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ mypy = ">=1.0"
 grpc-stubs = "^1.53"
 grpcio-tools = "1.49.1"
 mypy-protobuf = "^3.6.0"
-types-protobuf = "^4.21"
+types-protobuf = ">=4.21"
 # Uncomment to use prerelease dependencies.
 ni-measurement-plugin-sdk-service = {path = "../../packages/service", develop = true}
 

packages/generator/poetry.lock

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ python = "^3.9"
 Mako = "^1.2.1"
 click = ">=8.1.3"
 grpcio = "^1.49.1"
-protobuf = "^4.21"
+protobuf = ">=4.21"
 black = ">=24.8.0"
 click-option-group = ">=0.5.6"
 ni-measurement-plugin-sdk-service = {version = "^2.2.0"}
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ pytest-cov = ">=3.0.0"
 ni-python-styleguide = ">=0.4.1"
 mypy = ">=1.0"
 mypy-protobuf = ">=3.4"
-types-protobuf = "^4.21"
+types-protobuf = ">=4.21"
 grpc-stubs = "^1.53"
 # During development, use file paths to reference the latest source for packages
 # in the same Git repository.

packages/generator/pyproject.toml

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 [tox]
 isolated_build = true
-envlist = clean, py{39,310,311,312}
+envlist = clean, py{39,310,311,312}, py39-{pb4,pb5,pb6}
 
 [testenv]
 skip_install = true
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ passenv = RUNNER_NAME
 commands =
    poetry run python --version
    poetry install -v
+   pb4: poetry run pip install protobuf==4.25.6
+   pb5: poetry run pip install protobuf==5.29.3
+   pb6: poetry run pip install protobuf==6.30.0
    poetry run pytest -v --cov=ni_measurement_plugin_sdk_generator --cov-append --cov-report= --junitxml=test_results/nimg-{env:RUNNER_NAME}-{envname}.xml
 
 [testenv:clean]

packages/generator/tox.ini

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ python = "^3.9"
 # below. Please keep the minimum grpcio version in sync with the grpcio-tools version. Otherwise,
 # the generated gRPC stubs may not work with the minimum grpcio version.
 grpcio = "^1.49.1"
-protobuf = "^4.21"
+protobuf = ">=4.21"
 pywin32 = {version = ">=303", platform = "win32"}
 deprecation = ">=2.1"
 traceloggingdynamic = {version = ">=1.0", platform = "win32"}
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ pytest-mock = ">=3.0"
 tox = ">=4.0"
 mypy = ">=1.0"
 mypy-protobuf = ">=3.4"
-types-protobuf = "^4.21"
+types-protobuf = ">=4.21"
 types-setuptools = "*"
 types-pywin32 = ">=304"
 grpc-stubs = "^1.53"

packages/sdk/poetry.lock

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 [tox]
 isolated_build = true
-envlist = clean, py{39,310,311,312}-all-extras
+envlist = clean, py{39,310,311,312}-all-extras, py39-{pb4,pb5,pb6}
 
 [testenv]
 skip_install = true
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ passenv = RUNNER_NAME
 commands =
    poetry run python --version
    poetry install -v --all-extras
+   pb4: poetry run pip install protobuf==4.25.6
+   pb5: poetry run pip install protobuf==5.29.3
+   pb6: poetry run pip install protobuf==6.30.0
    poetry run pytest -v --cov=ni_measurement_plugin_sdk_service --cov-append --cov-report= --junitxml=test_results/nims-{env:RUNNER_NAME}-{envname}.xml
 
 [testenv:clean]