R1.17.0 (#56)

* Remove upper bound for Protobuf compatibility and update 1.17.2 in RELEASE.md

PiperOrigin-RevId: 752795581

* Upated 1.17.2 in version.py

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Co-authored-by: tf-metadata-team <tensorflow-extended-nonhuman@googlegroups.com>

Author: vkarampudi

RELEASE.md

@@ -1,3 +1,22 @@
+# Version 1.17.2
+
+## Major Features and Improvements
+
+*   N/A
+
+## Bug Fixes and Other Changes
+
+*   Relax dependency on Protobuf to include version 6.x
+*   Remove upper bound for Protobuf dependency
+
+## Breaking Changes
+
+*   N/A
+
+## Deprecations
+
+*   N/A
+
 # Version 1.17.1
 
 ## Major Features and Improvements

setup.py

@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ def run(self):
     install_requires=[
         'absl-py>=0.9,<3.0.0',
         'googleapis-common-protos>=1.56.4,<2;python_version>="3.11"',
-        'protobuf>=4.25.2,<6.0.0;python_version>="3.11"',
+        'protobuf>=4.25.2;python_version>="3.11"',
         'protobuf>=4.21.6,<4.22;python_version<"3.11"',
     ],
     python_requires='>=3.9,<4',

tensorflow_metadata/version.py

@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@
 """Contains the version string of TFMD."""
 
 # Note that setup.py uses this version.
-__version__ = '1.17.1'
+__version__ = '1.17.2'