[HN Gopher] Protobuf Editions are here: don't panic
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       Protobuf Editions are here: don't panic
        
       Author : perezd
       Score  : 9 points
       Date   : 2024-05-09 20:58 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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       | perezd wrote:
       | Google is days away from making Protobuf Editions GA. Never heard
       | of it? Read on.
        
         | orf wrote:
         | What's the meaning behind this comment?
        
           | perezd wrote:
           | Many folks don't know about what Protobuf Editions are, and
           | it's about to be generally available. I was encouraging
           | people to read the article :)
        
       | tb303 wrote:
       | > It's unclear what an edition's official support lifetime will
       | be today, although Google has suggested it might be "like 10
       | years."
       | 
       | ambiguous timeline? sounds right for google.
        
       | candiddevmike wrote:
       | I still don't understand why protobuf has to be in so many Go
       | libraries. It's impossible to avoid unless you roll your own
       | metrics, logging, maybe even mux...
        
         | TillE wrote:
         | It's simple, lightweight, safe serialization. If you need to
         | convert data structures to bytes, you're going to use protobuf
         | or something comparable.
        
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