Legacy RPC cc_generic_services removal planned?

Srivats P

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Dec 27, 2024, 2:55:15 AM12/27/24

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Hi,

Sometime ago I read somewhere that protoc will no longer generate the generic RPC services (cc_generic_services, py_generic_services options) which were deprecated a long time ago.

However I don't remember where I read that and my google-fu is failing me now. Maybe it was a LLM that hallucinated and I picked it there?

So, I thought I'd check here for the official position - please let me know.

Thanks in advance,

Srivats

Eric Salo

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Dec 27, 2024, 4:35:06 AM12/27/24

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Hi Srivats -

The cc_generic_services, py_generic_services, and java_generic_services options have all recently been removed from the proto_library() bazel rule on the Google side of the fence. I'm not sure which, if any, of these removals have already been pushed in a OSS release but my guess is that they probably all have. So if this hasn't yet happened, it should happen very soon.

- Eric

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Srivats P

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Dec 27, 2024, 5:36:38 AM12/27/24

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Thanks Eric for the info.

Is there an announcement or forum/issue discussion on the same?

Srivats

Eric Salo

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Dec 27, 2024, 1:06:19 PM12/27/24

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I have no idea, sorry.

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Srivats P

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Dec 31, 2024, 12:44:09 AM12/31/24

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No worries, Eric! I'll wait for other folks to return from the holidays to bump up this thread and check again.

Srivats

Srivats P

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Jan 15, 2025, 2:27:04 AM1/15/25

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Bumping this thread post the holidays.

Looking for some official confirmation on protoc no longer generating the generic RPC services (cc_generic_services, py_generic_services options) starting from Jan 2025.

Wishing everyone a happy new year!

Srivats

Eric Salo

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Jan 15, 2025, 2:32:44 AM1/15/25

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The code paths have all been deleted. I think that's about as official as you can get.

Srivats P

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Jan 16, 2025, 8:18:35 AM1/16/25

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The code paths have all been deleted. I think that's about as official as you can get.

True that.

Wondering if instead of deleting the code, it could have been converted to a RPC generator plugin that could still be used with protobuf ... that's possibly overkill since we already have GRPC.