QtProtobuf 0.6 Release

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QtProtobuf – is an open-source library distributed under the MIT license. With QtProtobuf you easily may use Google Protocol Buffers and gRPC in your Qt project.

Key changes:

• The generator and the QtProtobuf library split into two modules.
• Change installation paths of .pri files and QML modules.
• Initial cross-compiling support.
•  Fixed support of nested types with cycling dependencies.
• Fixed a read buffer issue in gRPC subscriptions.
• Added a gRPC call with the return value as a parameter.
• Added gRPC channel based on a native C++ gRPC channel implementation.
• Added extra gPRC subscription methods to process errors and channel timeouts.
• Added generating of an extra namespace for the protobuf messages.
• Added the explicit protobuf message field reflection to improve JSON serializing.
• Changed the naming of QML properties. QML aliases of protobuf properties have the original protobuf field name.
• Added the field enum generating. The enum contains a list of the protobuf message fields.

Minor changes:

• Added support of standalone tests.
• Changed the lookup mechanism of 3rdparty dependencies.
• microjson is linked statically and not a dependency anymore.
• Added Windows binary packages.

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