This version includes breaking change(s) to C++, Objective-C, PHP, Python:
[Bazel] Remove deprecated ProtoInfo.transitive_imports. Use equivalent transitive_sources instead
[C++] Make generator headers private
[C++] Remove deprecated UseDeprecatedLegacyJsonFieldConflicts()
[C++] Add [[nodiscard]] to many APIs
[C++] Remove deprecated FieldDescriptor::label() in OSS. Use is_repeated() or is_required() instead
[C++] Remove deprecated FieldDescriptor::has_optional_keyword() in OSS. Use is_repeated() or has_presence() instead
[C++] Remove deprecated FieldDescriptor::is_optional() in OSS. Use (!is_required() && !is_repeated()) instead
[C++] Remove AddUnusedImportTrackFile() and ClearUnusedImportTrackFiles(). Remove PROTOBUF_FUTURE_RENAME_ADD_UNUSED_IMPORT
[C++] Removes proto2::util::MessageDifferencer::AddIgnoreCriteria that takes a raw pointer as an argument in favor of the overload that takes a unique_ptr. Remove macro PROTOBUF_FUTURE_REMOVE_ADD_IGNORE_CRITERIA
[C++] Add a debug check that the target of CopyFrom is not a descendant of the source
[C++] Make the arena-enabled constructors of RepeatedField, RepeatedPtrField, and Map private
[ObjC] Remove generate_minimal_imports generation option warning
[ObjC] Fix nullability annotations on some GPB*Dictionary types
[ObjC] Remove -[GPBFieldDescriptor optional]
[Other] Remove deprecated flag for enabling MSVC support
[Python] Remove deprecated UseDeprecatedLegacyJsonFieldConflicts()
[Python] Remove deprecated FieldDescriptor::label() in OSS. Use is_repeated() or is_required() instead
[Python] Raise errors in OSS when assign bool to int/enum field in Python Proto
[Python] Remove float_format/double_format from python proto text_format
[Python] Remove deprecated FieldDescriptor.label
[Python] Remove float_precision from python proto json_format
[Python] Raise TypeError when convert non-timedelta to Duration, or convert non-datetime to Timestamp in python proto. (Original code may raise AttributeError)
[PHP] Remove deprecated PHP APIs FieldDescriptor getLabel, use IsRepeated or isRequired instead
[PHP] Remove deprecated PHP APIs FieldDescriptor getLabel, use IsRepeated or isRequired instead
[PHP] Remove deprecated PHP APIs
[PHP C-Extension] Remove deprecated PHP APIs FieldDescriptor getLabel, use IsRepeated or isRequired instead
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