Protobuf language bindings have two components. The generated code (typically produced from protoc) and the runtime libraries that must be included when using the generated code. When these come from different releases of protobuf, we are in a “cross version runtime” situation. We intend to offer the following guarantees across all languages except C++. These are the default guarantees; however, owners of protobuf code generators and runtimes may explicitly override them with more specifi...
