Bump grpc from 1.76.0 to 1.78.0

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Bumps grpc from 1.76.0 to 1.78.0.

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Release v1.78.0

This is release 1.78.0 (gutsy) of gRPC Core.

For gRPC documentation, see grpc.io. For previous releases, see Releases.

This release contains refinements, improvements, and bug fixes, with highlights listed below.

C++

• adding address_sorting dep in naming test build. (#41045)

Objective-C

• [Backport][v1.78.x][Fix][Compiler] Plugins fall back to the edition 2023 for older protobuf. (#41358)

Python

• [python] aio: fix race condition causing asyncio.run() to hang forever during the shutdown process. (#40989)
• [Python] Migrate to pyproject.toml build system from setup.py builds. (#40833)
• [Python] Log error details when ExecuteBatchError occurs (at DEBUG level). (#40921)
• [Python] Update setuptools min version to 77.0.1 . (#40931)

Ruby

• [ruby] Fix version comparison for the ruby_abi_version symbol for ruby 4 compatibility. (#41061)

Release v1.78.0-pre2

This is a prerelease of gRPC Core 1.78.0 (gutsy).

For gRPC documentation, see grpc.io. For previous releases, see Releases.

This prerelease contains refinements, improvements, and bug fixes.

Release v1.78.0-pre1

This is a prerelease of gRPC Core 1.78.0 (gutsy).

For gRPC documentation, see grpc.io. For previous releases, see Releases.

This prerelease contains refinements, improvements, and bug fixes.

Commits

• 5e6ba94 [build] add missing includes (backport to 1.78.x) (#41518)
• ea4d627 [Release] Bump version to 1.78.0 (on v1.78.x branch) (#41489)
• 9840ecd [Release] Bump version to 1.78.0-pre2 (on v1.78.x branch) (#41397)
• ea1d162 [Backport][v1.78.x][Fix][Compiler] Plugins fall back to the edition 2023 for ...
• 818a08f [Backport][v1.78.x][PHP] Fix runtime error with PHp8.5 alpha because zend_exc...
• a382034 [Release] Bump version to 1.78.0-pre1 (on v1.78.x branch) (#41290)
• 8d22d62 [Release] Bump core version to 52.0.0 for upcoming release (#41288)
• ad19eab [PH2][Settings][Security]
• 24f4539 [PH2][Trivial] Tidy up client code - Part 1
• 0a6901d [python xDS protos] move to a shallower directory (#41261)
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