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Name: Protocol Buffers - Google's data interchange format
Short Name: protobuf
URL: https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases/download/v3.13.0/protoc-3.13.0-linux-x86_64.zip
Version: 3.13.0
License: BSD
License File: NOT_SHIPPED
Security Critical: no

Description:
protobuf library's protoc compiler (prebuilt release). This is used by the
chrome android gn targets to compile javalite protobufs (i.e. those which use
the javalite runtime). The runtime lives in
//third_party/android_deps/libs/com_google_protobuf_protobuf_javalite.

This package exists to decouple the protoc version that compiles java protos
from the protoc that compiles c++ protos since the runtimes are already
decoupled and the runtimes should be in lockstep with the compiler.

This package is not to be confused with //third_party/android_protobuf which is
the nano runtime, //third_party/protoc_javalite which is a now deprecated code
gen plugin for older versions of protoc, or //third_party/protobuf which
contains the protoc used to compile c++ protos and contains the c++ runtime.

Local Modifications:
None.