[infra] Update protobuf to 3.20

[tomdol]

This commit updates the Protobuf library to a newer version due to the fixes this version contains.

This is a backport of #14535 to the release branch

ONE-DCO-1.0-Signed-off-by: Tomasz Dolbniak [email protected]

[SlavikMIPT]

LGTM

[seanshpark]

LGTM

[hseok-oh]

LGTM

[seanshpark]

Ah... this is for release/1.28.1.
Are we going to release this version?
As I know this patch is for internal npu compiler but I don't know why this patch should land in this branch.

[seanshpark]

As I know know the background of this change, I cannot agree landing this PR in release branch.
But also I don't disagree as I don't know what/why this is needed.
If someone has strong needs, he/she can take care, and please explain something.

[tomdol]

This change is required to release 1.28.1 and switch the NPU Compiler to this version. The protobuf update is required to eliminate the build breaks on Ubuntu 24 and enable the work on the NPU Compiler for people who use this OS (and can't downgrade).

The same changes in the master branch can and will be used for the future releases but the NPU Compiler is not ready to use a release newer than 1.28.x because of breaking changes in the API. Please check NPU_Compiler/pull/20425.

[seanshpark]

20425 is my patch that repo maintainer rejected for some reason.
thanks for explaining the situation. as I understand,

• some work on U24.04, cannot downgrade to U22.04 or U20.04
• npu has some build breaks with U24.04 (I assume the codes are from this repo)

What I can suggest;
1/ use Docker of U22.04 or U20.04 on your U24.04
2/ fix rejected problem in ONE first to make the maintainer happy