From 98822cfc6b9ff829b066166b604984184f772b5d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gilles Boccon-Gibod <boccongibod@google.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2024 21:20:18 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] quick fix: revert to protobuf 3.12.4

The upgrade to 4.x wasn't really needed, and breaks some users.
---
 setup.cfg | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 5920a6d3..129ae51f 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ install_requires =
     platformdirs >= 3.10.0; platform_system!='Emscripten'
     prompt_toolkit >= 3.0.16; platform_system!='Emscripten'
     prettytable >= 3.6.0; platform_system!='Emscripten'
-    protobuf >= 4.24.2; platform_system!='Emscripten'
+    protobuf >= 3.12.4; platform_system!='Emscripten'
     pyee >= 8.2.2
     pyserial-asyncio >= 0.5; platform_system!='Emscripten'
     pyserial >= 3.5; platform_system!='Emscripten'