Remove protobuf version limit (#712)

* remove protobuf version limit

.github/workflows/python-app.yml

@@ -65,3 +65,21 @@ jobs:
         python examples/demo_purge.py
         python examples/demo_matplotlib.py
 
+  test-protobuf-versions:
+    needs: build
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        protobuf-version: ["3.20", "4.21", "4.22", "4.23"]
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - name: Set up Python 3.11
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+      with:
+        python-version: 3.11
+    - name: Run examples
+      run: |
+        pip install numpy protobuf==${{ matrix.protobuf-version }}
+        python -c "import tensorboardX"
+
+ 

setup.py

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ def run(self):
 requirements = [
     'numpy',
     'packaging',
-    'protobuf>=4.22.3',
+    'protobuf',
 ]
 
 

tensorboardX/beholder/beholder.py

@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@
 
 # from tensorboard.plugins.beholder import im_util
 # from . import im_util
-from .file_system_tools import read_pickle,\
+from .file_system_tools import read_pickle, \
     write_pickle, write_file
-from .shared_config import PLUGIN_NAME, TAG_NAME,\
+from .shared_config import PLUGIN_NAME, TAG_NAME, \
     SUMMARY_FILENAME, DEFAULT_CONFIG, CONFIG_FILENAME, SUMMARY_COLLECTION_KEY_NAME, SECTION_INFO_FILENAME
 from . import video_writing
 # from .visualizer import Visualizer