Enhancement Description

• One-line enhancement description (can be used as a release note): Remove gogo protobuf dependency for Kubernetes API types
• Kubernetes Enhancement Proposal: https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/tree/master/keps/sig-api-machinery/5589-gogo-dependency
• Discussion Link: 🐘 Need a replacement for deprecated/unmaintained gogo-protobuf dependency kubernetes#96564
• PRs by stage and milestone:

  • v1.35 - phase one - runtime dependency removal

    • KEP (k/enhancements) update PR(s): KEP-5589: Initial draft for gogo protobuf removal #5590
    • Code (k/k) update PR(s):
      • gogo protobuf interface cleanup kubernetes#134228
      • KEP-5589 - drop gogo runtime dependencies kubernetes#134256
    • Docs (k/website) update PR(s)
      • gogo proto dependencies are not part of user-facing documentation

  • v1.36 - ProtoMessage method removal

    • KEP (k/enhancements) update PR(s): KEP-5589: Update gogo removal to 1.36 #5885
    • Code (k/k) update PR(s):
      • KEP-5589: Drop temporary build-tagged ProtoMessage methods kubernetes#137084
    • Docs (k/website) update PR(s)
      • gogo proto dependencies are not part of user-facing documentation

  • v1.37 - phase two - generation-time dependency removal

    • KEP (k/enhancements) update PR(s): KEP-5589: Update gogo removal to 1.36 #5885
    • Code (k/k) update PR(s):
      • WIP: KEP-5589: gogo fork kubernetes#134530
    • Docs (k/website) update PR(s)
      • gogo proto dependencies are not part of user-facing documentation

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/sig api-machinery