I dug up this old issue saying they don't want to import old tags / releases:
https://github.com/google/protobuf/issues/11 Let's see what they say now, with Google Code shuttered. On Sun, Mar 22, 2015 at 10:58 PM, Tsuyoshi Ozawa <oz...@apache.org> wrote: > Thanks for sharing the information, Chris. Opened HADOOP-11738 for > tracking the issue. I also opened issue on protobuf repository. > > https://github.com/google/protobuf/issues/251 > > Thanks, > - Tsuyoshi > > On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 11:00 AM, Brahma Reddy Battula > <brahmareddy.batt...@huawei.com> wrote: > > Should we raise one jira( in hadoop ) to track this one ( like REEF > Project)..? > > > > > > Thanks & Regards > > Brahma Reddy Battula > > _______________________________________ > > From: Chris Douglas [cdoug...@apache.org] > > Sent: Monday, March 23, 2015 5:01 AM > > To: common-dev@hadoop.apache.org > > Subject: Fwd: [jira] [Created] (REEF-216) Protocol Buffers 2.5 no longer > available for download > > > > The Hadoop build instructions[1] also no longer apply. -C > > > > [1] > https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=hadoop.git;a=blob;f=BUILDING.txt > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: Markus Weimer (JIRA) <j...@apache.org> > > Date: Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 5:33 PM > > Subject: [jira] [Created] (REEF-216) Protocol Buffers 2.5 no longer > > available for download > > To: d...@reef.incubator.apache.org > > > > > > Markus Weimer created REEF-216: > > ---------------------------------- > > > > Summary: Protocol Buffers 2.5 no longer available for > download > > Key: REEF-216 > > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/REEF-216 > > Project: REEF > > Issue Type: Bug > > Components: REEF > > Affects Versions: 0.10, 0.11 > > Reporter: Markus Weimer > > > > > > Google recently switched off Google Code. They transferred the > > Protocol Buffers project to > > [GitHub|https://github.com/google/protobuf], and binaries are > > available from [Google's developer > > page|https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/docs/downloads]. > > However, only the most recent version is available. We use version 2.5 > > to be compatible with Hadoop. That version isn't available for > > download. Hence, our [compile > > instructions| > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/REEF/Compiling+REEF] > > no longer apply. > > > > > > > > -- > > This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA > > (v6.3.4#6332) >
