Pure-Python otlp-proto-grpc (drop protobuf + grpcio) [4/4 RFC] - #5506

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Commits on Aug 3, 2026

Replace opentelemetry-proto with a pure-Python protobuf implementation
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Replace otlp-proto-common encoding with the pure-Python protobuf backend
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Replace otlp-proto-http transport with pure-Python protobuf over urllib
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Restore pluggable HTTP client on the pure-Python OTLP/HTTP exporter (no requests)
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Replace otlp-proto-grpc transport with a pure-Python gRPC implementation
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