The Protobuf compiler version is now managed via a property. The prot… #1727

Job	Run time
build (ubuntu-latest, 25, temurin)	38m 7s
build (ubuntu-latest, 17, temurin)	44m 49s
build (ubuntu-latest, 21, temurin)	41m 53s
build (ubuntu-latest, 26-ea, temurin)	38m 5s
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