Google Cloud Platform C++ Proto Libraries

Compile the protocol buffer definitions into C++ libraries.

Requirements

Compiler

The Google Cloud C++ libraries are tested with the following compilers:

Build Tools

The Google Cloud C++ Client Libraries can be built with CMake or Bazel. The minimal versions of these tools we test with are:

Libraries

The libraries also depend on gRPC, libcurl, and the dependencies of those libraries. The Google Cloud C++ Client libraries are tested with the following versions of these dependencies:

Versioning

Please note that the Google Cloud C++ client libraries do not follow Semantic Versioning.

GA: Libraries defined at a GA quality level are expected to be stable and any backwards-incompatible changes will be noted in the documentation. Major changes to the API will signaled by changing major version number (e.g. 1.x.y -> 2.0.0).

Beta: Libraries defined at a Beta quality level are expected to be mostly stable and we're working towards their release candidate. We will address issues and requests with a higher priority.

Alpha: Libraries defined at an Alpha quality level are still a work-in-progress and are more likely to get backwards-incompatible updates. Additionally, it's possible for Alpha libraries to get deprecated and deleted before ever being promoted to Beta or GA.

Contributing changes

See CONTRIBUTING.md for details on how to contribute to this project, including how to build and test your changes as well as how to properly format your code.

Licensing

Apache 2.0; see LICENSE for details.