Change version to 1.79.0-dev (#8763)

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cmd/protoc-gen-go-grpc: bump -version to 1.6.0 for release (#8724)

Addresses: #8642

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Change version to 1.77.0 (#8677)

Change version to 1.78.0-dev (#8679)

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Change version to 1.76.0 (#8584)

Co-authored-by: Easwar Swaminathan <[email protected]>

Change version to 1.77.0-dev (#8586)

Change version to v1.73.1 (#8562)

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Change version to v1.72.3 (#8563)

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Change version to v1.74.3 (#8560)

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Change version to 1.75.1 (#8559)

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