Allow grpcio >=1.63.0

[springmeyer]

grpcio is now at 1.76.0 (https://pypi.org/project/grpcio/). grpcio>1.75.1 supports binary wheels for python 3.14 (grpc/grpc#40403), which would be useful to leverage in this project.

[Kuraiou]

Is there any chance that this can be prioritized for review, approval, and merge?

[springmeyer]

I noticed @whoisj just addressed a similar issue with protobuf in 39dcd33.

@whoisj could you integrate this one as well?

[whoisj]

@springmeyer, I don't see your name in our list of people who've completed the required CLA paperwork. Could you be sure to complete this? Thank you.

[springmeyer]

@whoisj good to know. I'm happy to sign the CLA, but perhaps it would be easier for you to just commit this directly (as I don't have further changes to provide at this point)?

[Miskho]

@springmeyer @whoisj Is there any way this can be revisited in time of the next release?

grpc 1.80 is already more then 1 and half years old (Nov 2024).

Is there any suggested way how to go around this limitation or should we just fork and rebuild locally?

[whoisj]

@Miskho it is on my TODO list, but the ship for our 26.04 release has already sailed. We generally create releases at the start of a month, spend the month with QA validating them, then release them at the end of the month. Earliest I could get this change in for would be 26.05; hopefully that meets your needs.