CI,docs: remove protoc install and requirement (#994)

* CI,docs: remove protoc install and requirement

* another protobuf mention

.github/workflows/ci.yaml

@@ -63,11 +63,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           submodules: true
 
-      - name: Install Protoc
-        uses: arduino/setup-protoc@v3
-        with:
-          version: '23.4'
-
       - name: Install Taskfile
         uses: arduino/setup-task@v2
 

.github/workflows/release.yaml

@@ -51,12 +51,6 @@ jobs:
           submodules: true
           token: ${{ secrets.KWIL_MACH_SECRET }}
 
-      - name: Install Protoc
-        uses: arduino/setup-protoc@v2
-        with:
-          version: '23.4'
-          repo-token: ${{ secrets.KWIL_MACH_SECRET }}
-
       - name: Install Taskfile
         uses: arduino/setup-task@v1
         with:

README.md

@@ -31,9 +31,7 @@ For more information on kwil-db, check out the [Kwil node documentation](https:/
 To build Kwil, you will need to install:
 
 1. [Go](https://golang.org/doc/install) 1.22 or 1.23
-2. (optional) [Protocol Buffers](https://protobuf.dev/downloads/), with the `protoc` executable binary on your `PATH`.
-3. (optional) [Taskfile](https://taskfile.dev/installation)
-4. (optional) Protocol buffers go plugins and other command line tools. The `tool` task will install the required versions of the tools into your `GOPATH`, so be sure to include `GOPATH/bin` on your `PATH`.
+2. (optional) [Taskfile](https://taskfile.dev/installation)
 
     ```shell
     task tools

Taskfile.yml

@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ tasks:
   fmt:
     desc: Format the code
     cmds:
-      # goimports does not allow to ignore certain paths (protobuf) with modules,
-      # so we have to list all the folders that are adjacent to protobuf.
+      # goimports does not allow to ignore certain paths with modules,
+      # so we have to list all the folders that are adjacent generated code.
       - |
         goimports -format-only -w ./cmd ./common ./internal ./test ./testing \
           ./core ./extensions ./parse/*.go ./parse/wasm ./parse/postgres

core/types/admin/types.go

@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 // Package types contains the type used by the administrative RPC client and
-// servers. These types are shared like the protobuf types that these mimick,
-// but they contain the json tags and marshalling behavior we want, plus they
-// are not burdened by fields and methods from the google protobuf packages.
+// servers.
 package types
 
 import (