Protocol Buffers v29.2

Announcements

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C++

• Automated rollback of commit 23aada2. (#19692) (1772657)
• Remove unused / invalid C++ lazy repeated field code from OSS. (#19682) (3649f87)

Java

• Automated rollback of commit 23aada2. (#19692) (1772657)

Other

• Export environment variables so bazelisk picks them up (#19690) (8b9d76c)
• Pin staleness check to Bazel 7 (#19689) (a1c9b6a)
• Remove CMake downgrade workaround from Windows CI tests (#19630) (3a7bb4a)