* New upstream release. * Upload to experimental. * Switch to dh sequencer in debian/rules. * Bump ABI version from 8 to 9. * Drop all patches from debian/patches/: - arm_optimization.diff (Appears to be no longer needed.) - disable-setuptools-download.diff (Disable ez_setup entirely, rather than disabling the downloader component inside ez_setup.) - fix-ftbfs-gcc4.7-kfreebsd.patch (Fixed upstream.) - fix-ftbfs-upstream-issue-488.patch (Fixed upstream.) - revert_upstream_issue_388_about_rpath.diff (Fixed upstream.) * Use dh-autoreconf. (Closes: #725976.) * Enable the new C++-based Python extension module shipped in 2.6.0. See /usr/share/doc/python-protobuf/README.Debian for details.