Omnibus dependency update (microsoft#2166)

Dependebot PRs:

 - hcsshim/2140
 - hcsshim/2145
 - hcsshim/2146
 - hcsshim/2149
 - hcsshim/2153
 - hcsshim/2154
 - hcsshim/2159
 - hcsshim/2161
 - hcsshim/2174
 - hcsshim/2175
 - hcsshim/2176

Update protobuf files.

`google.golang.org/grpc v1.64.0` deprecated `Dial[Context]` and
`WithBlock`.
Replacing either is non-trivial, and left for a future PR.

Update dependabot file to ignore patch updates: they rarely provide bug
fixes and increase repo churn.

Signed-off-by: Hamza El-Saawy <[email protected]>
(cherry picked from commit 75428d1)
Signed-off-by: Kirtana Ashok <[email protected]>

.github/dependabot.yml

@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ updates:
       # only do patch updates for containerd and co: don't bump anything else
       - dependency-name: "github.com/containerd/*"
         update-types: ["version-update:semver-major", "version-update:semver-minor"]
+      # ignore patch version increment updates to avoid churn
+      - dependency-name: "*"
+        update-types: ["version-update:semver-patch"]
     # allow more PRs to clear queue faster
     open-pull-requests-limit: 10
 
@@ -30,7 +33,6 @@ updates:
     ignore:
       # keep containerd and related dependencies in sync with the shim/the root repo
       - dependency-name: "github.com/containerd/*"
-      # ignore patch version increment updates in test; they shouldn't be critical
       - dependency-name: "*"
         update-types: ["version-update:semver-patch"]
     open-pull-requests-limit: 5

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install protoc
         shell: powershell
         run: |
-          gh release download -R protocolbuffers/protobuf -p 'protoc-*-win32.zip' -O protoc.zip 'v23.2'
+          gh release download -R protocolbuffers/protobuf -p 'protoc-*-win32.zip' -O protoc.zip 'v26.0'
           if ( $LASTEXITCODE ) {
             Write-Output '::error::Could not download protoc.'
             exit $LASTEXITCODE