`*.pb.goclay.go` generated files are using chi version < v5

[mahe993]

Problem

The generated *.pb.goclay.go files are dependent on older chi versions. On services that also utilise chi internally, this results in multiple major chi versions as dependencies, resulting in unnecessarily larger binaries.

[mahe993]

@utrack would like to check if there are any plans to upgrade chi version to >= v5 please? If there is an intention I could help with a PR 😄

[towanjust]

Accidentally saw your message, but in my opinion, the repository seems somewhat neglected. There are even issues discussing this.

Additionally, when using chi/v5, you can occasionally encounter a panic with particular .proto files. (I can show an example.
case if isChi panic("query URI params supported only for chi.Router")).

Also, in the transport package, I noticed the use of the old go-grpc-middleware, specifically regarding chainServer. This functionality is now available directly in the standard grpc package.

I ended up having to make quite a few fixes in my private test fork. But overall, if the author approves or wants to update these points – I think it would be great.

Just in case, I could try to help update the package too.

[mahe993]

Thanks for looking into this at a deeper level @towanjust, I am not sure of the maintenance status of this repo as well but looks like the latest commit is 5 months ago. If there are no plans to continue maintaining this maybe a fork would be better as well 🤔 @utrack if you can advise please?