This commit consists of the following:
1) The kafka messaging proxy in Twisted python for adapters
2) Initial implementation and containerization of ponsim OLT adapter
and ponsim ONU adapter
3) Initial submission of request and response facade in both Twisted
python and Go Language
4) Initial implementation of device management and logical device management
in the Core
5) Update to the log module to allow dynamic setting of log level per
package using the gRPC API
6) Bug fixes and minor changes

Change-Id: Ia8f033da84cfd08275335bae9542802415e7bb0f
diff --git a/adapters/docker/Dockerfile.protoc b/adapters/docker/Dockerfile.protoc
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+# Copyright 2018 the original author or authors.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+ARG REGISTRY=
+ARG PROTOC_PREFIX=/usr/local
+ARG ROTOC_LIBDIR=${PROTOC_PREFIX}/lib
+ARG PROTOC=${PROTOC_PREFIX}/bin/protoc
+ARG PROTOC_VERSION=3.3.0
+
+FROM ${REGISTRY}debian:stretch-slim
+MAINTAINER Voltha Community <info@opennetworking.org>
+
+ENV PROTOC_PREFIX=/usr/local
+ENV ROTOC_LIBDIR=${PROTOC_PREFIX}/lib
+ENV PROTOC=${PROTOC_PREFIX}/bin/protoc
+ENV PROTOC_VERSION=3.3.0
+ENV PROTOC_DOWNLOAD_PREFIX=https://github.com/google/protobuf/releases/download
+ENV PROTOC_DIR=protobuf-${PROTOC_VERSION}
+ENV PROTOC_TARBALL=protobuf-python-${PROTOC_VERSION}.tar.gz
+ENV PROTOC_DOWNLOAD_URI=${PROTOC_DOWNLOAD_PREFIX}/v${PROTOC_VERSION}/${PROTOC_TARBALL}
+
+RUN apt-get update -y && apt-get install -y wget build-essential python-dev python-pip
+RUN pip install grpcio-tools==1.3.5
+WORKDIR /build
+RUN wget -q --no-check-certificate ${PROTOC_DOWNLOAD_URI}
+RUN tar --strip-components=1 -zxf ${PROTOC_TARBALL}
+RUN ./configure --prefix=${PROTOC_PREFIX}
+RUN make install