Previously //:protobuf_python set no __init__.py so Bazel created an empty one. This change makes it use the __init__.py from the repository.
@@ -693,6 +693,7 @@ py_proto_library(
":python_srcs",
"//external:six",
],
+ py_extra_srcs = glob(["python/**/__init__.py"]),
srcs_version = "PY2AND3",
visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
)