Re: Updates for Go

[Katherine Cox-Buday <cox.katherine.e@gmail.com>]

On 8/25/23 6:29 PM, John Kehayias wrote:
> I've not been following in detail this discussion, but where do we currently stand? Is the proposed Go 1.21 patch basically ready?

As far as I know, yes. I've been using it locally since I submitted the 
patch, and things seem to be working as expected. I think the Guile code 
still needs a review, but as far as I know, it's a pretty standard package.

> Should we create a branch and build job to start seeing how far we get in making 1.21 the default Go in Guix?

I think we should do a two-phase process:

1. Check the package in.

2. Begin working on making it default.

There is utility in having the package available for people to use prior 
to it being the default.

> Like others, I have a few random Go packages (a bunch locally I really need to clean up too) and am not familiar with the language and our packaging much. Still, if I can help review/push some patches and get things moving, please let me know.

The following would help:

1. Testing that the new package behaves correctly for them

2. Submitting individual patches for packages they work with to manually 
specify Go v1.21.0 as the version to use. We can then remove this later.

3. Investigating what work will need to be done for our larger Go 
packages with many leaves.

4. Setting up a Go branch to do the work to cut everything over (I've 
volunteered to do this, but I don't know much about it, so if someone 
does and gets to it first that will be a pleasant surprise!).

> And thanks for all your work here, it is appreciated!

You're welcome! Thanks for asking!

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Katherine