Re: Updates for Go

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

On 8/17/23 3:54 PM, Wilko Meyer wrote:
> That being said, I'd actually be willing to put some time and effort
> into Guixes Go ecosystem; even though I haven't been on Guix for that
> long and would probably have to read through prior contributions to
> golang.scm to get the gist on how the go-build-system and packaging all
> things go work and to contribute something useful.
>
> Is there a list of current TODOs somewhere? Or would one start by
> bumping packages to build with a more recent/non-EoL go version and see
> if that works out?

Thank you for volunteering!

I'm not aware of a TODO list anywhere other than the issue tracker 
(https://issues.guix.gnu.org/search?query=golang+is%3Aopen).

Personally, I think the immediate emphasis should be on making bringing 
our Go ecosystem onto a supported version of Go (ideally 1.21.0). If 
there is consensus on that, then ensuring that some of our packages with 
larger dependency graphs compile would be a good place to start.

We also really need a Go branch to host a lot of this work. I can start 
looking at what's needed for that.

It would also be useful to get https://issues.guix.gnu.org/65317 (add 
go-1.21) reviewed, even if you don't have commit access. I've been 
exercising the package since I sent the patch, and I think v3 is correct 
(at least functionally), but it could use more exercising and a review 
of the scheme code.

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Katherine