Re: [go-nuts] Go 1.8 Beta 1 is released

[Zlatko Čalušić]

On 02.12.2016 11:09, minux wrote:


On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 4:58 AM, Zlatko Čalušić > wrote:


Hello,

and thanks for another great Go release!

I have just one question, and it's not specific to this beta, but
all Go betas and rc-s.

I compile Go from repository like this:

cd $HOME/src/go.googlesource.com/go 
git checkout -f master
git clean -fdx
git pull --ff-only
git checkout -f go1.8beta1
cd src && make.bash

The resulting binary unfortunately is not labeled as go1.8beta1,
but instead:

go version *devel +41908a5* Thu Dec 1 02:54:21 2016 + linux/amd64

What follows next is that various Go software, where developers
decided to explicitely test for Go version (and of course don't
deal well with devel versions) fails to compile. One example is
gopherjs, it's uncompilable with this beta version, unless I
manually edit the source and remove gratuitous checks.

The question is, how do I persuade the compiled beta to report
version as go1.8beta1?


Because betas are just tags from the master branch, there is no way to 
change the
VERSION file to read go1.8beta1. If you're going to report an issue, 
just include the
full "go version" and it should be fine. If you insist on having go 
version report go1.8beta1,
you can create a VERSION file at $GOROOT that read "go1.8beta1" and 
rebuild Go.
However this is not recommended as git repository is a moving target 
and if you
checkout a new revision without removing the VERSION file, the 
reported version

would still be go1.8beta1, which will be really confusing.

However, if you download the go1.8beta1 source tarball, then the 
VERSION file will

correctly indicate go1.8beta1.


Ah, I see... Thank you for the hint minux!

I can live with a bit of manual editing, it's not that beta's are 
released every day. :)


Also git clean -fdx step from my simple compilation script takes care of 
removing stale VERSION files, so all should be OK.


go version *go1.8beta1* linux/amd64

Yay! :)

Now, to see if gopherjs fancies THIS version string...

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Re: [go-nuts] Go 1.8 Beta 1 is released

[minux]

On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 4:58 AM, Zlatko Čalušić  wrote:

> Hello,
>
> and thanks for another great Go release!
> I have just one question, and it's not specific to this beta, but all Go
> betas and rc-s.
>
> I compile Go from repository like this:
>
> cd $HOME/src/go.googlesource.com/go
> git checkout -f master
> git clean -fdx
> git pull --ff-only
> git checkout -f go1.8beta1
> cd src && make.bash
>
> The resulting binary unfortunately is not labeled as go1.8beta1, but
> instead:
>
> go version *devel +41908a5* Thu Dec 1 02:54:21 2016 + linux/amd64
>
> What follows next is that various Go software, where developers decided to
> explicitely test for Go version (and of course don't deal well with devel
> versions) fails to compile. One example is gopherjs, it's uncompilable with
> this beta version, unless I manually edit the source and remove gratuitous
> checks.
>
> The question is, how do I persuade the compiled beta to report version as
> go1.8beta1?
>

Because betas are just tags from the master branch, there is no way to
change the
VERSION file to read go1.8beta1. If you're going to report an issue, just
include the
full "go version" and it should be fine. If you insist on having go version
report go1.8beta1,
you can create a VERSION file at $GOROOT that read "go1.8beta1" and rebuild
Go.
However this is not recommended as git repository is a moving target and if
you
checkout a new revision without removing the VERSION file, the reported
version
would still be go1.8beta1, which will be really confusing.

However, if you download the go1.8beta1 source tarball, then the VERSION
file will
correctly indicate go1.8beta1.

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Re: [go-nuts] Go 1.8 Beta 1 is released

[Zlatko Čalušić]

Hello,

and thanks for another great Go release!

I have just one question, and it's not specific to this beta, but all Go 
betas and rc-s.


I compile Go from repository like this:

cd $HOME/src/go.googlesource.com/go
git checkout -f master
git clean -fdx
git pull --ff-only
git checkout -f go1.8beta1
cd src && make.bash

The resulting binary unfortunately is not labeled as go1.8beta1, but 
instead:


go version *devel +41908a5* Thu Dec 1 02:54:21 2016 + linux/amd64

What follows next is that various Go software, where developers decided 
to explicitely test for Go version (and of course don't deal well with 
devel versions) fails to compile. One example is gopherjs, it's 
uncompilable with this beta version, unless I manually edit the source 
and remove gratuitous checks.


The question is, how do I persuade the compiled beta to report version 
as go1.8beta1?


I have a feeling there should be a simple recipe for that, which would 
better the chance of successful compile for various picky projects. :)


Thanks for any hint you can provide.

Regards,

On 01.12.2016 04:40, Chris Broadfoot wrote:

Hello gophers,

We have just released go1.8beta1, a beta version of Go 1.8.
It is cut from the master branch at the revision tagged go1.8beta1.

There are no known problems or regressions.
Please try running production workloads and your unit tests with the 
new version.


It is important that we find bugs *before* issuing a release candidate.
The release candidate is planned for the first week of January.
Your help in testing this beta is invaluable.

Report any problems using the issue tracker:
https://golang.org/issue/new

You can download binary and source distributions from the usual place:
https://golang.org/dl/#go1.8beta1

To find out what has changed in Go 1.8, read the draft release notes:
https://beta.golang.org/doc/go1.8

Documentation for Go 1.8 is available at:
https://beta.golang.org/

Our goal is to release the final version of Go 1.8 on February 1st.

Cheers,
Chris
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[go-nuts] Go 1.8 Beta 1 is released

[Chris Broadfoot]

Hello gophers,

We have just released go1.8beta1, a beta version of Go 1.8.
It is cut from the master branch at the revision tagged go1.8beta1.

There are no known problems or regressions.
Please try running production workloads and your unit tests with the new 
version.

It is important that we find bugs *before* issuing a release candidate.
The release candidate is planned for the first week of January.
Your help in testing this beta is invaluable.

Report any problems using the issue tracker:
https://golang.org/issue/new

You can download binary and source distributions from the usual place:
https://golang.org/dl/#go1.8beta1

To find out what has changed in Go 1.8, read the draft release notes:
https://beta.golang.org/doc/go1.8

Documentation for Go 1.8 is available at:
https://beta.golang.org/

Our goal is to release the final version of Go 1.8 on February 1st.

Cheers,
Chris

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