github.com/brownsys/tracing-framework-go@v0.0.0-20161210174012-0542a62412fe/go/darwin_amd64/doc/devel/release.html (about) 1 <!--{ 2 "Title": "Release History" 3 }--> 4 5 <p>This page summarizes the changes between official stable releases of Go. 6 The <a href="//golang.org/change">change log</a> has the full details.</p> 7 8 <p>To update to a specific release, use:</p> 9 10 <pre> 11 git pull 12 git checkout <i>release-branch</i> 13 </pre> 14 15 <h2 id="policy">Release Policy</h2> 16 17 <p> 18 Each major Go release obsoletes and ends support for the previous one. 19 For example, if Go 1.5 has been released, then it is the current release 20 and Go 1.4 and earlier are no longer supported. 21 We fix critical problems in the current release as needed by issuing minor revisions 22 (for example, Go 1.5.1, Go 1.5.2, and so on). 23 </p> 24 25 <p> 26 As a special case, we issue minor revisions for critical security problems 27 in both the current release and the previous release. 28 For example, if Go 1.5 is the current release then we will issue minor revisions 29 to fix critical security problems in both Go 1.4 and Go 1.5 as they arise. 30 See the <a href="/security">security policy</a> for more details. 31 </p> 32 33 <h2 id="go1.7">go1.7 (released 2016/08/15)</h2> 34 35 <p> 36 Go 1.7 is a major release of Go. 37 Read the <a href="/doc/go1.7">Go 1.7 Release Notes</a> for more information. 38 </p> 39 40 <h3 id="go1.7.minor">Minor revisions</h3> 41 42 <p> 43 go1.7.1 (released 2016/09/07) includes fixes to the compiler, runtime, 44 documentation, and the <code>compress/flate</code>, <code>hash/crc32</code>, 45 <code>io</code> <code>net</code>, <code>net/http</code>, 46 <code>path/filepath</code>, <code>reflect</code>, and <code>syscall</code> 47 packages. 48 See the <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=milestone%3AGo1.7.1">Go 49 1.7.1 milestone</a> on our issue tracker for details. 50 </p> 51 52 <h2 id="go1.6">go1.6 (released 2016/02/17)</h2> 53 54 <p> 55 Go 1.6 is a major release of Go. 56 Read the <a href="/doc/go1.6">Go 1.6 Release Notes</a> for more information. 57 </p> 58 59 <h3 id="go1.6.minor">Minor revisions</h3> 60 61 <p> 62 go1.6.1 (released 2016/04/12) includes two security fixes. 63 See the <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=milestone%3AGo1.6.1">Go 64 1.6.1 milestone</a> on our issue tracker for details. 65 </p> 66 67 <p> 68 go1.6.2 (released 2016/04/20) includes fixes to the compiler, runtime, tools, 69 documentation, and the <code>mime/multipart</code>, <code>net/http</code>, and 70 <code>sort</code> packages. 71 See the <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=milestone%3AGo1.6.2">Go 72 1.6.2 milestone</a> on our issue tracker for details. 73 </p> 74 75 <p> 76 go1.6.3 (released 2016/07/17) includes security fixes to the 77 <code>net/http/cgi</code> package and <code>net/http</code> package when used in 78 a CGI environment. This release also adds support for macOS Sierra. 79 See the <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=milestone%3AGo1.6.3">Go 80 1.6.3 milestone</a> on our issue tracker for details. 81 </p> 82 83 <h2 id="go1.5">go1.5 (released 2015/08/19)</h2> 84 85 <p> 86 Go 1.5 is a major release of Go. 87 Read the <a href="/doc/go1.5">Go 1.5 Release Notes</a> for more information. 88 </p> 89 90 <h3 id="go1.5.minor">Minor revisions</h3> 91 92 <p> 93 go1.5.1 (released 2015/09/08) includes bug fixes to the compiler, assembler, and 94 the <code>fmt</code>, <code>net/textproto</code>, <code>net/http</code>, and 95 <code>runtime</code> packages. 96 See the <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=milestone%3AGo1.5.1">Go 97 1.5.1 milestone</a> on our issue tracker for details. 98 </p> 99 100 <p> 101 go1.5.2 (released 2015/12/02) includes bug fixes to the compiler, linker, and 102 the <code>mime/multipart</code>, <code>net</code>, and <code>runtime</code> 103 packages. 104 See the <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=milestone%3AGo1.5.2">Go 105 1.5.2 milestone</a> on our issue tracker for details. 106 </p> 107 108 <p> 109 go1.5.3 (released 2016/01/13) includes a security fix to the <code>math/big</code> package 110 affecting the <code>crypto/tls</code> package. 111 See the <a href="https://golang.org/s/go153announce">release announcement</a> for details. 112 </p> 113 114 <p> 115 go1.5.4 (released 2016/04/12) includes two security fixes. 116 It contains the same fixes as Go 1.6.1 and was released at the same time. 117 See the <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=milestone%3AGo1.6.1">Go 118 1.6.1 milestone</a> on our issue tracker for details. 119 </p> 120 121 <h2 id="go1.4">go1.4 (released 2014/12/10)</h2> 122 123 <p> 124 Go 1.4 is a major release of Go. 125 Read the <a href="/doc/go1.4">Go 1.4 Release Notes</a> for more information. 126 </p> 127 128 <h3 id="go1.4.minor">Minor revisions</h3> 129 130 <p> 131 go1.4.1 (released 2015/01/15) includes bug fixes to the linker and the <code>log</code>, <code>syscall</code>, and <code>runtime</code> packages. 132 See the <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=milestone%3AGo1.4.1">Go 1.4.1 milestone on our issue tracker</a> for details. 133 </p> 134 135 <p> 136 go1.4.2 (released 2015/02/17) includes bug fixes to the <code>go</code> command, the compiler and linker, and the <code>runtime</code>, <code>syscall</code>, <code>reflect</code>, and <code>math/big</code> packages. 137 See the <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=milestone%3AGo1.4.2">Go 1.4.2 milestone on our issue tracker</a> for details. 138 </p> 139 140 <p> 141 go1.4.3 (released 2015/09/22) includes security fixes to the <code>net/http</code> package and bug fixes to the <code>runtime</code> package. 142 See the <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=milestone%3AGo1.4.3">Go 1.4.3 milestone on our issue tracker</a> for details. 143 </p> 144 145 <h2 id="go1.3">go1.3 (released 2014/06/18)</h2> 146 147 <p> 148 Go 1.3 is a major release of Go. 149 Read the <a href="/doc/go1.3">Go 1.3 Release Notes</a> for more information. 150 </p> 151 152 <h3 id="go1.3.minor">Minor revisions</h3> 153 154 <p> 155 go1.3.1 (released 2014/08/13) includes bug fixes to the compiler and the <code>runtime</code>, <code>net</code>, and <code>crypto/rsa</code> packages. 156 See the <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/commits/go1.3.1">change history</a> for details. 157 </p> 158 159 <p> 160 go1.3.2 (released 2014/09/25) includes bug fixes to cgo and the crypto/tls packages. 161 See the <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/commits/go1.3.2">change history</a> for details. 162 </p> 163 164 <p> 165 go1.3.3 (released 2014/09/30) includes further bug fixes to cgo, the runtime package, and the nacl port. 166 See the <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/commits/go1.3.3">change history</a> for details. 167 </p> 168 169 <h2 id="go1.2">go1.2 (released 2013/12/01)</h2> 170 171 <p> 172 Go 1.2 is a major release of Go. 173 Read the <a href="/doc/go1.2">Go 1.2 Release Notes</a> for more information. 174 </p> 175 176 <h3 id="go1.2.minor">Minor revisions</h3> 177 178 <p> 179 go1.2.1 (released 2014/03/02) includes bug fixes to the <code>runtime</code>, <code>net</code>, and <code>database/sql</code> packages. 180 See the <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/commits/go1.2.1">change history</a> for details. 181 </p> 182 183 <p> 184 go1.2.2 (released 2014/05/05) includes a 185 <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/commits/go1.2.2">security fix</a> 186 that affects the tour binary included in the binary distributions (thanks to Guillaume T). 187 </p> 188 189 <h2 id="go1.1">go1.1 (released 2013/05/13)</h2> 190 191 <p> 192 Go 1.1 is a major release of Go. 193 Read the <a href="/doc/go1.1">Go 1.1 Release Notes</a> for more information. 194 </p> 195 196 <h3 id="go1.1.minor">Minor revisions</h3> 197 198 <p> 199 go1.1.1 (released 2013/06/13) includes several compiler and runtime bug fixes. 200 See the <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/commits/go1.1.1">change history</a> for details. 201 </p> 202 203 <p> 204 go1.1.2 (released 2013/08/13) includes fixes to the <code>gc</code> compiler 205 and <code>cgo</code>, and the <code>bufio</code>, <code>runtime</code>, 206 <code>syscall</code>, and <code>time</code> packages. 207 See the <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/commits/go1.1.2">change history</a> for details. 208 If you use package syscall's <code>Getrlimit</code> and <code>Setrlimit</code> 209 functions under Linux on the ARM or 386 architectures, please note change 210 <a href="//golang.org/cl/11803043">11803043</a> 211 that fixes <a href="//golang.org/issue/5949">issue 5949</a>. 212 </p> 213 214 <h2 id="go1">go1 (released 2012/03/28)</h2> 215 216 <p> 217 Go 1 is a major release of Go that will be stable in the long term. 218 Read the <a href="/doc/go1.html">Go 1 Release Notes</a> for more information. 219 </p> 220 221 <p> 222 It is intended that programs written for Go 1 will continue to compile and run 223 correctly, unchanged, under future versions of Go 1. 224 Read the <a href="/doc/go1compat.html">Go 1 compatibility document</a> for more 225 about the future of Go 1. 226 </p> 227 228 <p> 229 The go1 release corresponds to 230 <code><a href="weekly.html#2012-03-27">weekly.2012-03-27</a></code>. 231 </p> 232 233 <h3 id="go1.minor">Minor revisions</h3> 234 235 <p> 236 go1.0.1 (released 2012/04/25) was issued to 237 <a href="//golang.org/cl/6061043">fix</a> an 238 <a href="//golang.org/issue/3545">escape analysis bug</a> 239 that can lead to memory corruption. 240 It also includes several minor code and documentation fixes. 241 </p> 242 243 <p> 244 go1.0.2 (released 2012/06/13) was issued to fix two bugs in the implementation 245 of maps using struct or array keys: 246 <a href="//golang.org/issue/3695">issue 3695</a> and 247 <a href="//golang.org/issue/3573">issue 3573</a>. 248 It also includes many minor code and documentation fixes. 249 </p> 250 251 <p> 252 go1.0.3 (released 2012/09/21) includes minor code and documentation fixes. 253 </p> 254 255 <p> 256 See the <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/commits/release-branch.go1">go1 release branch history</a> for the complete list of changes. 257 </p> 258 259 <h2 id="pre.go1">Older releases</h2> 260 261 <p> 262 See the <a href="pre_go1.html">Pre-Go 1 Release History</a> page for notes 263 on earlier releases. 264 </p> 265