github.com/euank/go@v0.0.0-20160829210321-495514729181/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 <h2 id="go1.6">go1.6 (released 2016/02/17)</h2> 41 42 <p> 43 Go 1.6 is a major release of Go. 44 Read the <a href="/doc/go1.6">Go 1.6 Release Notes</a> for more information. 45 </p> 46 47 <h3 id="go1.6.minor">Minor revisions</h3> 48 49 <p> 50 go1.6.1 (released 2016/04/12) includes two security fixes. 51 See the <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=milestone%3AGo1.6.1">Go 52 1.6.1 milestone</a> on our issue tracker for details. 53 </p> 54 55 <p> 56 go1.6.2 (released 2016/04/20) includes fixes to the compiler, runtime, tools, 57 documentation, and the <code>mime/multipart</code>, <code>net/http</code>, and 58 <code>sort</code> packages. 59 See the <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=milestone%3AGo1.6.2">Go 60 1.6.2 milestone</a> on our issue tracker for details. 61 </p> 62 63 <p> 64 go1.6.3 (released 2016/07/17) includes security fixes to the 65 <code>net/http/cgi</code> package and <code>net/http</code> package when used in 66 a CGI environment. This release also adds support for macOS Sierra. 67 See the <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=milestone%3AGo1.6.3">Go 68 1.6.3 milestone</a> on our issue tracker for details. 69 </p> 70 71 <h2 id="go1.5">go1.5 (released 2015/08/19)</h2> 72 73 <p> 74 Go 1.5 is a major release of Go. 75 Read the <a href="/doc/go1.5">Go 1.5 Release Notes</a> for more information. 76 </p> 77 78 <h3 id="go1.5.minor">Minor revisions</h3> 79 80 <p> 81 go1.5.1 (released 2015/09/08) includes bug fixes to the compiler, assembler, and 82 the <code>fmt</code>, <code>net/textproto</code>, <code>net/http</code>, and 83 <code>runtime</code> packages. 84 See the <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=milestone%3AGo1.5.1">Go 85 1.5.1 milestone</a> on our issue tracker for details. 86 </p> 87 88 <p> 89 go1.5.2 (released 2015/12/02) includes bug fixes to the compiler, linker, and 90 the <code>mime/multipart</code>, <code>net</code>, and <code>runtime</code> 91 packages. 92 See the <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=milestone%3AGo1.5.2">Go 93 1.5.2 milestone</a> on our issue tracker for details. 94 </p> 95 96 <p> 97 go1.5.3 (released 2016/01/13) includes a security fix to the <code>math/big</code> package 98 affecting the <code>crypto/tls</code> package. 99 See the <a href="https://golang.org/s/go153announce">release announcement</a> for details. 100 </p> 101 102 <p> 103 go1.5.4 (released 2016/04/12) includes two security fixes. 104 It contains the same fixes as Go 1.6.1 and was released at the same time. 105 See the <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=milestone%3AGo1.6.1">Go 106 1.6.1 milestone</a> on our issue tracker for details. 107 </p> 108 109 <h2 id="go1.4">go1.4 (released 2014/12/10)</h2> 110 111 <p> 112 Go 1.4 is a major release of Go. 113 Read the <a href="/doc/go1.4">Go 1.4 Release Notes</a> for more information. 114 </p> 115 116 <h3 id="go1.4.minor">Minor revisions</h3> 117 118 <p> 119 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. 120 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. 121 </p> 122 123 <p> 124 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. 125 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. 126 </p> 127 128 <p> 129 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. 130 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. 131 </p> 132 133 <h2 id="go1.3">go1.3 (released 2014/06/18)</h2> 134 135 <p> 136 Go 1.3 is a major release of Go. 137 Read the <a href="/doc/go1.3">Go 1.3 Release Notes</a> for more information. 138 </p> 139 140 <h3 id="go1.3.minor">Minor revisions</h3> 141 142 <p> 143 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. 144 See the <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/commits/go1.3.1">change history</a> for details. 145 </p> 146 147 <p> 148 go1.3.2 (released 2014/09/25) includes bug fixes to cgo and the crypto/tls packages. 149 See the <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/commits/go1.3.2">change history</a> for details. 150 </p> 151 152 <p> 153 go1.3.3 (released 2014/09/30) includes further bug fixes to cgo, the runtime package, and the nacl port. 154 See the <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/commits/go1.3.3">change history</a> for details. 155 </p> 156 157 <h2 id="go1.2">go1.2 (released 2013/12/01)</h2> 158 159 <p> 160 Go 1.2 is a major release of Go. 161 Read the <a href="/doc/go1.2">Go 1.2 Release Notes</a> for more information. 162 </p> 163 164 <h3 id="go1.2.minor">Minor revisions</h3> 165 166 <p> 167 go1.2.1 (released 2014/03/02) includes bug fixes to the <code>runtime</code>, <code>net</code>, and <code>database/sql</code> packages. 168 See the <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/commits/go1.2.1">change history</a> for details. 169 </p> 170 171 <p> 172 go1.2.2 (released 2014/05/05) includes a 173 <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/commits/go1.2.2">security fix</a> 174 that affects the tour binary included in the binary distributions (thanks to Guillaume T). 175 </p> 176 177 <h2 id="go1.1">go1.1 (released 2013/05/13)</h2> 178 179 <p> 180 Go 1.1 is a major release of Go. 181 Read the <a href="/doc/go1.1">Go 1.1 Release Notes</a> for more information. 182 </p> 183 184 <h3 id="go1.1.minor">Minor revisions</h3> 185 186 <p> 187 go1.1.1 (released 2013/06/13) includes several compiler and runtime bug fixes. 188 See the <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/commits/go1.1.1">change history</a> for details. 189 </p> 190 191 <p> 192 go1.1.2 (released 2013/08/13) includes fixes to the <code>gc</code> compiler 193 and <code>cgo</code>, and the <code>bufio</code>, <code>runtime</code>, 194 <code>syscall</code>, and <code>time</code> packages. 195 See the <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/commits/go1.1.2">change history</a> for details. 196 If you use package syscall's <code>Getrlimit</code> and <code>Setrlimit</code> 197 functions under Linux on the ARM or 386 architectures, please note change 198 <a href="//golang.org/cl/11803043">11803043</a> 199 that fixes <a href="//golang.org/issue/5949">issue 5949</a>. 200 </p> 201 202 <h2 id="go1">go1 (released 2012/03/28)</h2> 203 204 <p> 205 Go 1 is a major release of Go that will be stable in the long term. 206 Read the <a href="/doc/go1.html">Go 1 Release Notes</a> for more information. 207 </p> 208 209 <p> 210 It is intended that programs written for Go 1 will continue to compile and run 211 correctly, unchanged, under future versions of Go 1. 212 Read the <a href="/doc/go1compat.html">Go 1 compatibility document</a> for more 213 about the future of Go 1. 214 </p> 215 216 <p> 217 The go1 release corresponds to 218 <code><a href="weekly.html#2012-03-27">weekly.2012-03-27</a></code>. 219 </p> 220 221 <h3 id="go1.minor">Minor revisions</h3> 222 223 <p> 224 go1.0.1 (released 2012/04/25) was issued to 225 <a href="//golang.org/cl/6061043">fix</a> an 226 <a href="//golang.org/issue/3545">escape analysis bug</a> 227 that can lead to memory corruption. 228 It also includes several minor code and documentation fixes. 229 </p> 230 231 <p> 232 go1.0.2 (released 2012/06/13) was issued to fix two bugs in the implementation 233 of maps using struct or array keys: 234 <a href="//golang.org/issue/3695">issue 3695</a> and 235 <a href="//golang.org/issue/3573">issue 3573</a>. 236 It also includes many minor code and documentation fixes. 237 </p> 238 239 <p> 240 go1.0.3 (released 2012/09/21) includes minor code and documentation fixes. 241 </p> 242 243 <p> 244 See the <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/commits/release-branch.go1">go1 release branch history</a> for the complete list of changes. 245 </p> 246 247 <h2 id="pre.go1">Older releases</h2> 248 249 <p> 250 See the <a href="pre_go1.html">Pre-Go 1 Release History</a> page for notes 251 on earlier releases. 252 </p> 253