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     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="go1.6">go1.6 (released 2016/02/17)</h2>
    34  
    35  <p>
    36  Go 1.6 is a major release of Go.
    37  Read the <a href="/doc/go1.6">Go 1.6 Release Notes</a> for more information.
    38  </p>
    39  
    40  <h3 id="go1.6.minor">Minor revisions</h3>
    41  
    42  <p>
    43  go1.6.1 (released 2016/04/12) includes two security fixes.
    44  See the <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=milestone%3AGo1.6.1">Go
    45  1.6.1 milestone</a> on our issue tracker for details.
    46  </p>
    47  
    48  <p>
    49  go1.6.2 (released 2016/04/20) includes fixes to the compiler, runtime, tools,
    50  documentation, and the <code>mime/multipart</code>, <code>net/http</code>, and
    51  <code>sort</code> packages.
    52  See the <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=milestone%3AGo1.6.2">Go
    53  1.6.2 milestone</a> on our issue tracker for details.
    54  </p>
    55  
    56  <h2 id="go1.5">go1.5 (released 2015/08/19)</h2>
    57  
    58  <p>
    59  Go 1.5 is a major release of Go.
    60  Read the <a href="/doc/go1.5">Go 1.5 Release Notes</a> for more information.
    61  </p>
    62  
    63  <h3 id="go1.5.minor">Minor revisions</h3>
    64  
    65  <p>
    66  go1.5.1 (released 2015/09/08) includes bug fixes to the compiler, assembler, and
    67  the <code>fmt</code>, <code>net/textproto</code>, <code>net/http</code>, and
    68  <code>runtime</code> packages.
    69  See the <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=milestone%3AGo1.5.1">Go
    70  1.5.1 milestone</a> on our issue tracker for details.
    71  </p>
    72  
    73  <p>
    74  go1.5.2 (released 2015/12/02) includes bug fixes to the compiler, linker, and
    75  the <code>mime/multipart</code>, <code>net</code>, and <code>runtime</code>
    76  packages.
    77  See the <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=milestone%3AGo1.5.2">Go
    78  1.5.2 milestone</a> on our issue tracker for details.
    79  </p>
    80  
    81  <p>
    82  go1.5.3 (released 2016/01/13) includes a security fix to the <code>math/big</code> package
    83  affecting the <code>crypto/tls</code> package.
    84  See the <a href="https://golang.org/s/go153announce">release announcement</a> for details.
    85  </p>
    86  
    87  <p>
    88  go1.5.4 (released 2016/04/12) includes two security fixes.
    89  It contains the same fixes as Go 1.6.1 and was released at the same time.
    90  See the <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=milestone%3AGo1.6.1">Go
    91  1.6.1 milestone</a> on our issue tracker for details.
    92  </p>
    93  
    94  <h2 id="go1.4">go1.4 (released 2014/12/10)</h2>
    95  
    96  <p>
    97  Go 1.4 is a major release of Go.
    98  Read the <a href="/doc/go1.4">Go 1.4 Release Notes</a> for more information.
    99  </p>
   100  
   101  <h3 id="go1.4.minor">Minor revisions</h3>
   102  
   103  <p>
   104  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.
   105  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.
   106  </p>
   107  
   108  <p>
   109  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.
   110  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.
   111  </p>
   112  
   113  <p>
   114  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.
   115  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.
   116  </p>
   117  
   118  <h2 id="go1.3">go1.3 (released 2014/06/18)</h2>
   119  
   120  <p>
   121  Go 1.3 is a major release of Go.
   122  Read the <a href="/doc/go1.3">Go 1.3 Release Notes</a> for more information.
   123  </p>
   124  
   125  <h3 id="go1.3.minor">Minor revisions</h3>
   126  
   127  <p>
   128  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.
   129  See the <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/commits/go1.3.1">change history</a> for details.
   130  </p>
   131  
   132  <p>
   133  go1.3.2 (released 2014/09/25) includes bug fixes to cgo and the crypto/tls packages.
   134  See the <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/commits/go1.3.2">change history</a> for details.
   135  </p>
   136  
   137  <p>
   138  go1.3.3 (released 2014/09/30) includes further bug fixes to cgo, the runtime package, and the nacl port. 
   139  See the <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/commits/go1.3.3">change history</a> for details.
   140  </p>
   141  
   142  <h2 id="go1.2">go1.2 (released 2013/12/01)</h2>
   143  
   144  <p>
   145  Go 1.2 is a major release of Go.
   146  Read the <a href="/doc/go1.2">Go 1.2 Release Notes</a> for more information.
   147  </p>
   148  
   149  <h3 id="go1.2.minor">Minor revisions</h3>
   150  
   151  <p>
   152  go1.2.1 (released 2014/03/02) includes bug fixes to the <code>runtime</code>, <code>net</code>, and <code>database/sql</code> packages.
   153  See the <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/commits/go1.2.1">change history</a> for details.
   154  </p>
   155  
   156  <p>
   157  go1.2.2 (released 2014/05/05) includes a
   158  <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/commits/go1.2.2">security fix</a>
   159  that affects the tour binary included in the binary distributions (thanks to Guillaume T).
   160  </p>
   161  
   162  <h2 id="go1.1">go1.1 (released 2013/05/13)</h2>
   163  
   164  <p>
   165  Go 1.1 is a major release of Go.
   166  Read the <a href="/doc/go1.1">Go 1.1 Release Notes</a> for more information.
   167  </p>
   168  
   169  <h3 id="go1.1.minor">Minor revisions</h3>
   170  
   171  <p>
   172  go1.1.1 (released 2013/06/13) includes several compiler and runtime bug fixes.
   173  See the <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/commits/go1.1.1">change history</a> for details.
   174  </p>
   175  
   176  <p>
   177  go1.1.2 (released 2013/08/13) includes fixes to the <code>gc</code> compiler
   178  and <code>cgo</code>, and the <code>bufio</code>, <code>runtime</code>,
   179  <code>syscall</code>, and <code>time</code> packages.
   180  See the <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/commits/go1.1.2">change history</a> for details.
   181  If you use package syscall's <code>Getrlimit</code> and <code>Setrlimit</code>
   182  functions under Linux on the ARM or 386 architectures, please note change
   183  <a href="//golang.org/cl/11803043">11803043</a>
   184  that fixes <a href="//golang.org/issue/5949">issue 5949</a>.
   185  </p>
   186  
   187  <h2 id="go1">go1 (released 2012/03/28)</h2>
   188  
   189  <p>
   190  Go 1 is a major release of Go that will be stable in the long term.
   191  Read the <a href="/doc/go1.html">Go 1 Release Notes</a> for more information.
   192  </p>
   193  
   194  <p>
   195  It is intended that programs written for Go 1 will continue to compile and run
   196  correctly, unchanged, under future versions of Go 1.
   197  Read the <a href="/doc/go1compat.html">Go 1 compatibility document</a> for more
   198  about the future of Go 1.
   199  </p>
   200  
   201  <p>
   202  The go1 release corresponds to 
   203  <code><a href="weekly.html#2012-03-27">weekly.2012-03-27</a></code>.
   204  </p>
   205  
   206  <h3 id="go1.minor">Minor revisions</h3>
   207  
   208  <p>
   209  go1.0.1 (released 2012/04/25) was issued to
   210  <a href="//golang.org/cl/6061043">fix</a> an
   211  <a href="//golang.org/issue/3545">escape analysis bug</a>
   212  that can lead to memory corruption.
   213  It also includes several minor code and documentation fixes.
   214  </p>
   215  
   216  <p>
   217  go1.0.2 (released 2012/06/13) was issued to fix two bugs in the implementation
   218  of maps using struct or array keys: 
   219  <a href="//golang.org/issue/3695">issue 3695</a> and
   220  <a href="//golang.org/issue/3573">issue 3573</a>.
   221  It also includes many minor code and documentation fixes.
   222  </p>
   223  
   224  <p>
   225  go1.0.3 (released 2012/09/21) includes minor code and documentation fixes.
   226  </p>
   227  
   228  <p>
   229  See the <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/commits/release-branch.go1">go1 release branch history</a> for the complete list of changes.
   230  </p>
   231  
   232  <h2 id="pre.go1">Older releases</h2>
   233  
   234  <p>
   235  See the <a href="pre_go1.html">Pre-Go 1 Release History</a> page for notes
   236  on earlier releases.
   237  </p>
   238