[All OSs] Go version 1.16 will be removed on August, 15th

[ddobranic]

Breaking changes

Go version 1.16 will be removed from all operating systems.

Target date

August 15, 2022.

The motivation for the changes

According to our Software and image guidelines
we support [3 latest minor versions of Go],
(https://endoflife.date/go) which are 1.17, 1.18 & 1.19 at the moment.

Possible impact

If your project depends on a pre-installed Go version 1.16 it can be broken.

Platforms affected

• Azure DevOps
• GitHub Actions

Virtual environments affected

• Ubuntu 18.04
• Ubuntu 20.04
• Ubuntu 22.04
• macOS 10.15
• macOS 11
• macOS 12
• Windows Server 2019
• Windows Server 2022

Mitigation ways

To install any versions in runtime use:

https://github.com/actions/setup-go action for GH actions
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/tool/go-tool?view=azure-devops task for AzDO

[mikhailkoliada]

Will be removed next week.