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Sign upproposal: x/tools/cmd/getgo: document and possibly ship in distributions #27700
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The OTOH, we already have a tool called
which is similar to what you're asking. |
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Thank you for the But IMHO this command should be installed by default like |
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go version -update is definitely too difficult. (The go command should not be attempting to overwrite itself.) Changing to a proposal to document and ship getgo. |
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/cc @andybons for triage. If no one is available now maybe put on hold. |
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Shipping Also, note that if one already has a go distribution, it is possible to do |
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Putting on hold for now while we figure out next steps so that proposal committee doesn’t need to see it each week. |
Feature request:
Provide a go tool to update go to latest stable version, or to a user selected version.
Examples:
Update go to latest stable version.
Replace current version with version 1.x.y