Dependency update - Golang 1.17

[justaugustus]

Tracking info

Link to any previous tracking issue: N/A

Golang mailing list announcement:

• go1.17: https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/wB1fph5RpsE
• go1.17rc2: https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/yk30ovJGXWY
• go1.17rc1: https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/gJE7OtHlRbM

SIG Release Slack thread: https://kubernetes.slack.com/archives/C2C40FMNF/p1626226473096200

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Work items for go1.17rc1

• kube-cross image update: [go1.17] Build images for go1.17rc1 #2117
  • image promotion: releng: Promote go1.17rc1 images k8s.io#2337
• go-runner image update: [go1.17] Build images for go1.17rc1 #2117
  • image promotion: releng: Promote go1.17rc1 images k8s.io#2337
• releng-ci image update: [go1.17] Build images for go1.17rc1 #2117
• k8s-ci-builder image variants update: Update/build Golang 1.17rc1 and 1.16.6 images #2168

After kube-cross image promotion

• k8s-cloud-builder image update: Update/build Golang 1.17rc1 and 1.16.6 images #2168
• kubekins/krte image variants update: kubekins-e2e/krte: Build go-canary variant using go1.17rc1 test-infra#22887

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Work items for go1.17rc2

• kube-cross image update: [go1.17] Build images for go1.17rc2 #2188
  • image promotion: releng: Promote go1.17rc2 and debian-base:buster-v1.9.0 images k8s.io#2459
• go-runner image update: [go1.17] Build images for go1.17rc2 #2188
  • image promotion: releng: Promote go1.17rc2 and debian-base:buster-v1.9.0 images k8s.io#2459
• releng-ci image update: [go1.17] Build images for go1.17rc2 #2188
• k8s-ci-builder image variants update: [go1.17] Build images for go1.17rc2 #2188

After kube-cross image promotion

• k8s-cloud-builder image update: k8s-cloud-builder: Build v1.17.0-rc.2-1 image #2190
• kubekins/krte image variants update: kubekins-e2e/krte: Build go-canary variant using go1.17rc2 test-infra#23139

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Work items for go1.17

• kube-cross image update: [go1.17] Build images for go1.17 #2211
  • image promotion: releng: Promote Golang 1.17 official images k8s.io#2608
• go-runner image update: [go1.17] Build images for go1.17 #2211
  • image promotion: releng: Promote Golang 1.17 official images k8s.io#2608
• releng-ci image update: [go1.17] Build images for go1.17 #2211

After kube-cross image promotion

• kubernetes/kubernetes update (master): [go1.17] Update to go1.17 kubernetes#103692

  Ensure the following have been updated within the PR:

  • kube-cross image
  • go-runner image
  • publishing bot rules

After kubernetes/kubernetes has been updated

• k8s-cloud-builder image update: k8s-cloud-builder: Update to v1.23.0-go1.17-buster.0 #2222
• k8s-ci-builder image variants update: [go1.17] Build images for go1.17 #2211
• kubekins/krte image variants update: kubekins/krte: Build go1.17 variants and bump 1.22 version marker test-infra#23354

Follow-up items

• Ensure the Golang issue template is updated with any new requirements
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/assign
cc: @kubernetes/release-engineering

[justaugustus]

FYI for go1.17 tracking.
No plan on landing this in kubernetes/kubernetes until after 1.22.0 has been been released.

cc: @thockin @liggitt @dims @kubernetes/sig-scalability

[liggitt]

kubernetes/kubernetes#100895 needs to be resolved before updating to go1.17

[cpanato]

/priority important-soon

[justaugustus]

Notice sent to k-dev: https://groups.google.com/g/kubernetes-dev/c/F_jcnGZtNas
Nice work, everyone!
/close

[k8s-ci-robot]

@justaugustus: Closing this issue.

In response to this:

Notice sent to k-dev: https://groups.google.com/g/kubernetes-dev/c/F_jcnGZtNas
Nice work, everyone!
/close

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[rifelpet]

I see the kubekins-e2e experimental image variant is still on go 1.16. Is that intentional or will that be updated to 1.17 at some point?

https://github.com/kubernetes/test-infra/blob/ce880de448fef7145649d682353dfa80f4b542d2/images/kubekins-e2e/variants.yaml#L4