There is ongoing discussion here: https://github.com/golang/go/issues/30791
Unfortunately it has been taking way too long for this to get documented. People are spending a lot of time debating what the go directive should be in go.mod files in their projects because there is no official recommendation. On Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 3:56 PM George Hartzell <hartz...@alerce.com> wrote: > > > Hi All, > > What meaning should I attach to the "go" line in go.mod, e.g. > > go 1.13 > > It's not mentioned in the module wiki's [list of go mod > directives](https://github.com/golang/go/wiki/Modules#gomod). > > It seems to be the version of the `go` command that last touched the > go.mod file. > > What, if anything, does it assert about the version of go needed to > build the project? Is it the only version or the minimal version or > ...? > > Thanks, > > g. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "golang-nuts" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/24049.33340.893632.747166%40alice.local. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/CAGeFq%2Bn4Y%3Dd4%3DuuDPw1agYnwBuOBv7Tyy7sVyz7OwFPddyO4dA%40mail.gmail.com.
