That is 100% true but a important point is that using GOPATH requires manual dependency management via ‘vendoring’. This can be very labor intensive and error prone - leading to security issues in your delivered code.
> On Feb 25, 2021, at 3:08 PM, Bob Alexander <bobja...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > GOPATH mode does not limit your Go code to a single directory. I've seen this > misunderstanding stated in probably hundreds of various posts. > > $GOPATH allows specification of multiple directories. I've used that > capability for several years to distribute my Go code to my personal general > library and to various application-specific libraries. Each of the multiple > GOPATH directories refers to a Go "workspace", so the result is my general > library workspace plus mini-workspaces in various application directories -- > each with src, pkg, and bin subdirectories. A single go install installs all > workspaces specified in your GOPATH at once, or you can selectively build by > temporarily changing the GOPATH. > > This is a pretty good setup for me, a decades-experienced software engineer > working in "programmer" mode for my personal development. > > Go's goal of ending GOPATH mode sounds like a choice to serve the > professional software engineer, and not the personal programmer. Module mode > is a good thing if you are publishing your code, but is a lot of additional > labor and cognitive load for us "programmers". > > I wonder if this might discourage adoption of Go by certain categories such > as college and high school students, non-software-engineer professionals who > write internal programs for their business, and curious folks who want to > introduce themselves to Go. It is soooo much easier to set up my environment > with GOPATH mode. In attempting conversion to MODULE mode, I've spent lots of > frustrating hours and it's still not working perfectly! > > So, I am +1 for retention of GOPATH mode (as well as MODULE mode), allowing > Go users to make the choice of MODULE vs. GOPATH based on their needs. > -- > 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/CAKyHfRPYgop6YPgk3AcJ4Q43NgV%3D9KP%3DzgYja8Z6FJuc0UuPig%40mail.gmail.com. -- 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/90A75740-F716-46C7-8F37-28307E5BAB75%40ix.netcom.com.
