All of the packages are significantly smaller -- not just those for macOS. So this isn't due to anything specific to the macOS package(s). Looking at the release notes for Go 1.21.0 I don't see an obvious explanation for the reduction. Downloading and extracting those two packages shows the contents have a proportional size difference:
> du -sh go1.20.7/ go1.21.0/ 264M go1.20.7/ 237M go1.21.0/ Most of the files and directories are larger in the 1.21.0 release. There are some notable exceptions. The main one, accounting for most of the decrease, is the tool directory: This is the `df -k` diff: < 111520 ./pkg/tool/darwin_arm64 --- > 80704 ./pkg/tool/darwin_arm64 That is a 3 MB reduction (28%) in the total size of the Go tools. Why are the Go tools so much smaller? I don't see an obvious answer in the release notes. On Tue, Aug 15, 2023 at 8:49 PM xie cui <cuiwei...@gmail.com> wrote: > > go1.20.7.darwin-arm64.tar.gz > <https://go.dev/dl/go1.20.7.darwin-arm64.tar.gz>ArchivemacOSARM6492MB > > go1.21.0.darwin-arm64.tar.gz > <https://go.dev/dl/go1.21.0.darwin-arm64.tar.gz>ArchivemacOSARM6462MB > this size reduce about 30%. > why the size reduce a lot? > > -- > 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/67bb5470-0b40-4a33-9d11-fefa7f6fd7a6n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/67bb5470-0b40-4a33-9d11-fefa7f6fd7a6n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Kurtis Rader Caretaker of the exceptional canines Junior and Hank -- 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/CABx2%3DD--vvPqu0Opx9i2fGPVCazPspg1r99JH31e7KLpAn%2Bp8A%40mail.gmail.com.
