Because stdlib was written before modules were a thing.
Regarding the "lets keep GOPATH going" argument, there was an issue about
this on github where the
arguments around the issue were fully explored.
https://github.com/golang/go/issues/37755#issuecomment-771879911
> thanks. expressed virt
On Wednesday, 24 February 2021 at 08:10:01 UTC jonr...@gmail.com wrote:
> i had a similar experience where i ended up pull-requesting the addition
> of mod&sum into a dependency. fair enough for actively maintained packages
> or packages you've contributed to before but could be problematic
>
Go modules were introduced back in 2018, so we have had a good few years to
migrate. In most cases migrating simply means running go mod init, and
commiting the go.mod and go.sum files.
Migrating does cause a small amount of pain. But it will improve your life
as a developer.
The existence of
i had a similar experience where i ended up pull-requesting the addition of
mod&sum into a dependency. fair enough for actively maintained packages or
packages you've contributed to before but could be problematic otherwise.
(insert any linux/bsd talk about contributing changes upstream here)
it
On Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 7:24 PM 'simon place' via golang-nuts <
golang-nuts@googlegroups.com> wrote:
>
> Insufficient information. What command did you run? What was the output?
>> Note that module mode is now the default with Go 1.16. You can get the Go
>> 1.15 behavior by exporting GO111MODULE=a
you could just make non-modules repos 'look like' a module with one version.
On Wednesday, 24 February 2021 at 03:23:47 UTC simon place wrote:
> On Wednesday, 24 February 2021 at 02:26:39 UTC Kurtis Rader wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 5:03 PM 'simon place' via golang-nuts <
>> golan...@goog
On Wednesday, 24 February 2021 at 02:26:39 UTC Kurtis Rader wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 5:03 PM 'simon place' via golang-nuts <
> golan...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
>
>> nothing compiles any more!
>>
>> i seem to be being forced to add, to some projects 9 years old
>> (unnecessary) module s
