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Stanislav Bychkov commented on CASSGO-34:
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[~urandom], thank you for sharing your perspective, especially about
Wikimedia's use of gocql in critical production services. It's very helpful to
understand the real-world implications of changes like these.
Given your input, I agree that a more conservative approach is warranted for
now. It seems reasonable to fix the decision to set a minimum requirement of go
version 1.19, ensuring compatibility for the broadest range of users, including
those in production environments like yours.
At the same time, we can continue monitoring the ecosystem to understand when
moving to a higher go version becomes feasible. As we approach potential
milestones like a gocql 2.0 release, it could be an opportunity to reassess and
communicate such changes well in advance, ensuring minimal disruption for users.
If there are specific concerns about upgrade challenges, perhaps we could
explore ways to mitigate those or document best practices to ease transitions.
Let me know if there's anything specific that would help Wikimedia or other
projects in this regard.
Thanks again for sharing this—it’s exactly the kind of input that helps make
right decisions that balance progress with stability.
> Decide go version Bump for goclq
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> Key: CASSGO-34
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSGO-34
> Project: Apache Cassandra Go driver
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: Core
> Reporter: Stanislav Bychkov
> Priority: Normal
> Fix For: 2.0.0
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> The current {{go.mod}} file in gocql specifies go 1.13 as the minimum
> version, which is outdated. Recent updates, including support for {*}Native
> Protocol v5{*}, introduced dependencies such as {{{}atomic.Bool{}}}, which
> require go 1.19 or higher to build successfully.
> GoCQL officially supports the *latest two Go releases* (currently *Go 1.22*
> and {*}Go 1.23{*}) and uses these versions in its CI pipeline. However, we
> need to determine whether to bump the {{go.mod}} version to:
> # {*}Go 1.19{*}: The minimum version required to build with
> {{{}atomic.Bool{}}}.
> # {*}Go 1.22{*}: Align with GoCQL’s official policy of supporting the latest
> two Go releases.
> This decision impacts users, as a higher {{go.mod}} version requires them to
> upgrade their Go environment.
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