Package: release.debian.org User: [email protected] Usertags: transition X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected] Severity: normal
Dear release team,as you're probably aware, the default golang compiler version for Debian is determined with the golang-defaults package. Currently, the golang-defaults package points to golang 1.24.
Upstream has released golang-1.25 in August 2025, and the next version 1.26 will most probably be released in about two weeks.
We'd like to switch the default golang version to the latest upstream (probably to 1.26, after it has been released).
In https://bugs.debian.org/1116589, Tianon and I had a short conversation about how to do this. Tianon said that he thinks this needs a transition, so I'm reaching out to you.
However, I'm a bit lost as to how a Ben file could be written. From my quick search with grep-dctrl, it seems that only the golang-compiler packages need to be rebuilt:
$ grep-dctrl -F Depends: "golang-go " -s Package Packages Package: golang Package: golang-any Package: golang-doc $ grep-dctrl -F Depends: "golang-1" -s Package Packages Package: golang-1.24 Package: golang-1.24-go Package: golang-1.25 Package: golang-1.25-go Package: golang Package: golang-doc Package: golang-go Package: golang-srcWhich does make sense, because the golang-*dev packages are constructed to include the source files, there is no binary library compiled.
So, it would be great if you could give your perspective on this -- do we need a transition for a new golang compiler? If yes, how could we track the progress?
Regards, Tobias
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