Github user jeking3 commented on the issue:
https://github.com/apache/thrift/pull/1382
We support go back to version 1.2.1 or 1.4.3 (I can't remember which, but I
think 1.2.1 is on trusty). That said, I'm in the middle of reworking the
docker images to be as stock as possible, and adding an ubuntu-artful one which
has go 1.8.3 on it. I don't think we can unilaterally require go 1.9 at this
point without causing some pain, but I'm not sure. I haven't been that
involved in the go ecosystem.---
