guix_mirror_bot pushed a commit to branch go-team
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commit 4d90abbf580112634b0fbb774ce647a5f21c5d5e
Author: Sharlatan Hellseher <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Thu Apr 30 23:51:59 2026 +0100
gnu: packages/golang: Add comment about boostrap versions.
* gnu/packages/golang.scm: Copy upstream explanation on the minimal
bootstrap version for Go.
Change-Id: Ic51e9316bdd5573c1a158b320343ae72a07eeebe
---
gnu/packages/golang.scm | 14 +++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/golang.scm b/gnu/packages/golang.scm
index aad6bbe8eb..bf4f926832 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/golang.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/golang.scm
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
;;; Copyright © 2020 Martin Becze <[email protected]>
;;; Copyright © 2021, 2022 Ricardo Wurmus <[email protected]>
;;; Copyright © 2021 Guillaume Le Vaillant <[email protected]>
-;;; Copyright © 2021-2025 Sharlatan Hellseher <[email protected]>
+;;; Copyright © 2021-2026 Sharlatan Hellseher <[email protected]>
;;; Copyright © 2021 Sarah Morgensen <[email protected]>
;;; Copyright © 2021 Raghav Gururajan <[email protected]>
;;; Copyright © 2021 jgart <[email protected]>
@@ -95,6 +95,18 @@
;; go-1.18. Starting with go-1.5 go cannot be built without an existing
;; installation of go, so we need to use go-1.4 or gccgo. For architectures
which
;; are not supported with go-1.4 we use a version of gccgo to bootstrap them.
+;;
+;; The minimum version of Go required depends on the target version of Go:
+;;
+;; Go <= 1.4: a C toolchain.
+;; 1.5 <= Go <= 1.19: a Go 1.4 compiler.
+;; 1.20 <= Go <= 1.21: a Go 1.17 compiler.
+;; 1.22 <= Go <= 1.23: a Go 1.20 compiler.
+;;
+;; Going forward, Go version 1.N will require a Go 1.M compiler, where M is
+;; N-2 rounded down to an even number.
+;; Example: Go 1.24 and 1.25 require Go 1.22.
+;; See: <https://go.dev/doc/install/source>.
(define-public go-1.4
(package
