[CentOS-devel] Updating golang in CentOS Extras?

On 07/15/2017 07:10 AM, Niels de Vos wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Currently CentOS Extras contains golang-1.4.2, but newer versions have
> been released since. Is there a plan for updating golang any time soon?
>

The golang in extras was BEFORE golang was released in RHEL (and
therefore CentOS) proper.

Now that golang has been released into the base CentOS os/ directory
(currently golang-1.6.3-2.el7.x86_64.rpm) , the one in extras will not
be updated as it is older than the released version. (extras is for
things NOT in the os/ directory).

There is a newer version now in the centosplus repo (where things that
are changes to and newer than os/ reside) .. currently:
golang-1.7.4-1.el7.x86_64.rpm  This version is a buildrequire for one of
the ostree/rpmostree rpms in extras.

There are currentlty no plans to update either of the two latest golang
versions to anything other than those required / released in the latest
RHEL source code now that it is being released in RHEL source code.



> In the CentOS Storage SIG we have a package (heketi) that started to
> depend on golang-1.6.2 (iirc). For us the older version of Golang in
> Extrasa results in preventing to update Heketi, and so users will not
> get the new features that are released upstream.
> 
> If Extras can not get a newer version of Golang (soonish), what is the
> preferred approach to make an updated version of Golang available for
> repositories in a SIG?
>

Obviously the SIGs will release golang versions (or any other packages)
that are required to build or run their SIG software.  RPMs in SIGs can
be whatever version is required for the SIG and could replace versions
in the base os/ repo from CentOS if required.

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