Re: Next steps for Go

From: Adam Weinberger <adamw_at_adamw.org>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:30:50 UTC
On Mon, Jan 19, 2026 at 7:05 PM Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des@freebsd.org> wrote:

> Adam Weinberger <adamw@adamw.org> writes:
> > Go 1.26 is right around the corner, and it comes with dropping support
> > for 1.24, which is an issue for any port that says `USES=go:1.24`
> > (without a +).
>
> Luckily, there are exacly zero such ports.
>
> > We need ports to switch from `USES=1.24` to `USES=1.24+`. Similarly,
> > in 6 months we’ll need to do the same to USES=1.25.
>
> There are exactly two such ports:
>
>     sysutils/opentofu
>     www/remark42
>
> As I've told you before, I suggest you change them to 1.25+ when you add
> 1.26 to the tree.


Thanks des.


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Adam Weinberger
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