Download Go 1.10.3 / 1.9.7

Go, also referred to as golang, is a programming language developed by Google and the open source community since 2007. Among other things, the language is cloudflare, google, Netflix and Uber used. Go code can be compiled for Android, Linux, macOS, FreeBSD, and Windows on i386, amd64, and ARM processor architectures. The syntax of Go is similar to that of C and similar programming languages, although there are also some notable differences. Go also offers the option of distributed programming, where several processes are executed simultaneously. The team has released Go versions 1.10.3 and 1.9.7 with the following changes:

Version 1.10.3

includes fixes to the go command, and the crypto/tls, crypto/x509, and strings packages. In particular, it adds minimal support to the go command for the vgo transition.

• cmd/go: go get github.com/rsc/vgotest5 fails [1.10 backport]
• cmd/go: backported module awareness doesn’t support list or go/build
• strings: Map produces invalid utf-8 when passed PAD (U+0080) [1.10 backport]
• build: misc/cgo/testcshared failure [1.10 backport]
• line 381 at golang 1.10 src/runtime/malloc
• crypto/x509: CANotAuthorizedForExtKeyUsage is a bogus error [1.10 backport]
• cmd/cgo: C.stdout no longer assignable in go 1.10
• cmd/go: add minimal support for vgo transition [1.10 backport]
• crypto/tls: panic in TransportTLS handshake in Windows crashes app with panic [1.10 backport]
• doc: update the contribution guidelines to reflect the new minor release process
• crypto/x509: NameConstraintsWithoutSANs when checking signing certificate [1.10 backport]

Version 1.9.7

includes fixes to the go command, and the crypto/x509, and strings packages. In particular, it adds minimal support to the go command for the vgo transition.

• cmd/go: go get github.com/rsc/vgotest5 fails [1.9 backport]
• strings: Map produces invalid utf-8 when passed PAD (U+0080) [1.9 backport]
• build: misc/cgo/testcshared failure [1.9 backport]
• cmd/go: add minimal support for vgo transition [1.9 backport]
• crypto/tls: panic in TransportTLS handshake in Windows crashes app with panic [1.9 backport]