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diff --git a/doc/development/go_guide/go_upgrade.md b/doc/development/go_guide/go_upgrade.md index 7fc18604a3d..6bfa4ced229 100644 --- a/doc/development/go_guide/go_upgrade.md +++ b/doc/development/go_guide/go_upgrade.md @@ -18,19 +18,20 @@ the [Cloud-Native GitLab (CNG)](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/build/CNG) project publishes a set of Docker images deployed and configured by Helm Charts or the GitLab Operator. -Testing matrices for all projects using Go must include the version shipped -by Distribution: +## Testing against shipped Go versions -- [Check the Go version shipping with Omnibus GitLab](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-omnibus-builder/-/blob/master/docker/VERSIONS#L6). -- [Check the Go version shipping with Cloud-Native GitLab (CNG)](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/build/cng/blob/master/ci_files/variables.yml#L12). +Testing matrices for all projects using Go must include the version shipped by Distribution. Check the Go version set by `GO_VERSION` for: + +- [Linux package builds](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-omnibus-builder/-/blob/master/docker/VERSIONS). +- [Cloud-Native GitLab (CNG)](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/build/cng/blob/master/ci_files/variables.yml). ## Supporting multiple Go versions Individual Go projects need to support multiple Go versions because: - When a new version of Go is released, we should start integrating it into the CI pipelines to verify compatibility with the new compiler. -- We must support the [official Omnibus GitLab Go version](#updating-go-version), which may be behind the latest minor release. -- When Omnibus switches Go version, we still may need to support the old one for security backports. +- We must support the versions of Go [shipped by Distribution](#testing-against-shipped-go-versions), which might be behind the latest minor release. +- When Linux package builds or Cloud-Native GitLab (CNG) change a Go version, we still might need to support the old version for backports. These 3 requirements may easily be satisfied by keeping support for the [3 latest minor versions of Go](https://go.dev/dl/). |