Closed anjanb closed 1 year ago
nathany
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3 years ago That's a great idea, but I'm not sure where we would get that information (who's going to buy all these books to find out what versions they say they support?).
https://github.com/golang/go/wiki/Books does include publication dates though, so that may help
atc0005
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3 years ago I'm not sure where we would get that information
If split into some sort of punch list, it might be feasible to have someone with access to a subscription service lookup those details. I don't have the free time to process a large list by myself, but I could help out by looking up the info for any books that I have previously purchased. Others may be willing to do the same.
nathany
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3 years ago Perhaps we could, but I just don't know how valuable it is to try to find Go versions.
As an example, the book I wrote came out in 2018 when go 1.10 was out. Updating CI today to the latest Go 1.16 rc1 reveals that everything still works unmodified, as it should.
If other books have any issues, it's more than likely related to third-party libraries than the Go version itself, or typos in the book source code, or maybe still requiring a GOPATH.
The publication date would be nice to include, but I'm not convinced that digging up the Go version adds anything that can't be derived from the publication date.
atc0005
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3 years ago @nathany: The publication date would be nice to include
Agreed. Worst case that could be added now, then the related Go version later if desired.
I don't have the time to drive this forward, but I could help locate the publication date of some titles if someone else were to start the effort.
nathany
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1 year ago
golang is more stable, as compared to other languages; However, there are still changes to the development environment, features, capabilities. So, it helps a lot of know which version of golang the book targets or supports. It would also help to know which year the book was published.