[Bug 1284376] Re: Go 1.2.1 will be released in early March

[Robie Basak]

> As this is past feature freeze, what are the options for getting these
fixes into Trusty?

Is this a bugfix-only release, or will it introduce new features?

If only bugfixes, then being beyond feature freeze is not a problem. If
features, then we need a feature freeze exception from the release team.

>From the upstream thread:

> (Does that mean the version of Go in 14.04 will be the same forever?
If our future releases are backward compatible, can't they be included?
What's the policy?)

Short answer: after release, backported high impact bugfixes only, no
new features. Do upstream maintain a stable branch with a bugfix-only
policy? If so, then a standing exception to stay up-to-date against that
branch is possible, subject to quality requirements.

Full policy, rationale, procedure etc:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates


I see that 1.2.1 appears released, and from a quick look it seems that it's bugfix only. Can somebody please confirm? If this is right then we can just do it.

** Tags added: upgrade-software-version

** Changed in: golang (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Triaged

** Changed in: golang (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

** Changed in: golang (Ubuntu)
    Milestone: None => ubuntu-14.04-beta-2

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