[tor-dev] Go version in Gitian descriptors

[David Fifield]

On Sun, Jan 03, 2016 at 11:01:25PM -0600, Jeremy Rand wrote:
> I noticed that it looks like Tor Project is using Go 1.4.2 to build
> the pluggable transports in Gitian.  I'm curious why a newer version
> of Go isn't used.  My understanding is that Go 1.4.2 (or earlier) is
> needed to build Go 1.5 because 1.5's source code is itself in Go.
> Would using Go 1.5 be as simple as building 1.4.2 in Gitian (as is
> done now), and then using 1.4.2 to build 1.5, and then placing 1.5 in
> PATH instead of 1.4.2 as is done now?  Have obstacles been identified
> in such a configuration, or is it just that no one tried it?

It's just that nobody has tried it. Here's the ticket for the most
recent update (to 1.4.2) if you want to make a new patch and file a new
ticket:
https://bugs.torproject.org/15448