Brent Austin | ba3052e | 2015-04-21 16:08:23 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | <!--{ |
| 2 | "Title": "The Go Project", |
| 3 | "Path": "/project/" |
| 4 | }--> |
| 5 | |
| 6 | <img class="gopher" src="/doc/gopher/project.png" /> |
| 7 | |
| 8 | <div id="manual-nav"></div> |
| 9 | |
| 10 | <p> |
| 11 | Go is an open source project developed by a team at |
| 12 | <a href="//google.com/">Google</a> and many |
| 13 | <a href="/CONTRIBUTORS">contributors</a> from the open source community. |
| 14 | </p> |
| 15 | |
| 16 | <p> |
| 17 | Go is distributed under a <a href="/LICENSE">BSD-style license</a>. |
| 18 | </p> |
| 19 | |
| 20 | <h3 id="announce"><a href="//groups.google.com/group/golang-announce">Announcements Mailing List</a></h3> |
| 21 | <p> |
| 22 | A low traffic mailing list for important announcements, such as new releases. |
| 23 | </p> |
| 24 | <p> |
| 25 | We encourage all Go users to subscribe to |
| 26 | <a href="//groups.google.com/group/golang-announce">golang-announce</a>. |
| 27 | </p> |
| 28 | |
| 29 | |
| 30 | <h2 id="go1">Version history</h2> |
| 31 | |
| 32 | <h3 id="release"><a href="/doc/devel/release.html">Release History</a></h3> |
| 33 | |
| 34 | <p>A <a href="/doc/devel/release.html">summary</a> of the changes between Go releases. Notes for the major releases:</p> |
| 35 | |
| 36 | <ul> |
Colin Cross | d9c6b80 | 2019-03-19 21:10:31 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 37 | <li><a href="/doc/go1.12">Go 1.12</a> <small>(February 2019)</small></li> |
| 38 | <li><a href="/doc/go1.11">Go 1.11</a> <small>(August 2018)</small></li> |
Dan Willemsen | a322328 | 2018-02-27 19:41:43 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 39 | <li><a href="/doc/go1.10">Go 1.10</a> <small>(February 2018)</small></li> |
Dan Willemsen | 1336ba9 | 2017-08-25 12:34:09 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 40 | <li><a href="/doc/go1.9">Go 1.9</a> <small>(August 2017)</small></li> |
Dan Willemsen | d279748 | 2017-07-26 13:13:13 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 41 | <li><a href="/doc/go1.8">Go 1.8</a> <small>(February 2017)</small></li> |
Dan Willemsen | ebae302 | 2017-01-13 23:01:08 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 42 | <li><a href="/doc/go1.7">Go 1.7</a> <small>(August 2016)</small></li> |
Dan Willemsen | 38f2dba | 2016-07-08 14:54:35 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 43 | <li><a href="/doc/go1.6">Go 1.6</a> <small>(February 2016)</small></li> |
Dan Willemsen | 09eb3b1 | 2015-09-16 14:34:17 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 44 | <li><a href="/doc/go1.5">Go 1.5</a> <small>(August 2015)</small></li> |
Brent Austin | ba3052e | 2015-04-21 16:08:23 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 45 | <li><a href="/doc/go1.4">Go 1.4</a> <small>(December 2014)</small></li> |
| 46 | <li><a href="/doc/go1.3">Go 1.3</a> <small>(June 2014)</small></li> |
| 47 | <li><a href="/doc/go1.2">Go 1.2</a> <small>(December 2013)</small></li> |
| 48 | <li><a href="/doc/go1.1">Go 1.1</a> <small>(May 2013)</small></li> |
| 49 | <li><a href="/doc/go1">Go 1</a> <small>(March 2012)</small></li> |
| 50 | </ul> |
| 51 | |
| 52 | <h3 id="go1compat"><a href="/doc/go1compat">Go 1 and the Future of Go Programs</a></h3> |
| 53 | <p> |
| 54 | What Go 1 defines and the backwards-compatibility guarantees one can expect as |
| 55 | Go 1 matures. |
| 56 | </p> |
| 57 | |
| 58 | |
| 59 | <h2 id="resources">Developer Resources</h2> |
| 60 | |
| 61 | <h3 id="source"><a href="https://golang.org/change">Source Code</a></h3> |
| 62 | <p>Check out the Go source code.</p> |
| 63 | |
Colin Cross | d9c6b80 | 2019-03-19 21:10:31 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 64 | <h3 id="discuss"><a href="//groups.google.com/group/golang-nuts">Discussion Mailing List</a></h3> |
| 65 | <p> |
| 66 | A mailing list for general discussion of Go programming. |
| 67 | </p> |
| 68 | <p> |
| 69 | Questions about using Go or announcements relevant to other Go users should be sent to |
| 70 | <a href="//groups.google.com/group/golang-nuts">golang-nuts</a>. |
| 71 | </p> |
| 72 | |
Brent Austin | ba3052e | 2015-04-21 16:08:23 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 73 | <h3 id="golang-dev"><a href="https://groups.google.com/group/golang-dev">Developer</a> and |
| 74 | <a href="https://groups.google.com/group/golang-codereviews">Code Review Mailing List</a></h3> |
| 75 | <p>The <a href="https://groups.google.com/group/golang-dev">golang-dev</a> |
| 76 | mailing list is for discussing code changes to the Go project. |
| 77 | The <a href="https://groups.google.com/group/golang-codereviews">golang-codereviews</a> |
| 78 | mailing list is for actual reviewing of the code changes (CLs).</p> |
| 79 | |
Brent Austin | ba3052e | 2015-04-21 16:08:23 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 80 | <h3 id="golang-checkins"><a href="https://groups.google.com/group/golang-checkins">Checkins Mailing List</a></h3> |
| 81 | <p>A mailing list that receives a message summarizing each checkin to the Go repository.</p> |
| 82 | |
Brent Austin | ba3052e | 2015-04-21 16:08:23 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 83 | <h3 id="build_status"><a href="//build.golang.org/">Build Status</a></h3> |
| 84 | <p>View the status of Go builds across the supported operating |
| 85 | systems and architectures.</p> |
| 86 | |
| 87 | |
| 88 | <h2 id="howto">How you can help</h2> |
| 89 | |
| 90 | <h3><a href="//golang.org/issue">Reporting issues</a></h3> |
| 91 | |
| 92 | <p> |
| 93 | If you spot bugs, mistakes, or inconsistencies in the Go project's code or |
| 94 | documentation, please let us know by |
| 95 | <a href="//golang.org/issue/new">filing a ticket</a> |
| 96 | on our <a href="//golang.org/issue">issue tracker</a>. |
| 97 | (Of course, you should check it's not an existing issue before creating |
| 98 | a new one.) |
| 99 | </p> |
| 100 | |
| 101 | <p> |
| 102 | We pride ourselves on being meticulous; no issue is too small. |
| 103 | </p> |
| 104 | |
Dan Willemsen | 09eb3b1 | 2015-09-16 14:34:17 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 105 | <p> |
| 106 | Security-related issues should be reported to |
Dan Willemsen | 38f2dba | 2016-07-08 14:54:35 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 107 | <a href="mailto:security@golang.org">security@golang.org</a>.<br> |
Dan Willemsen | 09eb3b1 | 2015-09-16 14:34:17 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 108 | See the <a href="/security">security policy</a> for more details. |
| 109 | </p> |
| 110 | |
Dan Willemsen | 38f2dba | 2016-07-08 14:54:35 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 111 | <p> |
| 112 | Community-related issues should be reported to |
| 113 | <a href="mailto:conduct@golang.org">conduct@golang.org</a>.<br> |
| 114 | See the <a href="/conduct">Code of Conduct</a> for more details. |
| 115 | </p> |
| 116 | |
Brent Austin | ba3052e | 2015-04-21 16:08:23 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 117 | <h3><a href="/doc/contribute.html">Contributing code</a></h3> |
| 118 | |
| 119 | <p> |
| 120 | Go is an open source project and we welcome contributions from the community. |
| 121 | </p> |
| 122 | <p> |
| 123 | To get started, read these <a href="/doc/contribute.html">contribution |
| 124 | guidelines</a> for information on design, testing, and our code review process. |
| 125 | </p> |
| 126 | <p> |
Colin Cross | d9c6b80 | 2019-03-19 21:10:31 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 127 | Check <a href="//golang.org/issue">the tracker</a> for |
Brent Austin | ba3052e | 2015-04-21 16:08:23 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 128 | open issues that interest you. Those labeled |
Dan Willemsen | a322328 | 2018-02-27 19:41:43 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 129 | <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3A%22help+wanted%22">help wanted</a> |
Brent Austin | ba3052e | 2015-04-21 16:08:23 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 130 | are particularly in need of outside help. |
| 131 | </p> |