SIV and the V2+ issue (Go Time #188)

Go modules brought about quite a few changes to the Go ecosystem. One of those changes is semantic import versioning (SIV), which has a fairly pronounced effect on how libraries are identified. In this episode we are joined by Tim Heckman and Peter Bourgon to discuss some of the downsides to these changes and how it has lead to what a subset of the Go community refers to as the “v2+ problem.”

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Featuring:

• Peter Bourgon – GitHub, X
• Tim Heckman – GitHub, X
• Jon Calhoun – Website, GitHub, X
• Kris Brandow – GitHub, X

Show Notes:

• proposal: optional SIV
• Go Modules Wiki
• Go Modules Cheat Sheet
• Quote about Go by Rob Pike mentioned on the show

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