1 <!--{ 2 "Title": "Release History" 3 }--> 4 5 <p>This page summarizes the changes between official stable releases of Go. 6 The <a href="//golang.org/change">change log</a> has the full details.</p> 7 8 <p>To update to a specific release, use:</p> 9 10 <pre> 11 git pull 12 git checkout <i>release-branch</i> 13 </pre> 14 15 <h2 id="go1.5">go1.5 (released 2015/08/19)</h2> 16 17 <p> 18 Go 1.5 is a major release of Go. 19 Read the <a href="/doc/go1.5">Go 1.5 Release Notes</a> for more information. 20 </p> 21 22 <h3 id="go1.5.minor">Minor revisions</h3> 23 24 <p> 25 go1.5.1 (released 2015/09/08) includes bug fixes to the compiler, assembler, and 26 the <code>fmt</code>, <code>net/textproto</code>, <code>net/http</code>, and 27 <code>runtime</code> packages. 28 See the <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=milestone%3AGo1.5.1">Go 29 1.5.1 milestone</a> on our issue tracker for details. 30 </p> 31 32 <h2 id="go1.4">go1.4 (released 2014/12/10)</h2> 33 34 <p> 35 Go 1.4 is a major release of Go. 36 Read the <a href="/doc/go1.4">Go 1.4 Release Notes</a> for more information. 37 </p> 38 39 <h3 id="go1.4.minor">Minor revisions</h3> 40 41 <p> 42 go1.4.1 (released 2015/01/15) includes bug fixes to the linker and the <code>log</code>, <code>syscall</code>, and <code>runtime</code> packages. 43 See the <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=milestone%3AGo1.4.1">Go 1.4.1 milestone on our issue tracker</a> for details. 44 </p> 45 46 <p> 47 go1.4.2 (released 2015/02/17) includes bug fixes to the <code>go</code> command, the compiler and linker, and the <code>runtime</code>, <code>syscall</code>, <code>reflect</code>, and <code>math/big</code> packages. 48 See the <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=milestone%3AGo1.4.2">Go 1.4.2 milestone on our issue tracker</a> for details. 49 </p> 50 51 <h2 id="go1.3">go1.3 (released 2014/06/18)</h2> 52 53 <p> 54 Go 1.3 is a major release of Go. 55 Read the <a href="/doc/go1.3">Go 1.3 Release Notes</a> for more information. 56 </p> 57 58 <h3 id="go1.3.minor">Minor revisions</h3> 59 60 <p> 61 go1.3.1 (released 2014/08/13) includes bug fixes to the compiler and the <code>runtime</code>, <code>net</code>, and <code>crypto/rsa</code> packages. 62 See the <a href="//code.google.com/p/go/source/list?name=release-branch.go1.3&r=073fc578434bf3e1e22749b559d273c8da728ebb">change history</a> for details. 63 </p> 64 65 <p> 66 go1.3.2 (released 2014/09/25) includes bug fixes to cgo and the crypto/tls packages. 67 See the <a href="//code.google.com/p/go/source/list?name=release-branch.go1.3&r=go1.3.2">change history</a> for details. 68 </p> 69 70 <p> 71 go1.3.3 (released 2014/09/30) includes further bug fixes to cgo, the runtime package, and the nacl port. 72 See the <a href="//code.google.com/p/go/source/list?name=release-branch.go1.3&r=go1.3.3">change history</a> for details. 73 </p> 74 75 <h2 id="go1.2">go1.2 (released 2013/12/01)</h2> 76 77 <p> 78 Go 1.2 is a major release of Go. 79 Read the <a href="/doc/go1.2">Go 1.2 Release Notes</a> for more information. 80 </p> 81 82 <h3 id="go1.2.minor">Minor revisions</h3> 83 84 <p> 85 go1.2.1 (released 2014/03/02) includes bug fixes to the <code>runtime</code>, <code>net</code>, and <code>database/sql</code> packages. 86 See the <a href="//code.google.com/p/go/source/list?name=release-branch.go1.2&r=7ada9e760ce34e78aee5b476c9621556d0fa5d31">change history</a> for details. 87 </p> 88 89 <p> 90 go1.2.2 (released 2014/05/05) includes a 91 <a href="//code.google.com/p/go/source/detail?r=bda3619e7a2c&repo=tools">security fix</a> 92 that affects the tour binary included in the binary distributions (thanks to Guillaume T). 93 </p> 94 95 <h2 id="go1.1">go1.1 (released 2013/05/13)</h2> 96 97 <p> 98 Go 1.1 is a major release of Go. 99 Read the <a href="/doc/go1.1">Go 1.1 Release Notes</a> for more information. 100 </p> 101 102 <h3 id="go1.1.minor">Minor revisions</h3> 103 104 <p> 105 go1.1.1 (released 2013/06/13) includes several compiler and runtime bug fixes. 106 See the <a href="//code.google.com/p/go/source/list?name=release-branch.go1.1&r=43c4a41d24382a56a90e924800c681e435d9e399">change history</a> for details. 107 </p> 108 109 <p> 110 go1.1.2 (released 2013/08/13) includes fixes to the <code>gc</code> compiler 111 and <code>cgo</code>, and the <code>bufio</code>, <code>runtime</code>, 112 <code>syscall</code>, and <code>time</code> packages. 113 See the <a href="//code.google.com/p/go/source/list?name=release-branch.go1.1&r=a6a9792f94acd4ff686b2bc57383d163608b91cf">change history</a> for details. 114 If you use package syscall's <code>Getrlimit</code> and <code>Setrlimit</code> 115 functions under Linux on the ARM or 386 architectures, please note change 116 <a href="//golang.org/change/55ac276af5a7">55ac276af5a7</a> 117 that fixes <a href="//golang.org/issue/5949">issue 5949</a>. 118 </p> 119 120 <h2 id="go1">go1 (released 2012/03/28)</h2> 121 122 <p> 123 Go 1 is a major release of Go that will be stable in the long term. 124 Read the <a href="/doc/go1.html">Go 1 Release Notes</a> for more information. 125 </p> 126 127 <p> 128 It is intended that programs written for Go 1 will continue to compile and run 129 correctly, unchanged, under future versions of Go 1. 130 Read the <a href="/doc/go1compat.html">Go 1 compatibility document</a> for more 131 about the future of Go 1. 132 </p> 133 134 <p> 135 The go1 release corresponds to 136 <code><a href="weekly.html#2012-03-27">weekly.2012-03-27</a></code>. 137 </p> 138 139 <h3 id="go1.minor">Minor revisions</h3> 140 141 <p> 142 go1.0.1 (released 2012/04/25) was issued to 143 <a href="//golang.org/change/a890477d3dfb">fix</a> an 144 <a href="//golang.org/issue/3545">escape analysis bug</a> 145 that can lead to memory corruption. 146 It also includes several minor code and documentation fixes. 147 </p> 148 149 <p> 150 go1.0.2 (released 2012/06/13) was issued to fix two bugs in the implementation 151 of maps using struct or array keys: 152 <a href="//golang.org/issue/3695">issue 3695</a> and 153 <a href="//golang.org/issue/3573">issue 3573</a>. 154 It also includes many minor code and documentation fixes. 155 </p> 156 157 <p> 158 go1.0.3 (released 2012/09/21) includes minor code and documentation fixes. 159 </p> 160 161 <p> 162 See the <a href="//code.google.com/p/go/source/list?name=release-branch.go1">go1 release branch history</a> for the complete list of changes. 163 </p> 164 165 <h2 id="pre.go1">Older releases</h2> 166 167 <p> 168 See the <a href="pre_go1.html">Pre-Go 1 Release History</a> page for notes 169 on earlier releases. 170 </p> 171 172
