doc: write Go 1.18 release notes

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doc: write Go 1.18 release notes

cagedmantis opened this issue 4 years ago · 103 comments

Tracking bug for writing the Go 1.18 Release Notes.

The latest state on tip can be viewed at https://tip.golang.org/doc/go1.18.

When the Go 1.18 Release Notes are complete, this should be closed, and a similar issue should be made for the next release. Previous issues are #44513, #40700, #37419, #36878, #17929, #15810, #5929, etc.

Answer 1 · 2021-08-13T18:50:38.000Z

Change https://golang.org/cl/342070 mentions this issue: doc: start draft of go1.18 release notes, move go1.17 to x/website

Answer 2 · 2021-10-11T15:49:25.000Z

Change https://golang.org/cl/354971 mentions this issue: doc/go1.18: document FreeBSD 11.x will no longer be supported

Answer 3 · 2021-10-15T04:13:25.000Z

Change https://golang.org/cl/356050 mentions this issue: doc: document new reflect.SetIter{Key,Value} functions

Answer 4 · 2021-11-05T21:33:59.000Z

Change https://golang.org/cl/361894 mentions this issue: doc/go1.18: fill in Go 1.18 release note TODOs using relnote

Answer 5 · 2021-11-05T22:43:14.000Z

Change https://golang.org/cl/361895 mentions this issue: doc/go1.18: split bytes and strings packages

Answer 6 · 2021-11-12T18:29:03.000Z

Change https://golang.org/cl/363694 mentions this issue: doc/go1.18: mention register ABI on ARM64 and PPC64

Answer 7 · 2021-11-12T23:58:02.000Z

Change https://golang.org/cl/363661 mentions this issue: doc: document GOAMD64 environment variable

Answer 8 · 2021-11-13T08:33:11.000Z

Change https://golang.org/cl/363359 mentions this issue: doc/go1.18: add AppendRune doc

Answer 9 · 2021-11-16T05:13:29.000Z

Change https://golang.org/cl/363840 mentions this issue: doc: go1.18 release notes for CLs 323318/332771

Answer 10 · 2021-11-16T08:18:17.000Z

Change https://golang.org/cl/364254 mentions this issue: doc/go1.18: add Clone doc

Answer 11 · 2021-11-19T20:33:19.000Z

Change https://golang.org/cl/365317 mentions this issue: [go] doc: add new bufio functionality

Answer 12 · 2021-11-19T20:33:19.000Z

Change https://golang.org/cl/365318 mentions this issue: [go] doc: document speedups to Trim[|Left|Right]

Answer 13 · 2021-11-19T21:57:34.000Z

Change https://golang.org/cl/365738 mentions this issue: [go] doc: add short-circuit evaluation for text/template

Answer 14 · 2021-11-20T01:32:26.000Z

Change https://golang.org/cl/365838 mentions this issue: doc: fix typo in bufio documentation

Answer 15 · 2021-11-22T20:51:47.000Z

Change https://golang.org/cl/366274 mentions this issue: doc/go1.18: document compiler change for "declared but not used" errors

Answer 16 · 2021-11-22T20:51:48.000Z

Change https://golang.org/cl/366275 mentions this issue: doc/go1.18: document new overflow error for some untyped arguments to print/ln

Answer 17 · 2021-11-24T16:11:58.000Z

Change https://golang.org/cl/366914 mentions this issue: doc/go1.18: document that iOS 12 or newer is required

Answer 18 · 2021-11-25T03:49:45.000Z

Change https://golang.org/cl/366955 mentions this issue: doc/go1.18: add net/http IDNA change

Answer 19 · 2021-11-25T12:07:53.000Z

Change https://golang.org/cl/367095 mentions this issue: doc/go1.18: document non-cooperative preemption on windows/arm{,64}

Answer 20 · 2021-11-29T16:07:24.000Z

Change https://golang.org/cl/367514 mentions this issue: doc/go1.18: use <code> instead of <pre> for target specification

Answer 21 · 2021-12-01T16:45:15.000Z

Change https://golang.org/cl/368234 mentions this issue: doc/go1.18: mention stack trace change

Answer 22 · 2021-12-01T17:40:58.000Z

Change https://golang.org/cl/368255 mentions this issue: doc/go1.18: add short-circuit evaluation for text/template

Answer 23 · 2021-12-01T17:45:39.000Z

Change https://golang.org/cl/368156 mentions this issue: doc/go1.18: add information on new pacer.

Answer 24 · 2021-12-01T17:58:30.000Z

Change https://golang.org/cl/368157 mentions this issue: doc/go1.18: add -asan to the compiler section of the release notes

Answer 25 · 2021-12-01T18:43:39.000Z

Change https://golang.org/cl/368314 mentions this issue: doc/go1.18: add constraints package documentation

Answer 26 · 2021-12-01T18:49:55.000Z

Change https://golang.org/cl/368315 mentions this issue: doc/go1.18: add Conn.NetConn documentation to crypto/tls section

Answer 27 · 2021-12-01T18:57:59.000Z

Change https://golang.org/cl/368316 mentions this issue: doc/go1.18: add deprecation note for net.Error.Temporary

Answer 28 · 2021-12-01T21:29:08.000Z

Change https://golang.org/cl/368357 mentions this issue: doc/go1.18: add docs on Cookie.Valid

Answer 29 · 2021-12-01T21:40:37.000Z

Change https://golang.org/cl/368358 mentions this issue: doc/go1.18: add docs on User.GroupIds

Answer 30 · 2021-12-01T21:41:19.000Z

Change https://golang.org/cl/368359 mentions this issue: doc/go1.18: add docs on reflect.MapIter

Answer 31 · 2021-12-01T21:44:43.000Z

Change https://golang.org/cl/368360 mentions this issue: doc/go1.18: add docs on reflect.MapIter

Answer 32 · 2021-12-01T21:51:36.000Z

Change https://golang.org/cl/368362 mentions this issue: doc/go1.18: add docs on reflect/Value.MapIndex perf improvements

Answer 33 · 2021-12-01T21:57:15.000Z

Change https://golang.org/cl/368363 mentions this issue: doc/go1.18: add docs on new reflect.Value methods

Answer 34 · 2021-12-01T22:04:58.000Z

Change https://golang.org/cl/368364 mentions this issue: doc/go1.18: add docs on FieldByIndexErr

Answer 35 · 2021-12-02T18:20:03.000Z

Change https://golang.org/cl/368794 mentions this issue: doc/go1.18: remove some TODOs for changes we aren't mentioning

Answer 36 · 2021-12-02T18:41:19.000Z

Change https://golang.org/cl/368796 mentions this issue: doc/go1.18: add changes to strconv.Unquote to release notes

Answer 37 · 2021-12-02T18:41:19.000Z

Change https://golang.org/cl/368797 mentions this issue: doc/go1.18: add new sync.[RW]Mutex methods

Answer 38 · 2021-12-02T18:41:20.000Z

Change https://golang.org/cl/368798 mentions this issue: doc/go1.18: add docs for SysProcAttr.Pdeathsig

Answer 39 · 2021-12-02T18:41:21.000Z

Change https://golang.org/cl/368795 mentions this issue: doc/go1.18: add changes to regexp to release notes

Answer 40 · 2021-12-02T18:45:11.000Z

Change https://golang.org/cl/368799 mentions this issue: doc/go1.18: add docs for js.Wrapper's removal

Answer 41 · 2021-12-02T18:49:00.000Z

Change https://golang.org/cl/368677 mentions this issue: doc/go1.18: add docs for -count when benchmarking

Answer 42 · 2021-12-02T19:41:33.000Z

Change https://golang.org/cl/368834 mentions this issue: doc/go1.18: mention new -asan option

Answer 43 · 2021-12-03T14:21:39.000Z

Change https://golang.org/cl/368696 mentions this issue: doc/go1.18: reorganize runtime/compiler a little

Answer 44 · 2021-12-03T18:07:55.000Z

Change https://golang.org/cl/369094 mentions this issue: doc/go1.18: add documentation for changes to go/constant

Answer 45 · 2021-12-03T18:42:08.000Z

Change https://golang.org/cl/369155 mentions this issue: doc/go1.18: catch up with runtime/compiler commits and API changes

Answer 46 · 2021-12-03T18:42:09.000Z

Change https://golang.org/cl/369095 mentions this issue: doc/go1.18: add documentation for changes to go/token

Answer 47 · 2021-12-03T19:01:02.000Z

Change https://golang.org/cl/369096 mentions this issue: doc/go1.18: add documentation for changes to go/ast

Answer 48 · 2021-12-03T19:41:54.000Z

Change https://golang.org/cl/369016 mentions this issue: doc/go1.18: change github.com/golang/go/issues to golang.org/issue

Answer 49 · 2021-12-03T20:35:14.000Z

Change https://golang.org/cl/369099 mentions this issue: doc/go1.18: add documentation for changes to go/types

Answer 50 · 2021-12-03T21:20:44.000Z

Change https://golang.org/cl/369100 mentions this issue: doc: document fix to embedding of named byte slices

Answer 51 · 2021-12-04T03:33:40.000Z

Change https://golang.org/cl/369102 mentions this issue: doc/go1.18: expand section on generics

Answer 52 · 2021-12-04T14:35:23.000Z

Change https://golang.org/cl/369334 mentions this issue: doc/go1.18: use correct link for reflect.PointerTo

Answer 53 · 2021-12-06T16:45:20.000Z

Change https://golang.org/cl/369616 mentions this issue: doc/go1.18: cite CLs for more efficient scavenging

Answer 54 · 2021-12-06T18:52:09.000Z

Change https://golang.org/cl/369734 mentions this issue: doc/go1.18: minor tweaks to generics section

Answer 55 · 2021-12-07T17:55:56.000Z

Change https://golang.org/cl/370034 mentions this issue: doc/go1.18: move fuzzing to tools section

Answer 56 · 2021-12-07T19:34:14.000Z

Change https://golang.org/cl/369979 mentions this issue: doc: document cmd/vet changes for generics in 1.18

Answer 57 · 2021-12-07T19:45:25.000Z

Change https://golang.org/cl/369980 mentions this issue: doc/go1.18: drop TODO for "Changes to the language"

Answer 58 · 2021-12-07T19:53:21.000Z

Change https://golang.org/cl/369981 mentions this issue: doc/go1.18: mention bytes.Cut and strings.Cut

Answer 59 · 2021-12-07T21:43:49.000Z

Change https://golang.org/cl/370134 mentions this issue: doc/go1.18: clarify additions to net package API

Answer 60 · 2021-12-08T15:44:19.000Z

Change https://golang.org/cl/370235 mentions this issue: doc: document the new types.Config.GoVersion field

Answer 61 · 2021-12-09T04:47:31.000Z

Change https://golang.org/cl/370458 mentions this issue: doc: document cmd/vet changes for nil slices

Answer 62 · 2021-12-09T19:10:04.000Z

Change https://golang.org/cl/370734 mentions this issue: doc: document cmd/vet changes for 1.18 release

Answer 63 · 2021-12-13T18:51:55.000Z

Change https://golang.org/cl/371295 mentions this issue: doc: update go1.18 release notes with a blurb about workspace mode

Answer 64 · 2021-12-14T17:19:40.000Z

Change https://golang.org/cl/371754 mentions this issue: doc/go1.18: remove residual TODOs

Answer 65 · 2021-12-14T21:17:29.000Z

Change https://golang.org/cl/371816 mentions this issue: doc/go1.18: move debug/buildinfo to core library section

Answer 66 · 2021-12-14T21:40:06.000Z

There is a small issue in the first paragraph stating the changes to the testing package: In the last case showing the new precedence rules the operator in the middle should be a pipe '|' and not a slash '/' like in the other cases.

Answer 67 · 2021-12-14T21:47:18.000Z

Change https://golang.org/cl/371954 mentions this issue: doc/go1.18: add caution about use of generics in production

Answer 68 · 2021-12-14T22:37:14.000Z

There is a small issue in the first paragraph stating the changes to the testing package: In the last case showing the new precedence rules the operator in the middle should be a pipe '|' and not a slash '/' like in the other cases.

Thanks, https://golang.org/cl/371616 fixes this.

Answer 69 · 2021-12-15T00:10:55.000Z

Change https://golang.org/cl/372114 mentions this issue: doc/go1.18: mention that embedding a type parameter is forbidden

Answer 70 · 2021-12-15T15:20:14.000Z

The release notes should mention http.MaxBytesHandler. Is there an issue for this?

Answer 71 · 2021-12-16T00:31:33.000Z

Change https://golang.org/cl/372634 mentions this issue: doc/go1.18: mention new debug/elf.R_PPC64_RELATIVE constant

Answer 72 · 2021-12-17T01:56:10.000Z

Change https://golang.org/cl/372974 mentions this issue: doc/go1.18: document union element restriction

Answer 73 · 2021-12-18T01:22:05.000Z

Change https://golang.org/cl/373174 mentions this issue: doc/go1.18: point to spec at tip in release notes

Answer 74 · 2021-12-18T02:55:05.000Z

Change https://golang.org/cl/373015 mentions this issue: doc/go1.18: add net/http.MaxBytesHandler

Answer 75 · 2021-12-21T20:00:32.000Z

Change https://golang.org/cl/373774 mentions this issue: doc/go1.18: mention debug/plan9obj.ErrNoSymbols

Answer 76 · 2021-12-21T20:07:18.000Z

Change https://golang.org/cl/373775 mentions this issue: doc/go1.18: mention new go/types/Config.Context field

Answer 77 · 2021-12-21T20:25:04.000Z

Change https://golang.org/cl/373834 mentions this issue: doc/go1.18: list new net/netip and net functions and methods

Answer 78 · 2021-12-21T21:59:31.000Z

Change https://golang.org/cl/373875 mentions this issue: doc/go1.18: add section for runtime/debug changes

Answer 79 · 2021-12-21T22:35:02.000Z

Change https://golang.org/cl/373914 mentions this issue: doc/go1.18: mention testing.F in testing package section

Answer 80 · 2021-12-21T22:51:09.000Z

Change https://golang.org/cl/373915 mentions this issue: doc/go1.18: document {text,html}/template {break,continue} commands

Answer 81 · 2021-12-22T04:23:59.000Z

Change https://golang.org/cl/374014 mentions this issue: doc/go1.18: fix broken HTML in net/http.MaxBytesHandler

Answer 82 · 2021-12-23T23:59:13.000Z

Change https://golang.org/cl/374354 mentions this issue: doc/go1.18: mention new cmd/go fuzzing flags

Answer 83 · 2022-01-07T18:09:41.000Z

Change https://golang.org/cl/376414 mentions this issue: doc/go1.18: document type parameter name restriction

Answer 84 · 2022-01-21T00:23:14.000Z

Change https://golang.org/cl/379835 mentions this issue: Revert "doc/go1.18: document type parameter name restriction"

Answer 85 · 2022-01-28T21:17:44.000Z

Change https://golang.org/cl/381778 mentions this issue: doc/go1.18: mention new debug/dwarf DataBitOffset fields

Answer 86 · 2022-01-28T22:35:11.000Z

Change https://golang.org/cl/381779 mentions this issue: doc/go1.18: in workspace mode doc, link to "go work" docs

Answer 87 · 2022-02-01T16:40:22.000Z

Change https://golang.org/cl/381967 mentions this issue: doc/go1.18: document restrictions for real, imag, complex

Answer 88 · 2022-02-01T17:13:18.000Z

Change https://golang.org/cl/381968 mentions this issue: doc/go1.18: explain changes to compiler error messages

Answer 89 · 2022-02-08T05:04:22.000Z

Change https://go.dev/cl/383918 mentions this issue: doc/go1.18: document behavior of go/types predicates for extended interfaces

Answer 90 · 2022-02-09T16:58:02.000Z

Change https://go.dev/cl/384554 mentions this issue: doc/go1.18: Update Go 1.18 release note TODOs using relnote

Answer 91 · 2022-02-09T22:44:54.000Z

Change https://go.dev/cl/384619 mentions this issue: doc/go1.18: remove some TODOs for changes we aren't mentioning again

Answer 92 · 2022-02-14T18:19:37.000Z

Change https://go.dev/cl/385658 mentions this issue: doc/go1.18: remove ppc regabi TODO as it's in the compiler section

Answer 93 · 2022-02-19T17:15:55.000Z

Change https://go.dev/cl/386974 mentions this issue: doc/1.18: fix a few small typos, add a few commas

Answer 94 · 2022-02-22T18:04:26.000Z

Change https://go.dev/cl/387354 mentions this issue: doc/go1.18: correct "go build -asan" HTML tag

Answer 95 · 2022-02-23T09:57:30.000Z

Change https://go.dev/cl/387574 mentions this issue: doc/go1.18: mention runtime/pprof improvements

Answer 96 · 2022-02-24T23:48:33.000Z

Change https://go.dev/cl/387924 mentions this issue: doc/go1.18: document method set limitation for method selectors

Answer 97 · 2022-02-28T23:27:27.000Z

Change https://go.dev/cl/388556 mentions this issue: _content/doc: add Go 1.18 release notes

Answer 98 · 2022-02-28T23:27:30.000Z

Change https://go.dev/cl/388515 mentions this issue: doc: start draft of go1.19 release notes, move go1.18 to x/website

Answer 99 · 2022-03-04T04:27:40.000Z

Change https://go.dev/cl/389955 mentions this issue: _content/doc/go1.18: mention net/http IDNA change

Answer 100 · 2022-03-08T12:06:12.000Z

Change https://go.dev/cl/390375 mentions this issue: _content/doc/go1.18: remove draft notice