Go Ports Can Now Declare What Version of Go They Need

[Joshua Root]

On 4/8/2026 04:54, Herby G wrote:
> The `go` port is now a thin wrapper that provides the newest Go compiler 
> release each system can actually run:
> 
>      macOS 10.7 - 10.12    -> Go 1.17
>      macOS 10.13 - 11      -> Go 1.24
>      macOS 12 and later    -> Go 1.26
> 
> The versioned toolchains are installed side by side as go-1.NN, and a new
> go_toolchain PortGroup owns the mapping. Background and reasoning are in
> https://trac.macports.org/ticket/73086 <https://trac.macports.org/ 
> ticket/73086> -- this note is just what maintainers
> need to do.
> 
> This mechanism prevents a Go port from attempting to build on an unsupported
> version of macOS where it cannot be built or run. In this way, we 
> increase Buildbot
> efficiency and improve the user experience for Go port users.
Thank you. This looks like a great improvement.

- Josh