## Ports {#ports}

### Darwin {#darwin}

<!-- go.dev/issue/64207 -->
As [announced](go1.22#darwin) in the Go 1.22 release notes,
Go 1.23 requires macOS 11 Big Sur or later;
support for previous versions has been discontinued.

### Wasm {#wasm}

<!-- go.dev/issue/63718 -->
The `go_wasip1_wasm_exec` script in `GOROOT/misc/wasm` has dropped support

---
title: "Go, Backwards Compatibility, and GODEBUG"
layout: article
---

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This document is kept in the Go repo, not x/website,
because it documents the full list of known GODEBUG settings,
which are tied to a specific release.
-->

## Introduction {#intro}

Go's emphasis on backwards compatibility is one of its key strengths.
There are, however, times when we cannot maintain complete compatibility.

## For the release team

At the start of a release development cycle, the contents of `next` should be deleted
and replaced with those of `initial`. From the repo root:

    > cd doc
    > rm -r next/*
    > cp -r initial/* next

Then edit `next/1-intro.md` to refer to the next version.

To prepare the release notes for a release, run `golang.org/x/build/cmd/relnote generate`.

rm -rf work
mkdir work
go build -o work/mkzip mkzip.go # build now for correct paths in build errors
cd work
mkdir zoneinfo
curl -sS -L -O https://www.iana.org/time-zones/repository/releases/tzcode$CODE.tar.gz
curl -sS -L -O https://www.iana.org/time-zones/repository/releases/tzdata$DATA.tar.gz
tar xzf tzcode$CODE.tar.gz
tar xzf tzdata$DATA.tar.gz

if ! make CFLAGS=-DSTD_INSPIRED AWK=awk TZDIR=zoneinfo posix_only >make.out 2>&1; then
	cat make.out

// one goroutine at a time.
type Compressor func(w io.Writer) (io.WriteCloser, error)

// A Decompressor returns a new decompressing reader, reading from r.
// The [io.ReadCloser]'s Close method must be used to release associated resources.
// The Decompressor itself must be safe to invoke from multiple goroutines
// simultaneously, but each returned reader will be used only by
// one goroutine at a time.

# Security Policy

## Supported Versions

We support the past two Go releases (for example, Go 1.17.x and Go 1.18.x when Go 1.18.x is the latest stable release).

See https://go.dev/wiki/Go-Release-Cycle and in particular the
[Release Maintenance](https://go.dev/wiki/Go-Release-Cycle#release-maintenance)
part of that page.

## Reporting a Vulnerability

become a go1.XX.txt for XX >= 19.

The next/ directory contains the only files intended to be mutated.
Each file in that directory contains a list of features that may be added
to the next release of Go. The files in this directory only affect the
warning output from the go api tool. Each file should be named
nnnnn.txt, after the issue number for the accepted proposal.

_cgo_main.c:

	int main() { return 0; }
	void crosscall2(void(*fn)(void*), void *a, int c, uintptr_t ctxt) { }
	uintptr_t _cgo_wait_runtime_init_done(void) { return 0; }
	void _cgo_release_context(uintptr_t ctxt) { }
	char* _cgo_topofstack(void) { return (char*)0; }
	void _cgo_allocate(void *a, int c) { }
	void _cgo_panic(void *a, int c) { }
	void _cgo_reginit(void) { }

		// Since this test does need root to work, we need to skip it.
		t.Skip("skipping root only test on a non-root builder")
	}
	if runtime.GOOS == "linux" {
		if _, err := os.Stat("/etc/alpine-release"); err == nil {
			t.Skip("skipping failing test on alpine - go.dev/issue/19938")
		}
	}

	// Launch some threads in C.
	const cts = 5
	C.trial(cts)
	defer C.cleanup()

	vs := []struct {

name: Pkg.go.dev bugs or feature requests
description: Issues or feature requests for the documentation site
title: "x/pkgsite: issue title"
labels: ["pkgsite"]
body:
  - type: markdown
    attributes:
      value: "Please answer these questions before submitting your issue. Thanks!"
  - type: input
    id: url
    attributes:
      label: "What is the URL of the page with the issue?"
    validations:
      required: true
  - type: input