A GODEBUG setting may not be added if doing so is infeasible,
but that should be extremely rare.

GODEBUG settings added for compatibility will be maintained
for a minimum of two years (four Go releases).
Some, such as `http2client` and `http2server`,
will be maintained much longer, even indefinitely.

When possible, each GODEBUG setting has an associated
[runtime/metrics](/pkg/runtime/metrics/) counter

## 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

_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) { }

## 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`.

the number of items in the channel corresponds to the number of active uses,
the capacity of the channel corresponds to the maximum number of simultaneous uses,
sending an item acquires the semaphore, and receiving an item releases
the semaphore.
This is a common idiom for limiting concurrency.
</p>

<p>
This program starts a goroutine for every entry in the work list, but the

<li>
The built-in <a href="#Package_unsafe">package <code>unsafe</code></a> includes the new functions
<code>Add</code> and <code>Slice</code>.
</li>
</ul>

<h4 id="Go_1.18">Go 1.18</h4>
<p>
The 1.18 release adds polymorphic functions and types ("generics") to the language.
Specifically:
</p>
<ul>
<li>
The set of <a href="#Operators_and_punctuation">operators and punctuation</a> includes the new token <code>~</code>.

		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	s := string(bs)

	// Diagnose common mistakes people make,
	// since there is no apifmt to format these files.
	// The missing final newline is important for the
	// final release step of cat next/*.txt >go1.X.txt.
	// If the files don't end in full lines, the concatenation goes awry.
	if strings.Contains(s, "\r") {
		log.Printf("%s: contains CRLFs", filename)
		exitCode = 1
	}