go plugin: support Go modules
Metadata
Current evaluation
Closed as done: Go module support landed in the successor craft-parts Go plugin (merged PR canonical/craft-parts#78, commit b5b779df), which builds from go.mod; maintainer mr-cal cited it when closing.
Resolution: closed resolved
Reason: The go plugin was merged in craft-parts via PR #78 (merge commit b5b779df, 'plugins: add go plugin'), and its docstring and docs state it is 'a plugin for go projects using go.mod'. The last comment by mr-cal closes the Launchpad issue as completed citing that PR, so the originally requested first-class Go modules support now exists.
Evaluated by: mr-cal-bot
No scores available.
Issue body
Go modules are the new standard way of dealing with dependencies in Go. They work well, and we're using them in quite a few projects already. It would be great to have first class support for them in the Go plugin.
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Closed as done: Go module support landed in the successor craft-parts Go plugin (merged PR canonical/craft-parts#78, commit b5b779df), which builds from go.mod; maintainer mr-cal cited it when closing. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Go module support was added through merged PR #78 (commit fa3fe8c8), with the Go plugin later documented in commit e017c4be. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed as completed. Go module support is already implemented in the current Go plugin. The feature was addressed and merged via canonical/craft-parts#78. | |
| qwen/qwen3.8-27b |
Impact:
20
Quick Win:
10
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
50
Confidence:
85
Support Request:
10
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close stale | Feature request for first-class Go modules support in the Go plugin. Now implemented: craft-parts' go plugin is go.mod-based (craft-parts#78), and snapcraft#3133 added go.mod support to the old v1 plugin. No activity for ~8 years. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
40
Confidence:
90
Support Request:
10
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close stale | Request to add first-class Go modules support to the Go plugin. Unlabelled, no maintainer interaction, inactive for nearly 7 years. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
98
Complexity:
25
Confidence:
85
Support Request:
10
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close stale | Request to add first-class Go modules support to the Go plugin. Unlabelled, no maintainer response, inactive for nearly 7 years. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
98
Complexity:
35
Confidence:
90
Support Request:
10
|
close stale | Request to add Go modules support to the Go plugin. Unlabelled, no maintainer response, inactive for nearly 7 years. |
Update history
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Related work
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Likely Fixed By:
canonical/craft-parts#78
(confidence 85%)
PR that added the go.mod-based Go plugin; cited verbatim by the closing maintainer comment. Merge commit b5b779df, implementation commit fa3fe8c8.
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Related To:
canonical/craft-parts#694
(confidence 55%)
Later added user-facing docs for the 'go' plugin (commit e017c4be), confirming it is a documented, go.mod-only plugin.
Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #78 plugins: add go plugin (CRAFT-48) | craft-parts | merged | Merged into main as commit b5b779df (squash fa3fe8c8), adding craft_parts/plugins/go_plugin.py with GoPlugin, GoPluginProperties and GoPluginEnvironmentValidator, adapted from Snapcraft's V2 go plugin. | |
| #1879315 go plugin: go mod support @ golang 1.12 | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Resolved by canonical/snapcraft#3133 (commit d9be0e925), adding limited go.mod support for Go 1.11/1.12 with legacy target resolution and a warning. | |
| #271 plugins: support "go generate" in go parts | craft-parts | merged | Merged in commit 3e4a04fe: GoPlugin now runs go generate before builds, enabling code generation; released in craft-parts 1.13.0. | |
| #1061 check if sources can use `go-use` plugin | craft-parts | closed | Resolved in canonical/craft-parts#1478 (commit e5af6aab): go-use now checks for go.mod before running and raises PartsError when it is missing. | |
| #2824 Support for go.mod | snapcraft | merged | Merged Go module support for Snapcraft’s Go plugin in commit 1f609a357; follow-up PRs expanded compatibility and package detection. | |
| #2817 snapcraft/plugins: Add gomod plugin. | snapcraft | closed | PR adding a standalone gomod plugin was closed unmerged on 2019-12-03 by sergiusens in favour of #2824, which added go module support to the existing Go plugin instead. |