From ac31146aa6252203976b55c458b0d261a8f7ce9d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alberto Donizetti Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2020 14:45:02 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] README: clarify current status of Go dependency management This change amends the initial README section to make it clear that - the Go project has officially adopted modules as the way to manage dependencies in Go; - the Module System is no longer a prototype, and it's ready for production use. Fixes golang/go#35894 --- README.md | 11 +++++------ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 7382b38c83..b350cfc2be 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -13,13 +13,12 @@ funding. `dep` is a dependency management tool for Go. It requires Go 1.9 or newer to compile. -`dep` was the "official experiment." The Go toolchain, as of 1.11, has adopted -an approach that sharply diverges from `dep`. As a result, we are continuing -development of `dep`, but gearing work primarily towards the development of an -alternative prototype for versioning behavior in the toolchain. +`dep` was initially developed to experiment with a new dependency management system +for Go; but, as of Go 1.11, **the Go project has officially adopted a different approach, +based on the concept of Modules**, which is described in a [series of posts](https://blog.golang.org/using-go-modules) +published on [blog.golang.org](https://blog.golang.org). -For guides and reference materials about `dep`, see [the -documentation](https://golang.github.io/dep). +For guides and reference materials about `dep`, see [the documentation](https://golang.github.io/dep). ## Installation