Go Modules Support about go-agent

[willnewrelic]

Hi @codyolsen

We are eager to conform to community standards regarding versioning. So, yes, I expect us to adopt module support! I must admit, we haven't been following the proposal closely. Do you have any specific advice or things we should be aware of?

[codyolsen]

Hey @willnewrelic. It's actually really simple to add module support. You just run go mod init in your package and then build to list dependencies in the go.mod/go.sum file. However, based on the fork I made it looks like you don't have any external dependencies in this package... which is amazing 👍.

The one caveat: Any packages past v2 have some specific instructions for how to release for modules support: Golang: releasing-modules-v2-or-higher Based on the conventions you'd have to make your modules release v3.

If there are no concerns about making a v3 release then it should be an easy update! However, I don't see a huge reason to use modules since you have no external dependencies.

[willnewrelic]

Hi @codyolsen !

I've asked a question about semantic versioning here: #83

I would love your feedback!

[codyolsen]

@willnewrelic I'm not currently using the go-agent in anything mission critical, so I think my input would fall second priority to users with current application dependencies.

[purple4reina]

@codyolsen We just released v3.0.0 of the Go Agent with Go Modules support! Take a look and let us know what you think!