tree eb29138e526c20ccf865713bdf332a641db2abb6
parent 67f1c1edc27ada9b0cffe84ccdd4db2d4ff56edf
author Russ Cox <rsc@golang.org> 1620324530 -0400
committer Russ Cox <rsc@golang.org> 1620843835 +0000

modfile: be less strict about go version syntax in dependency go.mod files

It is unclear what the future holds for the go line in go.mod files.
Perhaps at some point we will switch to semver numbering.
Perhaps at some point we will allow specifying minor versions
or even betas and release candidates.
Those kinds of changes are difficult today because the go line
is parsed in dependency modules, meaning that older
versions of the Go toolchain need to understand newer go lines.

This CL makes that case - parsing a go line in a dependency's
go.mod file - a bit more lax about how to find the version.
It allows a leading v and any trailing non-digit-prefixed string
after the MAJOR.MINOR section.

There are no concrete plans to make use of any of these changes,
but if in the future we want to make them, having a few Go releases
under out belt that will accept the syntax in dependencies will
make any changes significantly easier.

See also CL 317690 in the main repo.

Change-Id: I7c7733c62259b3f25683ed618bc4918c98061396
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/mod/+/317689
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