[packages] Recommend go from devbox index #1059
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That would let Devbox handle which specific Nix package to use instead of making the user figure it out
| "1.19": "go_1_19", | ||
| "1.18": "go", | ||
| "1.17": "go_1_17", | ||
| } |
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The reason we had these versions was that in nixpkgs, these versions were available. Right now we also index older hashes of nixpkgs as far back as [email protected] you can see that by doing devbox search go.
If we don't have this versionMap, there will be an (unlikely) edge case where a user can have go version 1.12 which gets parsed but will see an error package not found.
So, imo, we should have a map of supported versions (1.20 to 1.13) and default to 1.20 in the case of the user's goVersion not being in the map.
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Alternatively, we can also handle this by showing a specific error message (e.g., "go version not supported please use devbox search go to see a list of supported versions)"
That would let Devbox handle which specific Nix package to use instead of making the user figure it out
Summary
When using go 1.20 (go mod), it recommends the default version go_1_19. We could add 1_20 to the list but I feel like always running behind.
How was it tested?