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+# A preview of Go version 1
+5 Oct 2011
+Tags: go1, release
+Summary: What the Go team is planning for Go version 1.
+OldURL: /preview-of-go-version-1
+
+Russ Cox
+
+##
+
+We want to be able to provide a stable base for people using Go.
+People should be able to write Go programs and expect that they will continue
+to compile and run without change,
+on a timescale of years.
+Similarly, people should be able to write books about Go,
+be able to say which version of Go the book is describing,
+and have that version number still be meaningful much later.
+None of these properties is true for Go today.
+
+We propose to issue a Go release early next year that will be called “Go version 1”,
+Go 1 for short, that will be the first Go release to be stable in this way.
+Code that compiles in Go version 1 should,
+with few exceptions, continue to compile throughout the lifetime of that version,
+as we issue updates and bug fixes such as Go version 1.1, 1.2, and so on.
+It will also be maintained with fixes for bugs and security flaws even as
+other versions may evolve.
+Also, production environments such as Google App Engine will support it
+for an extended time.
+
+Go version 1 will be a stable language with stable libraries.
+Other than critical fixes, changes made to the library and packages for versions 1.1,
+1.2 and so on may add functionality but will not break existing Go version 1 programs.
+
+Our goal is for Go 1 to be a stable version of today’s Go,
+not a wholesale rethinking of the language.
+In particular, we are explicitly resisting any efforts to design new language
+features “by committee.”
+
+However, there are various changes to the Go language and packages that
+we have intended for some time and prototyped but have not deployed yet,
+primarily because they are significant and backwards-incompatible.
+If Go 1 is to be long-lasting, it is important that we plan,
+announce, implement, and test these changes as part of the preparation of Go 1,
+rather than delay them until after it is released and thereby introduce
+divergence that contradicts our goals.
+
+Today, we are publishing our preliminary [plan for Go 1](https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1ny8uI-_BHrDCZv_zNBSthNKAMX_fR_0dc6epA6lztRE)
+for feedback from the Go community.
+If you have feedback, please reply to the [thread on the golang-nuts mailing list](http://groups.google.com/group/golang-nuts/browse_thread/thread/badc4f323431a4f6).