--- title: "vgo Approved as Official Go Dependency Approach" publication: "Go Weekly" issue: 212 published_at: "2018-05-24" canonical_url: "https://golangweekly.com/issues/212" --- The latest Golang development news #212 — May 24, 2018 [Read on the Web](https://golangweekly.com/issues/212) Golang Weekly 'vgo' Dependency Management Proposal Accepted [Here's the Go Proposal Review Committee's Statement](https://github.com/golang/go/issues/24301#issuecomment-390766926) — In [issue 208](https://golangweekly.com/issues/208), we jumped the gun by saying vgo had been officially accepted but now it really has. It's fair to say a number of issues remain to be worked out and library authors and other Go developers will need to change some practices around using and releasing libraries as the year goes on. Further reading: - [Russ Cox's original vgo proposal documents](https://research.swtch.com/vgo) - [Huge amounts of discussion about the vgo announcement on Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/golang/comments/8l3y4k/the_vgo_prposal_is_accepted/) - [An analysis of vgo](https://sdboyer.io/vgo/intro/) - [GoLand IDE adds support for vgo](https://blog.jetbrains.com/go/2018/05/18/vgo-integration-support/) - [Hugo switches from dep to vgo](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/pull/4754) - _"This was surprisingly painless."_ We'll be sure to keep you up to date with tutorials, guides, and news as the consequences unfold. 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