Go 1.8.3 is released
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Urgent security releases? Sure. A major release with perf improvements or interesting new APIs? Sure. But this? Who's this for?
People who like being informed of minor releases.
Judging by the upvotes, certain people were happy with this submission.
That's simple: it's because people vote it there.
Release timeline: [1]
Release milestones: [2]
[0] https://golang.org/doc/devel/release.html#go1.8.minor
[1] https://pocketgophers.com/go-release-timeline/#go1.8.3
[2] https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=milestone%3AGo1.8.3