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cmd/go: deprecate -insecure on go get #37519

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witchard opened this issue Feb 27, 2020 · 28 comments
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cmd/go: deprecate -insecure on go get #37519

witchard opened this issue Feb 27, 2020 · 28 comments
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Following the addition of the GOINSECURE environment variable under #32966, it is now possible to select specific hosts to access insecurely when fetching dependencies. This is much neater than the -insecure flag currently supported by go get which will download insecurely for any host.

Given we now have GOINSECURE as of go 1.14, I propose the removal -insecure from go get.

#34568 is also potentially relevant, presumably the issue with GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY still exists when using GOINSECURE.
@witchard witchard changed the title cmd/go: Deprecate -insecure on go get cmd/go: deprecate -insecure on go get Feb 27, 2020
@bcmills bcmills changed the title cmd/go: deprecate -insecure on go get proposal: cmd/go: deprecate -insecure on go get Feb 28, 2020
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bcmills commented Feb 28, 2020

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bcmills commented Feb 28, 2020

I think we probably need to keep -insecure around long enough for folks to start using GOINSECURE (and report and work out any deficiencies with it), but I'd be happy to remove -insecure after that point — say, in Go 1.16 (when every still-supported version of the Go toolchain will have GOINSECURE).

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Does it make sense then to log something like “-insecure will be deprecated soon, please consider using GOINSECURE” when someone uses the -insecure flag?

There is also the non-modules go get which doesn’t support GOINSECURE - https://github.com/golang/go/blob/master/src/cmd/go/internal/get/get.go#L391; is it worth back porting GOINSECURE into that or will that code disappear at some point?

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bcmills commented Mar 4, 2020

Does it make sense then to log something like “-insecure will be deprecated soon, please consider using GOINSECURE” when someone uses the -insecure flag?

That's a very good idea. We could start doing that as soon as Go 1.15.

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bcmills commented Mar 4, 2020

There is also the non-modules go get which doesn’t support GOINSECURE - https://github.com/golang/go/blob/master/src/cmd/go/internal/get/get.go#L391; is it worth back porting GOINSECURE into that or will that code disappear at some point?

Possibly both? It shouldn't be hard to retrofit GOINSECURE into GOPATH mode, but hopefully GOPATH mode will disappear in a similar timeframe anyway.

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witchard commented Mar 5, 2020

I would be up for contributing to either / both of those. Should I change the proposal to focus on these features rather than deprecation?

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bcmills commented Mar 6, 2020

I think we should keep this issue focused on the proposed deprecation: we probably shouldn't warn about the flag if we aren't formally deprecating it, even if we decide to keep it for a while.

If you want to go ahead and send a CL for GOINSECURE in GOPATH mode, we can get that rolling independent of this proposal.

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witchard commented Mar 6, 2020

Ok great, should I open a proposal for that or is it fine just to work on it given it’s providing feature parity with modules mode?

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bcmills commented Mar 6, 2020

Just a CL is fine.

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rsc commented Mar 25, 2020

It sounds like this is on hold for having GOINSECURE apply in GOPATH mode, although it's unclear to me that significant changes to GOPATH mode would be worthwhile at this point. Please change back to Active once it is appropriate to consider the deprecation again.

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I am intending on looking into GOINSECURE for GOPATH, but life and now this whole virus thing are getting in the way of my free time currently 😂. I’ll be sure to let you know once my free time is back on track!

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bcmills commented Mar 27, 2020

In #38108, @perillo notes that if and when we deprecate the -insecure flag, we should be sure to document the different behaviors w.r.t. the checksum database. -insecure today implies GOSUMDB=off, but GOINSECURE does not imply GONOSUMDB for the same modules.

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Change https://golang.org/cl/229223 mentions this issue: cmd/go/internal/modget: improve GOINSECURE docs

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cmd/go/internal/modget: improve GOINSECURE docs
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Recommend use of GOINSECURE over -insecure flang and clarify that GOINSECURE
environment variable does not also imply GONOSUMDB.

Updates #37519 by adding documentation as discussed.

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Change https://golang.org/cl/229758 mentions this issue: cmd/go/internal/get: add GOINSECURE support

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cmd/go/internal/get: add GOINSECURE support
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Adds support for the GOINSECURE environment variable to GOPATH mode.

Updates #37519.

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witchard commented Sep 2, 2020

GOINSECURE is now supported in GOPATH mode, but I'm not sure if I can remove the proposal-hold label to open this back up?

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doc/go1.16: add -insecure deprecation to release notes
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Updates #37519.

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GitHub-Pull-Request: #41545
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Yes, sorry about that! I got keen and put up the code changes because I didn't want to miss the code freeze.

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cmd/go/internal/get: improve -insecure deprecation docs
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Updates golang#37519
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Change https://golang.org/cl/257157 mentions this issue: cmd/go/internal/get: improve -insecure deprecation docs

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rsc commented Sep 30, 2020

No change in consensus, so accepted.

(@witchard, the code freeze is not for another month, for what it's worth.)

@rsc rsc modified the milestones: Proposal, Backlog Sep 30, 2020
@rsc rsc changed the title proposal: cmd/go: deprecate -insecure on go get cmd/go: deprecate -insecure on go get Sep 30, 2020
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cmd/go/internal/get: improve -insecure deprecation docs
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Updates #37519

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GitHub-Pull-Request: #41613
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The go 1.16 modules blog (https://blog.golang.org/go116-module-changes) suggests that GOPATH mode will be dropped in go 1.17. Therefore, does it make sense to also drop go get -insecure at the same time given that the flag is not all that useful with modules mode as it isn't supported by other modules related commands (and hence one of the reasons for GOINSECURE in the first place)? Or is there too much flux with the removal of GOPATH mode that you'd prefer to hold off?

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I think it makes sense to remove -insecure in Go 1.17. I wouldn't expect that to cause problems with removing GOPATH-mode.

@jayconrod jayconrod modified the milestones: Backlog, Go1.17 Mar 1, 2021
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Change https://golang.org/cl/297709 mentions this issue: cmd/go: remove -insecure flag on go get

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