Merge pull request #6132 from andreimatei/go-versions

Clarify go compiler version requirements for all releases.

Author: jseldess

v19.1/install-cockroachdb-linux.html

@@ -130,7 +130,10 @@ <h2>Build from Source</h2>
         </tr>
         <tr>
           <td>Go</td>
-          <td>Version 1.11.6 or higher is required.</td>
+          <td>Version 1.11.6+. Older go versions might work by doing
+            <code>make build IGNORE_GOVERS=1</code>,
+            but you're on your own. 1.12 and above is not recommended.
+          </td>
         </tr>
         <tr>
           <td>Bash</td>

v19.1/install-cockroachdb-mac.html

@@ -119,7 +119,10 @@ <h2>Build from source</h2>
         </tr>
         <tr>
           <td>Go</td>
-          <td>Version 1.11.6.</td>
+          <td>Version 1.11.6+. Older go versions might work by doing
+            <code>make build IGNORE_GOVERS=1</code>,
+            but you're on your own. 1.12 and above is not recommended.
+          </td>
         </tr>
         <tr>
           <td>Bash</td>

v19.2/install-cockroachdb-linux.html

@@ -130,7 +130,10 @@ <h2>Build from Source</h2>
         </tr>
         <tr>
           <td>Go</td>
-          <td>Version 1.12.12 or higher is required.</td>
+          <td>Version 1.12.12+. Older go versions might work by doing
+            <code>make build IGNORE_GOVERS=1</code>,
+            but you're on your own. 1.13 and above is not recommended.
+          </td>
         </tr>
         <tr>
           <td>Bash</td>

v19.2/install-cockroachdb-mac.html

@@ -156,7 +156,10 @@ <h2>Build from source</h2>
         </tr>
         <tr>
           <td>Go</td>
-          <td>Version 1.12.12 or higher is required.</td>
+          <td>Version 1.12.12+. Older go versions might work by doing
+            <code>make build IGNORE_GOVERS=1</code>,
+            but you're on your own. 1.13 and above is not recommended.
+          </td>
         </tr>
         <tr>
           <td>Bash</td>

v2.0/install-cockroachdb.html

@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ <h2 id="whats-next">What's Next?</h2>
       </tr>
       <tr>
         <td>Go</td>
-        <td>Version 1.10 or higher is required.</td>
+        <td>Version 1.10.*. 1.11+ is known to not work reliably.</td>
       </tr>
       <tr>
         <td>Bash</td>
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ <h2 id="whats-next">What's Next?</h2>
       </tr>
       <tr>
         <td>Go</td>
-        <td>Version 1.10 or higher is required.</td>
+        <td>Version 1.10.*. 1.11+ is known to not work reliably.</td>
       </tr>
       <tr>
         <td>Bash</td>

v2.1/install-cockroachdb-linux.html

@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ <h2>Build from Source</h2>
         </tr>
         <tr>
           <td>Go</td>
-          <td>Version 1.10 or higher is required.</td>
+          <td>Version 1.10.*. 1.11+ is not recommended.</td>
         </tr>
         <tr>
           <td>Bash</td>

v2.1/install-cockroachdb-mac.html

@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ <h2>Build from source</h2>
         </tr>
         <tr>
           <td>Go</td>
-          <td>Version 1.10 or higher is required.</td>
+          <td>Version 1.10.*. 1.11+ is not recommended.</td>
         </tr>
         <tr>
           <td>Bash</td>

v20.1/install-cockroachdb-linux.html

@@ -130,7 +130,10 @@ <h2>Build from Source</h2>
         </tr>
         <tr>
           <td>Go</td>
-          <td>Version 1.12.12 or higher is required.</td>
+          <td>Version 1.12.12+ or 1.13.4+. Older go versions might work by doing
+            <code>make build IGNORE_GOVERS=1</code>,
+            but you're on your own. 1.14 and above is not recommended.
+          </td>
         </tr>
         <tr>
           <td>Bash</td>

v20.1/install-cockroachdb-mac.html

@@ -156,7 +156,10 @@ <h2>Build from source</h2>
         </tr>
         <tr>
           <td>Go</td>
-          <td>Version 1.12.12 or higher is required.</td>
+          <td>Version 1.12.12+ or 1.13.4+. Older go versions might work by doing
+            <code>make build IGNORE_GOVERS=1</code>,
+            but you're on your own. 1.14 and above is not recommended.
+          </td>
         </tr>
         <tr>
           <td>Bash</td>