gnu: golang.scm: Update comment about bootstrapping go.
* gnu/packages/golang.scm: Update the comment at the top of the file about bootstrapping go on different architectures and about which versions of gccgo are currently provided.
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  #:use-module (ice-9 match)
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					  #:use-module (ice-9 match)
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  #:use-module (srfi srfi-1))
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					  #:use-module (srfi srfi-1))
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;; According to https://golang.org/doc/install/gccgo, gccgo-4.8.2 includes a
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					;; According to https://go.dev/doc/install/gccgo, gccgo-11 includes a complete
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;; complete go-1.1.2 implementation, gccgo-4.9 includes a complete go-1.2
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					;; implementation of go-1.16 and gccgo-12 includes a complete implementation of
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;; implementation, and gccgo-5 a complete implementation of go-1.4.  Ultimately
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					;; go-1.18.  Starting with go-1.5 go cannot be built without an existing
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;; we hope to build go-1.5+ with a bootstrap process using gccgo-5.  As of
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					;; installation of go, so we need to use go-1.4 or gccgo.  For architectures which
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;; go-1.5, go cannot be bootstrapped without go-1.4, so we need to use go-1.4 or
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					;; are not supported with go-1.4 we use a version of gccgo to bootstrap them.
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;; gccgo-5.  Mips is not officially supported, but it should work if it is
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;; bootstrapped.
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(define-public go-1.4
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					(define-public go-1.4
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  (package
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					  (package
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