Go v1.21.4 builds - v1.22 breaks compatibility

[Darthagnon]

4c2de9f bumps the Golang version to v1.22. Golang v1.21.4 is the last version that works with Windows 7 / Server 2008 hosts. I know it's an unsupported operating system, but is it necessary to break compatbility? Will compatibility be dropped in future for Windows 10 after it loses support next year? I fear for the long-term usefulness of the project. zrok is still built with Golang v1.21

[qrkourier]

Hey @Darthagnon, I'll let others comment on whether it has to be 1.22, but I'm wondering if your use case would allow running Ziti in Docker or WSL. I think those could provide reverse proxy to Windows services, at least, but not client proxy.

[plorenz]

We only support operating system which are receiving security updates.

The benefits to us keeping up with recent Go releases are:

1. Performance improvements for users
2. Bug fixes and security fixes
3. Improved development velocity as we can use new Go features
4. No limitations in which libraries we can use (as many libraries also use newer go versions)

We do keep the SDK a few versions back, as libraries generally need to be more accommodating than binaries.

If you'd like to continue discussing this topic, please do so on the discourse: https://openziti.discourse.group/