Comment by nemo1618

I'm excited to see Go trying something new here. Something just feels clunky about the current "manifest+lockfile" approach. There are a couple of ideas in vgo that I really like, e.g. "incompatible versions must have different import paths." I think rsc is justified when he compares these conventions to upper-casing exported identifiers in Go packages: for a while it seemed weird, but now it feels natural and obvious. In other words, Go has a history of breaking from conventional approaches, with surprisingly consistent positive outcomes. Some bikeshedding is inevitable if this proposal is accepted, but I hope that the main ideas are preserved.