[tor-bugs] #20023 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Upgrade Go to 1.7.1

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#20023: Upgrade Go to 1.7.1
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 Reporter:  dcf                       |          Owner:  dcf
     Type:  task                      |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium                    |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                    |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  tbb-gitian                |  Actual Points:
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Comment (by dcf):

 Go 1.7.1 is out now, released 2016-09-07:
 https://golang.org/doc/devel/release.html#go1.7.minor

 I'm testing a build of the attached patches now. If they work, I'll mark
 this ticket needs_review.

 According to comment:26:ticket:20250, we're going to need to use Go 1.7 or
 later even for the stable builds, for the sake of compatibility with macOS
 Sierra. There's no release of the 1.4 series or the 1.6 series that has
 the necessary fix (see [https://github.com/golang/go/issues/16352
 GH#16352] and [https://github.com/golang/go/issues/17234 GH#17234]).
 That's why the maint-6.0 patch is bigger than the master patch, because it
 also includes upgrades that were intentionally left out of maint-6.0 in
 #19703.

 #20290 (upgrade meek to 0.24) should be merged before this ticket, since
 that version of meek fixes a problem that only arises when it is built
 with Go 1.6 or later (#20030).

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