Added minimum support for go version to current & last one minor version (#694)

* chore: updated the minimum version of go to 1.21

* doc: updated the RELEASE.MD file with the Go EOL details

* fix: fixed merge issues

* refactor: updated the go version to 1.21 in all go.mod files

* refactor: added changes from running go mod tidy

* refactor: updated the dependency packages

* chore: removing all go versions except v1.21 from the build pipeline

* chore: updated the README file with appropriate go-sensor core SDK version.

* chore: updated with changes for go mod tidy

* chore: added go1.22 for circleci runs

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Co-authored-by: Nithin Puthenveettil <nithin.puthenveettil@ibm.com>

Author: sanojsubran

.circleci/config.yml

@@ -94,33 +94,8 @@ workflows:
   build:
     jobs:
       - build:
-          name: "go1.20"
-          image: "cimg/go:1.20"
+          name: "go1.21"
+          image: "cimg/go:1.21"
       - build:
-          name: "go1.19"
-          image: "cimg/go:1.19"
-      - build:
-          name: "go1.18"
-          image: "cimg/go:1.18"
-          exclude_dirs: "./example/grpc-client-server ./instrumentation/cloud.google.com/go ./instrumentation/instaawsv2 ./instrumentation/instaamqp ./instrumentation/instaawssdk ./instrumentation/instagocb ./example/couchbase"
-      - build:
-          name: "go1.17"
-          image: "cimg/go:1.17"
-          exclude_dirs: "./internal/bin/sql ./example/gin ./example/sql-redis ./example/gorm-postgres ./example/gorm-sqlite ./example/grpc-client-server ./instrumentation/cloud.google.com/go ./instrumentation/instabeego ./example/beego ./instrumentation/instaawsv2 ./instrumentation/instaecho ./instrumentation/instagorm ./instrumentation/instaamqp ./instrumentation/instaawssdk ./instrumentation/instagocb ./example/couchbase ./instrumentation/instacosmos ./example/cosmos ./instrumentation/instamongo"
-      - build:
-          name: "go1.16"
-          image: "cimg/go:1.16"
-          exclude_dirs: "./internal/bin/sql ./example/gin ./example/sql-redis ./example/grpc-client-server ./instrumentation/instafiber ./example/gorm-postgres ./example/gorm-sqlite ./instrumentation/instasarama ./instrumentation/instasarama/example ./example/kafka-producer-consumer ./instrumentation/cloud.google.com/go ./instrumentation/instabeego ./example/beego ./instrumentation/instaawsv2 ./instrumentation/instapgx ./instrumentation/instaecho ./instrumentation/instagorm ./instrumentation/instaamqp ./instrumentation/instaawssdk ./instrumentation/instagocb ./example/couchbase ./example/sarama ./instrumentation/instacosmos ./example/cosmos ./instrumentation/instamongo ./instrumentation/instaredigo"
-      - build:
-          name: "go1.15"
-          image: "cimg/go:1.15"
-          exclude_dirs: "./instrumentation/instaredigo ./internal/bin/sql ./example/gin ./example/sql-redis ./instrumentation/instagorm ./example/grpc-client-server ./instrumentation/instafiber ./example/gorm-postgres ./example/gorm-sqlite ./instrumentation/instasarama ./instrumentation/instasarama/example ./example/kafka-producer-consumer ./instrumentation/cloud.google.com/go ./instrumentation/instabeego ./example/beego ./instrumentation/instaawsv2 ./instrumentation/instapgx ./instrumentation/instaecho ./instrumentation/instaamqp ./instrumentation/instaawssdk ./instrumentation/instagocb ./example/couchbase ./example/sarama ./instrumentation/instacosmos ./example/cosmos ./instrumentation/instamongo"
-      - build:
-          name: "go1.14"
-          image: "cimg/go:1.14"
-          exclude_dirs: "./instrumentation/instaecho ./instrumentation/instaredigo ./internal/bin/sql ./instrumentation/cloud.google.com/go ./example/gin ./instrumentation/instagorm ./example/grpc-client-server ./instrumentation/instafiber ./instrumentation/instaawsv2 ./example/sql-redis ./example/gorm-postgres ./example/gorm-sqlite ./instrumentation/instasarama ./instrumentation/instasarama/example ./example/kafka-producer-consumer ./instrumentation/instabeego ./example/beego ./instrumentation/instapgx ./instrumentation/instaamqp ./instrumentation/instaawssdk ./instrumentation/instagocb ./example/couchbase ./example/sarama ./instrumentation/instacosmos ./example/cosmos ./instrumentation/instamongo"
-      - build:
-          name: "go1.13"
-          image: "cimg/go:1.13"
-          exclude_dirs: "./instrumentation/instaecho ./instrumentation/instaredigo ./internal/bin/sql ./instrumentation/cloud.google.com/go ./example/gin ./instrumentation/instagorm ./example/grpc-client-server ./instrumentation/instafiber ./instrumentation/instaawsv2 ./example/sql-redis ./example/gorm-postgres ./example/gorm-sqlite ./instrumentation/instasarama ./instrumentation/instasarama/example ./example/kafka-producer-consumer ./instrumentation/instabeego ./example/beego ./instrumentation/instapgx ./instrumentation/instaamqp ./instrumentation/instaawssdk ./instrumentation/instagocb ./example/couchbase ./example/sarama ./instrumentation/instacosmos ./example/cosmos ./instrumentation/instamongo"
-
+          name: "go1.22"
+          image: "cimg/go:1.22"

README.md

@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@ The IBM Instana Go Tracer is an SDK that collects traces, metrics, logs and prov
 
 |Tracer Version | Go version |
 |-----|-----|
-|Up to v1.46.0|v1.9.0 and higher|
-|v1.47.0 and higher|v1.13.0 and higher|
+|v1.62.0 and higher|v1.21.0 and higher|
+|v1.47.0 to v1.60.0|v1.13.0 and higher|
+|Less than v1.47.0|v1.9.0 and higher|
 
 > [!NOTE]
 > Make sure to always use the latest version of the tracer, as it provides new features, improvements, security updates and fixes.