and Go 1.9 is supported until Go 1.11 is released.
We fix critical problems, including <a href="/security">critical security problems</a>,
in supported releases as needed by issuing minor revisions
-(for example, Go 1.8.1, Go 1.8.2, and so on).
+(for example, Go 1.9.1, Go 1.9.2, and so on).
+</p>
+
+<h2 id="go1.9">go1.9 (released 2017/08/24)</h2>
+
+<p>
+Go 1.9 is a major release of Go.
+Read the <a href="/doc/go1.9">Go 1.9 Release Notes</a> for more information.
</p>
<h2 id="go1.8">go1.8 (released 2017/02/16)</h2>
ul li { margin: 0.5em 0; }
</style>
-<h2 id="introduction">DRAFT RELEASE NOTES - Introduction to Go 1.9</h2>
-
-<p><strong>
- Go 1.9 is not yet released. These are work-in-progress
- release notes. Go 1.9 is expected to be released in August 2017.
-</strong></p>
+<h2 id="introduction">Introduction to Go 1.9</h2>
<p>
The latest Go release, version 1.9, arrives six months
Change to the directory that will be its parent
and make sure the <code>go</code> directory does not exist.
Then clone the repository and check out the latest release tag
-(<code class="versionTag">go1.8.1</code>, for example):</p>
+(<code class="versionTag">go1.9</code>, for example):</p>
<pre>
$ git clone https://go.googlesource.com/go
<a href="//groups.google.com/group/golang-announce">golang-announce</a>
mailing list.
Each announcement mentions the latest release tag, for instance,
-<code class="versionTag">go1.8.1</code>.
+<code class="versionTag">go1.9</code>.
</p>
<p>