Author Archives: niemeyer

mgo r2016.08.01

Posted on 2016/08/01 by niemeyer

A major new release of the mgo MongoDB driver for Go is out, including the following enhancements and fixes:

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All MongoDB releases, everywhere

Posted on 2016/06/30 by niemeyer

One of my “official side projects” is the Go language driver for MongoDB, started a few years back while looking for a way to store data conveniently from the Go language while leaving aside some of the problems we have … Continue reading →

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Leveling up snapd integration tests

Posted on 2016/06/16 by niemeyer

Over the last several months there has been noticeable and growing pain associated with the evolving integration tests around snapd, and given the project goal of being a cross-distribution platform, we are very keen on solving this problem appropriately so … Continue reading →

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Snappy Interfaces

Posted on 2016/04/22 by niemeyer

As much anticipated, this week Ubuntu 16.04 LTS was released with integrated support for snaps on classic Ubuntu. Snappy 2.0 is a modern software platform, that includes the ability to define rich interfaces between snaps that control their security and … Continue reading →

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Snappy Changes

Posted on 2016/04/20 by niemeyer

As announced last Saturday, Snappy Ubuntu Core 2.0 has just been tagged and made its way into the archives of Ubuntu 16.04, which is due for the final release in the next days. So this is a nice time to … Continue reading →

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Snappy Ubuntu Core 2.0 is OUT

Posted on 2016/04/16 by niemeyer

Ubuntu and Snappy community, it’s time to celebrate! After another intense week and a long Saturday focused on observing and fine tuning the user experience, the development team is proud to announce that Snappy 2.0 has been tagged. As has … Continue reading →

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mgo r2016.02.04

Posted on 2016/02/04 by niemeyer

This is one of the most packed releases of the mgo driver for Go in recent times. There are new features, important fixes, and relevant internal reestructuring to support the on-going server improvements. As usual for the driver, compatibility is … Continue reading →

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Announcing mgo r2015.10.05

Posted on 2015/10/05 by niemeyer

Another stable release of the mgo Go driver for MongoDB hits the shelves, and this one brings some important improvements and fixes. As usual, it also remains fully compatible with prior releases in the v2 series. Please read along for … Continue reading →

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mgo r2015.05.29

Posted on 2015/05/29 by niemeyer

Another release of mgo hits the shelves, just in time for the upcoming MongoDB World event. A number of of relevant improvements have landed since the last stable release:

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Readying mgo for MongoDB 3.0

Posted on 2015/01/24 by niemeyer

MongoDB 3.0 (previously known as 2.8) is right around the block, and it’s time to release a few fixes and improvements on the mgo driver for Go to ensure it works fine on that new major server version. Compatibility is … Continue reading →

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