Recommend Go Modules in the README #1011
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Motivation
We get a steady flow of issues that are sourced in people not using Go Modules, and the recommendation has included "use Go Modules" in all of those cases. For example:
Further, we recently decided via #952 (comment) that we are not interested in supporting
GOPATH
mode. To the best of my knowledge, this leaves "Go Modules" and "Vendoring" as the two remaining packaging methods that we support. Given that our clear preference here is Go Modules, I think we should update the readme to explicitly and strongly recommend Go Modules.