🌱 bump project minimum Go version to go1.21 #3661
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What kind of change does this PR introduce?
go version bump + minor cleanup
What is the current behavior?
go 1.19 is the minimum version required for anyone looking to compile/import Scorecard.
note: our tooling/docker already uses go1.21 for our toolchain
What is the new behavior (if this is a feature change)?**
go 1.21 is the minimum version to add Scorecard as a dependency. This lets us make some refactoring changes:
max
andmin
builtins (https://go.dev/doc/go1.21) and get rid of our other workaroundsslices
package is part of the stdlib now, not just an experimental package (https://go.dev/doc/go1.21#slices)Which issue(s) this PR fixes
Part of #3418, but doesn't entirely fix it. The
sync. OnceValues
stuff will be a larger change so I didn't include it here.Special notes for your reviewer
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