golang/go

cmd/api: remove contexts slice by parsing `go tool dist list -json` output

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#14,892 opened on Mar 21, 2016

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Description

It's discovered in https://golang.org/cl/20935 that cmd/api contains a copy of supported platforms along with their cgo support status.

We should remove those hardcoded values and use go tool dist list -json instead.

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Research direction
Investigate how `go tool dist list json` outputs platform and cgo support, then refactor cmd/api to parse that JSON instead of using hardcoded contexts slice.
Tech stack
go
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backend
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Refactor
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2
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Half day
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Clear
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Go
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