Misc doc edits for release.
release_notes/voltha_2.12.rst
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o Update version and URLs for kafka
o Update version and URLs for olt
howto/release/tasks/index.rst
howto/release/tasks/golang_gofmt_syntax.rst
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o Document std golang formatting with gofmt -s -e -w.
o Document content with references (commit message, make lint)
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+.. _Release Task Golang Mod Update:
+
+GOLANG: Update go.mod opencord package versions
+===============================================
+
+Update go package version dependencies.
+
+NOTE: Files in the vendor/ directory should not be modified
+
+- Sources are checked in purely for bootstrapping.
+- Ideally vendor/ will be deleted and populated dynamically by git submodules.
+
+.. code-block:: shell-session
+ :caption: Update copyrigth notice ending date.
+
+ % git clone ssh://gerrit.opencord.org:29418/ofagent-go.git
+ % cd ofagent-go
+
+ # ---------------------------------------
+ # Preview packages and versions to modify
+ # ---------------------------------------
+ % grep opencord $(find . ! -path 'vendor/*' -name '*.go' -print)
+
+ # --------------------------------------------------------------
+ # Edit go.mod and update dependencies as needed
+ # --------------------------------------------------------------
+ % ${EDITOR} $(find . ! -path 'vendor/*' -name '*.go' -print)
+
+ % make distclean
+
+ # ------------------------------
+ # Bulk fix golang linting errors
+ # ------------------------------
+ % find . ! -path 'vendor/*' -name '*.go' -print0 | xargs -0 gofmt -s -e -w
+
+ # ---------------------------
+ # Invoke go mod vendor
+ # Invoke go mod tidy
+ # From within a local sandbox
+ # ---------------------------
+ % make mod-update LOCAL_FIX_PERMS=1
+
+ # -------------------------
+ # Check for syntax problems
+ # -------------------------
+ % make lint
+
+ # -----------------------------------
+ # Pre-screen for jenkins job problems
+ # -----------------------------------
+ % make build
+ % make test