[VOL-1386]  This commit add "dep" as the package management tool
for voltha-go.

Change-Id: I52bc4911dd00a441756ec7c30f46d45091f3f90e
diff --git a/vendor/go.uber.org/atomic/string.go b/vendor/go.uber.org/atomic/string.go
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+// Copyright (c) 2016 Uber Technologies, Inc.
+//
+// Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+// of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+// in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+// to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+// copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+// furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+//
+// The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+// all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+//
+// THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+// IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+// FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+// AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+// LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+// OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+// THE SOFTWARE.
+
+package atomic
+
+import "sync/atomic"
+
+// String is an atomic type-safe wrapper around atomic.Value for strings.
+type String struct{ v atomic.Value }
+
+// NewString creates a String.
+func NewString(str string) *String {
+	s := &String{}
+	if str != "" {
+		s.Store(str)
+	}
+	return s
+}
+
+// Load atomically loads the wrapped string.
+func (s *String) Load() string {
+	v := s.v.Load()
+	if v == nil {
+		return ""
+	}
+	return v.(string)
+}
+
+// Store atomically stores the passed string.
+// Note: Converting the string to an interface{} to store in the atomic.Value
+// requires an allocation.
+func (s *String) Store(str string) {
+	s.v.Store(str)
+}