proposal: x/tools/cmd/auth: tag and delete

[samthanawalla]

Proposal Details

The x/tools/cmd/auth directory is obsolete. We've integrated its GOAUTH implementation directly into src/cmd/go/internal/auth as part of issue #26232. This means we no longer need to maintain the separate reference implementation in x/tools/cmd/auth.

Therefore, let's delete x/tools/cmd/auth

[adonovan]

BTW, the process for deleting a package is to create a new module in its subdirectory, release it by tagging a version, and then delete it. That way any project that imports it will automatically depend on the deleted module (after upgrading) and will continue to build. See for example #59676.

[shashank-priyadarshi]

@samthanawalla can I please take this up?

[samthanawalla]

@samthanawalla can I please take this up?

That would be great! However the proposal needs to get accepted first

[rsc]

It looks like netrcauth and gitauth are integrated into the go command but not cookieauth. Should we leave cookieauth around or provide it somewhere else?

[rsc]

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[samthanawalla]

I think it makes sense to move cookieauth somewhere else so as to not confuse people but I am not sure where.