Go 1.17 Release Candidate 2 is released

[Alex Rakoczy]

Hello gophers,

We have just released go1.17rc2, a release candidate version of Go 1.17.
It is cut from release-branch.go1.17 at the revision tagged go1.17rc2.

Please try your production load tests and unit tests with the new version.
Your help testing these pre-release versions is invaluable.

Report any problems using the issue tracker:
https://golang.org/issue/new

If you have Go installed already, the easiest way to try go1.17rc2
is by using the go command:
$ go get golang.org/dl/go1.17rc2
$ go1.17rc2 download

You can download binary and source distributions from the usual place:
https://golang.org/dl/#go1.17rc2

To find out what has changed in Go 1.17, read the draft release notes:
https://tip.golang.org/doc/go1.17

Cheers,
The Go Team