[Bug 1943502] [NEW] Feature Freeze Exception: Update golang-defaults to 1.17

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This change is necessary because we always update to the latest Go
version before each release.

Go's source does not provide a changelog, but the changes in 1.17 can be
seen at https://golang.org/doc/go1.17

To test that this change will work, I have created a PPA with golang-
defaults pointing to Go 1.17, and tested a rebuild of all packages
listed in reverse-depends -b src:golang-defaults. I also tested the same
package builds with Go 1.16.7. The PPAs can be found at

https://launchpad.net/~jawn-smith/+archive/ubuntu/golang-117-rebuilds
https://launchpad.net/~jawn-smith/+archive/ubuntu/golang-baseline-rebuilds
https://launchpad.net/~jawn-smith/+archive/ubuntu/golang-defaults-117

There are 19 packages (out of about 1,750) that have new build failures
with Go 1.17. They are all in universe. The packages are:

gitlab-workhorse
golang-github-biogo-hts
golang-github-crewjam-saml
golang-github-gin-gonic-gin
golang-github-google-wire
golang-github-lucas-clemente-quick-go
golang-github-marten-seemann-qtls-go
golang-github-mattermost-xml-roundtrip-validator
golang-github-prometheus-exporter-toolkit
golang-github-sevlyar-go-daemon
golang-github-zclconf-go-cty
golang-golang-x-exp
golang-golang-x-sys
golang-gopkg-square-go-jose.v2
notary
packer
panicparse
syncthing
textql

I have already started creating patches to resolve these build failures.

** Affects: golang-defaults (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Fix Committed


** Tags: patch
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Feature Freeze Exception: Update golang-defaults to 1.17
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1943502
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