Reduce the number of golang versions that are in use

Overview

As of right now, the GDK will try and install golang versions 1.18.9 1.19.7 1.19.6 1.19.2 1.19.9 as required by the various upstream projects:

# golang:
#   1.18.9:
#     - .tool-versions-gdk
#     - https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-shell -> https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/raw/master/GITLAB_SHELL_VERSION
#     - https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitaly/-/raw/master/.tool-versions
#     - https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitaly -> https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/raw/master/GITALY_SERVER_VERSION
#     - https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-metrics-exporter -> https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/raw/master/GITLAB_METRICS_EXPORTER_VERSION
#   1.19.7:
#     - https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/raw/master/workhorse/.tool-versions
#     - https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-pages/-/raw/master/.tool-versions
#     - https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-pages -> https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/raw/master/GITLAB_PAGES_VERSION
#     - https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-elasticsearch-indexer/-/raw/main/.tool-versions
#     - https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-elasticsearch-indexer -> https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/raw/master/GITLAB_ELASTICSEARCH_INDEXER_VERSION
#     - https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-metrics-exporter/-/raw/main/.tool-versions
#   1.19.6:
#     - https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-shell/-/raw/main/.tool-versions
#   1.19.2:
#     - https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitaly/-/raw/master/.tool-versions
#     - https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitaly -> https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/raw/master/GITALY_SERVER_VERSION
#   1.19.9:
#     - https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/raw/main/.tool-versions
#
golang 1.18.9 1.19.7 1.19.6 1.19.2 1.19.9

This results in longer gdk install/update cycles and creates larger Docker images that we use in CI.

Impacted categories

The following categories relate to this issue:

gdk-reliability - e.g. When a GDK action fails to complete.
gdk-usability - e.g. Improvements or suggestions around how the GDK functions.
gdk-performance - e.g. When a GDK action is slow or times out.

Proposal

Short term

Long term

Update the various projects to use Renovate to create MRs to bump versions.

Related: gitlab#195763

Edited May 05, 2023 by Ash McKenzie