Move the minimum version to Go 1.17 (#99)

* Move the minimum version to Go 1.17

* Update CHANGELOG

.github/workflows/ci.yaml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ env:
   # Path to where test results will be saved.
   TEST_RESULTS: /tmp/test-results
   # Default minimum version of Go to support.
-  DEFAULT_GO_VERSION: 1.16
+  DEFAULT_GO_VERSION: 1.17
 jobs:
   lint:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ jobs:
   compatibility-test:
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        go-version: [1.18, 1.17, 1.16]
+        go-version: [1.18, 1.17]
         os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
         # GitHub Actions does not support arm* architectures on default
         # runners. It is possible to acomplish this with a self-hosted runner

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.htm
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### ⚠️ Notice ⚠️
+
+The minimum supported Go version is `1.17`.
+
 ### Added
 
 - Option `OmitResetSession` that if set to true will suppress `sql.conn.reset_session` spans. (#87)
@@ -16,6 +20,10 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.htm
 
 - Upgrade OTel to `v1.7.0`. (#91)
 
+### Removed
+
+- Support for Go `1.16`. Support is now only for Go `1.17` and Go `1.18`. (#99)
+
 ## [0.14.1] - 2022-04-07
 
 ### Changed

README.md

@@ -70,26 +70,18 @@ This project is tested on the following systems.
 | ------- | ---------- | ------------ |
 | Ubuntu  | 1.18       | amd64        |
 | Ubuntu  | 1.17       | amd64        |
-| Ubuntu  | 1.16       | amd64        |
 | Ubuntu  | 1.18       | 386          |
 | Ubuntu  | 1.17       | 386          |
-| Ubuntu  | 1.16       | 386          |
 | MacOS   | 1.18       | amd64        |
 | MacOS   | 1.17       | amd64        |
-| MacOS   | 1.16       | amd64        |
 | Windows | 1.18       | amd64        |
 | Windows | 1.17       | amd64        |
-| Windows | 1.16       | amd64        |
 | Windows | 1.18       | 386          |
 | Windows | 1.17       | 386          |
-| Windows | 1.16       | 386          |
 
 While this project should work for other systems, no compatibility guarantees
 are made for those systems currently.
 
-Go 1.18 was added in March of 2022.
-Go 1.16 will be removed around June 2022.
-
 The project follows the [Release Policy](https://golang.org/doc/devel/release#policy) to support major Go releases.
 
 ## Why port this?