feat!: MAJOR release. Update go to 1.25, and add migration path (#520)

BREAKING CHANGE: This bumps Go and external packages to later versions.

.github/workflows/go.yaml

@@ -21,16 +21,17 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v4
         with:
-          go-version: '1.23.1'
+          go-version: '1.25.1'
           cache: false
       - name: golangci-lint
-        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v3
+        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v7
         with:
-          version: v1.61.0
+          version: v2.7.2
           only-new-issues: true
           skip-cache: true
       - name: Install staticcheck
-        run: go install honnef.co/go/tools/cmd/staticcheck@2024.1.1
+        run: go install honnef.co/go/tools/cmd/staticcheck@2025.1.1
+
       - name: Run staticcheck
         run: staticcheck ./...
   go_test:
@@ -42,8 +43,9 @@ jobs:
     - name: Set up Go
       uses: actions/setup-go@v4
       with:
-        go-version: '1.19'
+        go-version: '1.25.1'
     - name: Build
       run: make compile
     - name: Test
       run: make test
+

.github/workflows/tag-and-release.yaml

@@ -39,5 +39,5 @@ jobs:
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           tag: ${{ needs.tag.outputs.tag }}
-          body: ${{ github.event.head_commit.message }}
-          skipIfReleaseExists: true # Do not release if NONE tag is used above
+          generateReleaseNotes: true
+          skipIfReleaseExists: true  # Do not release if NONE tag is used above