Bump Expected Minimum Go Version to 1.18

[bendbennett]

Terraform Plugin Docs Version

v0.13.0

Use Cases or Problem Statement

Following the Go support policy and given the ecosystem availability of the latest Go minor version, it's time to upgrade. This will ensure that this project can use recent improvements to the Go runtime, standard library functionality, and continue to receive security updates.

Proposal

• Run the following commands to upgrade the Go module files and automatically fix outdated Go code:

go mod edit -go=1.18
go mod tidy
go fix

• Ensure any GitHub Actions workflows (.github/workflows/*.yml) use 1.19 in place of any 1.18 and 1.18 in place of any 1.17 or earlier
• Ensure the README or any Contributing documentation notes the Go 1.18 expected minimum
• (Not applicable to all projects) Ensure the .go-version is at least 1.18 or later

How much impact is this issue causing?

Low

Additional Information

References

• https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/#go-compatibility
• https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/go
• New package: GoLang.Go.1.19 version 1.19.0 microsoft/winget-pkgs#68523
• https://community.chocolatey.org/packages/golang
• https://packages.ubuntu.com/kinetic/golang-1.19

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