Just like [^1] says:

> After spending years doing those FFI dances in both directions, I’ve reached the conclusion that the only good boundary with Go is a network boundary.

It looks like this extends into the package manager too. The only good boundary with Go programs is a socket. The only good boundary with the Go package manager (? if we can say it is one) is a domain and a DNS server (your own or somebody else's in the case of gopkg.in).

[^1]: https://fasterthanli.me/articles/lies-we-tell-ourselves-to-k...