I guess that's pretty reasonable. Especially coupled with sensible defaults for ...

andrewstuart2 on July 1, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Setting Go variables from the outside

I guess that's pretty reasonable. Especially coupled with sensible defaults for your variables like "unreleased" in the article. If you're building for a release you're probably a lot more up-to-speed on the needs for a release build anyway.