[CannisterFlux]

Isn't it the passive voice? You conjugate to be and add the past participle. "Go 1.7 is released" rather than "we have released Go 1.7". The passive voice makes Go the subject of the sentence, otherwise it would focus on who is doing the releasing which is less important in this context.

In informal writing you should avoid using the passive voice, as it sounds disconnected and boring. Technical articles can sound better in the passive voice though, and I remember my physics teachers always used to berate people for not using it. So we should have written "the experiment is performed" rather than "I performed the experiment".

[bassislife]

Release the Hounds.... The Hounds have been released. Go is released seems fine to me.