[pokstad]

Go does not treat Github any differently than any other VCS provider when it comes to package management.

OG gophers vendor their deps into their repo and avoid creating dependencies on 3rd party code whenever possible. The Go stdlib is very full featured so it is not unrealistic.

The problem with the go-bindata could be avoided by always vendoring/forking your deps and never trust any VCS provider (e.g. GitHub, Bitbucket, source forge) to handle your critical dependency needs.

[heinrich5991]

Go does have special handling for Github: https://github.com/golang/go/blob/816154b06553a4cf8ee7ad089f....

[Vendan]

Except that that link also shows special handling for 5 other VCS hosts, and you can have your own website given the same special handling by putting meta tags in the html. Github is not given special handling that no other VCS host is allowed.