Go 1.8 Release Candidate 1 is released
> The GOPATH environment variable now has a default value if it is unset. It defaults to $HOME/go on Unix and %USERPROFILE%/go on Windows. [0]Finally. This is going to make it easier for newcomers to the Go ecosystem, since commands such as "go get" will now work out of the box.[0] https://beta.golang.org/doc/go1.8#gopath