Add support for Go 1.17

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        go-version: [1.15.x, 1.16.x]
+        go-version: [1.16.x, 1.17.x]
         kafka-version: [2.7.1, 2.8.0]
         platform: [ubuntu-latest]
 
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
-        curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/golangci/golangci-lint/master/install.sh | sh -s -- -b $(go env GOPATH)/bin v1.37.1
+        curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/golangci/golangci-lint/master/install.sh | sh -s -- -b $(go env GOPATH)/bin v1.42.1
         export REPOSITORY_ROOT=${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}
 
     - name: Run test suite

README.md

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ You might also want to look at the [Frequently Asked Questions](https://github.c
 Sarama provides a "2 releases + 2 months" compatibility guarantee: we support
 the two latest stable releases of Kafka and Go, and we provide a two month
 grace period for older releases. This means we currently officially support
-Go 1.15 through 1.16, and Kafka 2.6 through 2.8, although older releases are
+Go 1.15 through 1.16, and Kafka 2.7 through 2.8, although older releases are
 still likely to work.
 
 Sarama follows semantic versioning and provides API stability via the gopkg.in service.

dev.yml

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: sarama
 
 up:
   - go:
-      version: '1.16'
+      version: '1.17'
 
 commands:
   test: