I agree that this limits Go's use scope. But when you accept that Go is most suited for web apps and some console tools, it is nice and works well for the users and the application packager.
The only package manager (pm) I like, is the pm of the distro I am using. If I am on Fedora, I like yum. When I am on Gentoo I like portage etc.
The problem with most web apps is that they have dependencies that don't exist in your distro's pm. I'll take a static binary over a 3rd party pm any day. Let's not forget that one of the most important reasons for the existence of docker is to not have to set up an app in many different systems.
The only package manager (pm) I like, is the pm of the distro I am using. If I am on Fedora, I like yum. When I am on Gentoo I like portage etc. The problem with most web apps is that they have dependencies that don't exist in your distro's pm. I'll take a static binary over a 3rd party pm any day. Let's not forget that one of the most important reasons for the existence of docker is to not have to set up an app in many different systems.