Update branch to match remote

Author: jacobbednarz

.travis.yml

@@ -1,7 +1,20 @@
+# http://docs.travis-ci.com/user/languages/go/
 language: go
 
-go:
- - 1.6
- - tip
+go: 1.8
 
-script: ./test.sh
+os:
+  - linux
+
+env:
+- MYSQL_USER=root
+
+before_install:
+  - mysql -e 'CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS test;'
+
+install: true
+
+script: script/cibuild
+
+notifications:
+  email: false

README.md

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # gh-ost
 
+[![build status](https://travis-ci.org/github/gh-ost.svg)](https://travis-ci.org/github/gh-ost) [![downloads](https://img.shields.io/github/downloads/github/gh-ost/total.svg)](https://github.com/github/gh-ost/releases) [![release](https://img.shields.io/github/release/github/gh-ost.svg)](https://github.com/github/gh-ost/releases)
+
 #### GitHub's online schema migration for MySQL <img src="doc/images/gh-ost-logo-light-160.png" align="right">
 
  `gh-ost` is a triggerless online schema migration solution for MySQL. It is testable and provides pausability, dynamic control/reconfiguration, auditing, and many operational perks.

go/binlog/gomysql_reader.go

@@ -160,6 +160,10 @@ func (this *GoMySQLReader) StreamEvents(canStopStreaming func() bool, entriesCha
 }
 
 func (this *GoMySQLReader) Close() error {
-	this.binlogSyncer.Close()
+	// Historically there was a:
+	//   this.binlogSyncer.Close()
+	// here. A new go-mysql version closes the binlog syncer connection independently.
+	// I will go against the sacred rules of comments and just leave this here.
+	// This is the year 2017. Let's see what year these comments get deleted.
 	return nil
 }