CONTRIBUTING: reflect the supported versions of Go

Since we document in the README that we support the latest version of
Go, update the contributing documentation to reflect the same thing.
Mention that we try to avoid breaking support for older versions if
possible.
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@ -99,7 +99,9 @@ Here are some tips for getting your question answered as quickly as possible:
### Prerequisites
Git LFS depends on having a working Go 1.11.0+ environment.
Git LFS depends on having a working Go development environment. We officially
support the latest version of Go, although we try not to break backwards
compatibility with older versions if it's possible to avoid doing so.
On RHEL etc. e.g. Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.2 (Maipo), you will neet the minimum packages installed to build Git LFS: