GNU Tools Weekly News Week 42 (June 14, 2026) Release updates for GNU toolchain: * GCC 15.3.0 was released * https://inbox.sourceware.org/gcc/[email protected]/ * GNU binutils 2.46.1 was released * https://inbox.sourceware.org/binutils/[email protected]/
GNU toolchain conference reminders: * FOSSY 2026 toolchain track North America, Aug 6-9 (Vancouver, Canada) * GNU Tools Cauldron 2026, Fri-Sun, October 2-4 (Prague, Czechia) * https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/cauldron2026 * https://conf.gnu-tools-cauldron.org/prg26/cfp * Toolchains Track at LPC 2026, October 7th (Prague, Czechia) * https://lpc.events/event/20/abstracts/ General/big GNU toolchain news (including sourceware news): * Sourceware budget and funding 2026/2027, Fri 12, 15:00 UTC * notes from the meeting: https://inbox.sourceware.org/gcc/[email protected]/ GCC easy issue to tackle of the week (2 this week): * `(x == MAX_VALUE) ? y : MIN<x, y>` -> MIN<x,y> * https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=125700 * Reach out to Andrea Pinski <[email protected]> for mentoring on this issue. * Improve RISC-V sequence for conditional xor with a constant * https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=125731 * Reach out to Jeff Law <[email protected]> for mentoring on this issue. * Previous ones are listed on https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/EasyIssuesOfTheWeek GCC commits: * https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-1417 - r17-1559 : 143 commits * aarch64: Add support for FEAT_SSVE_BitPerm and some other intrsinics * https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-1424-g548b39f569a308 ... r17-1428-g5da2ddf4ef8d94 * aarch64: Use MOVI for low‑64‑bit integer SIMD constant vectors * https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-1491-gf152cf1734f808 * ranger: Refine modulo range operations with fixed quotient * https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-1493-gcd52e71e8aea25 * phiopt: Allow factoring out of more than just single operand operations * https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-1507-gc43fed44d9ac34 * driver: Spill long COLLECT_GCC_OPTIONS to a response file * https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-1526-g619a5e5586759a * match: Optimize (~a) >> a to -1 for signed a * https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-1527-gb3ade4e315e5ba * match: Add bitop reduction simplifications against zero * https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-1543-gcee985872c4976 GCC discussion: * GCC bugzilla stats * 138 new issues filed * 70 issues closed binutils/gdb commits: * gdb/MicroBlaze: Add support for native linux gdb: * https://sourceware.org/cgit/binutils-gdb/commit/?id=d62f64e17b33fb76653fa0c008c61b782d07f8ec * gdb discussion: * RFC: prototype of C extensions using the Python limited API (continued) * https://inbox.sourceware.org/gdb/[email protected]/ binutils discussion: * glibc commits: * glibc discussion: *
