GNU Tools Weekly News Week 45 (July 5, 2026) Release updates for GNU toolchain: * GCC 16.2.0 first week in August * https://inbox.sourceware.org/gcc/[email protected]/ * glibc-2.44 release: Soft freeze * Hard freeze July 4th * https://inbox.sourceware.org/libc-alpha/5439103.jY9Djz4Zq0@noumea/
GNU toolchain conference reminders: * FOSSY 2026 toolchain track North America, Aug 6-9 (Vancouver, Canada) * https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/fossy2026 * schedule was posted https://2026.fossy.ca/schedule/ * 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): * GCC AI Policy Working Group submitted a proposed policy to the SC (July 3rd) * https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/working-group-ai-policy * Sourceware budget and funding 2026/2027 feedback review * https://inbox.sourceware.org/gcc/[email protected]/ * Sourceware infrastructure community updates for Q2 2026 * https://inbox.sourceware.org/gcc/[email protected]/T/#u * Rustc GCC backend report * https://blog.antoyo.xyz/rustc_codegen_gcc-progress-report-42 * smtgcc mid-year update * https://inbox.sourceware.org/gcc/[email protected]/ * Talk by Avinal Kumar on glibc's charset/conversion subsystems: "Lost in translation" * https://avinal.space/talks/devconf-2026/#/1 GCC easy issue to tackle of the week: * `MIN<nonnegative,a> >= 0` is not simplified into `a >= 0` * https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=126087 * Reach out to Andrea Pinski <[email protected]> for mentoring on this issue. * Previous ones are listed on https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/EasyIssuesOfTheWeek GCC commits: * https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-1944 .. r17-2147 204 commits * Ada update (Thanks again Marc): * https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-1956-gd54ca4e4da5db3 ... r17-1971-gb2029c82ff9174 * Bug fixes. * Android support enhancement. * Flare OOP "Attribute Subprogram" first implementation. * Diagnostic messages improvements. * Match: Support unsigned scalar SAT_MUL form 14 * https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-1946-g95540e74f33dad * aarch64: Fix tls debuginfo missing location info * https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-2093-g97d9016b230cca * libstdc++: implement LWG3662 basic_string::append/assign(NTBS, pos, n) suboptimal * https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-2095-g7084db3f6e1cc6 * SH: Switch to LRA permanently * https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-2104-g75a75f22f3a33e * cdcde: fold memset with length in [0, 1] to conditional store * https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-2113-ga8072f31bc9000 * c++: Implement C++29 P2953R5 - Adding restrictions to defaulted assignment operator functions * https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-2127-gc1a7d0a2140563 * recognize CLZ via isolated MSB DeBruijn lookup * https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-2131-ga20f4528f3ab84 * aarch64: Port NEON intrinsics to pragma-based framework * https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-2018-gefbc7fbb70d875 ... r17-2023-gde97b51852881d * c++: Implement C++29 P3540R3 - #embed offset parameter * https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-1995-g1ec0c5428cf84e * RISC-V: Add basic spacemit-x100 and Spacemit-A100 core support * https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-1983-g8596c662854b86 * https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-2012-ge71bc0f8d7f93c GCC discussion: * [RFC] Turning off trapping-math for C and C++ front-ends by default * https://inbox.sourceware.org/gcc/calvbmca6p_q7wnm1koopzxhzrjhfi9t9_stactzrm1za-0n...@mail.gmail.com/ GCC bugzilla stats * 97 new issues filed * 65 issues closed binutils/gdb commits: * RISC-V: Add Zvdota extension classes * https://sourceware.org/cgit/binutils-gdb/commit/?id=89d59bf712045252b527bdfb69c07b0a29db7007 * RISC-V: Add Zvbdota extension support * https://sourceware.org/cgit/binutils-gdb/commit/?id=794f538c3e57e3f55a6224a7206fdb0ea7815a82 gdb discussion: * binutils discussion: * glibc commits: * Add system-wide tunables * https://www.phoronix.com/news/Glibc-System-Tunables * https://sourceware.org/cgit/glibc/log/?id=e24269f74b8cd37ce33652e752f8012c3bfcdadc&qt=range&q=e24269f74b8cd37ce33652e752f8012c3bfcdadc...fae194043a099d45c044c883467c934153ecc51f * https://inbox.sourceware.org/libc-alpha/[email protected]/ glibc discussion: * x86-64 TCB layout dependency in Chrome, Firefox still not fixed * https://inbox.sourceware.org/libc-alpha/[email protected]/ * The libc-locales mailing list is going to be closed, please use libc-alpha * https://inbox.sourceware.org/libc-alpha/[email protected]/
