GNU Tools Weekly News Week 42 (June 14, 2026)

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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/p8nq1983-qn01-7814-3p76-13n5r9q755q2@fhfr.qr/
 * GNU binutils 2.46.1 was released
  * https://inbox.sourceware.org/binutils/87y0gohcay.fsf@gentoo.org/

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/20260614225910.GA14303@gnu.wildebeest.org/

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 <andrew.pinski@oss.qualcomm.com> 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 <jeffrey.law@oss.qualcomm.com> 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
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gdb discussion:
 * RFC: prototype of C extensions using the Python limited API (continued)
  * https://inbox.sourceware.org/gdb/21479c1d-3a9a-4ae2-bc1a-5dc19871f275@arm.com/
binutils discussion:
  *

glibc commits:
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glibc discussion:
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