GNU Tools Weekly News Week 31 (March 29, 2026)

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GNU Tools Weekly News Week 31 (March 29, 2026)

Release updates for GNU toolchain:
 * gcc 16.0 regression status (note this is not official numbers, it
might be off by a few)
  * P1:                       10           +1
  * P1+P2+P3 total: 769          -4

General/big GNU toolchain news (including sourceware news):
 * slow week last week


GCC easy issue to tackle of the week:
 * `(a ^ c) & (a | c)` -> `a ^ c` not done on the gimple/tree level
  * https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=115547
  * Reach out to Andrew Pinski <andrew.pinski@oss.qualcomm.com> for
mentoring on this issue.

GCC commits:
 * note most of the commits from now until the release are bug fixes
which have not been listed here normally
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GCC discussion:
 * GSoC 2026 project discussions from participates
 * changes requesting for GCC 17 Release Criteria (secondary targets)
  * https://inbox.sourceware.org/gcc/CALvbMcCGVidhnAoQ=4TM3uL9=nFE-WCHc8Sxd49G6W8J3DV3qw@mail.gmail.com/T/#ma068de3a21c27075443bd7422149a7185181f3c4
 *

GCC bugzilla stats
 * 83 new issues filed
 * 89 issues closed

glibc commits:
 * LoongArch: Add support for LA32

binutils/gdb commits:
 * gdb: Add in NEWS about dropping AIX 7.1 support.
  * https://sourceware.org/cgit/binutils-gdb/commit/?id=c116c67be27fad91095a2bb13bc0bd48f4e4d623
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gdb discussion:
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binutils discussion:
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