GCC AI Policy Announcement gcc.gnu.org/pipermail/gc...

LLVM Weekly - #656, July 27th 2026. Improving HLSL support in clangd, -fdefined-pointer-subtraction, documenting LLDB platform/target support requirements, raising WASM MLIR to other dialects, and more llvmweekly.org/issue/656

GNU Binutils 2.47 Released With More RISC-V Extensions, New Options - https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNU-Binutils-2.47

GNU Binutils 2.47 Released Control whether relocations referencing local binding symbols are adjusted to use section symbols. RISC-V extensions. BFD linker -O 0 to inhibit combining mergeable sections. lists.gnu.org/archive/html...

The GNU C Library version 2.44 is now available! System-wide tunables, memory mapping optimization using transparent huge pages, more optimized and correctly rounded mathematical functions, vectorization for AArch64 and RISC-V, Guarded Control Stack locking on AArch64, support for LoongArch32, ...

LLVM Weekly - #655, July 20th 2026. LLVM 23.x branched, July ClangIR progress report, DS2 debug server, SpacemiT-X100 (RISC-V RVA23U64) LNT perf tracking now live, Templight removed, and more llvmweekly.org/issue/655

The next generation of technology should have more people shaping it, not fewer. The GNU Toolchain exists to guarantee Software Freedom—ensuring you have the rights to run, study, share, and improve the tech we all rely on. 🧵👇

LLVM Weekly - #654, July 13th 2026. llvm-ub-aware-interpreter update, x86-64 Lightweight Fault Isolation, LangRef rewritten in Markdown, x86-64 ABI implemented in LLVM's new ABI library, MS contributed exception_ptr, and more llvmweekly.org/issue/654

LLVM Weekly - #652, June 29th 2026. EuroLLVM 2026 recordings now available, optimising LLVM's bump allocator, revisiting commit access criteria, Wasm reference types as target extension types, building flang with PGO and BOLT, and more llvmweekly.org/issue/652

GCC 14.4 Released with more than 104 fixes! gcc.gnu.org/pipermail/gc...

GCC: Bump minimum GNU Make version to 3.81 released in 2006. Dont want to rush thing. gcc.gnu.org/pipermail/gc...

LLVM Weekly - #651, June 22nd 2026. US LLVM Dev Meeting call for papers + registration + student travel grant applications all open, allocator provenance model, ClangIR upstreaming update, CopySanitizer, llvm.pext/llvm.pdep, parallel DWARF processing in BOLT, and more llvmweekly.org/issue/651

GCC Steering Committee Supports Inclusion Of WebAssembly Backend - https://www.phoronix.com/news/GCC-Steering-WebAssembly

LLVM Weekly - #650, June 15th 2026. Seeking new LLVM Foundation board members, AI review of PRs, linking massive binaries in LLD, Hygon X86 processors, Windows x64 unwind v3, SpacemiT X60 scheduling model now default for RISC-V, and more llvmweekly.org/issue/650

GCC 15.3 Released More than 208 Bug Fixes! gcc.gnu.org/pipermail/gc...

GNU Binutils 2.46.1 Released sourceware.org/pipermail/bi...

LLVM Weekly - #649, June 8th 2026. Improvements to LLVM's hash table implementations, MLIR token type, breaking the Python revlock, migrating docs to Markdown, parallel DWARF linker, and more llvmweekly.org/issue/649

LLVM Weekly - #644, May 4th 2026. GSoC 2026 started (congratulations and welcome to all new contributors!), US LLVM dev meeting PC volunteers, draft LLVM moderation guide, MLIR token type, and more llvmweekly.org/issue/644

LLVM Weekly - #645, May 11th 2026. 22.1.5, May ClangIR upstreaming report, parallel DWARF processing in BOLT, C1-Premium scheduling model, Instrumentor pass, clang-ssaf-analyzer, -fexperimental-abi-lowering, and more. llvmweekly.org/issue/645

LLVM Weekly - #646, May 18th 2026. New strict FP proposals, OpenACC runtime, AArch64 code layout optimisations, C1-Nano scheduling model, misc-static-initialization-cycle clang-tidy check, Tel Aviv / Portland / Berlin LLVM meetups, and more llvmweekly.org/issue/646

LLVM Weekly - #647, May 25th 2026. Importance of open access to ISO standards documents, reST => Markdown?, 32-bit RISC-V support in BOLT, and more llvmweekly.org/issue/647

GNU Tools Cauldron 2026 Call for Papers is open! gcc.gnu.org/pipermail/gc...

SPEC CPU 2026 Released. Both GCC and LLVM included as benchmarks. www.spec.org/cpu2026/docs...

GCC 16.1 Released With AMD Zen 6 Support, Algol 68 & Many C/C++ Improvements - https://www.phoronix.com/news/GCC-16.1-Released

GCC 16.1 Released gcc.gnu.org/pipermail/gc...

LLVM Weekly - #643, April 27th 2026. EuroLLVM slide decks available, Vulkan-style memory model, 22.1.4, improving function size estimation for Arm, -fstrict-bool, and more. llvmweekly.org/issue/643

GCC Establishes Working Group To Decide On AI/LLM Policy - https://www.phoronix.com/news/GCC-Working-Group-AI-Policy

GCC Development AI Policy Working Group Led by Jonathan Wakely gcc.gnu.org/pipermail/gc...

GCC 16 branched to prepare for release. gcc.gnu.org/pipermail/gc...

LLVM Weekly - #642, April 20th 2026. EuroLLVM roundtable notes, ClangIR upstreaming status update, Arm C1-Ultra scheduling model, SerenityOS, and more llvmweekly.org/issue/642