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   Adrian Bunk to Vagrant Cascadian   
   Bug#1015208: O: gcc-riscv64-unknown-elf    
   13 Feb 26 18:00:02   
   
   From: bunk@debian.org   
      
   On Sun, Jul 17, 2022 at 10:30:37AM -0700, Vagrant Cascadian wrote:   
   > Package: wnpp   
   > Severity: normal   
   > X-Debbugs-CC: debian-riscv@lists.debian.org, vagrant@reproduci   
   le-builds.org, keithp@keithp.com   
   >   
   > The maintainer of gcc-riscv64-unknown-elf no longer wishes to maintain   
   > the package, marking as orphaned.   
   >   
   > It might be possible to switch this package to building from the   
   > gcc-X-source packages, instead of a forked upstream.   
   >   
   > I will probably do a QA upload soon to resolve some outstanding   
   > reproducible builds and other issues, but do not intend to adopt the   
   > package myself for the long-term.   
      
   I do not know what happened here 4 years ago, but Keith seems to be an   
   active maintainer of the package both back then and today.   
      
   > live well,   
   >   vagrant   
      
   On Wed, Feb 04, 2026 at 05:17:29PM +1100, Michael Lloyd wrote:   
   > I intend to adopt gcc-riscv64-unknown-elf.   
   >   
   > This is something I have worked with quite a bit and I am   
   > happy to serve as a maintainer for long term.   
   >   
   > I plan to rearchitect it to build from gcc-X-source packages   
   > rather than bundling the full GCC source tree, consistent   
   > with how gcc-X-cross works in Debian.   
      
   I'm not completely convinced by the rationale for the current setup,[1]   
   reverting it would be trivial on the technical side if wanted by the   
   maintainer.   
      
   cu   
   Adrian   
      
   [1] https://salsa.debian.org/debian/gcc-riscv64-unknown-elf/-/co   
   mit/01e8b1c3798e5a8c7c3ce20d0f3aba018ebb4a54   
      
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