From: tianon@debian.org   
      
   On Wed, 18 Feb 2026 at 22:13, Tianon Gravi  wrote:   
   > On Wed, 18 Feb 2026 at 10:59, Dr. Tobias Quathamer  wrote:   
   > > So, if you don't have any objections, I plan to switch the default   
   > > golang compiler to 1.26 in the next few days.   
   >   
   > It's a tiny bit tangential, so apologies for that, but I think it   
   > would probably be prudent to finally do something about gccgo too,   
   > while we're opening the hood on src:golang-defaults.   
   >   
   > For a long time now, gccgo has been stuck at an implementation of Go   
   > 1.18, but even then, it's only a *partial* implementation of 1.18   
   > (notably missing generics).   
   >   
   > As noted and discussed in the CC'd https://bugs.debian.org/961916,   
   > bin:gccgo-go's version is misleading at best and actively harmful at   
   > worst, because it *looks* like it's 1.24, and this is where I think   
   > the overlap with the proposal to update to 1.26 appears - that number   
   > drifts even further from any truth.   
   >   
   > In ideating on solutions, I was thinking about doing something really   
   > goofy, like having bin:gccgo-go have a Version: that's 1.18 or   
   > something, but that ship has sailed (we can't downgrade in the   
   > archive), and it would be really poor behavior for one source package   
   > to do that anyhow.   
   >   
   > So concretely, what I'd propose for src:golang-defaults 1.26+ is that   
   > we remove all traces of gccgo entirely instead.  This is somewhat   
   > disruptive, but I don't think it's unreasonable.  Every interesting   
   > architecture is currently supported by upstream golang-go, gccgo   
   > hasn't been a suitable GOROOT_BOOTSTRAP for Go itself for several   
   > versions now, and gccgo is a very outdated implementation.  On top of   
   > all that, I strongly doubt there are many (if any) meaningful Go   
   > packages left in the archive that really successfully build with   
   > gccgo.   
   >   
   > I am going to work on an even more concrete MR for review after   
   > sending this email. 🙇   
      
   As promised: https://salsa.debian.org/go-team/compiler/golang-de   
   aults/-/merge_requests/5   
      
   (and a tiny follow-up to remove the last bits of Perl code from the   
   package: https://salsa.debian.org/go-team/compiler/golang-defaul   
   s/-/merge_requests/6)   
      
   ♥,   
   - Tianon   
      
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