RE: [PATCH] [ANNOUNCEMENT] [AArch64/Arm] Maintainership updates

["Schimpe, Christina" <christina.schimpe@intel.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Luis Machado <luis.machado.foss@gmail.com>
> Sent: Freitag, 27. März 2026 17:09
> To: gdb-patches@sourceware.org; thiago.bauermann@linaro.org;
> Alan.Hayward@arm.com
> Subject: [PATCH] [ANNOUNCEMENT] [AArch64/Arm] Maintainership updates
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I am writing to announce a change in the maintainership for the AArch64 and
> Arm architectures.
> 
> After several years of dedicated service, Alan Hayward has decided to step
> down from his role as maintainer. Alan has been instrumental in keeping the
> Arm ports robust and modern. Most notably, he championed the complex
> task of implementing support for the Scalable Vector Extension (SVE), which
> required significant changes to how GDB handles variable register sizes,
> something that is used for SME to this day. Beyond SVE, he also enabled
> Pointer Authentication support for AArch64. And his work on XML target
> descriptions and general infrastructure refactoring have left the codebase in a
> much stronger position.
> 
> We thank Alan for his leadership and his many contributions to the project
> over the years.
> 
> At the same time, I am pleased to announce that Thiago Bauermann has
> agreed to step up as a new co-maintainer for AArch64 and Arm. Thiago is
> already a familiar face in the community, having contributed extensively to
> GDB on PowerPC and, more recently, AArch64. His recent work on MOPS,
> GCS and SME features have been vital for keeping GDB aligned with the latest
> developments on AArch64.
> 
> Thiago has also contributed significant time reviewing patches from others,
> something that is highly appreciated in the community.
> 
> Please join me in thanking Alan for his hard work and welcoming Thiago to
> his new role. I have updated the gdb/MAINTAINERS file accordingly.
> ---
>  gdb/MAINTAINERS | 5 +++--
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/gdb/MAINTAINERS b/gdb/MAINTAINERS index
> ab06a8f8072..a6ac9f04099 100644
> --- a/gdb/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/gdb/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -319,8 +319,8 @@ resolving build issues.  The Target/Architecture
> maintainer works with  the native maintainer when resolving ABI issues.
> 
>  	aarch64		--target=aarch64-elf
> -			Alan Hayward		alan.hayward@arm.com
>  			Luis Machado
> 	luis.machado.foss@gmail.com
> +			Thiago Jung Bauermann
> thiago.bauermann@linaro.org
> 
>  	alpha		--target=alpha-elf
> 
> @@ -331,8 +331,8 @@ the native maintainer when resolving ABI issues.
>  			Shahab Vahedi		list@vahedi.org
> 
>  	arm		--target=arm-elf
> -			Alan Hayward		alan.hayward@arm.com
>  			Luis Machado
> 	luis.machado.foss@gmail.com
> +			Thiago Jung Bauermann
> thiago.bauermann@linaro.org
> 
>  	avr		--target=avr
> 
> @@ -872,6 +872,7 @@ Joel Brobecker (Global, Ada)
> 	brobecker@adacore.com
>  Doug Evans (Global)				dje@google.com
>  Yao Qi (Global)					qiyao@sourceware.org
>  Felix Willgerodt (amd64, i386)			felix.willgerodt@gmail.com
> +Alan Hayward (AArch64, arm)			alan.hayward@arm.com
> 
> 
>  Folks that have been caught up in a paper trail:
> --
> 2.43.0
> 

Congratulations Thiago! 😊

Christina

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