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

[Luis <luis.machado.foss@gmail.com>]

On 27/03/2026 16:09, Luis Machado wrote:
> 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:

Now pushed. Again, thanks Alan and welcome Thiago!