glibc releases every six months; GCC maintains several supported release branches
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- Kind
- Support
- Statement
- glibc project site: the GNU C Library releases every 6 months; the current stable version is 2.44, released 2026-07-25. GCC project site lists GCC 16.2 (2026-08-07), 15.3 and 14.4 as supported releases receiving regression fixes and documentation changes only. Neither project page offers paid support.
- Applies when
- Version and end-of-life tracking for GNU toolchain components.
- Applies to
- GNU C Library; GCC