From 33068df22954707ce5cd14c1daac9659d1f63765 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jaroslav Klech Date: Sep 29 2019 08:50:18 +0000 Subject: Describes issue#309: gold shift --- diff --git a/modules/release-notes/pages/developers/Development_Tools.adoc b/modules/release-notes/pages/developers/Development_Tools.adoc index 5b17332..4477f94 100644 --- a/modules/release-notes/pages/developers/Development_Tools.adoc +++ b/modules/release-notes/pages/developers/Development_Tools.adoc @@ -3,3 +3,9 @@ include::{partialsdir}/entities.adoc[] [[sect-development-tools]] = Development Tools + +[[gold-shift]] +== Gold has been moved to its own package + +Google LLC decided not to continue development of the `gold` linker. As a result its data may start to rot. Therefore the linker has been moved into its own sub-package of the `binutils` package, in Fedora 31. This change is a precautionary measure, in case in the future Fedora decides that `gold` should be deprecated. +