Can anyone explain the gcc cross-compiler naming convention?

Question

I have tried to understand the naming conventions behind the gcc cross-compilers, but there seems to be conflicting answers. I have the following three cross-compilers in my

Answer 1

The fact is that, there is a rule, and it is the one described above from rubenvb. But in several cases the naming you will find is incorrect, as:

gcc-pippotron-6.3.1-2017.05-x86_64_arm-linux-gnueabihf
gcc-pippotron-arm-none-eabi-4.8-2013.11_linux

This maming above are 2 examples that are not respecting the rule.