Break-down config/global.in into smaller, much more maintainable files.

config/paths.in | 419 1 418 0 --------------------------------------------------------
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 418 deletions(-)

Cleanup building the snapshot version number.

configure | 18 10 8 0 ++++++++++--------
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

Commit a long-standing eye-dcandy change in a log, that got lost in a vi crash...

scripts/build/tools/sstrip.sh | 2 1 1 0 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Add an option to use a SOCKS 4/5 proxy to connect to the internet.
As for the HTTP proxy, this is completetly untested, as I have no such proxy at home.

scripts/crosstool.sh | 45 31 14 0 +++++++++++++++++--------
config/global.in | 95 81 14 0 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
2 files changed, 112 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)

Allow using an HTTP proxy to tunnel FTP and HTTP requests.

scripts/crosstool.sh | 14 14 0 0 +++++++++++++
config/global.in | 54 54 0 0 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 68 insertions(+)

Fix a comment.

functions | 6 3 3 0 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

Matthias Kaehlcke <matthias@kaehlcke.net> reported hanged downloads on his
network, most probably due to proxies. Have downloaders (wget and curl)
timeout on too slow connections (they don't by default).

scripts/functions | 17 12 5 0 ++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

Update patch to gdb. Thanks Khem RAJ <kraj@mvista.com>

patches/gdb/6.5/500-thread-timeout.patch | 13 6 7 0 ++++++-------
docs/CREDITS | 3 3 0 0 +++
2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

- Rewrite some parts of history: some sentences could have been considered rude, which was not my intention.
- Fix a few typoes at the same time.

Fix some obvious typoes in docs/overview.txt