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

When installing SVN snapshots, include the branch and revision in the version number.
In case some random snapshot is installed and used for production, then this
will ease rewinding.

Robert P. J. DAY says:

Based on feedback from Mike Frysinger, add the following patchset for
glibc-2.7. Not stress-tested, but at least make it available for
interested testers.

Robert P. J. DAY says:

According to Mike Frysinger, this patch was removed from Gentoo in the
2.3.x series and didn't seem to cause any adverse effects. So toss it
from the patch directories for glibc 2.5 and up.

Robert P. J. DAY says:

According to Mike Frysinger, this patch hasn't been necessary since
glibc-2.4+, so turf it from glibc patches 2.5 and up. If someone
complains, it can always go back in.

Robert P. J. DAY says:

apparently, the patchset for gcc 4.2.1 applies properly to the
source for gcc 4.2.2 and gcc 4.2.3. so, if you want, you can simply
add support for those last two just by augmenting menuconfig and
adding a couple symlinks for those two directories. seems like a
cheap way to add a couple new versions.