diff -r 740eaf575523 -r f7f01af63a02 docs/overview.txt --- a/docs/overview.txt Fri Apr 17 20:45:47 2009 +0000 +++ b/docs/overview.txt Sun May 24 21:44:21 2009 +0000 @@ -277,13 +277,17 @@ Show obsolete versions or tools. Most of the time, you don't want to base your toolchain on too old a version (of gcc, for example). But at times, it can come handy to use such an old version for regression tests. Those old - versions are hidden behind CT_OBSOLETE. + versions are hidden behind CT_OBSOLETE. Those versions (or features) are so + marked because maintaining support for those in crosstool-NG would be too + costly, time-wise, and time is dear. CT_EXPERIMENTAL: Show experimental versions or tools. Again, you might not want to base your toolchain on too recent tools (eg. gcc) for production. But if you need a feature present only in a recent version, or a new tool, you can find them - hidden behind CT_EXPERIMENTAL. + hidden behind CT_EXPERIMENTAL. Those versions (or features) did not (yet) + receive thorough testing in crosstool-NG, and/or are not mature enough to + be blindly trusted. Re-building an existing toolchain | ----------------------------------+