.. _experimental_features:

Experimental features
=====================

First introduced in EasyBuild v2.1.0 (see :ref:`EasyBuild v2.1.0 Release Notes <release_notes_v2.1.0>`),
experimental features can only be used by enabling the ``--experimental`` configuration option.

An experimental feature indicates to users that these features may change significantly in a future release
and should be used only for testing, not (yet) for production usage.

Currently enabled experimental features include:
 * Cray support (see https://github.com/hpcugent/easybuild/wiki/EasyBuild-on-Cray)
 * support for easyconfig files in YAML syntax (see :ref:`easyconfig_yeb_format`)
 * support for using minimal toolchains for dependencies (see :ref:`minimal_toolchains`)