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+This README is included with Privoxy 3.0.2. See http://www.privoxy.org/ for
+more information. The current code level is stable.
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- NOTE: This is a pre-release version of Privoxy from the "stable" CVS branch.
- It is being readied for the next stable release -- 3.0.1 which could happen
- "soon". While this tree is in a transition state, the version will be
- intentionally stamped as "0.0.0" so as to make it clear that this code is not
- yet ready for release. If you try this code, and find problems which seem to
- be bugs, please report it to the developers list.
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Privoxy is a web proxy with advanced filtering capabilities for protecting
privacy, filtering web page content, managing cookies, controlling access, and
removing ads, banners, pop-ups and other obnoxious Internet junk. Privoxy has a
1. IMPORTANT CHANGES
+NEWS! March 2003, Privoxy 3.0.2 is released. This is the first maintenance
+release of Privoxy. There are no significant new features in this release. Some
+bugs are fixed, and some existing features have been enhanced. See ChangeLog
+for details. Upgrading from 3.0.0 is recommended.
+
REALLY BIG NEWS! August 2002: The long-awaited, oft-delayed stable version of
Privoxy 3.0 is finally released! This is way behind schedule, but better late
than never. The developers all hope the wait was worth it.
3. RUN
privoxy [--help] [--version] [--no-daemon] [--pidfile PIDFILE] [--user USER
-[.GROUP]] [config_file]
+[.GROUP]] [--chroot] [config_file]
See the man page or User Manual for an explanation of each option, and other
configuration and usage issues.
The actions list can be configured via the web interface accessed via http://
p.p/, as well other options.
-All configuration files are subject to unannounced changes during the
-development process.
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5. DOCUMENTATION
-There should be documentation in the 'doc' subdirectory, but it is not
-completed at this point. In particular, see the User Manual there, the FAQ, and
-those interested in Privoxy development, should look at developer-manual.
+There should be documentation in the 'doc' subdirectory. In particular, see the
+User Manual there, the FAQ, and those interested in Privoxy development, should
+look at developer-manual.
-The most up to date source of information on the current development version,
-may still be either comments in the source code, or the included configuration
-files. The source and configuration files are all well commented. The main
-configuration files are: 'config', 'default.action', and 'default.filter' in
-the toplevel source directory.
+The source and configuration files are all well commented. The main
+configuration files are: 'config', 'default.action', and 'default.filter'.
Included documentation may vary according to platform and packager. All
documentation is posted on http://www.privoxy.org, in case you don't have it,