X-Git-Url: http://www.privoxy.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=72885a1dfd58976e86928ba278cd74882f777184;hb=70b9ed04dec24ef32a00a14dbe2a1556275e9bd3;hp=931b4579ab9d17604ef8585b9322641b242e6fcf;hpb=a54cb7d58d243d60158fe414d205d658e9e1a7a2;p=privoxy.git diff --git a/README b/README index 931b4579..72885a1d 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ * * Purpose : README file to give a short intro. * - * Copyright : Written by and Copyright (C) 2001-2009 the SourceForge + * Copyright : Written by and Copyright (C) 2001-2010 the * Privoxy team. http://www.privoxy.org/ * * Based on the Internet Junkbuster originally written @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ * *********************************************************************/ -This README is included with Privoxy 3.0.12. See http://www.privoxy.org/ for +This README is included with Privoxy 3.0.16. See http://www.privoxy.org/ for more information. The current code maturity level is "stable". ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -46,32 +46,20 @@ networks. Privoxy is Free Software and licensed under the GPL2. +Privoxy is an associated project of Software in the Public Interest (SPI). +Donations are welcome. + ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. IMPORTANT CHANGES -March 2009, Privoxy 3.0.12 is released. +February 2010, Privoxy 3.0.16 stable is released. -This is primarily a bug fix release. See the "ChangeLog", and the "What's New" +This is the first stable release since 3.0.12. It mainly contains bugfixes for +the previous betas which introduced IPv6 support, improved keep-alive support +and a bunch of minor improvements. See the "ChangeLog", and the "What's New" section and the "Upgrader's Notes" in the User Manual for details. -February 2009, Privoxy 3.0.11 is released. - -As usual there are changes that effect the configuration. See the "ChangeLog", -and the "What's New" section and the "Upgrader's Notes" in the User Manual for -details and specifics. - -This is a stable release, and marks a departure for Privoxy development. - -Previously, odd numbered releases were considered beta versions and were only -released at the end of the development cycle when the code was already believed -to be stable. Usually it was, so the stable release contained pretty much the -same code, but got a higher version number. In the future we intend to release -several snapshots between stable releases. There will probably still be about -two stable releases per year, but hopefully about six snapshots instead of the -two betas we have now. The intentions is to make testing without CVS access -easier. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. INSTALL @@ -93,8 +81,6 @@ If no config_file is specified on the command line, Privoxy will look for a file named 'config' in the current directory (except Win32 which will look for 'config.txt'). If no config_file is found, Privoxy will fail to start. -Or for Red Hat and Fedora based distributions: /etc/rc.d/init.d/privoxy start - Or Debian and Ubuntu: /etc/init.d/privoxy start ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -243,12 +229,32 @@ Please be sure to provide the following information: * Any other pertinent information to help identify the problem such as config or log file excerpts (yes, you should have log file entries for each action - taken). - -You don't have to tell us your actual name when filing a problem report, but -please use a nickname so we can differentiate between your messages and the -ones entered by other "anonymous" users that may respond to your request if -they have the same problem or already found a solution. + taken). To get a meaningful logfile, please make sure that the logfile + directive is being used and the following debug options are enabled: + + debug 1 # Log the destination for each request Privoxy let through. See also debug 1024. + debug 2 # show each connection status + debug 4 # show I/O status + debug 8 # show header parsing + debug 128 # debug redirects + debug 256 # debug GIF de-animation + debug 512 # Common Log Format + debug 1024 # Log the destination for requests Privoxy didn't let through, and the reason why. + debug 4096 # Startup banner and warnings. + debug 8192 # Non-fatal errors + + If you are having trouble with a filter, please additionally enable + + debug 64 # debug regular expression filters + + Note that Privoxy log files may contain sensitive information so please + don't submit any logfiles you didn't read first. You can mask sensitive + information as long as it's clear that you removed something. + +You don't have to tell us your actual name when filing a problem report, but if +you don't, please use a nickname so we can differentiate between your messages +and the ones entered by other "anonymous" users that may respond to your +request if they have the same problem or already found a solution. Please also check the status of your request a few days after submitting it, as we may request additional information. If you use a SF id, you should