X-Git-Url: http://www.privoxy.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=d87bc07d86715d70987a8143596e48b27e052743;hb=1f425ac39a94553c6d7bc6b9c744bdb50fcf649e;hp=881a25f29199ce6303f09ef2c837a45feefe5214;hpb=5a9fe9bb1c92df42990e31151f8138d008357b9d;p=privoxy.git diff --git a/README b/README index 881a25f2..d87bc07d 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ * * Purpose : README file to give a short intro. * - * Copyright : Written by and Copyright (C) 2001-2008 the SourceForge + * Copyright : Written by and Copyright (C) 2001-2009 the SourceForge * Privoxy team. http://www.privoxy.org/ * * Based on the Internet Junkbuster originally written @@ -32,49 +32,37 @@ * *********************************************************************/ -This README is included with the development version of Privoxy 3.0.9. See +This README is included with the development version of Privoxy 3.0.14. See http://www.privoxy.org/ for more information. The current code maturity level -is "UNRELEASED", but seems stable to us :). +is "beta", but seems stable to us :). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Privoxy is a non-caching web proxy with advanced filtering capabilities for -enhancing privacy, modifying web page data, managing HTTP cookies, controlling -access, and removing ads, banners, pop-ups and other obnoxious Internet junk. -Privoxy has a flexible configuration and can be customized to suit individual -needs and tastes. Privoxy has application for both stand-alone systems and -multi-user networks. +enhancing privacy, modifying web page data and HTTP headers, controlling +access, and removing ads and other obnoxious Internet junk. Privoxy has a +flexible configuration and can be customized to suit individual needs and +tastes. It has application for both stand-alone systems and multi-user +networks. -Privoxy is based on Internet Junkbuster (tm). +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 -Privoxy is in development mode for the time being. Some of the current cvs -sources may not be well tested, and/or well documented. Current cvs is -suggested only for developers and adventuresome users. If you find any -problems, please report them on the appropriate SourceForge tracker, or the -developer's mailing list: ijbswa-developers@lists.sourceforge.net. Your help -will be appreciated! - -NEWS! January 2008, Privoxy 3.0.8 stable is released. This is a significant -upgrade with many new and enhanced features, and many bugs fixed. All Privoxy -users are encouraged to upgrade. See the "ChangeLog", and the "What's New" -section and the "Upgrader's Notes" in the User Manual for details and -specifics. There are changes related to configuration, so anyone upgrading and -keeping their old configuration should read ahead first. +July 2009, Privoxy 3.0.14 beta is released. -December 2007, Privoxy 3.0.7 is released. This is a beta release in preparation -for the forthcoming 3.0.8 release. +This is a bugfix-release for the previous beta 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. -NEWS! November 2006, Privoxy 3.0.6 stable is released. This is a significant -upgrade with many new and enhanced features, and many bugs fixed. - -There was and will not be an official 3.0.4 release. This release cycle was -used to gather our thoughts, play with some new ideas and refine some old ones. -It will remain a development cycle with no actual release. 3.0.5 is the fruit -of these efforts. +Depending on the feedback it will be either followed by yet another beta +release, or by a stable release with the same feature set. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -99,7 +87,7 @@ file named 'config' in the current directory (except Win32 which will look for Or for Red Hat and Fedora based distributions: /etc/rc.d/init.d/privoxy start -Or Debian: /etc/init.d/privoxy start +Or Debian and Ubuntu: /etc/init.d/privoxy start ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -162,6 +150,9 @@ http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=11118&atid=211118 All users are of course welcome to discuss their issues on the users mailing list, where the developers also hang around. +Please don't sent private support requests to individual Privoxy developers, +either use the mailing lists or the support trackers. + Note that the Privoxy mailing lists are moderated. Posts from unsubscribed addresses have to be accepted manually by a moderator. This may cause a delay of several days and if you use a subject that doesn't clearly mention Privoxy