X-Git-Url: http://www.privoxy.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fsource%2Freadme.sgml;h=08df5a9484842be93828515aec741fa4e8eb36d6;hb=1caecb111dc4d8e210abdcf7e20c98c7d49a5e53;hp=2882344e6e77b68183c07279e27a0b9911e21bac;hpb=e70110618027c7cb90164df41ae9b5fefb6ef5ac;p=privoxy.git diff --git a/doc/source/readme.sgml b/doc/source/readme.sgml index 2882344e..08df5a94 100644 --- a/doc/source/readme.sgml +++ b/doc/source/readme.sgml @@ -4,12 +4,10 @@ - - - - - - + + + + @@ -19,14 +17,16 @@ Purpose : README for Privoxy - $Id: readme.sgml,v 1.19 2002/07/25 21:51:25 hal9 Exp $ + $Id: readme.sgml,v 2.8 2006/09/20 23:49:25 hal9 Exp $ - Copyright (C) 2001, 2002 Privoxy Developers + Copyright (C) 2001 - 2006 Privoxy Developers http://privoxy.org See LICENSE. ======================================================================== NOTE: Please read developer-manual/documentation.html before touching - anything in this, or other Privoxy documentation. + anything in this, or other Privoxy documentation. You have been warned! + Failure to abide by this rule will result in the revocation of your license + to live a peaceful existence! ======================================================================== =================================================================== @@ -45,6 +45,18 @@ to avoid extra blank lines, etc. ====================================================================== + For stable releases, change + + entity % p-not-stable "INCLUDE" + + to + + entity % p-not-stable "IGNORE" + + in the DTD at the top. This will toggle various text 'off'. BOTH + MUST be toggled in this case or you will get both text referencing + stable and unstable versions. You only want one or the other! + -->
@@ -68,7 +80,7 @@ * * Purpose : README file to give a short intro. * - * Copyright : Written by and Copyright (C) 2001 the SourceForge + * Copyright : Written by and Copyright (C) 2001 - 2006 the SourceForge * Privoxy team. http://www.privoxy.org/ * * Based on the Internet Junkbuster originally written @@ -90,8 +102,9 @@ * The GNU General Public License should be included with * this file. If not, you can view it at * http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html - * or write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 - * Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. + * or write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., + * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, + * USA * *********************************************************************/ @@ -102,13 +115,9 @@ This README is included with - Privoxy &p-version;. - See http://www.privoxy.org/ for more information. The current code - level is &p-status;. - + Privoxy &p-version;. See http://www.privoxy.org/ for more information. The current code maturity + level is &p-status;. + @@ -119,26 +128,40 @@ IMPORTANT CHANGES - NEWS! As of 03/24/02, the name of this project has been changed from - ijbswa/Junkbuster to Privoxy. This is reflected in many of the included - files. + NEWS! November 2006, Privoxy 3.0.6 is released. This is a significant upgrade + with many new and enhanced features, and many bugs fixed. It is also the + first stable release in quite some time. There are fifteen new actions + available, and several actions have enhanced capabilities. Multiple filter + files are now supported as well. There are many improvements and refinements. + See the "What's New" section and the "Upgrader's Notes" in the + User Manual for details and specifics. Preliminary work on + 3.0.7 is already underway. + + + NEWS! September 2006, Privoxy 3.0.5 BETA is released. This is a significant + upgrade with many new and enhanced features, and many bugs fixed. - WARNING! If upgrading from earlier versions of this project via RPM packages, - the new package will delete any previously installed 'Junkbuster' packages. + 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. - IMPORTANT! READ! Configuration Change as of 17 Mar 2002: The default listening - port is now 8118 due to conflicts with port 8000 assignment. You will need to - change your browser if upgrading!!! And maybe firewall, etc. + NEWS! January 2004, Privoxy 3.0.3 is released. This is the another + maintenance release of Privoxy which fixes more bugs, further refines + the configuration and works around some known third-party problems. See the + ChangeLog for complete details. Upgrading from 3.0.2 is recommended. INSTALL - - &buildsource; - + + See the INSTALL file in this directory, for installing + from raw source, and the User Manual, for all other + installation types. + @@ -146,10 +169,10 @@ privoxy [——help] [——version] [——no-daemon] [——pidfile PIDFILE] [——user - USER[.GROUP]] [config_file] + USER[.GROUP]] [——chroot] [config_file] - See the man page or User Manual for an explanation of each option, and + See the man page or User Manual for an explanation of each option, and other configuration and usage issues. @@ -158,10 +181,7 @@ for 'config.txt'). If no config_file is found, Privoxy will fail to start. - Or for Red Hat based distributions: /etc/rc.d/init.d/privoxy start - - - Or for SuSE: /etc/rc.d/privoxy start + Or for Red Hat and Fedora based distributions: /etc/rc.d/init.d/privoxy start Or Debian: /etc/init.d/privoxy start @@ -171,14 +191,15 @@ CONFIGURATION - See: 'config', 'default.action', 'user.action', and 'default.filter'. - 'user.action' is for personal and local configuration preferences. These are - all well commented. Most of the magic is in '*.action' files. 'user.action' - should be used for any actions customizations. On Unix-like systems, these - files are installed in /etc/privoxy. On Windows, then wherever the - executable itself is installed. There are many significant changes and - advances since Junkbuster v2.0.x. The User Manual has an explanation of - all configuration options, and examples: http://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/. + See: 'config', 'default.action', 'user.action', 'default.filter', and + 'user.filter'. 'user.action' and 'user.filter' are for personal and local + configuration preferences. These are all well commented. Most of the magic is + in '*.action' files. 'user.action' should be used for any actions + customizations. On Unix-like systems, these files are typically installed in + /etc/privoxy. On Windows, then wherever the executable itself is installed. + There are many significant changes and advances from earlier versions. The + User Manual has an explanation of all configuration + options, and examples: http://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/. Be sure to set your browser(s) for HTTP/HTTPS Proxy at <IP>:<Port>, or @@ -202,21 +223,24 @@ DOCUMENTATION 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. + may not be completed at this point]]>. In particular, see the + User Manual there, + the FAQ, and those interested in Privoxy development, should look at + developer-manual. The source and configuration files are all well commented. The main configuration files are: 'config', 'default.action', and - 'default.filter'. + 'default.filter'. - Included documentation may vary according to platform and packager. + 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, + or can't find it. @@ -234,7 +258,7 @@ - +