X-Git-Url: http://www.privoxy.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fsource%2Freadme.sgml;h=689fa16ddd3197d1ba69abe6e1c94bd8147343ca;hb=c54228f0ef0172341cfe4f9acb7e955fa1e269b7;hp=046b165ac40f6b9ddb63cc1ee2e80ba2601bb46d;hpb=afb1fc74a84fb4c218b18f77becddd5ae9fef6d8;p=privoxy.git diff --git a/doc/source/readme.sgml b/doc/source/readme.sgml index 046b165a..689fa16d 100644 --- a/doc/source/readme.sgml +++ b/doc/source/readme.sgml @@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ - - - - + + + + @@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ Purpose : README for Privoxy - $Id: readme.sgml,v 2.6 2006/09/03 14:49:12 hal9 Exp $ + $Id: readme.sgml,v 2.15 2008/01/17 01:49:51 hal9 Exp $ - Copyright (C) 2001 - 2006 Privoxy Developers + Copyright (C) 2001-2008 Privoxy Developers http://www.privoxy.org/ See LICENSE. ======================================================================== @@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ * * Purpose : README file to give a short intro. * - * Copyright : Written by and Copyright (C) 2001 - 2006 the SourceForge + * Copyright : Written by and Copyright (C) 2001-2008 the SourceForge * Privoxy team. http://www.privoxy.org/ * * Based on the Internet Junkbuster originally written @@ -128,39 +128,27 @@ IMPORTANT CHANGES - BIG NEWS! 2006, Privoxy 3.0.4 is released. This is a significant upgrade - with many new and enhanced features, and many bugs fixed. There - are fifteen new actions available, and several actions have enhanced - capabilities. Multiple filter files are now supported as well. See the "What's - New" section and the "Upgrader's Notes" in the User - Manual for details and specifics. + 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. - 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. + December 2007, Privoxy 3.0.7 is released. This is a beta release in + preparation for the forthcoming 3.0.8 release. - 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. + 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. - 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. - - - 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. - - - 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. + 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. @@ -176,9 +164,9 @@ RUN - privoxy [——help] [——version] - [——no-daemon] [——pidfile PIDFILE] [——user - USER[.GROUP]] [——chroot] [config_file] + privoxy [--help] [--version] + [--no-daemon] [--pidfile PIDFILE] [--user USER[.GROUP]] [--chroot] [--pre-chroot-nslookup + HOSTNAME ][config_file] See the man page or User Manual for an explanation of each option, and @@ -190,10 +178,7 @@ 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 @@ -207,7 +192,7 @@ '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 installed in + 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 @@ -270,7 +255,7 @@ - +