X-Git-Url: http://www.privoxy.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fsource%2Freadme.sgml;h=bc71f2914103844e5e43cc9bc8e50534d4d57ead;hb=46efa6f8fea119c9671cd61aa2e29b2a3f2ad75c;hp=394734b0716faa8af2568d23f03e2ef88199d5ee;hpb=06b307ad39589bc70359c517712f88ece66d7890;p=privoxy.git diff --git a/doc/source/readme.sgml b/doc/source/readme.sgml index 394734b0..bc71f291 100644 --- a/doc/source/readme.sgml +++ b/doc/source/readme.sgml @@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ - - + + @@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ Purpose : README for Privoxy - $Id: readme.sgml,v 2.5 2006/07/18 14:48:51 david__schmidt Exp $ + $Id: readme.sgml,v 2.20 2008/08/14 16:57:40 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 @@ -102,8 +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 * *********************************************************************/ @@ -127,39 +128,32 @@ 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 - capabilites. 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. +Privoxy development is between releases. The current sources are development +quality. If you find problems please report them to the developers. - 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. + August 2008, Privoxy 3.0.10 is released! There are not any major new + features, but many improvements and refinements. 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. - 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. + June 2008, Privoxy 3.0.9 beta is released. There are no major new + features, but many improvements and refinements. - 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! 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! 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. + December 2007, Privoxy 3.0.7 is released. This is a beta release in + preparation for the forthcoming 3.0.8 release. @@ -175,9 +169,9 @@ 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 @@ -189,13 +183,10 @@ 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 + Or Debian and Ubuntu: /etc/init.d/privoxy start @@ -206,7 +197,7 @@ '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 @@ -245,7 +236,7 @@ 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'. + 'default.filter'. @@ -269,7 +260,7 @@ - +