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-This README is included with the development version of Privoxy 3.0.9. See
-http://www.privoxy.org/ for more information. The current code maturity level
-is "UNRELEASED", but seems stable to us :).
+This README is included with Privoxy 3.0.11. See http://www.privoxy.org/ for
+more information. The current code maturity level is "stable".
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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!
+Privoxy development is between releases. The current sources are development
+quality. If you find problems please report them to the developers.
+
+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.
+
+June 2008, Privoxy 3.0.9 beta is released. There are no major new features, but
+many improvements and refinements.
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
December 2007, Privoxy 3.0.7 is released. This is a beta release in preparation
for the forthcoming 3.0.8 release.
-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.
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2. INSTALL
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
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The actions list can be configured via the web interface accessed via http://
p.p/, as well other options.
-All configuration files are subject to unannounced changes during the
-development process.
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5. DOCUMENTATION
-There should be documentation in the 'doc' subdirectory, but it 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.
+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.
-The most up to date source of information on the current development version,
-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' in
-the top-level source directory.
+The source and configuration files are all well commented. The main
+configuration files are: 'config', 'default.action', and 'default.filter'.
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,
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