*
* Purpose : README file to give a short intro.
*
- * Copyright : Written by and Copyright (C) 2001-2007 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
*
*********************************************************************/
-This README is included with the development version of Privoxy 3.0.7. See
-http://www.privoxy.org/ for more information. The current code maturity level
-is "beta", but seems stable to us :).
+This README is included with Privoxy 3.0.8. See http://www.privoxy.org/ for
+more information. The current code maturity level is "stable".
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1. IMPORTANT CHANGES
-December 2007, Privoxy 3.0.7 beta is released. This is a significant upgrade
-with many new and enhanced features, and many bugs fixed. 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 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.
+
+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.
3. RUN
-privoxy [??help] [??version] [??no-daemon] [??pidfile PIDFILE] [??user USER
-[.GROUP]] [??chroot] [??pre?chroot?nslookup HOSTNAME ][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 other
configuration and usage issues.
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,