*
* Purpose : README file to give a short intro.
*
- * Copyright : Written by and Copyright (C) 2001-2009 the SourceForge
+ * Copyright : Written by and Copyright (C) 2001-2009 the
* Privoxy team. http://www.privoxy.org/
*
* Based on the Internet Junkbuster originally written
*
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-This README is included with Privoxy 3.0.11. See http://www.privoxy.org/ for
-more information. The current code maturity level is "stable".
+This README is included with the development version of Privoxy 3.0.15. See
+http://www.privoxy.org/ for more information. The current code maturity level
+is "beta", but seems stable to us :).
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Privoxy is a non-caching web proxy with advanced filtering capabilities for
-enhancing privacy, modifying web page data, managing HTTP cookies, controlling
-access, and removing ads, banners, pop-ups and other obnoxious Internet junk.
-Privoxy has a flexible configuration and can be customized to suit individual
-needs and tastes. Privoxy has application for both stand-alone systems and
-multi-user networks.
+enhancing privacy, modifying web page data and HTTP headers, controlling
+access, and removing ads and other obnoxious Internet junk. Privoxy has a
+flexible configuration and can be customized to suit individual needs and
+tastes. It has application for both stand-alone systems and multi-user
+networks.
-Privoxy is based on Internet Junkbuster (tm).
+Privoxy is Free Software and licensed under the GPL2.
+
+Privoxy is an associated project of Software in the Public Interest (SPI).
+Donations are welcome.
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1. IMPORTANT CHANGES
-February 2009, Privoxy 3.0.11 is released. This is a stable release, and marks
-a departure for Privoxy development. Previously, odd numbered releases were
-considered beta releases. Each release now will be considered stable.
-
-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.
+October 2009, Privoxy 3.0.15 beta is released.
-August 2008, Privoxy 3.0.10 is released! There are not any major new features,
-but many improvements and refinements.
+This is a bugfix-release for the previous betas which introduced IPv6 support,
+improved keep-alive support and a bunch of minor improvements. See the
+"ChangeLog", and the "What's New" section and the "Upgrader's Notes" in the
+User Manual for details.
-June 2008, Privoxy 3.0.9 beta is released. There are no major new features, but
-many improvements and refinements.
+Depending on the feedback it will be either followed by yet another beta
+release, or by a stable release with the same feature set.
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file named 'config' in the current directory (except Win32 which will look for
'config.txt'). If no config_file is found, Privoxy will fail to start.
-Or for Red Hat and Fedora based distributions: /etc/rc.d/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. 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, 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.
-The source and configuration files are all well commented. The main
-configuration files are: 'config', 'default.action', and 'default.filter'.
+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.
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,
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