Purpose : README for Privoxy
- $Id: readme.sgml,v 1.17 2002/06/03 00:28:17 hal9 Exp $
+ $Id: readme.sgml,v 2.2 2002/09/05 05:45:30 hal9 Exp $
Copyright (C) 2001, 2002 Privoxy Developers <developers@privoxy.org>
See LICENSE.
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NOTE: Please read developer-manual/documentation.html before touching
- anything in this, or other Privoxy documentation.
+ anything in this, or other Privoxy documentation. You have been warned!
+ Failure to abide by this rule will result in the revocation of your license
+ to live a peaceful existence!
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to avoid extra blank lines, etc.
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+ For stable releases, change
+
+ entity % p-not-stable "INCLUDE"
+
+ to
+
+ entity % p-not-stable "IGNORE"
+
+ in the DTD at the top. This will toggle various text 'off'. BOTH
+ MUST be toggled in this case or you will get both text referencing
+ stable and unstable versions. You only want one or the other!
+
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*
* Purpose : README file to give a short intro.
*
- * Copyright : Written by and Copyright (C) 2001 the SourceForge
+ * Copyright : Written by and Copyright (C) 2001,2002 the SourceForge
* Privoxy team. http://www.privoxy.org/
*
* Based on the Internet Junkbuster originally written
<para>
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This README is included with <![%p-not-stable;[ the development version of]]>
- Privoxy &p-version;<![%p-not-stable;[, which will eventually become Privoxy v3.2]]><![%p-beta;[ (and soon we hope!)]]>.
- See http://www.privoxy.org/ for more information. The current code
- level is &p-status;<![%p-beta;[, but seems stable to us :)]]><![%p-alpha;[,
- and may break in mysterious ways :) There may be features only partially
- implemented, or worse, not functional]]>.
- </para>
+ Privoxy &p-version;<![%p-not-stable;[, which will someday become Privoxy
+ v3.2]]>. See http://www.privoxy.org/ for more information. The current code
+ level is technically &p-status;<![%p-not-stable;[, but is not yet
+ significantly different from the 3.0.0 stable branch at this time.]]>.
+</para>
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<sect1 id="importantchanges" ><title>IMPORTANT CHANGES</title>
+<para>
+ 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.
+</para>
<para>
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
<para>
Be sure to set your browser(s) for HTTP/HTTPS Proxy at <IP>:<Port>, or
whatever you specify in the config file under 'listen-address'. DEFAULT is
- localhost:8118.
+ localhost:8118. Note that Privoxy ONLY proxies HTTP (and HTTPS) traffic. Do not try it
+ with FTP or other protocols for the simple reason it does not work.
</para>
<para>
The actions list can be configured via the web interface accessed via
<sect1 id="documentation"><title>DOCUMENTATION</title>
<para>
There should be documentation in the 'doc' subdirectory<![%p-not-stable;[, but it
- may not be in sync with current code]]>. In particular, see the User Manual there,
+ is not completed at this point]]>. In particular, see the User Manual there,
the FAQ, and those interested in Privoxy development, should look at
developer-manual.
</para>
<para>
<![%p-not-stable;[
The most up to date source of information on the current development version,
- may be either comments in the source code, or the included
+ 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'<![%p-not-stable;[ in the toplevel source directory]]>.
</para>
<para>
- Included documentation may vary according to platform and packager.
+ 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,
+ or can't find it.
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