X-Git-Url: http://www.privoxy.org/gitweb/?p=privoxy.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=7e711c9451d61db460b67475213e7254744a8c8c;hp=4b8af179d9c37d3b0b8ba85a8437521198f7b553;hb=0114396acb2bab4918dbdf9b8f68b6e21703b2fd;hpb=062c2d7a59739c3bd24b29322cb49044f92e9aa7 diff --git a/README b/README index 4b8af179..7e711c94 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ * * Purpose : README file to give a short intro. * - * Copyright : Written by and Copyright (C) 2001-2008 the SourceForge + * Copyright : Written by and Copyright (C) 2001-2009 the SourceForge * Privoxy team. http://www.privoxy.org/ * * Based on the Internet Junkbuster originally written @@ -32,48 +32,36 @@ * *********************************************************************/ -This README is included with the development version of Privoxy 3.0.9. See +This README is included with the development version of Privoxy 3.0.14. See http://www.privoxy.org/ for more information. The current code maturity level -is "beta", but seems stable to us :). +is "BETA", but seems stable to us :). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. IMPORTANT CHANGES -June 2008, Privoxy 3.0.9 beta 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! 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. +Jun 2009, Privoxy 3.0.13 beta is released. -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. +This release introduces 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. -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. +Depending on the feedback it will be either followed by another beta release, +or by a stable release with the same feature set. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -98,7 +86,7 @@ file named 'config' in the current directory (except Win32 which will look for 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------