X-Git-Url: http://www.privoxy.org/gitweb/?p=privoxy.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=8655adf8c392155265a9d01754a75fbe287b0416;hp=b6e9fd5377f7bc282d6fb11a4101f37dab42473e;hb=2ef78e00152922cdb1c30f0d9ad0dfe31317b6f5;hpb=076ab3c25655c9db63e88196b1140276ce126c4a diff --git a/README b/README index b6e9fd53..8655adf8 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ * * Purpose : README file to give a short intro. * - * Copyright : Written by and Copyright (C) 2001-2007 the SourceForge + * Copyright : Written by and Copyright (C) 2001-2009 the SourceForge * Privoxy team. http://www.privoxy.org/ * * Based on the Internet Junkbuster originally written @@ -32,38 +32,48 @@ * *********************************************************************/ -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 3.0.12. See http://www.privoxy.org/ for +more information. The current code maturity level is "stable". ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -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", +March 2009, Privoxy 3.0.12 is released. + +This is primarily a bug fix release. See the "ChangeLog", and the "What's New" +section and the "Upgrader's Notes" in the User Manual for details. + +February 2009, Privoxy 3.0.11 is released. + +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. There are changes related to configuration, so anyone -upgrading and keeping their old configuration should read ahead first. +details and specifics. -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 is a stable release, and marks a departure for Privoxy development. -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. +Previously, odd numbered releases were considered beta versions and were only +released at the end of the development cycle when the code was already believed +to be stable. Usually it was, so the stable release contained pretty much the +same code, but got a higher version number. In the future we intend to release +several snapshots between stable releases. There will probably still be about +two stable releases per year, but hopefully about six snapshots instead of the +two betas we have now. The intentions is to make testing without CVS access +easier. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -88,7 +98,7 @@ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -112,22 +122,16 @@ try it with FTP or other protocols for the simple reason it does not work. 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. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, @@ -151,6 +155,9 @@ http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=11118&atid=211118 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