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+ * File : $Source: /cvsroot/ijbswa/current/doc/source/readme.sgml,v $
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* Purpose : README file to give a short intro.
*
* this file. If not, you can view it at
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* or write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
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+ * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301,
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-This README is included with the development version of Privoxy 3.0.4. See
+This README is included with the development version of Privoxy 3.0.5. 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 :).
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1. IMPORTANT CHANGES
-BIG NEWS! 2006, Privoxy 3.0.4 is released. This is a significant upgrade with
-many new and enhanced features, and many bugs fixed. There are fifteen new
-actions available, and several actions have enhanced capabilities. Multiple
-filter files are now supported as well. See the "What's New" section and the
-"Upgrader's Notes" in the User Manual for details and specifics.
+BIG NEWS! September 2006, Privoxy 3.0.5 is released. This is a significant
+upgrade with many new and enhanced features, and many bugs fixed. There are
+fifteen new actions available, and several actions have enhanced capabilities.
+Multiple filter files are now supported as well. See the "What's New" section
+and the "Upgrader's Notes" in the User Manual for details and specifics.
+
+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.
NEWS! January 2004, Privoxy 3.0.3 is released. This is the another maintenance
release of Privoxy which fixes more bugs, further refines the configuration and
works around some known third-party problems. See the ChangeLog for complete
details. Upgrading from 3.0.2 is recommended.
-NEWS! March 2003, Privoxy 3.0.2 is released. This is the first maintenance
-release of Privoxy. There are no significant new features in this release. Some
-bugs are fixed, and some existing features have been enhanced. See ChangeLog
-for details. Upgrading from 3.0.0 is recommended.
-
-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.
-
-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 files.
-
-IMPORTANT! READ! Configuration Change as of 17 Mar 2002: The default listening
-port is now 8118 due to conflicts with port 8000 assignment. You will need to
-change your browser if upgrading!!! And maybe firewall, etc.
-
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2. INSTALL
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 based distributions: /etc/rc.d/init.d/privoxy start
-
-Or for SuSE: /etc/rc.d/privoxy start
+Or for Red Hat and Fedora based distributions: /etc/rc.d/init.d/privoxy start
Or Debian: /etc/init.d/privoxy start
'user.filter'. 'user.action' and 'user.filter' are for personal and local
configuration preferences. These are all well commented. Most of the magic is
in '*.action' files. 'user.action' should be used for any actions
-customizations. On Unix-like systems, these files are installed in /etc/
-privoxy. On Windows, then wherever the executable itself is installed. There
-are many significant changes and advances from earlier versions. The User
+customizations. On Unix-like systems, these files are typically installed in /
+etc/privoxy. On Windows, then wherever the executable itself is installed.
+There are many significant changes and advances from earlier versions. The User
Manual has an explanation of all configuration options, and examples: http://
www.privoxy.org/user-manual/.
<!entity p-intro SYSTEM "privoxy.sgml">
<!entity contacting SYSTEM "contacting.sgml">
<!entity buildsource SYSTEM "buildsource.sgml">
-<!entity p-version "3.0.4">
-<!entity p-status "beta">
+<!entity p-version "3.0.5">
+<!entity p-status "BETA">
<!entity % p-not-stable "INCLUDE">
<!entity % p-stable "IGNORE">
<!entity % p-text "INCLUDE"> <!-- define we are a text only doc -->
Purpose : README for Privoxy
- $Id: readme.sgml,v 2.6 2006/09/03 14:49:12 hal9 Exp $
+ $Id: readme.sgml,v 2.7 2006/09/10 15:30:46 hal9 Exp $
- Copyright (C) 2001 - 2006 Privoxy Developers <developers@privoxy.org>
+ Copyright (C) 2001 - 2006 Privoxy Developers http://privoxy.org
See LICENSE.
========================================================================
<!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
<sect1 id="importantchanges" ><title>IMPORTANT CHANGES</title>
<para>
- BIG NEWS! 2006, Privoxy 3.0.4 is released. This is a significant upgrade
- with many new and enhanced features, and many bugs fixed. There
- are fifteen new actions available, and several actions have enhanced
- capabilities. Multiple filter files are now supported as well. See the "What's
- New" section and the "Upgrader's Notes" in <citetitle>the User
+ BIG NEWS! September 2006, Privoxy 3.0.5 is released. This is a significant
+ upgrade with many new and enhanced features, and many bugs fixed. There are
+ fifteen new actions available, and several actions have enhanced
+ capabilities. Multiple filter files are now supported as well. See the
+ "What's New" section and the "Upgrader's Notes" in <citetitle>the User
Manual</citetitle> for details and specifics.
</para>
+<para>
+ 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.
+</para>
<para>
NEWS! January 2004, Privoxy 3.0.3 is released. This is the another
maintenance release of Privoxy which fixes more bugs, further refines
the configuration and works around some known third-party problems. See the
ChangeLog for complete details. Upgrading from 3.0.2 is recommended.
</para>
-<para>
- NEWS! March 2003, Privoxy 3.0.2 is released. This is the first maintenance
- release of Privoxy. There are no significant new features in this release.
- Some bugs are fixed, and some existing features have been enhanced. See
- ChangeLog for details. Upgrading from 3.0.0 is recommended.
-</para>
-<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
- files.
-</para>
-<para>
- IMPORTANT! READ! Configuration Change as of 17 Mar 2002: The default listening
- port is now 8118 due to conflicts with port 8000 assignment. You will need to
- change your browser if upgrading!!! And maybe firewall, etc.
-</para>
</sect1>
<!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
for 'config.txt'). If no config_file is found, Privoxy will fail to start.
</para>
<para>
- Or for Red Hat based distributions: /etc/rc.d/init.d/privoxy start
-</para>
-<para>
- Or for SuSE: /etc/rc.d/privoxy start
+ Or for Red Hat and Fedora based distributions: /etc/rc.d/init.d/privoxy start
</para>
<para>
Or Debian: /etc/init.d/privoxy start
'user.filter'. 'user.action' and 'user.filter' are for personal and local
configuration preferences. These are all well commented. Most of the magic is
in '*.action' files. 'user.action' should be used for any actions
- customizations. On Unix-like systems, these files are installed in
+ customizations. On Unix-like systems, these files are typically installed in
/etc/privoxy. On Windows, then wherever the executable itself is installed.
There are many significant changes and advances from earlier versions. The
<citetitle>User Manual</citetitle> has an explanation of all configuration
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<!-- </para> -->
<!-- <para> -->
-<!-- $Id: readme.sgml,v 2.6 2006/09/03 14:49:12 hal9 Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Id: readme.sgml,v 2.7 2006/09/10 15:30:46 hal9 Exp $ -->
<!-- </para> -->
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