[svn] Use new macros xnew, xnew0, xnew_array, and xnew0_array in various places.

[wget] / NEWS

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@@ -11,11 +11,13 @@ Please send GNU Wget bug reports to <bug-wget@gnu.org>.
 requests.  For example, `wget --post-data="id=foo&data=bar" URL' will
 send a POST request with the specified contents.
 
-** IPv6 is experimentally supported.
+** IPv6 support is available, although it's still experimental.
 
-** The `--timeout' option now affects DNS lookup and establishing the
-connection as well.  Previously it only affected reading and writing
-data.
+** The `--timeout' option now also affects DNS lookup and establishing
+the TCP connection.  Previously it only affected reading and writing
+data.  Those three timeouts can be set separately using
+`--dns-timeout', `--connection-timeout', and `--read-timeout',
+respectively.
 
 ** Download speed shown by the progress bar is based on the data
 recently read, rather than the average speed of the entire download.
@@ -50,6 +52,10 @@ as "//img.foo.com/foo.jpg".
 
 ** Boolean options in `.wgetrc' and on the command line now accept
 values "yes" and "no" along with the traditional "on" and "off".
+
+** It is now possible to specify decimal values for timeouts, waiting
+periods, and download rate.  For instance, `--wait=0.5' now works as
+expected, as does `--dns-timeout=0.5' and even `--limit-rate=2.5k'.
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 * Wget 1.8.2 is a bugfix release with no user-visible changes.
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