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* Changes in Wget 1.10.
-** Downloading files greater than 2GB, also known as "large files",
-now works on systems that support them. This includes most modern
-Unix variants, as well as Windows.
+** Downloading files larger than 2GB, sometimes referred to as "large
+files", now works on systems that support them. This includes the
+majority of modern Unixes, as well as MS Windows.
** IPv6 is now supported by Wget. Unlike the experimental code in
-1.9, this version has no problems with dual-family systems. The new
-flags `--inet4' and `--inet6' (or `-4' and `-6' for short) force the
-use of IPv4 and IPv6 respectively. Unfortunately the IPv6 support
-still does not work on Windows.
+1.9, this version supports dual-family systems. The new flags
+`--inet4' and `--inet6' (or `-4' and `-6' for short) force the use of
+IPv4 and IPv6 respectively. Note that IPv6 support has not yet been
+tested on Windows.
** Talking to SSL servers over proxies now actually works. Previous
versions of Wget erroneously sent GET requests for SSL URLs. Wget
specified via `.wgetrc'.
** The new option `--keep-session-cookies' causes `--save-cookies' to
-save session cookies along with the permanent ones. This is useful on
-sites that require you to log in before you can access some pages.
-With this option, multiple Wget runs will be treated as a single
+save session cookies (normally only kept in memory) along with the
+permanent ones. This is useful because many sites track important
+information, such as whether the user has authenticated, in session
+cookies. With this option multiple Wget runs are treated as a single
browser session.
+** SSL/TLS-related options have been redesigned and documented. Refer
+to the manual for details. The old, undocumented, options are no
+longer supported.
+
+** Wget now supports the --ftp-user and --ftp-password command
+switches to set username and password for FTP, and the --user and
+--password command switches to set username and password for both FTP
+and HTTP. The --http-passwd and --proxy-passwd command switches have
+been renamed to --http-password and --proxy-password respectively, and
+the related http_passwd and proxy_passwd .wgetrc commands to
+http_password and proxy_password respectively. The login and passwd
+.wgetrc commands have been deprecated.
+
* `wget -b' now works correctly under Windows.
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* Wget 1.9.1 is a bugfix release with no user-visible changes.
even in the face of refused connections, which are otherwise
considered a fatal error.
-** The new option `--dns-cache=off' may be used to prevent Wget from
+** The new option `--no-dns-cache' may be used to prevent Wget from
caching DNS lookups.
** Wget no longer escapes characters in local file names based on