[svn] Update progress code to use higher timer resolution.

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@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ Please send GNU Wget bug reports to <bug-wget@gnu.org>.
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 * Changes in Wget 1.9.
 
-** The build process now requires Autoconf 2.5x.
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 ** It is now possible to specify that POST method be used for HTTP
 requests.  For example, `wget --post-data="id=foo&data=bar" URL' will
 send a POST request with the specified contents.
@@ -29,6 +27,18 @@ log on to the proxy as "username@host".
 ** The new option `--retry-connrefused' makes Wget retry downloads
 even in the face of refused connections, which are otherwise
 considered a fatal error.
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+** The new option `--dns-cache=off' may be used to prevent Wget from
+caching DNS lookups.
+
+** The build process now requires Autoconf 2.5x.
+
+** Wget no longer quotes characters in local file names that would be
+considered "unsafe" as part of URL.  Quoting can still occur for
+control characters or for '/', but no longer for frequent characters
+such as space.  You can use the new option --restrict-file-names to
+enforce even stricter rules, which is useful when downloading to
+Windows partitions.
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 * Wget 1.8.1 is a bugfix release with no user-visible changes.
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