[svn] Advertise new-style syntax --no-dns-cache instead of --dns-cache=off.

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@@ -17,7 +17,14 @@ 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.
 
-** Talking to SSL servers over proxies now actually works.
+** Talking to SSL servers over proxies now actually works.  Previous
+versions of Wget erroneously sent GET requests for SSL URLs.  Wget
+1.10 utilizes the CONNECT method designed for this purpose.
+
+** Microsoft's proprietary "NTLM" method of HTTP authentication is now
+supported.  This authentication method is undocumented and only used
+by IIS.  Note that *proxy* authentication is not supported in this
+release; you can only authenticate to the target web site.
 
 ** Wget no longer truncates partially downloaded files when download
 has to start over because the server doesn't support Range.  Instead,
@@ -65,11 +72,21 @@ is useful because it allows the user to override non-default behavior
 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.
 
+** 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.
 \f
 * Wget 1.9.1 is a bugfix release with no user-visible changes.
@@ -100,7 +117,7 @@ log on to the proxy as "username@host".
 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