[svn] Updated options news and the IPv6 changes news.

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 * Changes in Wget 1.9+.
 
+** 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.
+
+** Wget no longer preserves permissions of files retrieved by FTP by
+default.  Anonymous FTP servers frequently use permissions like "664",
+which might not be what the user wants.  The new option
+`--preserve-permissions' and the corresponding `.wgetrc' variable can
+be used to revert to the old behavior.
+
+** Many options that previously unconditionally set or unset various
+flags are now boolean options that can be invoked as either `--OPTION'
+or `--no-OPTION'.  Options that required an argument "on" or "off"
+have also been changed this way, but they still accept the old syntax
+for backward compatibility.  For example, instead of `--glob=off' you
+can write `--no-glob'.
+
+Allowing `--no-OPTION' for every `--OPTION' 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.