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 Please send GNU Wget bug reports to <bug-wget@gnu.org>.
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+* Changes in Wget 1.9+.
+
+** Wget no longer preserves permissions of files on FTP servers 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 features
+are now boolean options that can be invoked as `--OPTION[=yes/no]' or
+with `--no-OPTION'.  This is useful because it allows you to specify
+non-default behavior via `.wgetrc' and then revert it again on the
+command-line.
+
+** 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
+browser session.
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 * Changes in Wget 1.9.
 
 ** 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.
 
-** 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 +72,10 @@ 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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@@ -430,7 +456,7 @@ geturl -vo log http://fly.cc.fer.hr/
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-Copyright (C) 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
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