[svn] Add the --user, --password, --ftp-user and --ftp-password options.

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@@ -7,6 +7,14 @@ Please send GNU Wget bug reports to <bug-wget@gnu.org>.
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 * Changes in Wget 1.10.
 
+** 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.
+
 ** 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.
@@ -17,7 +25,14 @@ 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,
@@ -65,9 +80,10 @@ 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.  Many sites track important information, such as
+whether the user has authenticated, using session cookies.  Using this
+option option allows multiple Wget runs to be treated as a single
 browser session.
 
 * `wget -b' now works correctly under Windows.