[svn] New option --dns-cache.

[wget] / TODO

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                                  Hey Emacs, this is -*- outline -*- mode
 
-This is the to-do list for Wget.  There is no timetable of when we plan to
-implement these features -- this is just a list of things it'd be nice to see in
-Wget.  Patches to implement any of these items would be gladly accepted.  The
-items are not listed in any particular order (except that recently-added items
-may tend towards the top).  Not all of these represent user-visible
-changes.
-
-* -p should probably go "_two_ more hops" on <FRAMESET> pages.
-
-* Only normal link-following recursion should respect -np.  Page-requisite
-  recursion should not.  When -np -p is specified, Wget should still retrieve
-  requisite images and such on the server, even if they aren't in that directory
-  or a subdirectory of it.  Likewise, -H -np -p should retrieve requisite files
-  from other hosts. 
+This is the to-do list for Wget.  There is no timetable of when we
+plan to implement these features -- this is just a list of features
+we'd like to see in Wget, as well as a list of problems that need
+fixing.  Patches to implement these items are likely to be accepted.
+The items are not listed in any particular order (except that
+recently-added items may tend towards the top).  Not all of these
+represent user-visible changes.
+
+* Currently Wget mirrors remote FTP permissions whenever it retrieves
+  the directory listing.  This is undesirable for most users, as
+  permissions like "664" are frequently used on the servers, which
+  might not be what the user wants.  Wget should be changed not to
+  mirror remote FTP permissions by default.  There should be a new
+  option add an option that enables this back on.
+
+* Honor `Content-Disposition: XXX; filename="FILE"' when creating the
+  file name.
+
+* Should allow retries with multiple downloads when using -O on
+  regular files.  As the source comment says: "A possible solution to
+  [rewind not working with multiple downloads] would be to remember
+  the file position in the output document and to seek to that
+  position, instead of rewinding."
+
+* Wget shouldn't delete rejected files that were not downloaded, but
+  just found on disk because of `-nc'.  For example, `wget -r -nc
+  -A.gif URL' should allow the user to get all the GIFs without
+  removing any of the existing HTML files.
+
+* Be careful not to lose username/password information given for the
+  URL on the command line.
 
 * Add a --range parameter allowing you to explicitly specify a range of bytes to
   get from a file over HTTP (FTP only supports ranges ending at the end of the
@@ -26,8 +43,6 @@ changes.
 * Try to devise a scheme so that, when password is unknown, Wget asks
   the user for one.
 
-* Limit the number of successive redirection to max. 20 or so.
-
 * If -c used with -N, check to make sure a file hasn't changed on the server
   before "continuing" to download it (preventing a bogus hybrid file).