[svn] Minor doc update.

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 2a9a02905c44a47d27f4cf7f06683826a4849dba..fb9a769e7e6a82d2f1d7cf3b4cb0ca9f0b35a95b 100644 (file)
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -5,6 +5,16 @@ See the end for copying conditions.
 
 Please send GNU Wget bug reports to <bug-wget@gnu.org>.
 \f
+* Changes in Wget 1.8.
+
+** A new progress indicator is now available.  Try it with
+--progress=bar or using `progress = bar' in `.wgetrc'.
+
+** URL parser has been fixed, especially the infamous overzealous
+quoting bug.  Wget no longer dequotes reserved characters, e.g. `%3F'
+is no longer translated to `?', nor `%2B' to `+'.  Unsafe characters
+which are not reserved are still escaped, of course.
+\f
 * Wget 1.7.1 is a bugfix release with no user-visible changes.
 \f
 * Changes in Wget 1.7.

diff --git a/README b/README
index e2679e277190666f5ad5b515ac227e2f78862ce4..6a10b60c688f85b437448e514045e0776c401ad1 100644 (file)
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
                                                           -*- text -*-
 GNU Wget
-========              (Temporary) home: http://sunsite.dk/wget/
+========              (Temporary) home: http://wget.sunsite.dk/
 
 GNU Wget is a free network utility to retrieve files from the World
 Wide Web using HTTP and FTP, the two most widely used Internet
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ background, after having logged off.
 
 The recursive retrieval of HTML pages, as well as FTP sites is
 supported -- you can use Wget to make mirrors of archives and home
-pages, or traverse the web like a WWW robot (Wget understands
+pages, or traverse a site like a WWW robot (Wget understands
 /robots.txt).
 
 Wget works exceedingly well on slow or unstable connections, keeping
@@ -39,28 +39,25 @@ described in the INSTALL file.
 
 Like all GNU utilities, the latest version of Wget can be found at the
 master GNU archive site ftp.gnu.org, and its mirrors.  For example,
-Wget 1.7 is at:
+Wget 1.7.1 is at:
 
-    <URL:ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/wget/wget-1.7.tar.gz>.
+    <URL:ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/wget/wget-1.7.1.tar.gz>.
 
 Please report bugs in Wget to <bug-wget@gnu.org>.
 
 Wget has a mailing list at <wget@sunsite.dk>.  To subscribe, mail to
 <wget-subscribe@sunsite.dk>.  Wget's home page is temporarily at
-<URL:http://sunsite.dk/wget/>.  It is being migrated to
+<URL:http://wget.sunsite.dk/>.  It is being migrated to
 <URL:http://www.gnu.org/software/wget/>, where will be its permanent
 home.
 
-Wget is free in all senses -- it is freely redistributable, and no
-payment is required.  If you still wish to donate money to the
-developers or fund the development for a specific purpose, please send
-mail to the development mailing list at <wget@sunsite.dk>.
 
+MAINTAINERS: Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@arsdigita.com>
+             Dan Harkless <wget@harkless.org>
 
-MAINTAINERS: Dan Harkless <wget@harkless.org>
-             Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@arsdigita.com>
-
-Wget was originally written by Hrvoje Niksic.
+Wget was originally written by Hrvoje Niksic.  Please see the file
+AUTHORS for a list of major contributors, and the ChangeLogs for a
+detailed listing of all contributions.
 
 
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