[WWWOFFLE-Announce] WWWOFFLE Version 2.6b

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The new version of WWWOFFLE is now available (version 2.6b).

Changes
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The changes for this version compared to version 2.6a are listed below.

Bug Fixes:
 HTML parsing optimisations.  HTML parser memory leak fixed.  Fix stylesheet
 link parser.  Stop cached pages containing trailing junk.  Fixed wwwoffle
 manual page quote character bug.  Fix problems parsing parameter strings in
 URLs.  Fix ssl-allow-port config file parsing.

Win32 Bug Fixes:
 Fixed the socket closing code.

Documentation:
 Updated the README.win32 file.
 Updated FAQ to version 2.6.
 Updated French translated pages.
 Added a README.compress that describes the compression problems and solutions.

New Features:
 Request data from servers is sent compressed, config option (see zlib note).
 Reply to client with compressed data if asked, config option (see zlib note).
 Compress the files in the cache when purging, based on age (see zlib note).
 Allow fetching in autodial mode as well as online mode.


*NOTE* The use of zlib to enable compression should be considered a beta quality
       feature in this version.  It requires the zlib library to compile it.


Downloading
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As always the full selection of source versions are available from the
wwwoffle download page:

 http://www.gedanken.demon.co.uk/wwwoffle/version-2.6/download.html

The complete version (577 kB) is available from:

 http://www.gedanken.demon.co.uk/download-wwwoffle/wwwoffle-2.6b.tgz

The patch from version 2.6a (55 kB) is available from:

 http://www.gedanken.demon.co.uk/download-wwwoffle/wwwoffle-2.6a-2.6b.diff.gz

The source is also being uploaded to the FTP servers today and will be
available from them soon.

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