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More attention to Content-Disposition's buggy state.

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2007-12-05 Micah Cowan <micah@cowan.name>
* NEWS: Reword warnings regarding --content-disposition.
2007-11-28 Micah Cowan <micah@cowan.name> 2007-11-28 Micah Cowan <micah@cowan.name>
* Makefile.am, README, autogen.sh, configure.bat, configure.in, * Makefile.am, README, autogen.sh, configure.bat, configure.in,

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** Added --max-redirect option, allowing the user to specify what should ** Added --max-redirect option, allowing the user to specify what should
be the maximum number of HTTP redirects to follow. be the maximum number of HTTP redirects to follow.
** Wget now saves HTTP downloads using file names specified by the ** Wget now supports saving HTTP downloads using file names specified by
`Content-Disposition' header. This is a standard way of specifying the the `Content-Disposition' header. This is a standard way of specifying
file name used by many web dynamically generated pages. For the time the file name used by many web dynamically generated pages. However, the
being, Content-Disposition is not used by default, to avoid the extra current implementation is inefficient, and known to have bugs. It is
round-trips incurred (must specify "-e contentdisposition=yes"); this EXPERIMENTAL only, and not enabled by default. Use --content-disposition
may change in a future version. NOTE: This functionality is currently to enable it.
considered "experimental", and may not be fully functional.
** The GnuTLS library is now also experimentally supported for https ** The GnuTLS library is now also experimentally supported for https
downloads. This is still work-in-progress. OpenSSL is still used by downloads. This is still work-in-progress. OpenSSL is still used by

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2007-12-05 Micah Cowan <micah@cowan.name>
* wget.texi <Wgetrc Commands>: Explicitly mention that
--content-disposition has known issues.
2007-10-13 Micah Cowan <micah@cowan.name> 2007-10-13 Micah Cowan <micah@cowan.name>
* wget.texi <Mailing Lists>: Replaced mention of no-longer * wget.texi <Mailing Lists>: Replaced mention of no-longer

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@item content_disposition = on/off @item content_disposition = on/off
If this is set to on, experimental (not fully-functional) support for If this is set to on, experimental (not fully-functional) support for
@samp{Content-Disposition} headers is enabled. This can currently result in @samp{Content-Disposition} headers is enabled. This can currently result in
extra round-trips to the server for a @samp{HEAD} request, which is why extra round-trips to the server for a @samp{HEAD} request, and is known
it is not currently enabled by default. to suffer from a few bugs, which is why it is not currently enabled by default.
This option is useful for some file-downloading CGI programs that use This option is useful for some file-downloading CGI programs that use
@samp{Content-Disposition} headers to describe what the name of a @samp{Content-Disposition} headers to describe what the name of a