- • On the other hand, other installers may not overwrite any existing
- configuration files, thinking you will want to do that. You may want to
- manually check your saved files against the newer versions to see if the
- improvements have merit, or whether there are new options that you may want
- to consider. There are a number of new features, but most won't be
- available unless these features are incorporated into your configuration
- somehow.
+ There are a number of new features in each Privoxy release and most of them
+ have to be explicitly enabled in the configuration files. Old configuration
+ files obviously don't do that and due to syntax changes using old
+ configuration files with a new Privoxy isn't always possible anyway.
+
+ • Note that some installers remove earlier versions completely, including
+ configuration files, therefore you should really save any important
+ configuration files!
+
+ • On the other hand, other installers don't overwrite existing configuration
+ files, thinking you will want to do that yourself.