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@@ -6,9 +6,15 @@ tree. It currently checks links pointing within the same subweb for
validity. The main program is "webchecker.py". See its doc string
(or invoke it with the option "-?") for more defails.
-The module robotparser.py was written by Skip Montanaro; the rest is
-original work.
+History:
-Jan 29, 1997.
+- Jan 1997. First release. The module robotparser.py was written by
+Skip Montanaro; the rest is original work by Guido van Rossum.
---Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)
+- May 1999. Sam Bayer contributed a new version, wcnew.py, which
+supports checking internal links (#spam fragments in URLs) and some
+other options.
+
+- Nov 1999. Sam Bayer contributed patches to reintegrate wcnew.py
+into webchecker.py, and corresponding mods to wcgui.py and
+websucker.py.