Minor improvements.

Rev: nettle/NEWS:1.11

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 16030389a2d7e04a233efb5843ff8dee1343a654..501380141dd4b2f8ee02954c15bd03dc314c1230 100644 (file)
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ NEWS for the 2.2 release
 
        Licensing change:
        
-       * Relicensed as LGPL v2.1 or later.
+       * Relicensed as LGPL v2.1 or later (user's option).
 
        * Replaced blowfish and serpent implementation. New code is
           based on the LGPLed code in libgcrypt.
@@ -15,8 +15,9 @@ NEWS for the 2.2 release
          contributed by Daniel Kahn Gillmor.
 
        * New tool nettle-hash. Can generate hash digests using any
-         supported hash function, with output compatible to programs
-         like md5sum. Checking (like md5sum -c) not yet implemented.
+         supported hash function, with output compatible with md5sum
+         and friends from GNU coreutils. Checking (like md5sum -c)
+         not yet implemented.
 
        Bug fixes:
 
@@ -24,14 +25,13 @@ NEWS for the 2.2 release
          yours truly about ten years ago). New serpent implementation
          does not interoperate with earlier versions of nettle.
 
-       * Fixed ABI-dependent libdir default for linux-based systems
-         which do not follow the conventions Linux File Hierarchy
-         Standard, e.g., Debian GNU/linux.
+       * Fixed ABI-dependent libdir default for Linux-based systems
+         which do not follow the Linux File Hierarchy Standard, e.g.,
+         Debian GNU/Linux.
 
        Optimizations:
        
-       * x86_64 implemention of serpent_encrypt (serpent_decrypt not
-          yet done).
+       * x86_64 implemention of serpent.
 
        * x86_64 implemention of camellia.
 
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@ NEWS for the 2.2 release
 
        Miscellaneous:
 
-       * In command line tools, don't use -? for requesting help,
-          since it's a bit dangerous without shell quoting. Use long
-          option --help instead.
+       * In command line tools, no longer support -? for requesting
+          help, since using it without shell quoting is a dangerous
+          habit. Use long option --help instead.
 
        The shared library names are libnettle.so.4.1 and
        libhogweed.so.2.1, with sonames libnettle.so.4 and