Mention the removal of nettle-internal.c, and aes changes.

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index e612b5cd97aff681f06d31969bd51a17ee4c96a5..ece260350ddd990f921e51e552b313a07b6fd5e6 100644 (file)
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -2,13 +2,21 @@ NEWS for the 2.5 release
 
        This release includes important portability fixes for Windows
        and MacOS. There are also a few new features.
+
+       First a *warning*: Some internal functions have been removed
+       from the library. Since the functions in question are internal
+       and not documented, this is not considered a change of ABI or
+       API. Programs explicitly using any of these functions will
+       break.
        
-       * Warning: The undocumented, internal, function
-         pkcs1_signature_prefix has been renamed to
+       * The function pkcs1_signature_prefix has been renamed to
          _pkcs1_signature_prefix, and with slightly different
-         behavior. Since this is an internal function, this is not
-         considered a change of ABI or API. Programs explicitly using
-         this function will break.
+         behavior.
+
+       * The file nettle-internal.c is no longer included in the
+          library (the features defined there are used by the
+          benchmark and test programs, and were never intended for
+          public use).
 
        New features:
 
@@ -42,6 +50,10 @@ NEWS for the 2.5 release
          While at it, files have also been converted from latin-1 to
          utf-8.
 
+       * Use an additional table to avoid GF2^8 multiplications in
+         aes_invert_key (mainly used by aes_set_decrypt_key). Also
+         tabulate round constants in aes_set_encrypt_key.
+
        The libraries are intended to be binary compatible with
        nettle-2.2 and later. The shared library names are
        libnettle.so.4.4 and libhogweed.so.2.2, with sonames still