<body>
<h1> Nettle release plans </h1>
<p> This is an attempt at defining a development target for
- Nettle-2.8, inspired by similar pages for recent GMP releases. [Last
+ Nettle-3.0, inspired by similar pages for recent GMP releases. [Last
updated 2014-05-08]</p>
<p class='should'>
This really ought to be done before release
Leave for some later release!
</p>
- <h1> Plans for nettle-2.8 </h1>
+ <h1> Plans for nettle-3.0 </h1>
- <p> nettle-2.8 is intended to be an API cleanup, with few new
+ <p> nettle-3.0 is intended primarily as an API cleanup, with few new
features. </p>
<h2> Interface changes </h2>
<p class='done'>
Add ecc_bit_size function.
</p>
- <p class='wish'>
+ <p class='postponed'>
Add functions for converting ECC points to and from ANSI x9.62.
</p>
- <p class='wish'>
+ <p class='postponed'>
Use side-channel silent GMP functions for RSA and DSA. May require
additional interface changes, to use mpn functions.
</p>
Reconsider assembly make rules, going back to a .asm.o: rule might
work better with Solaris' make.
</p>
- <p class='should'>
+ <p class='done'>
Delay building of test programs until <tt>make check</tt>.
</p>
<p class='done'>
<p> Since xenofarm isn't up and running, do some manual testing:
</p>
<ul>
+ <li class='should'> Test with gmp-6.0.0 </li>
<li class='should'> x86_64-linux-gnu</li>
<li class='should'> x86_64-freebsd</li>
<li class='should'> x86-linux-gnu</li>