NEWS: List des-compat.h as a candidate for removal.

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 2014-06-04  Niels Möller  <nisse@lysator.liu.se>
 
+       * NEWS: List des-compat.h as a candidate for removal in the next
+       release.
+
        * testsuite/des-compat-test.c (test_main): Fixed out of bounds
        memory read, reported by Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos.
 

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@@ -89,6 +89,13 @@ NEWS for the Nettle 3.0 release
        * Deleted the RSAREF compatibility, including the header file
          rsa-compat.h and everything declared therein.
 
+       * Also under consideration for removal is des-compat.h and
+         everything declared therein. This implements a subset of the
+         old libdes/ssleay/openssl interface for DES and triple-DES,
+         and it is poorly tested. If anyone uses this interface,
+         please speak up! Otherwise, it will likely be removed in the
+         next release.
+       
        Bug fixes:
 
        * Building with ./configure --disable-static now works.