From: Niels Möller Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2019 08:27:58 +0000 (+0200) Subject: NEWS for 3.5. Mention deprecations in intro. X-Git-Tag: nettle_3.5rc1^0 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=fa90927a936780ad1fc35b1bd130ff800d9965e5;p=thirdparty%2Fnettle.git NEWS for 3.5. Mention deprecations in intro. --- diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 56d361ea..622377f3 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,9 +1,10 @@ NEWS for the Nettle 3.5 release - This release adds a couple of new features and optimizations. - It is *not* binary (ABI) compatible with earlier versions, - although it is intended to be fully source-level (API) - compatible with Nettle-3.4.1. + This release adds a couple of new features and optimizations, + and deletes or deprecates a few obsolete features. It is *not* + binary (ABI) compatible with earlier versions. Except for + deprecations listed below, it is intended to be fully + source-level (API) compatible with Nettle-3.4.1. The shared library names are libnettle.so.7.0 and libhogweed.so.5.0, with sonames libnettle.so.7 and @@ -68,6 +69,10 @@ NEWS for the Nettle 3.5 release deprecated. Use the fixed key size interface instead, e.g., struct aes256_ctx, introduced in Nettle-3.0. + * The header file nettle-stdint.h, and corresponding autoconf + tests, have been deleted. Nettle now requires that the + compiler/libc provides . + Miscellaneous: * Support for big-endian ARM systems, contributed by Michael @@ -77,10 +82,6 @@ NEWS for the Nettle 3.5 release gcmdata are no longer built by default. Makefile improvements contributed by Jay Foad. - * The header file nettle-stdint.h, and corresponding autoconf - tests, have been deleted. Nettle now requires that the - compiler/libc provides . - * The "example" program examples/eratosthenes.c has been deleted. @@ -88,6 +89,9 @@ NEWS for the Nettle 3.5 release aes_ctx struct, have been reorganized, to enable later optimizations. + The shared library names are libnettle.so.7.0 and + libhogweed.so.5.0. + NEWS for the Nettle 3.4.1 release This release fixes a few bugs, and makes the RSA private key