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+Version 1.9.16, 2011-04-11
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Second release candidate for 1.10.0
+
+* The documentation, previously written in LaTeX, is now in
+  reStructuredText suitable for processing by `Sphinx
+  <http://sphinx.pocoo.org>`_, which can generate nicely formatted
+  HTML and PDFs. The documentation has also been greatly updated and
+  expanded.
+
+* The class ``EC_Domain_Params`` has been renamed ``EC_Group``, with a
+  typedef for backwards compatability.
+
+* ``EC_Group``'s string constructor didn't understand the standard
+  names like "secp160r1", forcing use of the OIDs.
+
+* Two constructors for ECDSA private keys, the one that creates a new
+  random key, and the one that provides a preset private key as a
+  ``BigInt``, have been merged. This matches the existing interface
+  for DSA and DH keys. If you previously used the version taking a
+  ``BigInt`` private key, you'll have to additionally pass in a
+  ``RandomNumberGenerator`` object starting in this release.
+
+* It is now possible to create ECDH keys with a preset ``BigInt``
+  private key; previously no method for this was available.
+
+* The overload of ``generate_passhash9`` that takes an explicit
+  algorithm identifier has been merged with the one that does not.
+  The algorithm identifier code has been moved from the second
+  parameter to the fourth. See :ref:`passhash9` for details.
+
+* Change shared library versioning to match the normal Unix
+  conventions. Instead of ``libbotan-X.Y.Z.so``, the shared lib is
+  named ``libbotan-X.Y.so.Z``; this allows the runtime linker to do
+  its runtime linky magic. It can be safely presumed that any change
+  in the major or minor version indicates ABI incompatability.
+
+* Remove the socket wrapper code; it was not actually used by anything
+  in the library, only in the examples, and you can use whatever kind
+  of (blocking) socket interface you like with the SSL/TLS code. It's
+  available as socket.h in the examples directory if you want to use
+  it.
+
+* Disable the by-default 'strong' checking of private keys that are
+  loaded from storage. You can always request key material sanity
+  checking using Private_Key::check_key.
+
+* Bring back removed functions ``min_keylength_of``,
+  ``max_keylength_of``, ``keylength_multiple_of`` in ``lookup.h`` to
+  avoid breaking applications written against 1.8
+