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diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_9_17.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_9_17.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..fbf9b3dee --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/relnotes/1_9_17.txt @@ -0,0 +1,45 @@ +Version 1.9.17, 2011-04-29 +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +* Third release candidate for 1.10.0 + +* The format preserving encryption method currently available was + presented in the header ``fpe.h`` and the functions ``fpe_encrypt`` + and ``fpe_decrypt``. These were renamed as it is likely that other + FPE schemes will be included in the future. The header is now + ``fpe_fe1.h``, and the functions are named ``fe1_encrypt`` and + ``fe1_decrypt``. See :doc:`../fpe` for more information. + +* New options to ``configure.py`` control what tools are used for + documentation generation. The ``--with-sphinx`` option enables using + Sphinx to convert ReST into HTML; otherwise the ReST sources are + installed directly. If ``--with-doxygen`` is used, Doxygen will run + as well. Documentation generation can be triggered via the ``docs`` + target in the makefile; it will also be installed by the install + target on Unix. + +* A bug in 1.9.16 effectively disabled support for runtime CPU feature + detection on x86 under GCC in that release. + +* A mostly internal change, all references to "ia32" and "amd64" have + been changed to the vendor neutral and probably easier to understand + "x86-32" and "x86-64". For instance, the "mp_amd64" module has been + renamed "mp_x86_64", and the macro indicating x86-32 has changed + from ``BOTAN_TARGET_ARCH_IS_IA32`` to + ``BOTAN_TARGET_ARCH_IS_X86_32``. The classes calling assembly have + also been renamed. + +* Similiarly to the above change, the AES implemenations using the + AES-NI instruction set have been renamed from AES_XXX_Intel to + AES_XXX_NI. + +* Systems that are identified as `sun4u` will default to compiling for + 32-bit SPARCv9 code rather than 64-bit. This matches the still + common convention for 32-bit SPARC userspaces. If you want 64-bit + code on such as system, use ``--cpu=sparc64``. + +* Some minor fixes for compiling botan under the BeOS + clone/continuation `Haiku <http://haiku-os.org>`_. + +* Further updates to the documentation + |