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diff --git a/doc/relnotes/0_7_0.txt b/doc/relnotes/0_7_0.txt
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+Version 0.7.0, 2001-03-01
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* First public release
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/0_7_1.txt b/doc/relnotes/0_7_1.txt
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+Version 0.7.1, 2001-05-16
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Rewrote configure script: more consistent and complete
+* Made it easier to find out parameters of types at run time (opencl.h)
+* New functions for finding the version being used (version.h)
+* New SymmetricKey interface for Filters (symkey.h)
+* InvalidKeyLength now records what the invalid key length was
+* Optimized DES, CS-Cipher, MISTY1, Skipjack, XTEA
+* Changed GOST to use correct S-box ordering (incompatible change)
+* Benchmark code was almost totally rewritten
+* Many more entries in the test vector file
+* Fixed minor and idiotic bug in check.cpp
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/0_7_10.txt b/doc/relnotes/0_7_10.txt
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+Version 0.7.10, 2002-04-07
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Added EGD_EntropySource module (es_egd)
+* Added a file tree walking EntropySource (es_ftw)
+* Added MemoryLocking_Allocator module (alloc_mlock)
+* Renamed the pthr_mux, unix_rnd, and mmap_mem modules
+* Changed timer mechanism; the clock method can be switched on the fly.
+* Renamed MmapDisk_Allocator to MemoryMapping_Allocator
+* Renamed ent_file.h to es_file.h (ent_file.h is around, but deprecated)
+* Fixed several bugs in MemoryMapping_Allocator
+* Added more default sources for Unix_EntropySource
+* Changed SecureBuffer to use same allocation methods as SecureVector
+* Added bigint_divcore into mp_core to support BigInt alpha2 release
+* Removed some Pipe functions deprecated since 0.7.8
+* Some fixes for the configure program
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/0_7_2.txt b/doc/relnotes/0_7_2.txt
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+Version 0.7.2, 2001-06-03
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Build system supports modules
+* Added modules for mlock, a /dev/random EntropySource, POSIX1.b timers
+* Added Bzip2 compression filter, contributed by Peter Jones
+* GNU make no longer required (tested with 4.4BSD pmake and Solaris make)
+* Fixed minor bug in several of the hash functions
+* Various other minor fixes and changes
+* Updates to the documentation
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/0_7_3.txt b/doc/relnotes/0_7_3.txt
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+Version 0.7.3, 2001-06-08
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Fix build problems on Solaris/SPARC
+* Fix build problems with Perl versions < 5.6
+* Fixed some stupid code that broke on a few compilers
+* Added string handling functions to Pipe
+* MISTY1 optimizations
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/0_7_4.txt b/doc/relnotes/0_7_4.txt
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+Version 0.7.4, 2001-07-15
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* New modules: Zlib, gettimeofday and x86 RTC timers, Unix I/O for Pipe
+* Fixed a vast number of errors in the config script/makefile/specfile
+* Pipe now has a stdio(3) interface as well as C++ iostreams
+* ARC4 supports skipping the first N bytes of the cipher stream (ala MARK4)
+* Bzip2 supports decompressing multiple concatenated streams, and flushing
+* Added a simple 'overall average' score to the benchmarks
+* Fixed a small bug in the POSIX timer module
+* Removed a very-unlikely-to-occur bug in most of the hash functions
+* filtbase.h now includes <iosfwd>, not <iostream>
+* Minor documentation updates
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/0_7_5.txt b/doc/relnotes/0_7_5.txt
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+Version 0.7.5, 2001-08-19
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Split checksum.h into adler32.h, crc24.h, and crc32.h
+* Split modes.h into cbc.h, cfb.h, and ofb.h
+* CBC_wPadding* has been replaced by CBC_Encryption and CBC_Decryption
+* Added OneAndZeros and NoPadding methods for CBC
+* Added Lion, a very fast block cipher construction
+* Added an S2K base class (s2k.h) and an OpenPGP_S2K class (pgp_s2k.h)
+* Basic types (ciphers, hashes, etc) know their names now (call name())
+* Changed the EntropySource type somewhat
+* Big speed-ups for ISAAC, Adler32, CRC24, and CRC32
+* Optimized CAST-256, DES, SAFER-SK, Serpent, SEAL, MD2, and RIPEMD-160
+* Some semantics of SecureVector have changed slightly
+* The mlock module has been removed for the time being
+* Added string handling functions for hashes and MACs
+* Various non-user-visible cleanups
+* Shared library soname is now set to the full version number
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/0_7_6.txt b/doc/relnotes/0_7_6.txt
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+Version 0.7.6, 2001-10-14
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Fixed several serious bugs in SecureVector created in 0.7.5
+* Square optimizations
+* Fixed shared objects on MacOS X and HP-UX
+* Fixed static libs for KCC 4.0; works with KCC 3.4g as well
+* Full support for Athlon and K6 processors using GCC
+* Added a table of prime numbers < 2**16 (primes.h)
+* Some minor documentation updates
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/0_7_7.txt b/doc/relnotes/0_7_7.txt
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+Version 0.7.7, 2001-11-24
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Filter::send now works in the constructor of a Filter subclass
+* You may now have to include <opencl/pipe.h> explicitly in some code
+* Added preliminary PK infrastructure classes in pubkey.h and pkbase.h
+* Enhancements to SecureVector (append, destroy functions)
+* New infrastructure for secure memory allocation
+* Added IEEE P1363 primitives MGF1, EME1, KDF1
+* Rijndael optimizations and cleanups
+* Changed CipherMode<B> to BlockCipherMode(B*)
+* Fixed a nasty bug in pipe_unixfd
+* Added portions of the BigInt code into the main library
+* Support for VAX, SH, POWER, PowerPC-64, Intel C++
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/0_7_8.txt b/doc/relnotes/0_7_8.txt
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+Version 0.7.8, 2002-02-28
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* More capabilities for Pipe, inspired by SysV STREAMS, including peeking,
+ better buffering, and stack ops. NOT BACKWARDS COMPATIBLE: SEE DOCUMENTATION
+* Added a BufferingFilter class
+* Added popen() based EntropySource for generic Unix systems (unix_rnd)
+* Moved 'devrand' module into main distribution (ent_file.h), renamed to
+ File_EntropySource, and changed interface somewhat.
+* Made Randpool somewhat more conservative and also 25% faster
+* Minor fixes and updates for the configure script
+* Added some tweaks for memory allocation
+* Documentation updates for the new Pipe interface
+* Fixed various minor bugs
+* Added a couple of new example programs (stack and hasher2)
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/0_7_9.txt b/doc/relnotes/0_7_9.txt
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+Version 0.7.9, 2002-03-19
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Memory allocation substantially revamped
+* Added memory allocation method based on mmap(2) in the mmap_mem module
+* Added ECB and CTS block cipher modes (ecb.h, cts.h)
+* Added a Mutex interface (mutex.h)
+* Added module pthr_mux, implementing the Mutex interface
+* Added Threaded Filter interface (thr_filt.h)
+* All algorithms can now by keyed with SymmetricKey objects
+* More testing occurs with --validate (expected failures)
+* Fixed two bugs reported by Hany Greiss, in Luby-Rackoff and RC6
+* Fixed a buffering bug in Bzip_Decompress and Zlib_Decompress
+* Made X917 safer (and about 1/3 as fast)
+* Documentation updates
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/0_8_0.txt b/doc/relnotes/0_8_0.txt
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+Version 0.8.0, 2002-04-24
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Merged BigInt: many bugfixes and optimizations since alpha2
+* Added RSA (rsa.h)
+* Added EMSA2 (emsa2.h)
+* Lots of new interface code for public key algorithms (pk_base.h, pubkey.h)
+* Changed some interfaces, including SymmetricKey, to support the global rng
+* Fixed a serious bug in ManagedAllocator
+* Renamed RIPEMD128 to RIPEMD_128 and RIPEMD160 to RIPEMD_160
+* Removed some deprecated stuff
+* Added a global random number generator (rng.h)
+* Added clone functions to most of the basic algorithms
+* Added a library initializer class (init.h)
+* Version macros in version.h
+* Moved the base classes from opencl.h to base.h
+* Renamed the bzip2 module to comp_bzip2 and zlib to comp_zlib
+* Documentation updates for the new stuff (still incomplete)
+* Many new deprecated things: check doc/deprecated.txt
+
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/0_8_1.txt b/doc/relnotes/0_8_1.txt
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+Version 0.8.1, 2002-05-06
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Major code cleanup (check doc/deprecated.txt)
+* Various bugs fixed, including several portability problems
+* Renamed MessageAuthCode to MessageAuthenticationCode
+* A replacement for X917 is in x917_rng.h
+* Changed EMAC to non-template class
+* Added ANSI X9.19 compatible CBC-MAC
+* TripleDES now supports 128 bit keys
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/0_8_2.txt b/doc/relnotes/0_8_2.txt
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+Version 0.8.2, 2002-05-18
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Added an (experimental) algorithm lookup interface
+* Added code for directly testing BigInt
+* Added SHA2-384
+* Optimized SHA2-512
+* Major optimization for Adler32 (thanks to Dan Nicolaescu)
+* Various minor optimizations in BigInt and related areas
+* Fixed two bugs in X9.19 MAC, both reported by Darren Starsmore
+* Fixed a bug in BufferingFilter
+* Made a few fixes for MacOS X
+* Added a workaround in configure.pl for GCC 2.95.x
+* Better support for PowerPC, ARM, and Alpha
+* Some more cleanups
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/0_8_3.txt b/doc/relnotes/0_8_3.txt
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+Version 0.8.3, 2002-06-09
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Added DSA and Rabin-Williams signature schemes
+* Added EMSA3
+* Added PKCS#1 v1.5 encryption padding
+* Added Filters for PK algorithms
+* Added a Keyed_Filter class
+* LibraryInitializer processes arguments now
+* Major revamp of the PK interface classes
+* Changed almost all of the Filters for non-template operation
+* Changed HMAC, Lion, Luby-Rackoff to non-template classes
+* Some fairly minor BigInt optimizations
+* Added simple benchmarking for PK algorithms
+* Added hooks for fixed base and fixed exponent modular exponentiation
+* Added some examples for using RSA
+* Numerous bugfixes and cleanups
+* Documentation updates
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/0_8_4.txt b/doc/relnotes/0_8_4.txt
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+Version 0.8.4, 2002-07-14
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Added Nyberg-Rueppel signatures
+* Added Diffie-Hellman key exchange (kex interface is subject to change)
+* Added KDF2
+* Enhancements to the lookup API
+* Many things formerly taking pointers to algorithms now take names
+* Speedups for prime generation
+* LibraryInitializer has support for seeding the global RNG
+* Reduced SAFER-SK128 memory consumption
+* Reversed the ordering of public and private key values in DSA constructor
+* Fixed serious bugs in MemoryMapping_Allocator
+* Fixed memory leak in Lion
+* FTW_EntropySource was not closing the files it read
+* Fixed line breaking problem in Hex_Encoder
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/0_8_5.txt b/doc/relnotes/0_8_5.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eced09cc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/0_8_5.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+Version 0.8.5, 2002-07-21
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Major changes to constructors for DL-based cryptosystems (DSA, NR, DH)
+* Added a DL_Group class
+* Reworking of the pubkey internals
+* Support in lookup for aliases and PK algorithms
+* Renamed CAST5 to CAST_128 and CAST256 to CAST_256
+* Added EMSA1
+* Reorganization of header files
+* LibraryInitializer will install new allocator types if requested
+* Fixed a bug in Diffie-Hellman key generation
+* Did a workaround in pipe.cpp for GCC 2.95.x on Linux
+* Removed some debugging code from init.cpp that made FTW ES useless
+* Better checking for invalid arguments in the PK algorithms
+* Reduced Base64 and Hex default line length (if line breaking is used)
+* Fixes for HP's aCC compiler
+* Cleanups in BigInt
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/0_8_6.txt b/doc/relnotes/0_8_6.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..18c95db10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/0_8_6.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+Version 0.8.6, 2002-07-25
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Added EMSA4 (aka PSS)
+* Brought the manual up to date; many corrections and additions
+* Added a parallel hash function construction
+* Lookup supports all available algorithms now
+* Lazy initialization of the lookup tables
+* Made more discrete logarithm groups available through get_dl_group()
+* StreamCipher_Filter supports seeking (if the underlying cipher does)
+* Minor optimization for GCD calculations
+* Renamed SAFER_SK128 to SAFER_SK
+* Removed many previously deprecated functions
+* Some now-obsolete functions, headers, and types have been deprecated
+* Fixed some bugs in DSA prime generation
+* DL_Group had a constructor for DSA-style prime gen but it wasn't defined
+* Reversed the ordering of the two arguments to SEAL's constructor
+* Fixed a threading problem in the PK algorithms
+* Fixed a minor memory leak in lookup.cpp
+* Fixed pk_types.h (it was broken in 0.8.5)
+* Made validation tests more verbose
+* Updated the check and example applications
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/0_8_7.txt b/doc/relnotes/0_8_7.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..28d4bda56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/0_8_7.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+Version 0.8.7, 2002-07-30
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Fixed bugs in EME1 and EMSA4
+* Fixed a potential crash at shutdown
+* Cipher modes returned an ill-formed name
+* Removed various deprecated types and headers
+* Cleaned up the Pipe interface a bit
+* Minor additions to the documentation
+* First stab at a Visual C++ makefile (doc/Makefile.vc7)
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/0_9_0.txt b/doc/relnotes/0_9_0.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ef73f6ae2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/0_9_0.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Version 0.9.0, 2002-08-03
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* EMSA4 supports variable salt size
+* PK_* can take a string naming the encoding method to use
+* Started writing some internals documentation
+
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/0_9_1.txt b/doc/relnotes/0_9_1.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8d6398d58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/0_9_1.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+Version 0.9.1, 2002-08-10
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Grand rename from OpenCL to Botan
+* Major optimizations for the PK algorithms
+* Added ElGamal encryption
+* Added Whirlpool
+* Tweaked memory allocation parameters
+* Improved the method of seeding the global RNG
+* Moved pkcs1.h to eme_pkcs.h
+* Added more test vectors for some algorithms
+* Fixed error reporting in the BigInt tests
+* Removed Default_Timer, it was pointless
+* Added some new example applications
+* Removed some old examples that weren't that interesting
+* Documented the compression modules
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/0_9_2.txt b/doc/relnotes/0_9_2.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..46eff06f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/0_9_2.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+Version 0.9.2, 2002-08-18
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* DH_PrivateKey::public_value() was returning the wrong value
+* Various BigInt optimizations
+* The filters.h header now includes hex.h and base64.h
+* Moved Counter mode to ctr.h
+* Fixed a couple minor problems with VC++ 7
+* Fixed problems with the RPM spec file
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_0_0.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_0_0.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..322aa1472
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_0_0.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+Version 1.0.0, 2002-08-26
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Octal I/O of BigInt is now supported
+* Fixed portability problems in the es_egd module
+* Generalized IV handling in the block cipher modes
+* Added Karatsuba multiplication and k-ary exponentiation
+* Fixed a problem in the multiplication routines
+
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_0_1.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_0_1.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d496099ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_0_1.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Version 1.0.1, 2002-09-14
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Fixed a minor bug in Randpool::random()
+* Added some new aliases and typedefs for 1.1.x compatibility
+* The 4096-bit RSA benchmark key was decimal instead of hex
+* EMAC was returning an incorrect name
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_0_2.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_0_2.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9e09f198a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_0_2.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+Version 1.0.2, 2003-01-12
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Fixed an obscure SEGFAULT causing bug in Pipe
+* Fixed an obscure but dangerous bug in SecureVector::swap
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_10_0.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_10_0.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3b6ba56ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_10_0.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+Version 1.10.0, 2011-06-20
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Detection for the rdrand instruction being added to upcoming Intel
+ Ivy Bridge processors has been added.
+
+* A template specialization of std::swap was added for the memory
+ container types.
+
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_10_1.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_10_1.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..45529e3d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_10_1.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+Version 1.10.1, 2011-07-11
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* A race condition in `Algorithm_Factory` could cause crashes in
+ multithreaded code. See `this thread on botan-devel
+ <http://lists.randombit.net/pipermail/botan-devel/2011-July/001455.html>`_
+ for details and workarounds.
+
+* The return value of ``name`` has changed for GOST 28147-89 and
+ Skein-512. GOST's ``name`` now includes the name of the sbox, and
+ Skein's includes the personalization string (if nonempty). This
+ allows an object to be properly roundtripped, which is necessary to
+ fix the race condition described above.
+
+* A new distribution script is now included, as
+ ``src/build-data/scripts/dist.py``
+
+* The ``build.h`` header now includes, if available, an identifier of
+ the source revision that was used. This identifier is also included
+ in the result of ``version_string``.
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_10_2.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_10_2.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..10cb66176
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_10_2.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+Version 1.10.2, 2012-06-17
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Several TLS bugs were fixed in this release, including a major
+omission that the renegotiation extension was not being used. As the
+1.10 implementation of TLS does not properly support renegotiation,
+the approach in this release is simply to send the renegotiation
+extension SCSV, which should protect the client against any handshake
+splicing. In addition renegotiation attempts are handled properly
+instead of causing handshake failures - all hello requests, and all
+client hellos after the initial negotiation, are ignored. Some
+bugs affecting DSA server authentication were also fixed.
+
+By popular request, ``Pipe::reset`` no longer requires that message
+processing be completed, a requirement that caused problems when a
+Filter's end_msg call threw an exception, after which point the Pipe
+object was no longer usable.
+
+Support for getting entropy using the rdrand instruction introduced in
+Intel's Ivy Bridge processors has been added. In previous releases,
+the ``CPUID::has_rdrand`` function was checking the wrong cpuid bit,
+and would false positive on AMD Bulldozer processors.
+
+An implementation of SRP-6a compatible with the specification in RFC
+5054 is now available in ``srp6.h``. In 1.11, this is being used for
+TLS-SRP, but may be useful in other environments as well.
+
+An implementation of the Camellia block cipher was added, again largely
+for use in TLS.
+
+If ``clock_gettime`` is available on the system, hres_timer will poll all
+the available clock types.
+
+AltiVec is now detected on IBM POWER7 processors and on OpenBSD systems.
+The OpenBSD support was contributed by Brad Smith.
+
+The Qt mutex wrapper was broken and would not compile with any recent
+version of Qt. Taking this as a clear indication that it is not in use,
+it has been removed.
+
+Avoid setting the soname on OpenBSD, as it doesn't support it (PR 158)
+
+A compilation problem in the dynamic loader that prevented using
+dyn_load under MinGW GCC has been fixed.
+
+A common error for people using MinGW is to target GCC on Windows,
+however the 'Windows' target assumes the existence of Visual C++
+runtime functions which do not exist in MinGW. Now, configuring for
+GCC on Windows will cause the configure.py to warn that likely you
+wanted to configure for either MinGW or Cygwin, not the generic
+Windows target.
+
+A bug in configure.py would cause it to interpret `--cpu=s390x` as
+`s390`. This may have affected other CPUs as well. Now configure.py
+searches for an exact match, and only if no exact match is found will
+it search for substring matches.
+
+An incompatability in configure.py with the subprocess module included
+in Python 3.1 has been fixed (PR 157).
+
+The exception catching syntax of configure.py has been changed to the
+Python 3.x syntax. This syntax also works with Python 2.6 and 2.7, but
+not with any earlier Python 2 release. A simple search and replace
+will allow running it under Python 2.5::
+
+ perl -pi -e 's/except (.*) as (.*):/except $1, $2:/g' configure.py
+
+Note that Python 2.4 is not supported at all.
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_11_0.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_11_0.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6321eafbe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_11_0.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+Version 1.11.0, Not Yet Released
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* The codebase has converted to C++11. Currently GCC 4.7 and Clang 3.1
+ are known to work.
+
+* The MemoryVector and SecureVector container types have been removed.
+ An alias of std::vector using an allocator that clears memory named
+ secure_vector is used for key material, and std::vector is used for
+ everything else.
+
+* The method of mlocking memory is much improved, and if the process
+ can mlock memory then it will be used automatically.
+
+* The TLS interface is now non-blocking and does not directly interact
+ with sockets. An example TLS server using asio is included which
+ scales to at least 64 processors.
+
+* X509_Store has been removed. x509_path_validate in x509path.h now
+ handles path validation and Certificate_Store handles storage of
+ certificates and CRLs.
+
+* Add support for OCSP
+
+* TLS v1.2 is now supported
+
+* TLS now supports session resumption. Session information can be
+ saved in memory or to an encrypted SQLite database.
+
+* TLS renegotiation is now supported
+
+* TLS client authentication is now supported
+
+* TLS SRP and PSK ciphersuites are now supported
+
+* TLS session tickets are now supported
+
+* TLS ECDH key exchange and ECDSA certificates are now supported
+
+* Add support for SHA-2 ciphersuites
+
+* Add support for anonymous DH/ECDH ciphersuites
+
+
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_1_0.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_1_0.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..09a08860b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_1_0.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+Version 1.1.0, 2002-09-14
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Added entropy estimation to the RNGs
+* Improved the overall design of both Randpool and ANSI_X917_RNG
+* Added a separate RNG for nonce generation
+* Added window exponentiation support in power_mod
+* Added a get_s2k function and the PKCS #5 S2K algorithms
+* Added the TLSv1 PRF
+* Replaced BlockCipherModeIV typedef with InitializationVector class
+* Renamed PK_Key_Agreement_Scheme to PK_Key_Agreement
+* Renamed SHA1 -> SHA_160 and SHA2_x -> SHA_x
+* Added support for RIPEMD-160 PKCS#1 v1.5 signatures
+* Changed the key agreement scheme interface
+* Changed the S2K and KDF interfaces
+* Better SCAN compatibility for HAVAL, Tiger, MISTY1, SEAL, RC5, SAFER-SK
+* Added support for variable-pass Tiger
+* Major speedup for Rabin-Williams key generation
+
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_1_1.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_1_1.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bdb13f3ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_1_1.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+Version 1.1.1, 2002-10-15
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Added the Korean hash function HAS-160
+* Partial support for RSA and DSA X.509 public keys
+* Added a mostly functional BER encoder/decoder
+* Added support for non-deterministic MAC functions
+* Initial support for PEM encoding/decoding
+* Internal cleanups in the PK algorithms
+* Several new convenience functions in Pipe
+* Fixed two nasty bugs in Pipe
+* Messed with the entropy sources for es_unix
+* Discrete logarithm groups are checked for safety more closely now
+* For compatibility with GnuPG, ElGamal now supports DSA-style groups
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_1_10.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_1_10.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..adc295152
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_1_10.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Version 1.1.10, 2003-04-03
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* X509_CA can now generate new X.509 CRLs
+* Added blinding for RSA, RW, DH, and ElGamal to prevent timing attacks
+* More certificate and CRL extensions/attributes are supported
+* Better DN handling in X.509 certificates/CRLs
+* Added a DataSink hierarchy (suggested by Jim Darby)
+* Consolidated SecureAllocator and ManagedAllocator
+* Many cleanups and generalizations
+* Added a (slow) pthreads based EntropySource
+* Fixed some threading bugs
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_1_11.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_1_11.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ef05a42a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_1_11.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+Version 1.1.11, 2003-04-07
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Added PKCS #10 certificate requests
+* Changed X509_Store searching interface to be more flexible
+* Added a generic Certificate_Store interface
+* Added a function for generating self-signed X.509 certs
+* Cleanups and changes to X509_CA
+* New examples for PKCS #10 and self-signed certificates
+* Some documentation updates
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_1_12.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_1_12.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5f652af52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_1_12.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+Version 1.1.12, 2003-04-15
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Fixed a ASN.1 string encoding bug
+* Fixed a pair of X509_DN encoding problems
+* Base64_Decoder and Hex_Decoder can now validate input
+* Removed support for the LibraryInitializer option 'egd_path'
+* Added tests for DSA X.509 and PKCS #8 key formats
+* Removed a long deprecated feature of DH_PrivateKey's constructor
+* Updated the RPM .spec file
+* Major documentation updates
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_1_13.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_1_13.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b7379ceb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_1_13.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+Version 1.1.13, 2003-04-22
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Added OMAC
+* Added EAX authenticated cipher mode
+* Diffie-Hellman would not do blinding in some cases
+* Optimized the OFB and CTR modes
+* Corrected Skipjack's word ordering, as per NIST clarification
+* Support for all subject/issuer attribute types required by RFC 3280
+* The removeFromCRL CRL reason code is now handled correctly
+* Increased the flexibility of the allocators
+* Renamed Rijndael to AES, created aes.h, deleted rijndael.h
+* Removed support for the 'no_timer' LibraryInitializer option
+* Removed 'es_pthr' module, pending further testing
+* Cleaned up get_ciph.cpp
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_1_2.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_1_2.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..088d66804
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_1_2.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+Version 1.1.2, 2002-10-21
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Support for PKCS #8 encoded RSA, DSA, and DH private keys
+* Support for Diffie-Hellman X.509 public keys
+* Major reorganization of how X.509 keys are handled
+* Added PKCS #5 v2.0's PBES1 encryption scheme
+* Added a generic cipher lookup interface
+* Added the WiderWake4+1 stream cipher
+* Added support for sync-able stream ciphers
+* Added a 'paranoia level' option for the LibraryInitializer
+* More security for RNG output meant for long term keys
+* Added documentation for some of the new 1.1.x features
+* CFB's feedback argument is now specified in bits
+* Renamed CTR class to CTR_BE
+* Updated the RSA and DSA examples to use X.509 and PKCS #8 key formats
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_1_3.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_1_3.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f8c7fc3fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_1_3.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+Version 1.1.3, 2002-11-03
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Added a generic public/private key loading interface
+* Fixed a small encoding bug in RSA, RW, and DH
+* Changed the PK encryption/decryption interface classes
+* ECB supports using padding methods
+* Added a function-based interface for library initialization
+* Added support for RIPEMD-128 and Tiger PKCS#1 v1.5 signatures
+* The cipher mode benchmarks now use 128-bit AES instead of DES
+* Removed some obsolete typedefs
+* Removed OpenCL support (opencl.h, the OPENCL_* macros, etc)
+* Added tests for PKCS #8 encoding/decoding
+* Added more tests for ECB and CBC
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_1_4.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_1_4.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9d74c3ae5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_1_4.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+Version 1.1.4, 2002-11-10
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Speedup of 15-30% for PK algorithms
+* Implemented the PBES2 encryption scheme
+* Fixed a potential bug in decoding RSA and RW private keys
+* Changed the DL_Group class interface to handle different formats better
+* Added support for PKCS #3 encoded DH parameters
+* X9.42 DH parameters use a PEM label of 'X942 DH PARAMETERS'
+* Added key pair consistency checking
+* Fixed a compatibility problem with gcc 2.96 (pointed out by Hany Greiss)
+* A botan-config script is generated at configure time
+* Documentation updates
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_1_5.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_1_5.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..90101dedb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_1_5.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Version 1.1.5, 2002-11-17
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Added the discrete logarithm integrated encryption system (DLIES)
+* Various optimizations for BigInt
+* Added support for assembler optimizations in modules
+* Added BigInt x86 optimizations module (mpi_ia32)
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_1_6.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_1_6.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4c638b7e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_1_6.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+Version 1.1.6, 2002-12-10
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Initial support for X.509v3 certificates and CAs
+* Major redesign/rewrite of the ASN.1 encoding/decoding code
+* Added handling for DSA/NR signatures encoded as DER SEQUENCEs
+* Documented the generic cipher lookup interface
+* Added an (untested) entropy source for BeOS
+* Various cleanups and bug fixes
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_1_7.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_1_7.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bd73607e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_1_7.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Version 1.1.7, 2003-01-12
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Fixed an obscure but dangerous bug in SecureVector::swap
+* Consolidated SHA-384 and SHA-512 to save code space
+* Added SSL3-MAC and SSL3-PRF
+* Documentation updates, including a new tutorial
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_1_8.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_1_8.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2ed517ece
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_1_8.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Version 1.1.8, 2003-01-29
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Fixes for the certificate path validation algorithm in X509_Store
+* Fixed a bug affecting X509_Certificate::is_ca_cert()
+* Added a general configuration interface for policy issues
+* Cleanups and API changes in the X.509 CA, cert, and store code
+* Made various options available for X509_CA users
+* Changed X509_Time's interface to work around time_t problems
+* Fixed a theoretical weakness in Randpool's entropy mixing function
+* Fixed problems compiling with GCC 2.95.3 and GCC 2.96
+* Fixed a configure bug (reported by Jon Wilson) affecting MinGW
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_1_9.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_1_9.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2ed18080d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_1_9.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+Version 1.1.9, 2003-02-25
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Added support for using X.509v2 CRLs
+* Fixed several bugs in the path validation algorithm
+* Certificates can be verified for a particular usage
+* Algorithm for comparing distinguished names now follows X.509
+* Cleaned up the code for the es_beos, es_ftw, es_unix modules
+* Documentation updates
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_2_0.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_2_0.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2372919fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_2_0.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+Version 1.2.0, 2003-04-28
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Tweaked the Karatsuba cut-off points
+* Increased the allowed keylength of HMAC and Blowfish
+* Removed the 'mpi_ia32' module, pending rewrite
+* Workaround a GCC 2.95.x bug in eme1.cpp
+
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_2_1.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_2_1.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..885d6a10a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_2_1.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+Version 1.2.1, 2003-05-06
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Added ANSI X9.23 compatible CBC padding
+* Added an entropy source using Win32 CryptoAPI
+* Removed the Pipe I/O operators taking a FILE*
+* Moved the BigInt encoding/decoding functions into the BigInt class
+* Integrated several fixes for VC++ 7 (from Hany Greiss)
+* Fixed the configure.pl script for Windows builds
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_2_2.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_2_2.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6732daffb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_2_2.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Version 1.2.2, 2003-05-13
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Add checks to prevent any BigInt bugs from revealing an RSA or RW key
+* Changed the interface of Global_RNG::seed
+* Major improvements for the es_unix module
+* Added another Win32 entropy source, es_win32
+* The Win32 CryptoAPI entropy source can now poll multiple providers
+* Improved the BeOS entropy source
+* Renamed pipe_unixfd module to fd_unix
+* Fixed a file descriptor leak in the EGD module
+* Fixed a few locking bugs
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_2_3.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_2_3.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fd12fc09c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_2_3.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+Version 1.2.3, 2003-05-20
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Fixed a bug that prevented DSA/NR key generation
+* Fixed a bug that prevented importing some root CA certs
+* Fixed a bug in the BER decoder when handing optional bit or byte strings
+* Fixed the encoding of authorityKeyIdentifier in X509_CA
+* Added a sanity check in PBKDF2 for zero length passphrases
+* Added versions of X509::load_key and PKCS8::load_key that take a file name
+* X509_CA generates 128 bit serial numbers now
+* Added tests to check PK key generation
+* Added a simplistic X.509 CA example
+* Cleaned up some of the examples
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_2_4.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_2_4.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..600d030c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_2_4.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Version 1.2.4, 2003-05-29
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Fixed a bug in EMSA1 affecting NR signature verification
+* Fixed a few latent bugs in BigInt related to word size
+* Removed an unused function, mp_add2_nc, from the MPI implementation
+* Reorganized the core MPI files
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_2_5.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_2_5.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b88c37e7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_2_5.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+Version 1.2.5, 2003-06-22
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Fixed a tricky and long-standing memory leak in Pipe
+* Major cleanups and fixes in the memory allocation system
+* Removed alloc_mlock, which has been superseded by the ml_unix module
+* Removed a denial of service vulnerability in X509_Store
+* Fixed compilation problems with VS .NET 2003 and Codewarrior 8
+* Added another variant of PKCS8::load_key, taking a memory buffer
+* Fixed various minor/obscure bugs which occurred when MP_WORD_BITS != 32
+* BigInt::operator%=(word) was a no-op if the input was a power of 2
+* Fixed portability problems in BigInt::to_u32bit
+* Fixed major bugs in SSL3-MAC
+* Cleaned up some messes in the PK algorithms
+* Cleanups and extensions for OMAC and EAX
+* Made changes to the entropy estimation function
+* Added a 'beos' module set for use on BeOS
+* Officially deprecated a few X509:: and PKCS8:: functions
+* Moved the contents of primes.h to numthry.h
+* Moved the contents of x509opt.h to x509self.h
+* Removed the (empty) desx.h header
+* Documentation updates
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_2_6.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_2_6.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9a22648d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_2_6.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+Version 1.2.6, 2003-07-04
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Major performance increase for PK algorithms on most 64-bit systems
+* Cleanups in the low-level MPI code to support asm implementations
+* Fixed build problems with some versions of Compaq's C++ compiler
+* Removed useless constructors for NR public and private keys
+* Removed support for the patch_file directive in module files
+* Removed several deprecated functions
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_2_7.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_2_7.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8121bbef8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_2_7.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+Version 1.2.7, 2003-10-31
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Added support for reading configuration files
+* Added constructors so NR and RW keys can be imported easily
+* Fixed mp_asm64, which was completely broken in 1.2.6
+* Removed tm_hw_ia32 module; replaced by tm_hard
+* Added support for loading certain oddly formed RSA certificates
+* Fixed spelling of NON_REPUDIATION enum
+* Renamed the option default_to_ca to v1_assume_ca
+* Fixed a minor bug in X.509 certificate generation
+* Fixed a latent bug in the OID lookup code
+* Updated the RPM spec file
+* Added to the tutorial
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_2_8.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_2_8.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e234b5ccd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_2_8.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Version 1.2.8, 2003-11-21
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Merged several important bug fixes from 1.3.x
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_3_0.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_3_0.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c1229e8d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_3_0.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+Version 1.3.0, 2003-11-02
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Major redesign of the PKCS #8 private key import/export system
+* Added a small amount of UI interface code for getting passphrases
+* Added heuristics that tell if a key, cert, etc is stored as PEM or BER
+* Removed CS-Cipher, SHARK, ThreeWay, MD5-MAC, and EMAC
+* Removed certain deprecated constructors of RSA, DSA, DH, RW, NR
+* Made PEM decoding more forgiving of extra text before the header
+
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_3_1.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_3_1.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..70bc79d02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_3_1.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+Version 1.3.1, 2003-11-04
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Generalized a few pieces of the DER encoder
+* PKCS8::load_key would fail if handed an unencrypted key
+* Added a failsafe so PKCS #8 key decoding can't go into an infinite loop
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_3_10.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_3_10.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f99d11bc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_3_10.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+Version 1.3.10, 2004-03-27
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Added support for OpenPGP's ASCII armor format
+* Cleaned up the RNG system; seeding is much more flexible
+* Added simple autoconfiguration abilities to configure.pl
+* Fixed a GCC 2.95.x compile problem
+* Updated the example configuration file
+* Documentation updates
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_3_11.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_3_11.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..86c1f13a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_3_11.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+Version 1.3.11, 2004-04-01
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Fixed two show-stopping bugs in PKCS10_Request
+* Added some sanity checks in Pipe/Filter
+* The DNS and URI entries would get swapped in subjectAlternativeNames
+* MAC_Filter is now willing to not take a key at creation time
+* Setting the expiration times of certs and CRLs is more flexible
+* Fixed problems building on AIX with GCC
+* Fixed some problems in the tutorial pointed out by Dominik Vogt
+* Documentation updates
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_3_12.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_3_12.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0a5ef7901
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_3_12.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+Version 1.3.12, 2004-05-02
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Added ability to remove old entries from CRLs
+* Swapped the first two arguments of X509_CA::update_crl()
+* Added an < operator for MemoryRegion, so it can be used as a std::map key
+* Changed X.509 searching by DNS name from substring to full string compares
+* Renamed a few X509_Certificate and PKCS10_Request member functions
+* Fixed a problem when decoding some PKCS #10 requests
+* Hex_Decoder would not check inputs, reported by Vaclav Ovsik
+* Changed default CRL expire time from 30 days to 7 days
+* X509_CRL's default PEM header is now "X509 CRL", for OpenSSL compatibility
+* Corrected errors in the API doc, fixes from Ken Perano
+* More documentation about the Pipe/Filter code
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_3_13.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_3_13.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6b6726aea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_3_13.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+Version 1.3.13, 2004-05-15
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Major fixes for Cygwin builds
+* Minor MacOS X install fixes
+* The configure script is a little better at picking the right modules
+* Removed ml_unix from the 'unix' module set for Cygwin compatibility
+* Fixed a stupid compile problem in pkcs10.h
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_3_14.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_3_14.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..330a4690b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_3_14.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+Version 1.3.14, 2004-06-12
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Added support for AEP's AEP1000/AEP2000 crypto cards
+* Added a Mutex module using Qt, from Justin Karneges
+* Added support for engine loading in LibraryInitializer
+* Tweaked SecureAllocator, giving 20% better performance under heavy load
+* Added timer and memory locking modules for Win32 (tm_win32, ml_win32)
+* Renamed PK_Engine to Engine_Core
+* Improved the Karatsuba cutoff points
+* Fixes for compiling with GCC 3.4 and Sun C++ 5.5
+* Fixes for Linux/s390, OpenBSD, and Solaris
+* Added support for Linux/s390x
+* The configure script was totally broken for 'generic' OS
+* Removed Montgomery reduction due to bugs
+* Removed an unused header, pkcs8alg.h
+* check --validate returns an error code if any tests failed
+* Removed duplicate entry in Unix command list for es_unix
+* Moved the Cert_Usage enumeration into X509_Store
+* Added new timing methods for PK benchmarks, clock_gettime and RDTSC
+* Fixed a few minor bugs in the configure script
+* Removed some deprecated functions from x509cert.h and pkcs10.h
+* Removed the 'minimal' module, has to be updated for Engine support
+* Changed MP_WORD_BITS macro to BOTAN_MP_WORD_BITS to clean up namespace
+* Documentation updates
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_3_2.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_3_2.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c4a99be88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_3_2.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+Version 1.3.2, 2003-11-13
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Fixed a bug preventing DSA signatures from verifying on X.509 objects
+* Made the X509_Store search routines more efficient and flexible
+* Added a function to X509_PublicKey to do easy public/private key matching
+* Added support for decoding indefinite length BER data
+* Changed Pipe's peek() to take an offset
+* Removed Filter::set_owns in favor of the new incr_owns function
+* Removed BigInt::zero() and BigInt::one()
+* Renamed the PEM related options from base/pem_* to pem/*
+* Added an option to specify the line width when encoding PEM
+* Removed the "rng/safe_longterm" option; it's always on now
+* Changed the cipher used for RNG super-encryption from ARC4 to WiderWake4+1
+* Cleaned up the base64/hex encoders and decoders
+* Added an ASN.1/BER decoder as an example
+* AES had its internals marked 'public' in previous versions
+* Changed the value of the ASN.1 NO_OBJECT enum
+* Various new hacks in the configure script
+* Removed the already nominal support for SunOS
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_3_3.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_3_3.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..236fbec85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_3_3.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+Version 1.3.3, 2003-11-17
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* The library can now be repeatedly initialized and shutdown without crashing
+* Fixed an off-by-one error in the CTS code
+* Fixed an error in the EMSA4 verification code
+* Fixed a memory leak in mutex.cpp (pointed out by James Widener)
+* Fixed a memory leak in Pthread_Mutex
+* Fixed several memory leaks in the testing code
+* Bulletproofed the EMSA/EME/KDF/MGF retrieval functions
+* Minor cleanups in SecureAllocator
+* Removed a needless mutex guarding the (stateless) global timer
+* Fixed a piece of bash-specific code in botan-config
+* X.509 objects report more information about decoding errors
+* Cleaned up some of the exception handling
+* Updated the example config file with new OIDSs
+* Moved the build instructions into a separate document, building.tex
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_3_4.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_3_4.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..54a12d818
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_3_4.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+Version 1.3.4, 2003-11-21
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Added a module that does certain MPI operations using GNU MP
+* Added the X9.42 Diffie-Hellman PRF
+* The Zlib and Bzip2 objects now use custom allocators
+* Added member functions for directly hashing/MACing SecureVectors
+* Minor optimizations to the MPI addition and subtraction algorithms
+* Some cleanups in the low-level MPI code
+* Created separate AES-{128,192,256} objects
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_3_5.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_3_5.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f94df7bd9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_3_5.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+Version 1.3.5, 2003-11-30
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Major improvements in ASN.1 string handling
+* Added partial support for ASN.1 UTF8 STRINGs and BMP STRINGs
+* Added partial support for the X.509v3 certificate policies extension
+* Centralized the handling of character set information
+* Added FIPS 140-2 startup self tests
+* Added a module (fips140) for doing extra FIPS 140-2 tests
+* Added FIPS 186-2 RNG
+* Improved ASN.1 BIT STRING handling
+* Removed a memory leak in PKCS10_Request
+* The encoding of DirectoryString now follows PKIX guidelines
+* Fixed some of the character set dependencies
+* Fixed a DER encoding error for tags greater than 30
+* The BER decoder can now handle tags larger than 30
+* Fixed tm_hard.cpp to recognize SPARC on more systems
+* Workarounds for a GCC 2.95.x bug in x509find.cpp
+* RPM changed to install into /usr instead of /usr/local
+* Added support for QNX
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_3_6.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_3_6.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f8310d315
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_3_6.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Version 1.3.6, 2003-12-07
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Added a new module 'minimal', which disables most algorithms
+* SecureAllocator allocates a few blocks at startup
+* A few minor MPI cleanups
+* RPM spec file cleanups and fixes
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_3_7.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_3_7.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8cbb431f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_3_7.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Version 1.3.7, 2003-12-12
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Fixed a big security problem in es_unix
+* Fixed several stability problems in es_unix
+* Expanded the list of programs es_unix will try to use
+* SecureAllocator now only preallocates blocks in special cases
+* Added a special case in Global_RNG::seed for forcing a full poll
+* Removed the FIPS 186 RNG added in 1.3.5 pending further testing
+* Configure updates for PowerPC CPUs
+* Removed the (never tested) VAX support
+* Added support for S/390 Linux
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_3_8.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_3_8.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7fac2566a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_3_8.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+Version 1.3.8, 2003-12-30
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Initial introduction of engine support, which separates PK keys from
+ the underlying operations. An engine using GNU MP was added.
+
+* DSA, DH, NR, and ElGamal constructors accept taking just the private
+ key again since the public key is easily derived from it.
+
+* Montgomery reduction support was added.
+* ElGamal keys now support being imported/exported as ASN.1 objects
+* Added Montgomery reductions
+* Added an engine that uses GNU MP (requires 4.1 or later)
+* Removed the obsolete mp_gmp module
+* Moved several initialization/shutdown functions to init.h
+* Major refactoring of the memory containers
+* New non-locking container, MemoryVector
+* Fixed 64-bit problems in BigInt::set_bit/clear_bit
+* Renamed PK_Key::check_params() to check_key()
+* Some incompatible changes to OctetString
+* Added version checking macros in version.h
+* Removed the fips140 module pending rewrite
+* Added some functions and hooks to help GUIs
+* Moved more shared code into MDx_HashFunction
+* Added a policy hook for specifying the encoding of X.509 strings
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_3_9.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_3_9.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1867b8231
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_3_9.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+Version 1.3.9, 2004-03-07
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Added an engine using OpenSSL (requires 0.9.7 or later)
+* X509_Certificate would lose email addresses stored in the DN
+* Fixed a missing initialization in a BigInt constructor
+* Fixed several Visual C++ compile problems
+* Fixed some BeOS build problems
+* Fixed the WiderWake benchmark
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_4_0.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_4_0.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c1cc5ea88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_4_0.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+Version 1.4.0, 2004-06-26
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Added the FIPS 186 RNG back
+* Added copy_key functions for X.509 public keys and PKCS #8 private keys
+* Fixed PKCS #1 signatures with RIPEMD-128
+* Moved some code around to avoid warnings with Sun ONE compiler
+* Fixed a bug in botan-config affecting OpenBSD
+* Fixed some build problems on Tru64, HP-UX
+* Fixed compile problems with Intel C++, Compaq C++
+
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_4_1.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_4_1.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..10f45b8b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_4_1.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+Version 1.4.1, 2004-10-10
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Fixed major errors in the X.509 and PKCS #8 copy_key functions
+* Added a LAST_MESSAGE meta-message number for Pipe
+* Added new aliases (3DES and DES-EDE) for Triple-DES
+* Added some new functions to PK_Verifier
+* Cleaned up the KDF interface
+* Disabled tm_posix on BSD due to header issues
+* Fixed a build problem on PowerPC with GNU C++ pre-3.4
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_4_10.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_4_10.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..277245284
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_4_10.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+Version 1.4.10, 2005-12-18
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Added an implementation of KASUMI, the block cipher used in 3G phones
+* Refactored Pipe; output queues are now managed by a distinct class
+* Made certain Filter facilities only available to subclasses of Fanout_Filter
+* There is no longer any overhead in Pipe for a message that has been read out
+* It is now possible to generate RSA keys as small as 128 bits
+* Changed some of the core classes to derive from Algorithm as a virtual base
+* Changed Randpool to use HMAC instead of a plain hash as the mixing function
+* Fixed a bug in the allocators; found and fixed by Matthew Gregan
+* Enabled the use of binary file I/O, when requested by the application
+* The OpenSSL engine's block cipher code was missing some deallocation calls
+* Disabled the es_ftw module on NetBSD, due to header problems there
+* Fixed a problem preventing tm_hard from building on MacOS X on PowerPC
+* Some cleanups for the modules that use inline assembler
+* config.h is now stored in build/ instead of build/include/botan/
+* The header util.h was split into bit_ops.h, parsing.h, and util.h
+* Cleaned up some redundant include directives
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_4_11.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_4_11.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1bfb5d059
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_4_11.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+Version 1.4.11, 2005-12-31
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Changed Whirlpool diffusion matrix to match updated algorithm spec
+* Fixed several engine module build errors introduced in 1.4.10
+* Fixed two build problems in es_capi; reported by Matthew Gregan
+* Added a constructor to DataSource_Memory taking a std::string
+* Placing the same Filter in multiple Pipes triggers an exception
+* The configure script accepts --docdir and --libdir
+* Merged doc/rngs.txt into the main API document
+* Thanks to Joel Low for several bug reports on early tarballs of 1.4.11
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_4_12.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_4_12.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d2c134884
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_4_12.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Version 1.4.12, 2006-01-15
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Fixed an off-by-one memory read in MISTY1::key()
+* Fixed a nasty memory leak in Output_Buffers::retire()
+* Changed maximum HMAC keylength to 1024 bits
+* Fixed a build problem in the hardware timer module on 64-bit PowerPC
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_4_2.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_4_2.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..43cc25a42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_4_2.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+Version 1.4.2, 2004-10-31
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Fixed a major CRL handling bug
+* Cipher and hash operations can be offloaded to engines
+* Added support for cipher and hash offload in OpenSSL engine
+* Improvements for 64-bit CPUs without a widening multiply instruction
+* Support for SHA2-* and Whirlpool with EMSA2
+* Fixed a long-standing build problem with conflicting include files
+* Fixed some examples that hadn't been updated for 1.4.x
+* Portability fixes for Solaris, BSD, HP-UX, and others
+* Lots of fixes and cleanups in the configure script
+* Updated the Gentoo ebuild file
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_4_3.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_4_3.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..016221c6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_4_3.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+Version 1.4.3, 2004-11-06
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Split up SecureAllocator into Allocator and Pooling_Allocator
+* Memory locking allocators are more likely to be used
+* Fixed the placement of includes in some modules
+* Fixed broken installation procedure
+* Fixes in configure script to support alternate install programs
+* Modules can specify the minimum version they support
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_4_4.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_4_4.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f633751f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_4_4.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+Version 1.4.4, 2004-12-02
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Further tweaks to the pooling allocator
+* Modified EMSA3 to support SSL/TLS signatures
+* Changes to support Qt/QCA, from Justin Karneges
+* Moved mux_qt module code into mod_qt
+* Fixes for HP-UX from Mike Desjardins
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_4_5.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_4_5.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cfc8b3455
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_4_5.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+Version 1.4.5, 2005-02-26
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Add support for AES encryption of private keys
+* Minor fixes for PBES2 parameter decoding
+* Internal cleanups for global state variables
+* GCC 3.x version detection was broken in non-English locales
+* Work around a Sun Forte bug affecting mem_pool.h
+* Several fixes for Borland C++ 5.5, from Friedemann Kleint
+* Removed inclusion of init.h into base.h
+* Fixed a major bug in reading from certificate stores
+* Cleaned up a couple of mutex leaks
+* Removed some left-over debugging code
+* Removed SSL3_MAC, SSL3_PRF, and TLS_PRF
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_4_6.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_4_6.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a4450928d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_4_6.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+Version 1.4.6, 2005-03-13
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Fix an error in the shutdown code introduced in 1.4.5
+* Setting base/pkcs8_tries to 0 disables the builtin fail-out
+* Support for XMPP identifiers in X.509 certificates
+* Duplicate entries in X.509 DNs are removed
+* More fixes for Borland C++, from Friedemann Kleint
+* Add a workaround for buggy iostreams
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_4_7.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_4_7.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1531b1cfe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_4_7.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+Version 1.4.7, 2005-09-25
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Fixed major performance problems with recent versions of GNU C++
+* Added an implementation of the X9.31 PRNG
+* Removed the X9.17 and FIPS 186-2 PRNG algorithms
+* Changed defaults to use X9.31 PRNGs as global PRNG objects
+* Documentation updates to reflect the PRNG changes
+* Some cleanups related to the engine code
+* Removed two useless headers, base_eng.h and secalloc.h
+* Removed PK_Verifier::valid_signature
+* Fixed configure/build system bugs affecting MacOS X builds
+* Added support for the EKOPath x86-64 compiler
+* Added missing destructor for BlockCipherModePaddingMethod
+* Fix some build problems with Visual C++ 2005 beta
+* Fix some build problems with Visual C++ 2003 Workshop
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_4_8.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_4_8.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..694138ecc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_4_8.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+Version 1.4.8, 2005-10-16
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Resolved a bad performance problem in the allocators; fix by Matt Johnston
+* Worked around a Visual Studio 2003 compilation problem introduced in 1.4.7
+* Renamed OMAC to CMAC to match the official NIST naming
+* Added single byte versions of update() to PK_Signer and PK_Verifier
+* Removed the unused reverse_bits and reverse_bytes functions
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_4_9.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_4_9.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ff663a0a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_4_9.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+Version 1.4.9, 2005-11-06
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Added the IBM-created AES candidate algorithm MARS
+* Added the South Korean block cipher SEED
+* Added the stream cipher Turing
+* Added the new hash function FORK-256
+* Deprecated the ISAAC stream cipher
+* Twofish and RC6 are significantly faster with GCC
+* Much better support for 64-bit PowerPC
+* Added support for high-resolution PowerPC timers
+* Fixed a bug in the configure script causing problems on FreeBSD
+* Changed ANSI X9.31 to support arbitrary block ciphers
+* Make the configure script a bit less noisy
+* Added more test vectors for some algorithms, including all the AES finalists
+* Various cosmetic source code cleanups
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_5_0.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_5_0.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6b2926510
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_5_0.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Version 1.5.0, 2006-01-01
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Moved all global/shared library state into a single object
+* Mutex objects are created through mutex factories instead of a global
+* Removed ::get_mutex(), ::initialize_mutex(), and Mutex::clone()
+* Removed the RNG_Quality enum entirely
+* There is now only a single global-use PRNG
+* Removed the no_aliases and no_oids options for LibraryInitializer
+* Removed the deprecated algorithms SEAL, ISAAC, and HAVAL
+* Change es_ftw to use unbuffered I/O
+
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_5_1.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_5_1.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..69ba5c6fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_5_1.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+Version 1.5.1, 2006-01-08
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Implemented Montgomery exponentiation
+* Implemented generalized Karatsuba multiplication and squaring
+* Implemented Comba squaring for 4, 6, and 8 word inputs
+* Added new Modular_Exponentiator and Power_Mod classes
+* Removed FixedBase_Exp and FixedExponent_Exp
+* Fixed a performance regression in get_allocator introduced in 1.5.0
+* Engines can now offer S2K algorithms and block cipher padding methods
+* Merged the remaining global 'algolist' code into Default_Engine
+* The low-level MPI code is linked as C again
+* Replaced BigInt's get_nibble with the more general get_substring
+* Some documentation updates
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_5_10.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_5_10.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e4af64bb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_5_10.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+Version 1.5.10, 2006-08-13
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Add x86 assembler versions of MD4, MD5, and SHA-1
+* Expand InitializerOptions' language to support on/off switches
+* Fix definition of OID 2.5.4.8; was accidentally changed in 1.5.9
+* Fix possible resource leaks in the mmap allocator
+* Slightly optimized buffering in MDx_HashFunction
+* Initialization failures are dealt with somewhat better
+* Add an example implementing Pollard's Rho algorithm
+* Better option handling in the test/benchmark tool
+* Expand the xor_ciph example to support longer keys
+* Some updates to the documentation
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_5_11.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_5_11.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..144d8be66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_5_11.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+Version 1.5.11, 2006-09-10
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Removed the Algorithm base class
+* Various cleanups in the public key inheritance hierarchy
+* Major overhaul of the configure/build setup
+* Added x86 assembler implementations of Serpent and low-level MPI code
+* Optimizations for the SHA-1 x86 assembler
+* Various improvements to the Python wrappers
+* Work around a Visual Studio compiler bug
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_5_12.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_5_12.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4e57fd99a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_5_12.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+Version 1.5.12, 2006-10-27
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Cleanups in the initialization routines
+* Add some x86-64 assembly for multiply-add
+* Fix problems generating very small (below 384 bit) RSA keys
+* Support out of tree builds
+* Bring some of the documentation up to date
+* More improvements to the Python bindings
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_5_13.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_5_13.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b8bcf7684
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_5_13.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+Version 1.5.13, 2006-12-10
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Compilation fixes for the bzip2, zlib, and GNU MP modules
+* Better support for Intel C++ and EKOpath C++ on x86-64
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_5_2.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_5_2.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5e5a68d44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_5_2.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+Version 1.5.2, 2006-01-15
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Fixed an off-by-one memory read in MISTY1::key()
+* Fixed a nasty memory leak in Output_Buffers::retire()
+* Reimplemented the memory allocator from scratch
+* Improved memory caching in Montgomery exponentiation
+* Optimizations for multiple precision addition and subtraction
+* Fixed a build problem in the hardware timer module on 64-bit PowerPC
+* Changed default Karatsuba cutoff to 12 words (was 14)
+* Removed MemoryRegion::bits(), which was unused and incorrect
+* Changed maximum HMAC keylength to 1024 bits
+* Various minor Makefile and build system changes
+* Avoid using std::min in <secmem.h> to bypass Windows libc macro pollution
+* Switched checks/clock.cpp back to using clock() by default
+* Enabled the symmetric algorithm tests, which were accidentally off in 1.5.1
+* Removed the Default_Mutex's unused clone() member function
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_5_3.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_5_3.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..60f5f9009
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_5_3.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+Version 1.5.3, 2006-01-24
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Many optimizations in the low-level multiple precision integer code
+* Added hooks for assembly implementations of the MPI code
+* Support for the X.509 issuer alternative name extension in new certs
+* Fixed a bug in the decompression modules; found and patched by Matt Johnston
+* New Windows mutex module (mux_win32), by Luca Piccarreta
+* Changed the Windows timer module to use QueryPerformanceCounter
+* mem_pool.cpp was using std::set iterators instead of std::multiset ones
+* Fixed a bug in X509_CA preventing users from disabling particular extensions
+* Fixed the mp_asm64 module, which was entirely broken in 1.5.2
+* Fixed some module build problems on FreeBSD and Tru64
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_5_4.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_5_4.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..44eae0598
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_5_4.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+Version 1.5.4, 2006-01-29
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Integrated x86 and amd64 assembly code, contributed by Luca Piccarreta
+* Fixed a memory access off-by-one in the Karatsuba code
+* Changed Pooling_Allocator's free list search to a log(N) algorithm
+* Merged ModularReducer with its only subclass, Barrett_Reducer
+* Fixed sign-handling bugs in some of the division and modulo code
+* Renamed the module description files to modinfo.txt
+* Further cleanups in the initialization code
+* Removed BigInt::add and BigInt::sub
+* Merged all the division-related functions into just divide()
+* Modified the <mp_asmi.h> functions to allow for better optimizations
+* Made the number of bits polled from an EntropySource user configurable
+* Avoid including <algorithm> in <botan/secmem.h>
+* Fixed some build problems with Sun Forte
+* Removed some dead code from bigint_modop
+* Fix the definition of same_mem
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_5_5.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_5_5.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e4ab22fb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_5_5.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Version 1.5.5, 2006-02-04
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Fixed a potential infinite loop in the memory pool code (Matt Johnston)
+* Made Pooling_Allocator::Memory_Block an actual class of sorts
+* Some small optimizations to the division and modulo computations
+* Cleaned up the implementation of some of the BigInt operators
+* Reduced use of dynamic memory allocation in low-level BigInt functions
+* A few simplifications in the Randpool mixing function
+* Removed power(), as it was not particularly useful (or fast)
+* Fixed some annoying bugs in the benchmark code
+* Added a real credits file
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_5_6.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_5_6.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8925a8003
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_5_6.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+Version 1.5.6, 2006-03-01
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* The low-level DER/BER coding system was redesigned and rewritten
+* Portions of the certificate code were cleaned up internally
+* Use macros to substantially clean up the GCC assembly code
+* Added 32-bit x86 assembly for Visual C++ (by Luca Piccarreta)
+* Avoid a couple of spurious warnings under Visual C++
+* Some slight cleanups in X509_PublicKey::key_id
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_5_7.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_5_7.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..45ded103f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_5_7.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Version 1.5.7, 2006-05-28
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Further, major changes to the BER/DER coding system
+* Updated the Qt mutex module to use Mutex_Factory
+* Moved the library global state object into an anonymous namespace
+* Drop the Visual C++ x86 assembly module due to bugs
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_5_8.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_5_8.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c7a2c549d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_5_8.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Version 1.5.8, 2006-06-23
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Many internal cleanups to the X.509 cert/CRL code
+* Allow for application code to support new X.509 extensions
+* Change the return type of X509_Certificate::{subject,issuer}_info
+* Allow for alternate character set handling mechanisms
+* Fix a bug that was slowing squaring performance somewhat
+* Fix a very hard to hit overflow bug in the C version of word3_muladd
+* Minor cleanups to the assembler modules
+* Disable es_unix module on FreeBSD due to build problem on FreeBSD 6.1
+* Support for GCC 2.95.x has been dropped in this release
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_5_9.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_5_9.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fa7c130fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_5_9.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Version 1.5.9, 2006-07-12
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Fixed bitrot in the AEP engine
+* Fix support for marking certificate/CRL extensions as critical
+* Significant cleanups in the library state / initialization code
+* LibraryInitializer takes an explicit InitializerOptions object
+* Make Mutex_Factory an abstract class, add Default_Mutex_Factory
+* Change configuration access to using global_state()
+* Add support for global named mutexes throughout the library
+* Add some STL wrappers for the delete operator
+* Change how certificates are created to be more flexible and general
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_6_0.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_6_0.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..32b4d7ae8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_6_0.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+Version 1.6.0, 2006-12-17
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Minor cleanups versus 1.5.13
+
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_6_1.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_6_1.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cf1de29a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_6_1.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Version 1.6.1, 2007-01-20
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Fix some base64 decoder bugs
+* Add a new option to base64 encoding, to always append a newline
+* Fix some build problems under Visual Studio with debug enabled
+* Fix a bug in BER_Decoder that was triggered under some compilers
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_6_2.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_6_2.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3fdea578f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_6_2.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+Version 1.6.2, 2007-03-24
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Fix autodection on Athlon64s running Linux
+* Fix builds on QNX and compilers using STLport
+* Remove a call to abort() that crept into production
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_6_3.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_6_3.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c6d9f4364
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_6_3.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+Version 1.6.3, 2007-07-23
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Fix a race condition in the algorithm lookup cache
+* Fix problems building the memory pool on some versions of Visual C++
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_6_4.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_6_4.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8f5295bcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_6_4.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Version 1.6.4, 2008-03-08
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Fix a compilation problem with Visual Studio C++ 2003
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_6_5.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_6_5.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..827adff95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_6_5.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+Version 1.6.5, 2008-08-27
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Add noexec stack marker for GNU linker in assembly code
+* Fix autoconfiguration problem on x86 with GCC 4.2 and 4.3
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_7_0.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_7_0.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b9ad37914
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_7_0.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+Version 1.7.0, 2007-05-19
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* DSA parameter generation now follows FIPS 186-3
+* Added OIDs for Rabin-Williams and Nyberg-Rueppel
+* Somewhat better support for out of tree builds
+* Minor optimizations for RC2 and Tiger
+* Documentation updates
+* Update the todo list
+
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_7_1.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_7_1.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e53bf66d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_7_1.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+Version 1.7.1, 2007-07-23
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Fix a race condition in the algorithm object cache
+* HMAC key schedule optimization
+* The build header sets a macro defining endianness, if known
+* New word load/store abstraction allowing further optimization
+* Modify most of the library to avoid use the C-style casts
+* Use higher resolution timers in symmetric benchmarks
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_7_10.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_7_10.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..edaec7b71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_7_10.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+Version 1.7.10, 2008-09-05
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Public key benchmarks run using a selection of random keys
+* New benchmark timer options are clock_gettime, gettimeofday, times, clock
+* Including reinterpret_cast optimization for xor_buf in default header
+* Split byte swapping and word rotation functions into distinct headers
+* Add IETF modp 6144 group and 2048 and 3072 bit DSS groups
+* Optimizes BigInt right shift
+* Add aliases in DL_Group::Format enum
+* BigInt now caches the significant word count
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_7_11.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_7_11.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..be23f0d72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_7_11.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Version 1.7.11, 2008-09-11
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Added the Salsa20 stream cipher
+* Optimized Montgomery reduction, Karatsuba squaring
+* Added 16x16->32 word Comba multiplication and squaring
+* Use a much larger Karatsuba cutoff point
+* Remove bigint_mul_add_words
+* Inlined several BigInt functions
+* Add useful information to the generated build.h
+* Rename alg_{ia32,amd64} modules to asm_{ia32,amd64}
+* Fix the Windows build
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_7_12.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_7_12.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..21bd3da8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_7_12.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+Version 1.7.12, 2008-09-18
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Add x86 assembly for Visual Studio C++, by Luca Piccarreta
+* Add a Perl XS module, by Vaclav Ovsik
+* Add SWIG-based wrapper for Botan
+* Add SSE2 implementation of SHA-1, by Dean Gaudet
+* Remove the BigInt::sig_words cache due to bugs
+* Combined the 4 Blowfish sboxes, suggested by Yves Jerschow
+* Changed BigInt::grow_by and BigInt::grow_to to be non-const
+* Add private assignment operators to classes that don't support assignment
+* Benchmark RSA encryption and signatures
+* Added test programs for random_prime and ressol
+* Add high resolution timers for IA-64, HP-PA, S390x
+* Reduce use of the RNG during benchmarks
+* Fix builds on STI Cell PPU
+* Add support for IBM's XLC compiler
+* Add IETF 8192 bit MODP group
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_7_13.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_7_13.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..66591df88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_7_13.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+Version 1.7.13, 2008-09-27
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Add SSLv3 MAC, SSLv3 PRF, and TLS v1.0 PRF from Ajisai
+* Allow all examples to compile even if compression not enabled
+* Make CMAC's polynomial doubling operation a public class method
+* Use the -m64 flag when compiling with Sun Forte on x86-64
+* Clean up and slightly optimize CMAC::final_result
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_7_14.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_7_14.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6bf5c50d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_7_14.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+Version 1.7.14, 2008-09-30
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Split library into parts allowing modular builds
+* Add (very preliminary) CMS support to the main library
+* Some constructors now require object pointers instead of names
+* Support multiple implementations of the same algorithm
+* Build support for Pentium-M processors, from Derek Scherger
+* Build support for MinGW/MSYS, from Zbigniew Zagorski
+* Use inline assembly for bswap on 32-bit x86
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_7_15.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_7_15.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9cd34ab64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_7_15.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+Version 1.7.15, 2008-10-07
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Add GF(p) arithmetic from InSiTo
+* Add ECDSA and ECKAEG implementations from InSiTo
+* Minimize internal dependencies, allowing for smaller build configurations
+* Add new User Manual and Architecture Guide from FlexSecure GmbH
+* Alter configure.pl options for better autotools compatibility
+* Update build instructions for recent changes to configure.pl
+* Fix CPU detection using /proc/cpuinfo
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_7_16.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_7_16.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8b964da3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_7_16.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+Version 1.7.16, 2008-10-09
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Add several missing pieces needed for ECDSA and ECKAEG
+* Add Card Verifiable Certificates from InSiTo
+* Add SHA-224 from InSiTo
+* Add BSI variant of EMSA1 from InSiTo
+* Add GF(p) and ECDSA tests from InSiTo
+* Split ECDSA and ECKAEG into distinct modules
+* Allow OpenSSL and GNU MP engines to be built with public key algos disabled
+* Rename sha256.h to sha2_32.h and sha_64.h to sha2_64.h
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_7_17.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_7_17.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b364d6112
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_7_17.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+Version 1.7.17, 2008-10-12
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Add missing ECDSA object identifiers
+* Fix error in x86 and x86-64 assembler affecting GF(p) math
+* Remove Boost dependency from GF(p) math
+* Modify botan-config to not print -L/usr/lib or -L/usr/local/lib
+* Add BOTAN_DLL macro to over 30 classes missing it
+* Rename the two SHA-2 base classes for consistency
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_7_18.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_7_18.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2bc1bf970
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_7_18.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+Version 1.7.18, 2008-10-22
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Add Doxygen comments from InSiTo
+* Add ECDSA and ECKAEG benchmarks
+* Add configure.pl switch --with-tr1-implementation
+* Fix configure.pl's --with-endian and --with-unaligned-mem options
+* Added support for pkg-config
+* Optimize byteswap with x86 inline asm for Visual C++ by Yves Jerschow
+* Use const references to avoid copying overhead in CurveGFp, GFpModulus
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_7_19.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_7_19.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c54ce354d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_7_19.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+Version 1.7.19, 2008-11-06
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Add HMAC_RNG, based on a design by Hugo Krawczyk
+* Optimized the Turing stream cipher (about 20% faster on x86-64)
+* Modify Randpool's reseeding algorithm to poll more sources
+* Add a new AutoSeeded_RNG in auto_rng.h
+* OpenPGP_S2K changed to take hash object instead of name
+* Add automatic identification for Intel's Prescott processors
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_7_2.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_7_2.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3b182d246
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_7_2.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+Version 1.7.2, 2007-10-13
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Initialize the global library state lazily
+* Add plain CBC-MAC for backwards compatibility with old systems
+* Clean up some of the self test code
+* Throw a sensible exception if a DL_Group is not found
+* Truncate KDF2 output rather than allowing counter overflow
+* Add newly assigned OIDs for SHA-2 and DSA with SHA-224/256
+* Fix a Visual Studio compilation problem in x509stat.cpp
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_7_20.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_7_20.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..38a4b6b1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_7_20.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Version 1.7.20, 2008-11-09
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Namespace pkg-config file by major and minor versions
+* Cache device descriptors in Device_EntropySource
+* Split base.h into {block_cipher,stream_cipher,mac,hash}.h
+* Removed get_mgf function from lookup.h
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_7_21.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_7_21.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d3eaf48f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_7_21.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+Version 1.7.21, 2008-11-11
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Make algorithm lookup much more configuable
+* Add facilities for runtime performance testing of algorithms
+* Drop use of entropy estimation in the PRNGs
+* Increase intervals between HMAC_RNG automatic reseeding
+* Drop InitializerOptions class, all options but thread safety
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_7_22.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_7_22.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..52a286e83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_7_22.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+Version 1.7.22, 2008-11-17
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Add provider preferences to Algorithm_Factory
+* Fix memory leaks in PBE_PKCS5v20 and get_pbe introduced in 1.7.21
+* Optimize AES encryption and decryption (about 10% faster)
+* Enable SSE2 optimized SHA-1 implementation on Intel Prescott CPUs
+* Fix nanoseconds overflow in benchmark code
+* Remove Engine::add_engine
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_7_23.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_7_23.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bd30238d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_7_23.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+Version 1.7.23, 2008-11-23
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Change to use TR1 (thus enabling ECDSA) with GCC and ICC
+* Optimize almost all hash functions, especially MD4 and Tiger
+* Add configure.pl options --{with,without}-{bzip2,zlib,openssl,gnump}
+* Change Timer to be pure virtual, and add ANSI_Clock_Timer
+* Cache socket descriptors in the EGD entropy source
+* Avoid bogging down startup in /proc walking entropy source
+* Remove Buffered_EntropySource helper class
+* Add a Default_Benchmark_Timer typedef in benchmark.h
+* Add examples using benchmark.h and Algorithm_Factory
+* Add ECC tests from InSiTo
+* Minor documentation updates
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_7_24.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_7_24.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f43c752ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_7_24.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+Version 1.7.24, 2008-12-01
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Fix a compatibility problem with SHA-512/EMSA3 signature padding
+* Fix bug preventing EGD/PRNGD entropy poller from working
+* Fix integer overflow in Pooling_Allocator::get_more_core (bug id #27)
+* Add EMSA3_Raw, a variant of EMSA3 called CKM_RSA_PKCS in PKCS #11
+* Add support for SHA-224 in EMSA2 and EMSA3 PK signature padding schemes
+* Add many more test vectors for RSA with EMSA2, EMSA3, and EMSA4
+* Wrap private structs in SSE2 SHA-1 code in anonymous namespace
+* Change configure.pl's CPU autodetection output to be more consistent
+* Disable using OpenSSL's AES due to crashes of unknown cause
+* Fix warning in /proc walking entropy poller
+* Fix compilation with IBM XLC for Cell 0.9-200709
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_7_3.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_7_3.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8426978cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_7_3.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+Version 1.7.3, 2008-01-23
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* New invocation syntax for configure.pl with several new options
+* Support for IPv4 addresses in a subject alternative name
+* New fast poll for the generic Unix entropy source (es_unix)
+* The es_file entropy source has been replaced by the es_dev module
+* The malloc allocator does not inherit from Pooling_Allocator anymore
+* The path that es_unix will search in are now fully user-configurable
+* Truncate X9.42 PRF output rather than allow counter overflow
+* PowerPC is now assumed to be big-endian
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_7_4.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_7_4.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..608b7ffb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_7_4.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+Version 1.7.4, 2008-03-10
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Use unaligned memory read/writes on systems that allow it, for performance
+* Assembly for x86-64 for accessing the bswap instruction
+* Use larger buffers in ARC4 and WiderWAKE for significant throughput increase
+* Unroll loops in SHA-160 for a few percent increase in performance
+* Fix compilation with GCC 3.2 in es_ftw and es_unix
+* Build fix for NetBSD systems
+* Prevent es_dev from being built except on Unix systems
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_7_5.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_7_5.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f5ec97e14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_7_5.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+Version 1.7.5, 2008-04-12
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* The API of X509_CA::sign_request was altered to avoid race conditions
+* New type Pipe::message_id to represent the Pipe message number
+* Remove the Named_Mutex_Holder for a small performance gain
+* Removed several unused or rarely used functions from Config
+* Ignore spaces inside of a decimal string in BigInt::decode
+* Allow using a std::istream to initialize a DataSource_Stream object
+* Fix compilation problem in zlib compression module
+* The chunk sized used by Pooling_Allocator is now a compile time setting
+* The size of random blinding factors is now a compile time setting
+* The install target no longer tries to set a particular owner/group
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_7_6.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_7_6.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3fb6064fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_7_6.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+Version 1.7.6, 2008-05-05
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Initial support for Windows DLLs, from Joel Low
+* Reset the position pointer when a new block is generated in X9.32 PRNG
+* Timer objects are now treated as entropy sources
+* Moved several ASN.1-related enums from enums.h to an appropriate header
+* Removed the AEP module, due to inability to test
+* Removed Global_RNG and rng.h
+* Removed system_clock
+* Removed Library_State::UI and the pulse callback logic
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_7_7.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_7_7.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9934959e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_7_7.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+Version 1.7.7, 2008-06-28
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Remove the global PRNG object
+* The PK filter objects were removed
+* Add a test suite for the ANSI X9.31 PRNG
+* Much cleaner and (mostly) thread-safe reimplementation of es_ftw
+* Remove both default arguments to ANSI_X931_RNG's constructor
+* Remove the randomizing version of OctetString::change
+* Make the cipher and MAC to use in Randpool configurable
+* Move RandomNumberGenerator declaration to rng.h
+* RSA_PrivateKey will not generate keys smaller than 1024 bits
+* Fix an error decoding BER UNIVERSAL types with special taggings
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_7_8.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_7_8.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b02451214
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_7_8.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+Version 1.7.8, 2008-07-15
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Added the block cipher Noekeon
+* Remove global deref_alias function
+* X509_Store takes timeout options as constructor arguments
+* Add Shanks-Tonelli algorithm, contributed by FlexSecure GmbH
+* Extend random_prime() for generating primes of any bit length
+* Remove Config class
+* Allow adding new entropy via base RNG interface
+* Reseeding a X9.31 PRNG also reseeds the underlying PRNG
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_7_9.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_7_9.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..039106d71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_7_9.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+Version 1.7.9, 2008-08-27
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Make clear() in most algorithm base classes a pure virtual
+* Add noexec stack marker for GNU linker in assembly code
+* Avoid string operations in ressol
+* Compilation fixes for MinGW and Visual Studio C++ 2008
+* Some autoconfiguration fixes for Windows
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_8_0.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_8_0.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e9ebbe43f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_8_0.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+Version 1.8.0, 2008-12-08
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Fix compilation on Solaris with GCC
+
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_8_1.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_8_1.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..532842fba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_8_1.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Version 1.8.1, 2009-01-20
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Avoid a valgrind warning in es_unix.cpp on 32-bit Linux
+* Fix memory leak in PKCS8 load_key and encrypt_key
+* Relicense api.tex from CC-By-SA 2.5 to BSD
+* Fix botan-config on MacOS X, Solaris
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_8_10.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_8_10.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3c4f62b09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_8_10.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+Version 1.8.10, 2010-08-31
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Switch default PKCS #8 encryption algorithm from 3DES to AES-256
+* Increase default hash iterations from 2048 to 10000 in PBES1 and PBES2
+* Use small tables in the first round of AES
+* Add PBKDF typedef and get_pbkdf for better compatability with 1.9
+* Add version of S2K::derive_key taking salt and iteration count
+* Enable the /proc-walking entropy source on NetBSD
+* Fix the doxygen makefile target
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_8_11.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_8_11.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..688023ab4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_8_11.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+Version 1.8.11, 2010-11-02
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Fix a number of CRL encoding and decoding bugs
+* When building a debug library under VC++, use the debug runtime
+* Fix compilation under Sun Studio on Linux and Solaris
+* Add several functions for compatability with 1.9
+* In the examples, read most input files as binary
+* The Perl build script has been removed in this release
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_8_12.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_8_12.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..83955b7e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_8_12.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+Version 1.8.12, 2011-06-20
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+* If EMSA3(Raw) was used for more than one signature, it would produce
+ incorrect output.
+
+* Fix the --enable-debug option to configure.py
+
+* Improve OS detection on Cygwin
+
+* Fix compilation under Sun Studio 12 on Solaris
+
+* Fix a memory leak in the constructors of DataSource_Stream and
+ DataSink_Stream which would occur if opening the file failed. PR 144
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_8_13.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_8_13.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9de12cf07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_8_13.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Version 1.8.13, 2011-07-02
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* A race condition in `Algorithm_Factory` could cause crashes in
+ multithreaded code. See `this thread on botan-devel
+ <http://lists.randombit.net/pipermail/botan-devel/2011-July/001455.html>`_
+ for details and workarounds.
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_8_2.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_8_2.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8ba19973b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_8_2.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Version 1.8.2, 2009-04-07
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Make entropy polling more flexible and in most cases faster
+* GOST 28147 now supports multiple sbox parameters
+* Added the GOST 34.11 hash function
+* Fix botan-config problems on MacOS X
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_8_3.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_8_3.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3bfe7bde0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_8_3.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+Version 1.8.3, 2009-07-11
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Add a new Python configuration script
+* Add the Skein-512 SHA-3 candidate hash function
+* Add the XTS block cipher mode from IEEE P1619
+* Fix random_prime when generating a prime of less than 7 bits
+* Improve handling of low-entropy situations during PRNG seeding
+* Change random device polling to prefer /dev/urandom over /dev/random
+* Use an input insensitive implementation of same_mem instead of memcmp
+* Correct DataSource::discard_next to return the number of discarded bytes
+* Provide a default value for AutoSeeded_RNG::reseed
+* Fix Gentoo bug 272242
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_8_4.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_8_4.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b103db11f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_8_4.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Version 1.8.4, 2009-07-12
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Fix a bug in nonce generation in the Miller-Rabin test
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_8_5.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_8_5.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f2675de99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_8_5.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Version 1.8.5, 2009-07-23
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Change configure.py to work on stock Python 2.4
+* Avoid a crash in Skein_512::add_data processing a zero-length input
+* Small build fixes for SPARC, ARM, and HP-PA processors
+* The test suite now returns an error code from main() if any tests failed
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_8_6.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_8_6.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6e4fa8c56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_8_6.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Version 1.8.6, 2009-08-13
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Add Cryptobox, a set of simple password-based encryption routines
+* Only read world-readable files when walking /proc for entropy
+* Fix building with TR1 disabled
+* Fix x86 bswap support for Visual C++
+* Fixes for compilation under Sun C++
+* Add support for Dragonfly BSD (contributed by Patrick Georgi)
+* Add support for the Open64 C++ compiler
+* Build fixes for MIPS systems running Linux
+* Minor changes to license, now equivalent to the FreeBSD/NetBSD license
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_8_7.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_8_7.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e5bf54649
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_8_7.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+Version 1.8.7, 2009-09-09
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Fix processing multiple messages in XTS mode
+* Add --no-autoload option to configure.py, for minimized builds
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_8_8.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_8_8.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a46032c20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_8_8.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Version 1.8.8, 2009-11-03
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Alter Skein-512 to match the tweaked 1.2 specification
+* Fix use of inline asm for access to x86 bswap function
+* Allow building the library without AES enabled
+* Add 'powerpc64' alias to ppc64 arch for Gentoo ebuild
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_8_9.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_8_9.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c66198364
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_8_9.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+Version 1.8.9, 2010-06-16
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Use constant time multiplication in IDEA
+
+* Avoid possible timing attack against OAEP decoding
+
+* Add new X509::BER_encode and PKCS8::BER_encode
+
+* Enable DLL builds under Windows
+
+* Add Win32 installer support
+
+* Add support for the Clang compiler
+
+* Fix problem in semcem.h preventing build under Clang or GCC 3.4
+
+* Fix bug that prevented creation of DSA groups under 1024 bits
+
+* Fix crash in GMP_Engine if library is shutdown and reinitialized and
+ a PK algorithm was used after the second init
+
+* Work around problem with recent binutils in x86-64 SHA-1
+
+* The Perl build script is no longer supported and refuses to run by
+ default. If you really want to use it, pass
+ ``--i-know-this-is-broken`` to the script.
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_9_0.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_9_0.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3e0407887
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_9_0.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+Version 1.9.0, 2009-09-09
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Add support for parallel invocation of block ciphers where possible
+* Add SSE2 implementation of Serpent
+* Add Rivest's package transform (an all or nothing transform)
+* Minor speedups to the Turing key schedule
+* Fix processing multiple messages in XTS mode
+* Add --no-autoload option to configure.py, for minimized builds
+* The previously used configure.pl script is no longer supported
+
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_9_1.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_9_1.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e044f1d3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_9_1.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+Version 1.9.1, 2009-10-23
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Better support for Python and Perl wrappers
+* Add an implementation of Blue Midnight Wish (Round 2 tweak version)
+* Modify Skein-512 to match the tweaked 1.2 specification
+* Add threshold secret sharing (draft-mcgrew-tss-02)
+* Add runtime cpu feature detection for x86/x86-64
+* Add code for general runtime self testing for hashes, MACs, and ciphers
+* Optimize XTEA; twice as fast as before on Core2 and Opteron
+* Convert CTR_BE and OFB from filters to stream ciphers
+* New parsing code for SCAN algorithm names
+* Enable SSE2 optimizations under Visual C++
+* Remove all use of C++ exception specifications
+* Add support for GNU/Hurd and Clang/LLVM
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_9_10.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_9_10.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..296c34ca3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_9_10.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+Version 1.9.10, 2010-08-12
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Add a constant-time AES implementation using SSSE3. This code is
+ based on public domain assembly written by `Mike Hamburg
+ <http://crypto.stanford.edu/vpaes/>`_, and described in his CHES
+ 2009 paper "Accelerating AES with Vector Permute Instructions". In
+ addition to being constant time, it is also significantly faster
+ than the table-based implementation on some processors. The current
+ code has been tested with GCC 4.5, Visual C++ 2008, and Clang 2.8.
+
+
+* Support for dynamically loading Engine objects at runtime was also
+ added. Currently only system that use ``dlopen``-style dynamic
+ linking are supported.
+
+* On GCC 4.3 and later, use the byteswap intrinsic functions.
+
+* Drop support for building with Python 2.4
+
+* Fix benchmarking of block ciphers in ECB mode
+
+* Consolidate the two x86 assembly engines
+
+* Rename S2K to PBKDF
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_9_11.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_9_11.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ea48fb9e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_9_11.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+Version 1.9.11, 2010-11-29
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* The TLS API has changed substantially and now relies heavily on
+ TR1's ``std::function`` is now required. Additionally, it is
+ required that all callers derive a subclass of TLS_Policy and pass
+ it to a client or server object. Please remember that the TLS
+ interface/API is currently unstable and will very likely change
+ further before TLS is included in a stable release. A handshake
+ failure that occured when RC4 was negotiated has also been fixed.
+
+* Some possible timing channels in the implementations of Montgomery
+ reduction and the IDEA key schedule were removed. The table-based
+ AES implementation uses smaller tables in the first round to help
+ make some timing/cache attacks harder.
+
+* The library now uses size_t instead of u32bit to represent
+ lengths. Also the interfaces for the memory containers have changed
+ substantially to better match STL container interfaces;
+ MemoryRegion::append, MemoryRegion::destroy, and MemoryRegion::set
+ were all removed, and several other functions, like clear and
+ resize, have changed meaning.
+
+* Update Skein-512 to match the v1.3 specification
+* Fix a number of CRL encoding and decoding bugs
+* Counter mode now always encrypts 256 blocks in parallel
+* Use small tables in the first round of AES
+* Removed AES class: app must choose AES-128, AES-192, or AES-256
+* Add hex encoding/decoding functions that can be used without a Pipe
+* Add base64 encoding functions that can be used without a Pipe
+* Add to_string function to X509_Certificate
+* Add support for dynamic engine loading on Windows
+* Replace BlockCipher::BLOCK_SIZE attribute with function block_size()
+* Replace HashFunction::HASH_BLOCK_SIZE attribute with hash_block_size()
+* Move PBKDF lookup to engine system
+* The IDEA key schedule has been changed to run in constant time
+* Add Algorithm and Key_Length_Specification classes
+* Switch default PKCS #8 encryption algorithm from AES-128 to AES-256
+* Allow using PBKDF2 with empty passphrases
+* Add compile-time deprecation warnings for GCC, Clang, and MSVC
+* Support use of HMAC(SHA-256) and CMAC(Blowfish) in passhash9
+* Improve support for Intel Atom processors
+* Fix compilation problems under Sun Studio and Clang
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_9_12.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_9_12.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..21ad561d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_9_12.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+Version 1.9.12, 2010-12-13
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Add the Keccak hash function
+* Fix compilation problems in Python wrappers
+* Fix compilation problem in OpenSSL engine
+* Update SQLite3 database encryption codec
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_9_13.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_9_13.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..701b6e5f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_9_13.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+Version 1.9.13, 2011-02-19
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+GOST 34.10 signatures were being formatted in a way that was not
+compatible with other implemenations, and specifically how GOST is
+used in DNSSEC.
+
+The Keccak hash function was updated to the tweaked variant proposed
+for round 3 of the NIST hash competition. This version is not
+compatible with the previous algorithm.
+
+A new option ``--distribution-info`` was added to the configure
+script. It allows the user building the library to set any
+distribution-specific notes on the build, which are available as a
+macro ``BOTAN_DISTRIBUTION_INFO``. The default value is
+'unspecified'. If you are building an unmodified version of botan
+(especially for distribution), and want to indicate to applications
+that this is the case, consider using
+``--distribution-info=pristine``. If you are making any patches or
+modifications, it is recommended to use
+``--distribution-info=[Distribution Name] [Version]``, for instance
+'FooNix 1.9.13-r3'.
+
+Some bugs preventing compilation under Clang 2.9 and Sun Studio 12
+were fixed.
+
+The DER/BER codecs use ``size_t`` instead of ``u32bit`` for small
+integers
+
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_9_14.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_9_14.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dec238f3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_9_14.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+Version 1.9.14, 2011-03-01
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Add support for bcrypt, OpenBSD's password hashing scheme. It is
+ described in :ref:`bcrypt`.
+
+* Add support for NIST's AES key wrapping algorithm, as described in
+ :rfc:`3394`. It is available by including ``rfc3394.h``.
+
+* Fix an infinite loop in zlib filters introduced in 1.9.11 (PR 142)
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_9_15.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_9_15.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..77b8dbde9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_9_15.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+Version 1.9.15, 2011-03-21
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* First release candidate for 1.10.0
+
+* Modify how message expansion is done in SHA-256 and SHA-512.
+ Instead of expanding the entire message at the start, compute them
+ in the minimum number of registers. Values are computed 15 rounds
+ before they are needed. On a Core i7-860, GCC 4.5.2, went from 143
+ to 157 MiB/s in SHA-256, and 211 to 256 MiB/s in SHA-512.
+
+* Pipe will delete empty output queues as soon as they are no longer
+ needed, even if earlier messages still have data unread. However an
+ (empty) entry in a deque of pointers will remain until all prior
+ messages are completely emptied.
+
+* Avoid reading the SPARC ``%tick`` register on OpenBSD as unlike the
+ Linux and NetBSD kernels, it will not trap and emulate it for us,
+ causing a illegal instruction crash.
+
+* Improve detection and autoconfiguration for ARM processors. Thanks
+ go out to the the `Tahoe-LAFS Software Foundation
+ <http://tahoe-lafs.org>`_, who donated a Sheevaplug that I'll be
+ using to figure out how to make the cryptographic primitives
+ Tahoe-LAFS relies on faster, particularly targeting the ARMv5TE.
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_9_16.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_9_16.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..549e243f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_9_16.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+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
+
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
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_9_18.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_9_18.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b82167bdf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_9_18.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+Version 1.9.18, 2011-06-03
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Fourth release candidate for 1.10.0
+
+* The GOST 34.10 verification operation was not ensuring that s and r
+ were both greater than zero. This could potentially have meant it
+ would have accepted an invalid all-zero signature as valid for any
+ message. Due to how ECC points are internally represented it instead
+ resulted in an exception being thrown.
+
+* A simple multiexponentation algorithm is now used in ECDSA and
+ GOST-34.10 signature verification, leading to 20 to 25% improvements
+ in ECDSA and 25% to 40% improvements in GOST-34.10 verification
+ performance.
+
+* The internal representation of elliptic curve points has been
+ modified to use Montgomery representation exclusively, resulting in
+ reduced memory usage and a 10 to 20% performance improvement for
+ ECDSA and ECDH.
+
+* In OAEP decoding, scan for the delimiter bytes using a loop that is
+ written without conditionals so as to help avoid timing analysis.
+ Unfortunately GCC at least is 'smart' enough to compile it to
+ jumps anyway.
+
+* The SSE2 implementation of IDEA did not work correctly when compiled
+ by Clang, because the trick it used to emulate a 16 bit unsigned
+ compare in SSE (which doesn't contain one natively) relied on signed
+ overflow working in the 'usual' way. A different method that doesn't
+ rely on signed overflow is now used.
+
+* Add support for compiling SSL using Visual C++ 2010's TR1
+ implementation.
+
+* Fix a bug under Visual C++ 2010 which would cause ``hex_encode`` to
+ crash if given a zero-sized input to encode.
+
+* A new build option ``--via-amalgamation`` will first generate the
+ single-file amalgamation, then build the library from that single
+ file. This option requires a lot of memory and does not parallelize,
+ but the resulting library is smaller and may be faster.
+
+* On Unix, the library and header paths have been changed to allow
+ parallel installation of different versions of the library. Headers
+ are installed into ``<prefix>/include/botan-1.9/botan``, libraries
+ are named ``libbotan-1.9``, and ``botan-config`` is now namespaced
+ (so in this release ``botan-config-1.9``). All of these embedded
+ versions will be 1.10 in the upcoming stable release.
+
+* The soname system has been modified. In this release the library
+ soname is ``libbotan-1.9.so.0``, with the full library being named
+ ``libbotan-1.9.so.0.18``. The ``0`` is the ABI version, and will be
+ incremented whenever a breaking ABI change is made.
+
+* TR1 support is not longer automatically assumed under older versions
+ of GCC
+
+* Functions for base64 decoding that work standalone (without needing
+ to use a pipe) have been added to ``base64.h``
+
+* The function ``BigInt::to_u32bit`` was inadvertently removed in 1.9.11
+ and has been added back.
+
+* The function ``BigInt::get_substring`` did not work correctly with a
+ *length* argument of 32.
+
+* The implementation of ``FD_ZERO`` on Solaris uses ``memset`` and
+ assumes the caller included ``string.h`` on its behalf. Do so to
+ fix compilation in the ``dev_random`` and ``unix_procs`` entropy
+ sources. Patch from Jeremy C. Reed.
+
+* Add two different configuration targets for Atom, since some are
+ 32-bit and some are 64-bit. The 'atom' target now refers to the
+ 64-bit implementations, use 'atom32' to target the 32-bit
+ processors.
+
+* The (incomplete) support for CMS and card verifiable certificates
+ are disabled by default; add ``--enable-modules=cms`` or
+ ``--enable-modules=cvc`` during configuration to turn them back on.
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_9_2.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_9_2.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e3a46b770
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_9_2.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+Version 1.9.2, 2009-11-03
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Add SIMD version of XTEA
+* Support both SSE2 and AltiVec SIMD for Serpent and XTEA
+* Optimizations for SHA-1 and SHA-2
+* Add AltiVec runtime detection
+* Fix x86 CPU identification with Intel C++ and Visual C++
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_9_3.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_9_3.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7e7b27efc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_9_3.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+Version 1.9.3, 2009-11-19
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Add new AES implementation using Intel's AES instruction intrinsics
+* Add an implementation of format preserving encryption
+* Allow use of any hash function in X.509 certificate creation
+* Optimizations for MARS, Skipjack, and AES
+* Set macros for available SIMD instructions in build.h
+* Add support for using InnoSetup to package Windows builds
+* By default build a DLL on Windows
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_9_4.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_9_4.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..60e02ffd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_9_4.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+Version 1.9.4, 2010-03-09
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Add the Ajisai SSLv3/TLSv1.0 implementation
+
+* Add GOST 34.10-2001 public key signature scheme
+* Add SIMD implementation of Noekeon
+
+* Add SSE2 implementation of IDEA
+
+* Extend Salsa20 to support longer IVs (XSalsa20)
+
+* Perform XTS encryption and decryption in parallel where possible
+
+* Perform CBC decryption in parallel where possible
+
+* Add SQLite3 db encryption codec, contributed by Olivier de Gaalon
+
+* Add a block cipher cascade construction
+
+* Add support for password hashing for authentication (passhash9.h)
+
+* Add support for Win32 high resolution system timers
+
+* Major refactoring and API changes in the public key code
+
+* PK_Signer class now verifies all signatures before releasing them to
+ the caller; this should help prevent a wide variety of fault
+ attacks, though it does have the downside of hurting signature
+ performance, particularly for DSA/ECDSA.
+
+* Changed S2K interface: derive_key now takes salt, iteration count
+
+* Remove dependency on TR1 shared_ptr in ECC and CVC code
+
+* Renamed ECKAEG to its more usual name, ECDH
+
+* Fix crash in GMP_Engine if library is shutdown and reinitialized
+
+* Fix an invalid memory read in MD4
+
+* Fix Visual C++ static builds
+
+* Remove Timer class entirely
+
+* Switch default PKCS #8 encryption algorithm from 3DES to AES-128
+
+* New configuration option, ``--gen-amalgamation``, creates a pair of
+ files (``botan_all.cpp`` and ``botan_all.h``) which contain the
+ contents of the library as it would have normally been compiled
+ based on the set configuration.
+
+* Many headers are now explicitly internal-use-only and are not installed
+
+* Greatly improve the Win32 installer
+
+* Several fixes for Visual C++ debug builds
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_9_5.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_9_5.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cdcd8db4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_9_5.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+Version 1.9.5, 2010-03-29
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Numerous ECC optimizations
+* Fix GOST 34.10-2001 X.509 key loading
+* Allow PK_Signer's fault protection checks to be toggled off
+* Avoid using pool-based locking allocator if we can't mlock
+* Remove all runtime options
+* New BER_Decoder::{decode_and_check, decode_octet_string_bigint}
+* Remove SecureBuffer in favor of SecureVector length parameter
+* HMAC_RNG: Perform a poll along with user-supplied entropy
+* Fix crash in MemoryRegion if Allocator::get failed
+* Fix small compilation problem on FreeBSD
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_9_6.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_9_6.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..971da7bca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_9_6.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+Version 1.9.6, 2010-04-09
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* TLS: Add support for TLS v1.1
+* TLS: Support server name indicator extension
+* TLS: Fix server handshake
+* TLS: Fix server using DSA certificates
+* TLS: Avoid timing channel between CBC padding check and MAC verification
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_9_7.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_9_7.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4c6e2c21d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_9_7.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+Version 1.9.7, 2010-04-27
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* TLS: Support reading SSLv2 client hellos
+* TLS: Add support for SEED ciphersuites (RFC 4162)
+* Add Comb4P hash combiner function
+
+* Fix checking of EMSA_Raw signatures with leading 0 bytes, valid
+ signatures could be rejected in certain scenarios.
+
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_9_8.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_9_8.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a671d946c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_9_8.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Version 1.9.8, 2010-06-14
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Add support for wide multiplications on 64-bit Windows
+* Use constant time multiplication in IDEA
+* Avoid possible timing attack against OAEP decoding
+* Removed FORK-256; rarely used and it has been broken
+* Rename ``--use-boost-python`` to ``--with-boost-python``
+* Skip building shared libraries on MinGW/Cygwin
+* Fix creation of 512 and 768 bit DL groups using the DSA kosherizer
+* Fix compilation on GCC versions before 4.3 (missing cpuid.h)
+* Fix compilation under the Clang compiler
+
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_9_9.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_9_9.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4ff1a9c0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/1_9_9.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+Version 1.9.9, 2010-06-28
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+A new pure virtual function has been added to ``Filter``, ``name``
+which simply returns some useful identifier for the object. Any
+out-of-tree ``Filter`` implementations will need to be updated.
+
+Add ``Keyed_Filter::valid_iv_length`` which makes it possible to query
+as to what IV length(s) a particular filter allows. Previously,
+partially because there was no such query mechanism, if a filter did
+not support IVs at all, then calls to ``set_iv`` would be silently
+ignored. Now an exception about the invalid IV length will be thrown.
+
+The default iteration count for the password based encryption schemes
+has been increased from 2048 to 10000. This should make
+password-guessing attacks against private keys encrypted with versions
+after this release somewhat harder.
+
+New functions for encoding public and private keys to binary,
+``X509::BER_encode`` and ``PKCS8::BER_encode`` have been added.
+
+Problems compiling under Apple's version of GCC 4.2.1 and on 64-bit
+MIPS systems using GCC 4.4 or later were fixed.
+
+The coverage of Doxygen documentation comments has significantly
+improved in this release.
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/index.txt b/doc/relnotes/index.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f8cdcdb72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/relnotes/index.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,252 @@
+.. toctree::
+
+Release Notes
+========================================
+
+Series 1.11
+----------------------------------------
+
+.. toctree::
+
+ 1_11_0
+
+Series 1.10
+----------------------------------------
+
+.. toctree::
+
+ 1_10_2
+ 1_10_1
+ 1_10_0
+
+Series 1.9
+----------------------------------------
+
+.. toctree::
+
+ 1_9_18
+ 1_9_17
+ 1_9_16
+ 1_9_15
+ 1_9_14
+ 1_9_13
+ 1_9_12
+ 1_9_11
+ 1_9_10
+ 1_9_9
+ 1_9_8
+ 1_9_7
+ 1_9_6
+ 1_9_5
+ 1_9_4
+ 1_9_3
+ 1_9_2
+ 1_9_1
+ 1_9_0
+
+Series 1.8
+----------------------------------------
+
+.. toctree::
+
+ 1_8_13
+ 1_8_12
+ 1_8_11
+ 1_8_10
+ 1_8_9
+ 1_8_8
+ 1_8_7
+ 1_8_6
+ 1_8_5
+ 1_8_4
+ 1_8_3
+ 1_8_2
+ 1_8_1
+ 1_8_0
+
+Series 1.7
+----------------------------------------
+
+.. toctree::
+
+ 1_7_24
+ 1_7_23
+ 1_7_22
+ 1_7_21
+ 1_7_20
+ 1_7_19
+ 1_7_18
+ 1_7_17
+ 1_7_16
+ 1_7_15
+ 1_7_14
+ 1_7_13
+ 1_7_12
+ 1_7_11
+ 1_7_10
+ 1_7_9
+ 1_7_8
+ 1_7_7
+ 1_7_6
+ 1_7_5
+ 1_7_4
+ 1_7_3
+ 1_7_2
+ 1_7_1
+ 1_7_0
+
+Series 1.6
+----------------------------------------
+
+.. toctree::
+
+ 1_6_5
+ 1_6_4
+ 1_6_3
+ 1_6_2
+ 1_6_1
+ 1_6_0
+
+Series 1.5
+----------------------------------------
+
+.. toctree::
+
+ 1_5_13
+ 1_5_12
+ 1_5_11
+ 1_5_10
+ 1_5_9
+ 1_5_8
+ 1_5_7
+ 1_5_6
+ 1_5_5
+ 1_5_4
+ 1_5_3
+ 1_5_2
+ 1_5_1
+ 1_5_0
+
+Series 1.4
+----------------------------------------
+
+.. toctree::
+
+ 1_4_12
+ 1_4_11
+ 1_4_10
+ 1_4_9
+ 1_4_8
+ 1_4_7
+ 1_4_6
+ 1_4_5
+ 1_4_4
+ 1_4_3
+ 1_4_2
+ 1_4_1
+ 1_4_0
+
+Series 1.3
+----------------------------------------
+
+.. toctree::
+
+ 1_3_14
+ 1_3_13
+ 1_3_12
+ 1_3_11
+ 1_3_10
+ 1_3_9
+ 1_3_8
+ 1_3_7
+ 1_3_6
+ 1_3_5
+ 1_3_4
+ 1_3_3
+ 1_3_2
+ 1_3_1
+ 1_3_0
+
+Series 1.2
+----------------------------------------
+
+.. toctree::
+
+ 1_2_8
+ 1_2_7
+ 1_2_6
+ 1_2_5
+ 1_2_4
+ 1_2_3
+ 1_2_2
+ 1_2_1
+ 1_2_0
+
+Series 1.1
+----------------------------------------
+
+.. toctree::
+
+ 1_1_13
+ 1_1_12
+ 1_1_11
+ 1_1_10
+ 1_1_9
+ 1_1_8
+ 1_1_7
+ 1_1_6
+ 1_1_5
+ 1_1_4
+ 1_1_3
+ 1_1_2
+ 1_1_1
+ 1_1_0
+
+Series 1.0
+----------------------------------------
+
+.. toctree::
+
+ 1_0_2
+ 1_0_1
+ 1_0_0
+
+Series 0.9
+----------------------------------------
+
+.. toctree::
+
+ 0_9_2
+ 0_9_1
+ 0_9_0
+
+Series 0.8
+----------------------------------------
+
+.. toctree::
+
+ 0_8_7
+ 0_8_6
+ 0_8_5
+ 0_8_4
+ 0_8_3
+ 0_8_2
+ 0_8_1
+ 0_8_0
+
+Series 0.7
+----------------------------------------
+
+.. toctree::
+
+ 0_7_10
+ 0_7_9
+ 0_7_8
+ 0_7_7
+ 0_7_6
+ 0_7_5
+ 0_7_4
+ 0_7_3
+ 0_7_2
+ 0_7_1
+ 0_7_0