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 Version 3.0.0, Not Yet Released
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-* Switch the build to C++17 mode; require at least GCC 9, Clang 7 or MSVC 2019.
-  (GH #2455)
+* Botan is now a C++17 codebase; compiler requirements have been
+  increased to GCC 9, Clang 7, or MSVC 2019. (GH #2455)
 
 * Support for TLS 1.0, TLS 1.1, and DTLS 1.0 have been removed (GH #2631)