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diff --git a/readme.rst b/readme.rst index 313e92a9d..412ee0697 100644 --- a/readme.rst +++ b/readme.rst @@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ under the permissive `Simplified BSD <http://botan.randombit.net/license.txt>`_ license. It provides TLS, X.509 certificates, OCSP, ECDSA, AES, GCM, -ChaCha20Poly1305, and bcrypt, and quite a few other things. It also -provides a `botan` command line tool for various cryptographic +ChaCha20Poly1305, McEliece, bcrypt, and quite a few other things. It +also provides a `botan` command line tool for various cryptographic operations, the source for which also helps demonstrate usage of the library. @@ -72,10 +72,6 @@ There is also a third party open source implementation of Download ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ -The 1.11 branch is highly recommended, especially for new development. -But be warned the API is still subject to some change before the 2.0 -stable release. - All releases are signed with a `PGP key <http://botan.randombit.net/pgpkey.txt>`_:: @@ -94,28 +90,31 @@ Botan may already be included in your favorite distribution, such as `FreeBSD ports <http://www.freshports.org/security/botan110>`_, or `MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/ports.php?by=name&substr=botan>`_. -Current Development Series (1.11) +Current Development Work (1.11) ---------------------------------------- +The 1.11 branch is highly recommended, especially for new projects. +Versions 1.11 and later require a working C++11 compiler; GCC 4.8 and +later, Clang 3.4 and later, and MSVC 2013 are regularly tested. + A new development release is made on the first Monday of every month. The latest development release is `1.11.20 <http://botan.randombit.net/releases/Botan-1.11.20.tgz>`_ `(sig) <http://botan.randombit.net/releases/Botan-1.11.20.tgz.asc>`_ -released 2015-09-07 - -Botan 1.11 requires a working C++11 compiler; GCC 4.8 and later, -Clang 3.4 and later, and MSVC 2013 are regularly tested. +released on 2015-09-07 -Current Stable Series (1.10) +Old Stable Series (1.10) ---------------------------------------- -The latest stable branch release is +The 1.10 branch is the last version of the library written in C++98 +and is the most commonly packaged version. It is still supported for +security patches, but all development efforts are focused on 1.11. + +The latest 1.10 release is `1.10.10 <http://botan.randombit.net/releases/Botan-1.10.10.tgz>`_ `(sig) <http://botan.randombit.net/releases/Botan-1.10.10.tgz.asc>`_ -released 2015-08-03 - -Botan 1.10 is the last version written in C++98. +released on 2015-08-03 Books and other resources ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ |