Prepare for Crypto++ 8.0 release

1 files changed, 25 insertions, 67 deletions

diff --git a/Readme.txt b/Readme.txt
index 9ca4ea44..f221a5e9 100644
--- a/Readme.txt
+++ b/Readme.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Crypto++: free C++ Class Library of Cryptographic Schemes

-Version 7.0 - APR/08/2018

+Version 8.0 - DEC/28/2018

 

 Crypto++ Library is a free C++ class library of cryptographic schemes.

 Currently the library contains the following algorithms:

@@ -92,13 +92,13 @@ The following compilers are supported for this release. Please visit
 http://www.cryptopp.com the most up to date build instructions and porting notes.

 

   * Visual Studio 2003 - 2017

-  * GCC 3.3 - 8.0

+  * GCC 3.3 - 9.0

   * Apple Clang 4.3 - 9.3

-  * LLVM Clang 2.9 - 4.0

-  * C++Builder 2010

+  * LLVM Clang 2.9 - 7.0

+  * C++Builder 2015

   * Intel C++ Compiler 9 - 16.0

-  * Sun Studio 12u1 - 12.5

-  * IBM XL C/C++ 10.0 - 13.1

+  * Sun Studio 12u1 - 12.6

+  * IBM XL C/C++ 10.0 - 13.3

 

 *** Important Usage Notes ***

 

@@ -283,6 +283,25 @@ documentation is one of the highest returns on investment.
 The items in this section comprise the most recent history. Please see History.txt

 for the record back to Crypto++ 1.0.

 

+8.0.0 - December 28, 2018

+

+      - major release, recompile of programs required

+      - expanded community input and support

+         * 54 unique contributors as of this release

+      - add x25519 key exchange and ed25519 signature scheme

+      - add limited Asymmetric Key Package support from RFC 5958

+      - add Power9 DARN random number generator support

+      - add CHAM, HC-128, HC-256, Hight, LEA, Rabbit, Simeck

+      - fix FixedSizeAllocatorWithCleanup may be unaligned on some platforms

+      - cutover to GNU Make-based cpu feature tests

+      - rename files with dashes to underscores

+      - fix LegacyDecryptor and LegacyDecryptorWithMAC use wrong MAC

+      - fix incorrect AES/CBC decryption on Windows

+      - avoid Singleton<T> when possible, avoid std::call_once completely

+      - fix SPARC alignment problems due to GetAlignmentOf<T>() on word64

+      - add ARM AES asm implementation from Cryptogams

+      - remove CRYPTOPP_ALLOW_UNALIGNED_DATA_ACCESS support

+

 7.0.0 - April 8, 2018

       - major release, recompile of programs required

       - expanded community input and support

@@ -341,67 +360,6 @@ for the record back to Crypto++ 1.0.
       - ported to MSVC 2017, Xcode 8.1, Sun Studio 12.5, GCC 7.3,

         MacPorts GCC 7.0, Clang 4.0, Intel C++ 17.00, IBM XL C/C++ 13.1

 

-5.6.5 - October 11, 2016

-      - maintenance release, recompile of programs recommended

-      - expanded community input and support

-         * 25 unique contributors as of this release

-      - fixed CVE-2016-7420 (Issue 277, document NDEBUG for production/release)

-      - fixed CVE-2016-7544 (Issue 302, avoid _malloca and _freea)

-      - shipped library in recommended state

-         * backwards compatibility achieved with <config.compat>

-      - Visual Studio project file cleanup

-         * improved X86 and X64 MSBuild support

-         * added ARM-based MSBuild awareness

-      - improved Testing and QA

-         * expanded platforms and compilers

-         * expanded Coverity into OS X and Windows platforms

-         * added Windows test scripts using Strawberry Perl

-      - ported to MSVC 2015 SP3, Xcode 7.3, Sun Studio 12.5, GCC 7.0,

-        MacPorts GCC 7.0, Clang 3.8, Intel C++ 17.00

-

-5.6.4 - September 11, 2016

-      - maintenance release, honored API/ABI/Versioning requirements

-      - expanded community input and support

-         * 22 unique contributors for this release

-      - fixed CVE-2016-3995

-      - changed SHA3 to FIPS 202 (F1600, XOF d=0x06)

-      - added Keccak (F1600, XOF d=0x01)

-      - added ChaCha (ChaCha8/12/20)

-      - added HMQV and FHMQV

-         * Hashed and Fully Hashed MQV

-      - added BLAKE2 (BLAKE2s and BLAKE2b)

-         * C++, SSE2, SSE4, ARM NEON and ARMv8 ASIMD

-      - added CRC32-C

-         * C/C++, Amd64 CRC, and ARMv8 CRC

-      - improved Rabin-William signatures

-         * Tweaked roots <em>e</em> and <em>f</em>

-      - improved C++11 support

-         * atomics, threads and fences

-         * alginof, alignas

-         * constexpr

-         * noexcept

-      - improved GCM mode

-         * ARM NEON and ARMv8 ASIMD

-         * ARMv8 carry-less multiply

-      - improved Windows 8 and 10 support

-         * Windows Phone, Universal Windows Platform, Windows Store

-      - improved MIPS, ARMv7 and ARMv8 support

-         * added scripts setenv-{android|embedded|ios}.sh for GNUmakefile-cross

-         * aggressive use of -march=<arch> and -mfpu=<fpu> in cryptest.sh

-      - improved build systems

-         * Visual Studio 2010 default

-         * added CMake support (lacks FindCryptopp.cmake)

-         * archived VC++ 5/0/6.0 project files (vc60.zip)

-         * archived VS2005 project files (vs2005.zip)

-         * archived Borland project files (bds10.zip)

-      - improved Testing and QA

-         * expanded platforms and compilers

-         * added code generation tests based on CPU features

-         * added C++03, C++11, C++14, C++17 testing

-         * added -O3, -O5, -Ofast and -Os testing

-      - ported to MSVC 2015 SP3, Xcode 9.0, Sun Studio 12.5, GCC 7.0,

-        MacPorts GCC 7.0, Clang 3.8, Intel C++ 17.00

-

 June 2015 - Changing of the guard. Wei Dai turned the library over to the

         community. The first community release was Crypto++ 5.6.3. Wei is

         no longer involved with the daily operations of the project. Wei