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commit 5dc247026f6deab18986e89d1dcef5dabeb264b5
Author: Werner Koch <wk at gnupg.org>
Date:   Wed Jul 19 09:39:48 2017 +0200

    web: Announce Libgcrypt 1.8.0.

diff --git a/web/index.org b/web/index.org
index 2b8ab08..765a5e2 100644
--- a/web/index.org
+++ b/web/index.org
@@ -88,6 +88,15 @@ The latest release news:\\
 # GnuPG's latest news are available as [[http://feedvalidator.org/check.cgi?url%3Dhttps://www.gnupg.org/news.en.rss][RSS 2.0 compliant]] feed.  Just
 # point or paste the [[news.en.rss][RSS file]] into your aggregator.
 
+** Libgcrypt 1.8.0 released (2017-07-18)
+
+We are pleased to announce the availability of [[file:software/libgcrypt/index.org][Libgcrypt]] version
+1.8.0.  This is a new stable version with full API and ABI
+compatibility to the 1.7 series.  Its main features are support for
+the hash algorithm [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BLAKE_(hash_function)][Blake-2]], the addition of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disk_encryption_theory][XTS]] mode, an improved
+random number generator, and performance improvements for the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARM_architecture][ARM]]
+architecture.  See the [[https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2017q2/000410.html][announcement mail]] for details.
+
 ** Scute 1.5.0 released (2017-07-14)
 
 Scute is a PKCS#11 module built around the GnuPG Agent and the GnuPG
diff --git a/web/software/libgcrypt/index.org b/web/software/libgcrypt/index.org
index 4bfd79d..83bb35f 100644
--- a/web/software/libgcrypt/index.org
+++ b/web/software/libgcrypt/index.org
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@
   It can also be built using a cross-compiler system for Microsoft
   Windows.
 
+  See also its [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libgcrypt][Wikipedia]] entry.
+
+
 ** Availibility
 
    Due to former U.S. export restrictions on cryptographic software,
@@ -47,6 +50,11 @@
    released on {{{libgcrypt_date}}}.  See the [[../../download/index.org::libgcrypt][download]] section for the
    latest tarball.
 
+   All versions of Libgcrypt since 1.2 are API and ABI compatible.
+   The 1.6 series reached end-of-life on 2017-06-30.  The 1.7 series
+   will receive updates for severe bugs and security problems until
+   2019-06-30.
+
 ** Copying
 
    Libgcrypt is distributed under the terms of the GNU Lesser General

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 web/software/libgcrypt/index.org | 8 ++++++++
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