From 0264910413ff7a85348cc3c35e9c59cb7906278b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Richard Levitte Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2021 09:33:16 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Add missing OSSL_DECODER entry in NEWS.md and CHANGES.md The text in CHANGES.md got fleshed out a bit more as well. Reviewed-by: Tomas Mraz (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/16522) (cherry picked from commit d1a786e99b162793a8f4a70fe12d2c4e6f5ee608) --- CHANGES.md | 15 +++++++++++++-- NEWS.md | 1 + 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md index 5dca90464a..0b3004d1a8 100644 --- a/CHANGES.md +++ b/CHANGES.md @@ -813,8 +813,19 @@ breaking changes, and mappings for the large list of deprecated functions. *Rich Salz* - * Introduced a new method type and API, OSSL_ENCODER, to - represent generic encoders. + * Introduced a new method type and API, OSSL_ENCODER, to represent + generic encoders. These do the same sort of job that PEM writers + and d2i functions do, but with support for methods supplied by + providers, and the possibility for providers to support other + formats as well. + + *Richard Levitte* + + * Introduced a new method type and API, OSSL_DECODER, to represent + generic decoders. These do the same sort of job that PEM readers + and i2d functions do, but with support for methods supplied by + providers, and the possibility for providers to support other + formats as well. *Richard Levitte* diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md index 290671e091..a75c43b4ca 100644 --- a/NEWS.md +++ b/NEWS.md @@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ OpenSSL 3.0 BIOs (allowing implicit connections), and timeout checks. * Added util/check-format.pl for checking adherence to the coding guidelines. * Added OSSL_ENCODER, a generic encoder API. + * Added OSSL_DECODER, a generic decoder API. * Added OSSL_PARAM_BLD, an easier to use API to OSSL_PARAM. * Added error raising macros, ERR_raise() and ERR_raise_data(). * Deprecated ERR_put_error(), ERR_get_error_line(), ERR_get_error_line_data(),