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Updated release plan

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<h1> Nettle release plans </h1> <h1> Nettle release plans </h1>
<p> This is an attempt at defining a development target for <p> This is an attempt at defining a development target for
Nettle-3.1, inspired by similar pages for recent GMP releases. [Last Nettle-3.1, inspired by similar pages for recent GMP releases.
updated 2014-09-07]</p> [Last updated 2014-10-22]</p>
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This really ought to be done before release This really ought to be done before release
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<h2> New features </h2> <h2> New features </h2>
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Add support for curve25519. What about the "x25519" name? Add support for curve25519.<span class='should'> What about the
"x25519" name?</span>
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Add support for EdDSA25519 signatures. Add support for Ed25519 signatures.
</p> </p>
<p class='wish'> <p class='wish'>
Add larger "safe" curves, e.g., M-383, curve41417 and E-521. Add larger "safe" curves, e.g., M-383, curve41417 and E-521.
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Assembly optimizations for ARMv8 (64-bit). Assembly optimizations for ARMv8 (64-bit).
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<p class='wish'>
Further optimizations of curve25519 and EdDSA, in particular,
radix 51 modp operations,
and <a href='http://www.hyperelliptic.org/EFD/g1p/auto-twisted-extended-1.html#addition-add-2008-hwcd-3'>more
efficient</a> point addition.
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<h2> Miscellaneous </h2> <h2> Miscellaneous </h2>
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Reorganize private key operations. Need to support RSA with and Reorganize private key operations. Need to support RSA with and
without blinding, and DSA according to spec and some deterministic without blinding, and DSA according to spec and some deterministic
variant (like putty), and possibly also smartcard versions where variant (like putty
the private key is not available to the library. And without an or <a href='http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6979'>RFC6979</a>), and
explosion of the number of functions. possibly also smartcard versions where the private key is not
available to the library. And without an explosion of the number
of functions.
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