This major release brings many CI changes and features. Some of them are:
- Added support for Python 3.8, 3.9, 3.10, 3.11
- Added support for PyPy 3.7, 3.8, 3.9
- Removed support for EOL Pythons 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4 and 3.5.
- Add RFC3125 providing Electronic Signature Policies
- Add RFC5126 providing CMS Advanced Electronic Signatures (CAdES)
- Improve test routines for RFC5126
- Add RFC4387 providing Certificate Store Access via HTTP
- Changed assertion in unit tests from Python built-in to
unittestprovided - Add RFC8692 providing Algorithm Identifiers for RSASSA-PSS and ECDSA Using SHAKEs
- Add RFC5753 providing CMS Elliptic Curve Cryptography Algorithms
- Add RFC3820 providing Proxy Certificates
- Add RFC3370 providing Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS) Algorithms
- Add RFC3537 providing HMAC Key Wrapping
- Add RFC3739 providing Qualified Certificates
- Add RFC2876 providing KEA and SKIPJACK for CMS
- Add RFC3058 providing IDEA Encryption Algorithm for CMS
- Add RFC3657 providing Camellia Encryption Algorithm for CMS
- Add RFC4010 providing SEED Encryption Algorithm for CMS
- Add RFC4357 providing Additional Cryptographic Algorithms for Use with GOST 28147-89, GOST R 34.10-94, GOST R 34.10-2001, and GOST R 34.11-94
- Add RFC4490 providing GOST 28147-89, GOST R 34.11-94, GOST R 34.10-94, and GOST R 34.10-2001 Algorithms for CMS
- Add RFC4491 providing GOST R 34.10-94, GOST R 34.10-2001, and GOST R 34.11-94 Algorithms for certificates and CRLs
- Add RFC8696 providing using Pre-Shared Key (PSK) in the CMS
- Add RFC5639 providing identifiers for the Brainpool curves in Elliptic Curve Cryptography
- Add RFC5697 providing Other Certificates Extension
- Add RFC4683 providing Subject Identification Method (SIM)
- Add RFC4476 providing Attribute Certificate Policies Extension
- Add RFC5636 providing Traceable Anonymous Certificate
- Add RFC5752 providing Multiple Signatures attribute for CMS
- Add RFC5275 providing CMS Symmetric Key Management and Distribution
- Add RFC8702 providing SHAKE One-way Hash Functions in the CMS
- Add RFC8708 providing HSS/LMS Hash-based Signature Algorithm for CMS
- Advance copyright statement to the year 2020
- Add RFC8769 providing CBOR and CBOR Sequence content types for CMS
A full list of changes could be seen in the CHANGELOG.