[Opensc-devel] OpenSC 0.27.0 release candidate 1

[Jakub J. <jj...@re...>]

Hello all,

You can find a release candidate for OpenSC version 0.27.0 for testing on
Github:

https://github.com/OpenSC/OpenSC/releases/tag/0.27.0-rc1

The changes include the new PKCS#11 3.2 support in the tools and
infrastructure,
streamlined support for Edwards and Montgomery curves and OS-level FIPS mode
detection. The MacOS installers are now notarized and signed with a new key
thanks
to Raul Metsma.

For the full changelog, please refer to NEWS file:
https://github.com/OpenSC/OpenSC/blob/master/NEWS

We are looking forward to your feedback, which we may discuss via this
mailing list or GitHub:
https://github.com/OpenSC/OpenSC/issues/3526

Advices for systematic testing can be found here:
https://github.com/OpenSC/OpenSC/wiki/Smart-Card-Release-Testing

We would like to release the final version in a few weeks.

The sha256sum of artifacts provided through the Github can be found below:

3d997f1d6b4b63b8e66a2bece252687720a9c242db801f468e9380eb03cc58de
 OpenSC-0.27.0.dmg
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 OpenSC-0.27.0-rc1_Win32-Debug.zip
90ae50d29bab2ed9a0378c2896ff195d3feb6aa69f7861d5b58cf9690e914ea4
 OpenSC-0.27.0-rc1_Win32-Light-Debug.zip
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 OpenSC-0.27.0-rc1_Win32-Light.msi
a7292a13bc6babcd76fb10573fcffe420602effc05a4c88a857182a43f5bb433
 OpenSC-0.27.0-rc1_Win32.msi
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 OpenSC-0.27.0-rc1_Win64-Debug.zip
ff8f7614c00b0e5c90e87589c70aa661229ea71967e488ba62708bd6b82b9448
 OpenSC-0.27.0-rc1_Win64-Light-Debug.zip
f456e69b29078ca60dadcb12f17d2a6c577b0f1b6b3473b0bc440d77424687cf
 OpenSC-0.27.0-rc1_Win64-Light.msi
5869ffd299fc6370fbb7077a161912df5fa87768134966bade1c145cb328771d
 OpenSC-0.27.0-rc1_Win64.msi
d94ff4f36696f4b474f0a055269d7a98ae0208af17c1481d8e3becd67ea5c2a7
opensc-0.27.0-rc1.tar.gz

Regards,
Jakub Jelen
and the OpenSC team