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+To: gnupg-announce@gnupg.org, info-gnu@gnu.org
+Cc: gcrypt-devel@gnupg.org
+
+
+Hello! 
+
+The GNU project is pleased to announce the availability of Libgcrypt
+version 1.4.1.  This is a maintenance release to fix a few problems.
+
+Libgcrypt is a general purpose library of cryptographic building
+blocks.  It is originally based on code used by GnuPG.  It does not
+provide any implementation of OpenPGP or other protocols.  Thorough
+understanding of applied cryptography is required to use Libgcrypt.
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 1.4.1 (2008-04-25)
+------------------------------------------------
+
+ * Fixed a bug introduced by 1.3.1 which led to the comsumption of far
+   too much entropy for the intial seeding.
+
+ * Improved AES performance for CFB and CBC modes.
+
+ * Removed build problems for the Padlock support.
+
+
+Source code is hosted at the GnuPG FTP server and its mirrors as
+listed at http://www.gnupg.org/download/mirrors.html .  On the primary
+server the source file and its digital signatures is:
+
+ ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libgcrypt/libgcrypt-1.4.1.tar.bz2 (946k)
+ ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libgcrypt/libgcrypt-1.4.1.tar.bz2.sig
+
+This file is bzip2 compressed.  A gzip compressed version is also
+available:
+
+ ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libgcrypt/libgcrypt-1.4.1.tar.gz (1179k)
+ ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libgcrypt/libgcrypt-1.4.1.tar.gz.sig
+
+Alternativley you may upgrade version 1.4.0 using this patch file:
+
+ ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libgcrypt/libgcrypt-1.4.0-1.4.1.diff.bz2 (49k)
+
+The SHA-1 checksums are:
+
+367fe7fecd2ed4ab743849279dbc2f7e148f9956  libgcrypt-1.4.1.tar.bz2
+36f1c6632fa06a6d3c92f83c3cdca8c7731a4220  libgcrypt-1.4.1.tar.gz
+458fa5939df46da383df64b27ed8f8f580931618  libgcrypt-1.4.0-1.4.1.diff.bz2
+
+
+For help on developing with Libgcrypt you should read the included
+manual and optional ask on the gcrypt-devel mailing list [1].
+
+Improving Libgcrypt is costly, but you can help!  We are looking for
+organizations that find Libgcrypt useful and wish to contribute back.
+You can contribute by reporting bugs, improve the software [2], order
+extensions or support or more general by donating money to the Free
+Software movement [3].
+
+Commercial support contracts for Libgcrypt are available [4], and they
+help finance continued maintenance.  g10 Code GmbH, a Duesseldorf
+based company, is currently funding Libgcrypt development.  We are
+always looking for interesting development projects.
+
+Many thanks to all who contributed to Libgcrypt development, be it bug
+fixes, code, documentation, testing or helping users.
+
+Happy hacking,
+
+  Werner
+
+
+
+
+[1] See http://www.gnupg.org/documentation/mailing-lists.html .
+[2] Note that copyright assignments to the FSF are required.
+[3] For example http://www.fsfeurope.org/help/donate.en.html .
+[4] See the service directory at http://www.gnupg.org/service.html .
+