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+ndn-cxx version 0.3.4
+---------------------
+
+Release date: August 31, 2015
+
+Changes since version 0.3.3:
+
+New features:
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+- By default, library is now compiled as a shared library (:issue:`2867`)
+
+- Specification for the new NDN certificate format. The reference implementation is being
+ developed and will be merged in a future release. (:issue:`2861`)
+
+- Add new ValidityPeriod abstraction into SignatureInfo (:issue:`2868`)
+
+- Add new optional AdditionalInfo abstraction for SignatureInfo (:issue:`3058`)
+
+- Implementation of basic NDNLP2 abstractions (:issue:`2875`, :issue:`2878`,
+ :issue:`2963`, :issue:`2879`)
+
+- ``Face::registerPrefix`` and ``Face::setInterestFilter`` are now unified with the use
+ of SigningInfo abstraction (:issue:`2932`)
+
+- New Dispatcher class to simplify server-side implementation of NFD management protocol
+ (:issue:`2107`)
+
+Improvements and bug fixes:
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+- Fix compilation error with Boost 1.59 (:issue:`3128`)
+
+- Enhance exception throwing with Boost Exception library (:issue:`2997`)
+
+- Improvements of string helpers (:issue:`3006`)
+
+- Add API in ``Block`` class to add sub-elements (:issue:`2998`)
+
+- Add constructor to create sub-elements using the underlying buffer (:issue:`3100`)
+
+- Fix bug in ``Block::remove``, so it removes all sub-elements of the specified type
+ (:issue:`2998`)
+
+- Add ability to create ``util::Digest`` object from ``std::istream&`` (:issue:`3022`)
+
+Deprecated:
+^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+- The following methods of ``CommandOptions`` class in favor of ``getSigningInfo`` and
+ ``setSigningInfo`` methods (:issue:`2893`):
+
+ * ``getSigningParamsKind``
+ * ``getSigningIdentity``
+ * ``getSigningCertificate``
+ * ``setSigningDefault``
+ * ``setSigningIdentity``
+ * ``setSigningCertificate``
+ * ``setSigningCertificate``
+
+- Overloads of ``Face::registerPrefix`` and ``Face::setInterestFilter`` that do not accept
+ SigningInfo parameter (:issue:`2932`)
+
+Upcoming features (partially implemented in development branches):
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+- Introduce new API to simplify security transformations (:issue:`3009`)
+
+- NDN trust schema as a description of application trust model, which can help automate data
+ and interest packet signing and authentication (:issue:`2829`)
+
+- Refactored KeyChain abstraction (:issue:`2926`)