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+ndn-cxx version 0.6.3
+---------------------
+
+Release date: September 18, 2018
+
+Note that this is the last release that encodes to `NDN packet format version 0.2.1
+<https://named-data.net/doc/NDN-packet-spec/0.2.1/>`__. A future release will continue to
+decode v0.2.1 format, but will encode to `v0.3 format
+<https://named-data.net/doc/NDN-packet-spec/0.3/>`__.
+
+The build requirements have been upgraded to gcc >= 5.3 or clang >= 3.6, boost >= 1.58,
+openssl >= 1.0.2. This effectively drops support for all versions of Ubuntu older than 16.04
+that use distribution-provided compilers and packages.
+
+The compilation now uses the C++14 standard.
+
+New features:
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+- More support for `NDN packet format version
+  0.3 <https://named-data.net/doc/NDN-packet-spec/0.3/>`__ (:issue:`4527`)
+
+  - Allow applications to declare a default ``CanBePrefix`` setting (:issue:`4581`)
+
+  - Accommodate typed name components in ``Name::getSuccessor`` (:issue:`4570`)
+
+  - Support Parameters element (:issue:`4658`)
+
+  - Recognize alternative type representations in URI syntax (:issue:`4690`)
+
+  - Introduce ``ParametersSha256DigestComponent`` (:issue:`4658`, :issue:`4570`)
+
+- Prefix announcement object (:issue:`4650`)
+
+- MTU element in ``ControlParameters`` and ``FaceStatus`` (:issue:`4005`)
+
+- Enable congestion control features in ``SegmentFetcher`` (:issue:`4364`)
+
+- ``_block`` literal operator (:issue:`4722`)
+
+- Add official support for CentOS 7 (:issue:`4610`)
+
+Improvements and bug fixes
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+- Fix a segfault in ``Face::satisfyPendingInterests`` when ``Face::put`` is
+  called in DataCallback (:issue:`4596`)
+
+- Allow specifying passphrase for ndnsec import/export on the command line (:issue:`4633`)
+
+- Fix bug preventing customization of KeyChain's TPM on macOS (:issue:`4297`)
+
+- Fix bug with handling Sha256-signed Command Interests (:issue:`4635`)
+
+- Eliminate selector usage in ``SegmentFetcher`` (:issue:`4555`)
+
+- Improvements in ``netlink`` message processing
+
+- Gracefully handle ``NetworkMonitor`` backend initialization failure (:issue:`4668`)
+
+- Add support 224-bit and 521-bit NIST elliptic curves, add support for SHA-3 (with
+  openssl >= 1.1.1-pre1), and forbid RSA keys shorter than 2048 bits in security helpers
+
+- Improve and simplify code with modern C++ features
+
+- Properly declare move constructors
+
+- Improve error handling
+
+- Improve test cases
+
+- Correct and improve documentation
+
+Deprecated
+~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- ``SegmentFetcher::fetch()`` static functions in favor of ``start()`` (:issue:`4464`)
+
+- ``ndn::ip::address{,V6}FromString`` as Boost.Asio >= 1.58 has proper implementation of
+  ``addressFromString``
+
+- Selectors (:issue:`4527`)
+
+  NDN Packet Format v0.3 replaces Selectors with ``CanBePrefix`` and ``MustBeFresh`` elements.
+  ``CanBePrefix`` and ``MustBeFresh`` are currently mapped to the closest v0.2 semantics and
+  encoded as selectors.
+
+- ``Data::get/setFinalBlockId()`` in favor of ``Data::get/setFinalBlock()``
+
+Removed
+~~~~~~~
+
+- Dependency on Boost.Regex in favor of ``std::regex``