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+ndn-cxx version 0.6.5
+---------------------
+
+Release date: February 4, 2019
+
+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/>`__.
+
+New features:
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+- More support for `NDN packet format version
+  0.3 <https://named-data.net/doc/NDN-packet-spec/0.3/>`__ (:issue:`4527`)
+
+  * Stop using ``ChildSelector`` in ``NotificationSubscriber`` (:issue:`4664`)
+
+  * Stop using ``ChildSelector`` in ``CertificateBundleFetcher``  (:issue:`4665`)
+
+- Support floating point numbers in TLV-VALUE (:issue:`4612`)
+
+- Scoped prefix registration, scoped Interest filter, and scoped pending Interest
+  (:issue:`3919`, :issue:`4316`)
+
+- Counters for satisfied and unsatisfied Interests in ``ForwarderStatus``
+  (:issue:`4720`)
+
+- ``random::getRandomNumberEngine()`` in the public API
+
+- ``MetadataObject`` class to encode/decode RDR-style metadata (:issue:`4707`)
+
+- ``SegmentFetcher::stop()`` (:issue:`4692`)
+
+Improvements and bug fixes
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+- Use openssl-based routines for the PKCS#8 decoding/decryption when exporting key from macOS
+  Keychain (:issue:`4450`)
+
+- Switch to AES-256 for private key encryption in PKCS #8 export
+
+- Add exponential backoff in ``CertificateFetcherFromNetwork`` (:issue:`4718`, :issue:`4712`)
+
+- Throw exception when loading an orphaned ``ValidationPolicyConfig`` (API violation)
+  (:issue:`4758`)
+
+- Forbid unrecognized TLVs before ``Name`` (:issue:`4667`)
+
+- Prevent memory pool size from becoming zero in ``InMemoryStorage`` (:issue:`4769`)
+
+- Clean up fetchers when destructing ``nfd::Controller`` (:issue:`4775`)
+
+- Fix ``SegmentFetcher`` undefined behavior caused by uncanceled pending interest
+  (:issue:`4770`)
+
+- Seed the PRNG with more entropy (:issue:`4808`)
+
+- Stop accepting NonNegativeInteger as sequence number in NDNLP (:issue:`4598`)
+
+- Backport C++17 ``std::any`` and ``std::variant`` as ``ndn::any`` and ``ndn::variant``
+
+- Reimplement ``scheduler::EventId`` with ``CancelHandle`` (:issue:`4698`)
+
+Deprecated
+~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- ``ndn-cxx/util/scheduler-scoped-event-id.hpp`` header as it is now sufficient to use
+  ``ndn-cxx/util/scheduler.hpp`` header (:issue:`4698`)
+
+- Implicit conversion from nullptr to ``scheduler::EventId`` (:issue:`4698`)
+
+Removed
+~~~~~~~
+
+- ``ndn::ip::address{,V6}FromString``
+
+- ``SegmentFetcher::fetch`` (:issue:`4464`)
+
+- ``{get,set}FinalBlockId()``
+
+- Headers that were already considered internal implementation details have been explicitly
+  moved to a ``detail/`` subdir to more clearly separate private and public headers