diff --git a/.jenkins.d/00-deps.sh b/.jenkins.d/00-deps.sh
index 765338d..c362297 100755
--- a/.jenkins.d/00-deps.sh
+++ b/.jenkins.d/00-deps.sh
@@ -9,13 +9,12 @@
 if has OSX $NODE_LABELS; then
     brew update
     brew upgrade
-    brew install boost pkg-config cryptopp openssl log4cxx
+    brew install pkg-config boost openssl
     brew cleanup
 fi
 
 if has Ubuntu $NODE_LABELS; then
     sudo apt-get -qq update
     sudo apt-get -qq install build-essential pkg-config libboost-all-dev \
-                             libcrypto++-dev libsqlite3-dev libssl-dev \
-                             liblog4cxx10-dev
+                             libsqlite3-dev libssl-dev
 fi
diff --git a/.jenkins.d/10-ndn-cxx.sh b/.jenkins.d/10-ndn-cxx.sh
index e5f7585..c9e2a63 100755
--- a/.jenkins.d/10-ndn-cxx.sh
+++ b/.jenkins.d/10-ndn-cxx.sh
@@ -8,13 +8,25 @@
 
 pushd "${CACHE_DIR:-/tmp}" >/dev/null
 
-INSTALLED_VERSION=$((cd ndn-cxx && git rev-parse HEAD) 2>/dev/null || echo NONE)
+INSTALLED_VERSION=
+if has OSX $NODE_LABELS; then
+    BOOST=$(brew ls --versions boost)
+    OLD_BOOST=$(cat boost.txt || :)
+    if [[ $OLD_BOOST != $BOOST ]]; then
+        echo "$BOOST" > boost.txt
+        INSTALLED_VERSION=NONE
+    fi
+fi
+
+if [[ -z $INSTALLED_VERSION ]]; then
+    INSTALLED_VERSION=$(git -C ndn-cxx rev-parse HEAD 2>/dev/null || echo NONE)
+fi
 
 sudo rm -Rf ndn-cxx-latest
 
 git clone --depth 1 git://github.com/named-data/ndn-cxx ndn-cxx-latest
 
-LATEST_VERSION=$((cd ndn-cxx-latest && git rev-parse HEAD) 2>/dev/null || echo UNKNOWN)
+LATEST_VERSION=$(git -C ndn-cxx-latest rev-parse HEAD 2>/dev/null || echo UNKNOWN)
 
 if [[ $INSTALLED_VERSION != $LATEST_VERSION ]]; then
     sudo rm -Rf ndn-cxx
@@ -23,21 +35,22 @@
     sudo rm -Rf ndn-cxx-latest
 fi
 
-sudo rm -Rf /usr/local/include/ndn-cxx
+sudo rm -f /usr/local/bin/ndnsec*
+sudo rm -fr /usr/local/include/ndn-cxx
 sudo rm -f /usr/local/lib/libndn-cxx*
-sudo rm -f /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/libndn-cxx*
+sudo rm -f /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/libndn-cxx.pc
 
 pushd ndn-cxx >/dev/null
 
-./waf -j1 --color=yes configure --enable-shared --disable-static --without-osx-keychain
-./waf -j1 --color=yes build
-sudo ./waf -j1 --color=yes install
+./waf configure --color=yes --enable-shared --disable-static --without-osx-keychain
+./waf build --color=yes -j${WAF_JOBS:-1}
+sudo env "PATH=$PATH" ./waf install --color=yes
 
 popd >/dev/null
 popd >/dev/null
 
 if has Linux $NODE_LABELS; then
     sudo ldconfig
-elif has FreeBSD $NODE_LABELS; then
-    sudo ldconfig -a
+elif has FreeBSD10 $NODE_LABELS; then
+    sudo ldconfig -m
 fi
diff --git a/.jenkins.d/README.md b/.jenkins.d/README.md
index b1bd93a..39fa40b 100644
--- a/.jenkins.d/README.md
+++ b/.jenkins.d/README.md
@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@
 
   * `[OS_TYPE]`: `Linux`
   * `[DISTRO_TYPE]`: `Ubuntu`
-  * `[DISTRO_VERSION]`: `Ubuntu-14.04`, `Ubuntu-16.04`
+  * `[DISTRO_VERSION]`: `Ubuntu-16.04`, `Ubuntu-18.04`
 
   Possible values for OS X / macOS:
 
   * `[OS_TYPE]`: `OSX`
   * `[DISTRO_TYPE]`: `OSX` (can be absent)
-  * `[DISTRO_VERSION]`: `OSX-10.10`, `OSX-10.11`, `OSX-10.12`
+  * `[DISTRO_VERSION]`: `OSX-10.11`, `OSX-10.12`, `OSX-10.13`
 
 - `JOB_NAME`: optional variable to define type of the job.  Depending on the defined job type,
   the build scripts can perform different tasks.
@@ -29,3 +29,8 @@
   * empty: default build process
   * `code-coverage` (Linux OS is assumed): debug build with tests and code coverage analysis
   * `limited-build`: only a single debug build with tests
+
+- `CACHE_DIR`: the variable defines a path to folder containing cached files from previous builds,
+  e.g., a compiled version of ndn-cxx library.  If not set, `/tmp` is used.
+
+- `WAF_JOBS`: number of parallel build jobs used by waf, defaults to 1.
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 508b081..984e8ac 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,28 +1,97 @@
+language: cpp
+dist: xenial
 sudo: required
-language: generic
 env:
   global:
     - JOB_NAME=limited-build
+    - WAF_JOBS=2
+
 matrix:
   include:
+    # Linux/gcc
+    # https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-toolchain-r/+archive/ubuntu/test/+packages
     - os: linux
-      dist: trusty
-      env:
-        - CXX=g++
-        - NODE_LABELS="Linux Ubuntu Ubuntu-14.04"
+      env: COMPILER=g++-5
     - os: linux
-      dist: trusty
-      env:
-        - CXX=clang++
-        - NODE_LABELS="Linux Ubuntu Ubuntu-14.04"
+      env: COMPILER=g++-6
+    - os: linux
+      env: COMPILER=g++-7
+    - os: linux
+      env: COMPILER=g++-8
+
+    # Linux/clang
+    # https://apt.llvm.org/
+    - os: linux
+      env: COMPILER=clang++-3.5
+    - os: linux
+      env: COMPILER=clang++-3.6
+    - os: linux
+      env: COMPILER=clang++-3.7 DISABLE_ASAN=yes
+    - os: linux
+      env: COMPILER=clang++-3.8
+    - os: linux
+      env: COMPILER=clang++-3.9
+    - os: linux
+      env: COMPILER=clang++-4.0
+    - os: linux
+      env: COMPILER=clang++-5.0
+    - os: linux
+      env: COMPILER=clang++-6.0
+    - os: linux
+      env: COMPILER=clang++-7
+
+    # macOS/clang
+    # https://docs.travis-ci.com/user/reference/osx/#OS-X-Version
     - os: osx
-      osx_image: xcode8.2
-      env:
-        - CXX=clang++
-        - NODE_LABELS="OSX OSX-10.12"
-notifications:
-  email:
-    on_success: always
-    on_failure: always
+      osx_image: xcode7.3
+      env: OSX_VERSION=10.11
+    - os: osx
+      osx_image: xcode8.3
+      env: OSX_VERSION=10.12
+    - os: osx
+      osx_image: xcode9.3
+      env: OSX_VERSION=10.13
+
+  allow_failures:
+    - env: COMPILER=g++-6
+    - env: COMPILER=g++-7
+    - env: COMPILER=g++-8
+    - env: COMPILER=clang++-3.5
+    - env: COMPILER=clang++-3.6
+    - env: COMPILER=clang++-3.7 DISABLE_ASAN=yes
+    - env: COMPILER=clang++-3.8
+    - env: COMPILER=clang++-3.9
+    - env: COMPILER=clang++-4.0
+    - env: COMPILER=clang++-5.0
+    - env: COMPILER=clang++-6.0
+    - env: COMPILER=clang++-7
+
+  fast_finish: true
+
+install: |
+    case ${COMPILER} in
+      g++-[6789])
+        travis_retry sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test
+        travis_retry sudo apt-get -qq update
+        travis_retry sudo apt-get -qy install "${COMPILER}"
+        ;;
+      clang++-*)
+        CLANG_VERSION=${COMPILER/clang++}
+        if [[ ${CLANG_VERSION} != "-3."* ]]; then
+          wget -O - "https://apt.llvm.org/llvm-snapshot.gpg.key" | sudo apt-key add -
+          travis_retry sudo add-apt-repository -y "deb http://apt.llvm.org/xenial/ llvm-toolchain-xenial${CLANG_VERSION/-7} main"
+        fi
+        travis_retry sudo apt-get -qq update
+        travis_retry sudo apt-get -qy install "clang${CLANG_VERSION}"
+        ;;
+    esac
+
+before_script:
+  - if [[ ${TRAVIS_OS_NAME} == linux ]]; then export NODE_LABELS="Linux Ubuntu Ubuntu-16.04"; fi
+  - if [[ ${TRAVIS_OS_NAME} == osx ]]; then export NODE_LABELS="OSX OSX-${OSX_VERSION}"; fi
+  - if [[ -n ${COMPILER} ]]; then export CXX=${COMPILER}; fi
+  - ${CXX:-c++} --version
+  - python --version
+
 script:
   - ./.jenkins
diff --git a/.waf-tools/default-compiler-flags.py b/.waf-tools/default-compiler-flags.py
index 54db7ea..e690290 100644
--- a/.waf-tools/default-compiler-flags.py
+++ b/.waf-tools/default-compiler-flags.py
@@ -15,14 +15,14 @@
     errmsg = ''
     warnmsg = ''
     if cxx == 'gcc':
-        if ccver < (4, 8, 2):
+        if ccver < (5, 3, 0):
             errmsg = ('The version of gcc you are using is too old.\n'
-                      'The minimum supported gcc version is 4.8.2.')
+                      'The minimum supported gcc version is 5.3.0.')
         conf.flags = GccFlags()
     elif cxx == 'clang':
-        if ccver < (3, 4, 0):
+        if ccver < (3, 5, 0):
             errmsg = ('The version of clang you are using is too old.\n'
-                      'The minimum supported clang version is 3.4.0.')
+                      'The minimum supported clang version is 3.5.0.')
         conf.flags = ClangFlags()
     else:
         warnmsg = 'Note: %s compiler is unsupported' % cxx
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 
     conf.areCustomCxxflagsPresent = (len(conf.env.CXXFLAGS) > 0)
 
-    # General flags are always applied (e.g., selecting C++11 mode)
+    # General flags are always applied (e.g., selecting C++ language standard)
     generalFlags = conf.flags.getGeneralFlags(conf)
     conf.add_supported_cxxflags(generalFlags['CXXFLAGS'])
     conf.add_supported_linkflags(generalFlags['LINKFLAGS'])
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
     """
     def getGeneralFlags(self, conf):
         flags = super(GccBasicFlags, self).getGeneralFlags(conf)
-        flags['CXXFLAGS'] += ['-std=c++11']
+        flags['CXXFLAGS'] += ['-std=c++14']
         return flags
 
     def getDebugFlags(self, conf):
@@ -164,16 +164,12 @@
 class GccFlags(GccBasicFlags):
     def getDebugFlags(self, conf):
         flags = super(GccFlags, self).getDebugFlags(conf)
-        if self.getCompilerVersion(conf) < (5, 1, 0):
-            flags['CXXFLAGS'] += ['-Wno-missing-field-initializers']
-        flags['CXXFLAGS'] += ['-fdiagnostics-color'] # gcc >= 4.9
+        flags['CXXFLAGS'] += ['-fdiagnostics-color']
         return flags
 
     def getOptimizedFlags(self, conf):
         flags = super(GccFlags, self).getOptimizedFlags(conf)
-        if self.getCompilerVersion(conf) < (5, 1, 0):
-            flags['CXXFLAGS'] += ['-Wno-missing-field-initializers']
-        flags['CXXFLAGS'] += ['-fdiagnostics-color'] # gcc >= 4.9
+        flags['CXXFLAGS'] += ['-fdiagnostics-color']
         return flags
 
 class ClangFlags(GccBasicFlags):
diff --git a/docs/INSTALL.rst b/docs/INSTALL.rst
index eaf4a88..c1d664b 100644
--- a/docs/INSTALL.rst
+++ b/docs/INSTALL.rst
@@ -9,40 +9,12 @@
 -  Install the `ndn-cxx library <http://named-data.net/doc/ndn-cxx/current/INSTALL.html>`_
    and its requirements
 
-Another additional libraries include:
--  ``log4cxx``
-
-   On OS X 10.8, 10.9 and 10.10 with MacPorts:
-
-   ::
-
-       sudo port install log4cxx
-
-   On Ubuntu >= 12.04:
-
-   ::
-
-       sudo apt-get install liblog4cxx10-dev
-
 To build manpages and API documentation:
 
 -  ``doxygen``
 -  ``graphviz``
 -  ``python-sphinx``
 
-   On OS X 10.8 and 10.9 with MacPorts:
-
-   ::
-
-       sudo port install doxygen graphviz py27-sphinx sphinx_select
-       sudo port select sphinx py27-sphinx
-
-   On Ubuntu >= 12.04:
-
-   ::
-
-       sudo apt-get install doxygen graphviz python-sphinx
-
 Build
 -----
 
@@ -54,28 +26,6 @@
     ./waf
     sudo ./waf install
 
-Some platforms, such as OS X with MacPorts and certain Linux distributions (e.g., Fedora)
-require setting the ``PKG_CONFIG_PATH`` before running configure.
-
-For example, on OS X with MacPorts (assuming the default ``/opt/local`` MacPorts path):
-
-::
-
-    export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/opt/local/lib/pkgconfig:/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig:/usr/lib/pkgconfig:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH
-    ./waf configure
-    ./waf
-    sudo ./waf install
-
-or some Linux distributions:
-
-::
-
-    export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig:/usr/lib/pkgconfig:/usr/lib64/pkgconfig:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH
-    ./waf configure
-    ./waf
-    sudo ./waf install
-
-
 Refer to ``./waf --help`` for more options that can be used during ``configure`` stage and
 how to properly configure and run NFD.
 
diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index 1b44ea8..20dcad5 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@
             else:
                 # no tags matched
                 Context.g_module.VERSION = '%s-commit-%s' % (VERSION_BASE, out)
-    except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
+    except (OSError, subprocess.CalledProcessError):
         pass
 
     versionFile = ctx.path.find_node('VERSION')