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* NEWS: Note that 1.4 won't have Elgamal sign+encrypt support at all.

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@ -8,13 +8,16 @@ Noteworthy changes in version 1.2.4 (unreleased)
* Added the ability to handle messages that can be decrypted with
either a passphrase or a secret key.
* Support for Elgamal sign+encrypt keys has been removed. Old
signatures may still be verified, and existing encrypted
* Most support for Elgamal sign+encrypt keys has been removed.
Old signatures may still be verified, and existing encrypted
messages may still be decrypted, but no new signatures may be
issued by, and no new messages will be encrypted to, these keys.
Elgamal sign+encrypt keys are not part of the web of trust. The
only new message that can be generated by an Elgamal
sign+encrypt key is a key revocation.
sign+encrypt key is a key revocation. Note that in a future
version of GnuPG (currently planned for 1.4), all support for
Elgamal sign+encrypt keys will be removed, so take this
opportunity to revoke old keys now.
* A Russian translation is included again as well as a new
Belarusian translation.