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@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Mail-Followup-To: gnupg-users@gnupg.org
 Hello!
 
 We are pleased to announce the availability of a new stable GnuPG-2
-release:  Version 2.0.17.
+release:  Version 2.0.18.
 
 The GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG) is GNU's tool for secure communication
 and data storage.  It can be used to encrypt data, create digital
@@ -25,25 +25,21 @@ versions because they are very useful for small systems and for server
 based applications requiring only OpenPGP support.
 
 GnuPG is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License
-(GPL version 3).  GnuPG-2 works best on GNU/Linux or *BSD systems.
+(GPLv3+).  GnuPG-2 works best on GNU/Linux and *BSD systems but is
+also available for other Unices, Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X.
 
 
 What's New
 ===========
 
- * Allow more hash algorithms with the OpenPGP v2 card.
+ * Bug fix for newer versions of Libgcrypt.
 
- * The gpg-agent now tests for a new gpg-agent.conf on a HUP.
+ * Support the SSH confirm flag and show SSH fingerprints in ssh
+   related pinentries.
 
- * Fixed output of "gpgconf --check-options".
+ * Improved dirmngr/gpgsm interaction for OCSP.
 
- * Fixed a bug where Scdaemon sends a signal to Gpg-agent running in
+ * Allow generation of card keys up to 4096 bit.
-   non-daemon mode.
-
- * Fixed TTY management for pinentries and session variable update
-   problem.
-
- * Minor bug fixes.
 
 
 Getting the Software
@@ -52,7 +48,7 @@ Getting the Software
 Please follow the instructions found at http://www.gnupg.org/download/
 or read on:
 
-GnuPG 2.0.17 may be downloaded from one of the GnuPG mirror sites or
+GnuPG 2.0.18 may be downloaded from one of the GnuPG mirror sites or
 direct from ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/gnupg/ .  The list of mirrors
 can be found at http://www.gnupg.org/mirrors.html .  Note, that GnuPG
 is not available at ftp.gnu.org.
@@ -60,14 +56,14 @@ is not available at ftp.gnu.org.
 On the FTP server and its mirrors you should find the following files
 in the gnupg/ directory:
 
-  gnupg-2.0.17.tar.bz2 (3904k)
+  gnupg-2.0.18.tar.bz2 (3922k)
-  gnupg-2.0.17.tar.bz2.sig
+  gnupg-2.0.18.tar.bz2.sig
 
       GnuPG source compressed using BZIP2 and OpenPGP signature.
 
-  gnupg-2.0.16-2.0.17.diff.bz2 (75k)
+  gnupg-2.0.17-2.0.18.diff.bz2 (188k)
 
-      A patch file to upgrade a 2.0.16 GnuPG source tree.  This patch
+      A patch file to upgrade a 2.0.17 GnuPG source tree.  This patch
       does not include updates of the language files.
 
 Note, that we don't distribute gzip compressed tarballs for GnuPG-2.
@@ -82,9 +78,9 @@ the following ways:
 
  * If you already have a trusted version of GnuPG installed, you
    can simply check the supplied signature.  For example to check the
-   signature of the file gnupg-2.0.17.tar.bz2 you would use this command:
+   signature of the file gnupg-2.0.18.tar.bz2 you would use this command:
 
-     gpg --verify gnupg-2.0.17.tar.bz2.sig
+     gpg --verify gnupg-2.0.18.tar.bz2.sig
 
    This checks whether the signature file matches the source file.
    You should see a message indicating that the signature is good and
@@ -107,69 +103,64 @@ the following ways:
 
  * If you are not able to use an old version of GnuPG, you have to verify
    the SHA-1 checksum.  Assuming you downloaded the file
-   gnupg-2.0.17.tar.bz2, you would run the sha1sum command like this:
+   gnupg-2.0.18.tar.bz2, you would run the sha1sum command like this:
 
      sha1sum gnupg-2.0.17.tar.bz2
 
    and check that the output matches the first line from the
    following list:
 
-41ef5460417ca0a1131fc730849fe3afd49ad2de  gnupg-2.0.17.tar.bz2
+5ec2f718760cc3121970a140aeea004b64545c46  gnupg-2.0.18.tar.bz2
-ba49d5ab2659bfe6403d52df58722f439e393bbb  gnupg-2.0.16-2.0.17.diff.bz2
+998cde3e4383bea771930e9f4934494fa09ed669  gnupg-2.0.17-2.0.18.diff.bz2
-
-
-Internationalization
-====================
-
-GnuPG comes with support for 27 languages.  Due to a lot of new and
-changed strings many translations are not entirely complete.  Jakub
-Bogusz, Petr Pisar, Jedi and Daniel Nylander have been kind enough to
-update their translations on short notice.  Thus the Chinese, Czech,
-German, Polish and Swedish translations are complete.
 
 
 Documentation
 =============
 
-We are currently working on an installation guide to explain in more
+The gnupg.info file has the complete user manual of the system.
-detail how to configure the new features.  As of now the chapters on
+Separate man pages are included as well; however they have not all the
-gpg-agent and gpgsm include brief information on how to set up the
+details available in the manual.  It is also possible to read the
-whole thing.  Please watch the GnuPG website for updates of the
+complete manual online in HTML format at
-documentation.  In the meantime you may search the GnuPG mailing list
-archives or ask on the gnupg-users mailing lists for advise on how to
-solve problems.  Many of the new features are around for several years
-and thus enough public knowledge is already available.  KDE's KMail is
-the most prominent user of GnuPG-2.  In fact it has been developed along
-with the KMail folks.  Mutt users might want to use the configure
-option "--enable-gpgme" and "set use_crypt_gpgme" in ~/.muttrc to make
-use of GnuPG-2 to enable S/MIME in addition to a reworked OpenPGP
-support.
 
-The manual is also available online in HTML format at
   http://www.gnupg.org/documentation/manuals/gnupg/
-and in Portable Document Format at
+
+or in Portable Document Format at
+
   http://www.gnupg.org/documentation/manuals/gnupg.pdf .
 
+The chapters on gpg-agent, gpg and gpgsm include information on how
+to set up the whole thing.  You may also want search the GnuPG mailing
+list archives or ask on the gnupg-users mailing lists for advise on
+how to solve problems.  Many of the new features are around for
+several years and thus enough public knowledge is already available.
+
+Almost all mail clients support GnuPG-2.  Kmail might be the most
+prominent user of all GnuPG-2 features.  In fact it has been developed
+in cooperation with the Kmail folks.  Mutt users may want to use the
+configure option "--enable-gpgme" during build time and put a
+"set use_crypt_gpgme" in ~/.muttrc to enable S/MIME support along with
+the reworked OpenPGP support.
+
 
 Support
 =======
 
-Improving GnuPG is costly, but you can help!  We are looking for
+Please consult the archive of the gnupg-users mailing list before
-organizations that find GnuPG useful and wish to contribute back.  
+reporting a bug <http://gnupg.org/documentation/mailing-lists.html>.
-You can contribute by reporting bugs, improve the software, order
+We suggest to send bug reports for a new release to this list in favor
-extensions or support or more general by donating money to the Free
+of filing a bug at <http://bugs.gnupg.org>.  We also have a dedicated
-Software movement (e.g. http://www.fsfeurope.org/help/donate.en.html).
+service directory at:
-
-Commercial support contracts for GnuPG are available, and they help
-finance continued maintenance.  g10 Code GmbH, a Duesseldorf based
-company owned and headed by GnuPG's principal author, is currently
-funding GnuPG development.  We are always looking for interesting
-development projects.
-
-The GnuPG service directory is available at:
 
   http://www.gnupg.org/service.html
 
+Maintaining and improving GnuPG is costly.  For more than 10 years
+now, g10 Code, a German company owned and headed by GnuPG's principal
+author Werner Koch, is bearing the majority of these costs.  To help
+them carry on this work, they need your support.  Please consider to
+visit the GnuPG donation page at:
+
+  http://g10code.com/gnupg-donation.html
+
 
 Thanks
 ======
@@ -183,4 +174,3 @@ lists.
 Happy Hacking,
 
   The GnuPG Team
-