News
====
+.. _release6.2:
+
+6.2
+---
+* Python ``int()``'s accepts even more various non-decimal characters
+ than expected. Make validation fully strict in UTCTime and
+ GeneralizedTime, without relying on ``int()``
+
+.. _release6.1:
+
+6.1
+---
+* UTCTime and GeneralizedTime allowed values to have plus sign in them,
+ passing int() check successfully. Prohibit that incorrect behaviour
+* UTCTime and GeneralizedTime BER decoding support
+* Faster UTCTime and GeneralizedTime decoding, and slightly better
+ overall performance
+* Workability under Cython
+* Explicitly Check that all ObjectIdentifier arcs are non-negative
+
+.. _release6.0:
+
+6.0
+---
+* ``.copy()`` method removed: ``copy.copy()`` is preferred way to copy
+ objects now
+* Copies made previously with ``.copy()`` lacked ``.defined`` field,
+ now they are not
+* All objects are friendly to ``pickle`` libraries
+* PrintableString has ``allow_asterisk`` and ``allow_ampersand``
+ properties
+* ``.hexencode()``, ``.hexdecode()`` and ``.hexdecod()`` methods
+ appeared, working with hexadecimal encoded data
+
+.. _release5.6:
+
+5.6
+---
+* Convenient ``.decod()`` method, that raises if tail is not empty
+* Control characters (like newlines) of text fields in pprinted output
+ are escaped
+* Ability to allow asterisk and ampersand characters
+ (``allow_asterisk``, ``allow_ampersand`` kwargs) in PrintableString,
+ that unfortunately could be met in X.509 certificates
+
+.. _release5.5:
+
+5.5
+---
+* PEP-396 compatible module's ``__version__``
+
+.. _release5.4:
+
+5.4
+---
+* Do not shadow underlying DecodeError during decoding of optional
+ sequence's field
+
+.. _release5.3:
+
+5.3
+---
+* Forbid any later GNU GPL version autousage (project's licence now is
+ GNU LGPLv3 only)
+* Fix ``defines_by_path`` context option usage example
+
+.. _release5.2:
+
+5.2
+---
+* Fix fallbacked ``colored()`` function workability,
+ if no ``termcolor`` is installed
+
.. _release5.1:
5.1