RC1 for 2021-08 snapshot release

Author: dstebila

RELEASE.md

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-OQS-OpenSSL_1\_1\_1-stable snapshot 2021-03
-===========================================
+OQS-OpenSSL_1\_1\_1-stable snapshot 2021-08-rc1
+===============================================
 
 About
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@@ -13,22 +13,22 @@ The **Open Quantum Safe (OQS) project** has the goal of developing and prototypi
 Release notes
 =============
 
-This is the 2021-03 snapshot release of OQS-OpenSSL, which was released on March 26, 2021. Its release page on GitHub is https://github.com/open-quantum-safe/openssl/releases/tag/OQS-OpenSSL_1_1_1-stable-snapshot-2021-03.  This release is intended to be used with liboqs version 0.5.0.
+This is release candidate 1 for the the 2021-08 snapshot release of OQS-OpenSSL, which was released on August 8, 2021. This release is intended to be used with liboqs version 0.7.0.
 
 What's New
 ----------
 
-This is the fifth snapshot release of OQS-OpenSSL_1\_1\_1-stable.  It is based on OpenSSL 1.1.1k.
+This is the sixth snapshot release of OQS-OpenSSL_1\_1\_1-stable.  It is based on OpenSSL 1.1.1k.
 
-- Removes algorithms from NIST PQC Round 2 that did not advance to Round 3: NewHope, ThreeBears, MQDSS, qTesla.
-- Updates algorithms to those used in liboqs 0.5.0, as described in the [liboqs release notes](https://github.com/open-quantum-safe/liboqs/blob/main/RELEASE.md).
-- Adds HQC, NTRUPrime.
-- Improvements to continuous integration testing and build process, including building of shared libraries.
-- Change format of hybrid key exchange in TLS 1.3 to follow https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-tls-hybrid-design-01
+- Updates algorithms to those used in liboqs 0.7.0, as described in the [liboqs release notes](https://github.com/open-quantum-safe/liboqs/blob/main/RELEASE.md).
+- Improves signing support with different digest algorithms
+- Enables building OQS-OpenSSL for UEFI/EDKII (contributed by Jiewen Yao, Intel)
+- Improved documentation of algorithm identifiers
 
 Previous release notes
 ----------------------
 
+- [OQS-OpenSSL 1.1.1 snapshot 2021-03](https://github.com/open-quantum-safe/openssl/releases/tag/OQS-OpenSSL_1_1_1-stable-snapshot-2021-03) aligned with liboqs 0.5.0 (March 26, 2021)
 - [OQS-OpenSSL 1.1.1 snapshot 2020-08](https://github.com/open-quantum-safe/openssl/releases/tag/OQS-OpenSSL_1_1_1-stable-snapshot-2020-08) aligned with liboqs 0.4.0 (August 11, 2020)
 - [OQS-OpenSSL 1.1.1 snapshot 2020-07](https://github.com/open-quantum-safe/openssl/releases/tag/OQS-OpenSSL_1_1_1-stable-snapshot-2020-07) aligned with liboqs 0.3.0 (July 10, 2020)
 - [OQS-OpenSSL 1.1.1 snapshot 2019-10](https://github.com/open-quantum-safe/openssl/releases/tag/OQS-OpenSSL_1_1_1-stable-snapshot-2019-10) aligned with liboqs 0.2.0 (October 8, 2019)

include/openssl/opensslv.h

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ extern "C" {
  *  major minor fix final patch/beta)
  */
 # define OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER  0x101010bfL
-# define OPENSSL_VERSION_TEXT    "OpenSSL 1.1.1k  25 Mar 2021, Open Quantum Safe 2021-03 snapshot"
+# define OPENSSL_VERSION_TEXT    "OpenSSL 1.1.1k  25 Mar 2021, Open Quantum Safe 2021-08 snapshot rc1"
 
 /*-
  * The macros below are to be used for shared library (.so, .dll, ...)