M2Crypto 0.19beta1

This is the first beta of the M2Crypto 0.19 release.

Please give these bits a spin and report any problems. I expect the
final 0.19 bits will be out right after the Python 2.6 release towards 
the end of this month or so.

Changes:

- OpenSSL OBJ_* functions wrapped by Pavel Shramov
- OpenSSL ENGINE interface wrapped, providing support for smart cards,
   by Martin Paljak and Pavel Shramov
- EVP.PKey.get_rsa() now returns RSA_pub, which fixes segmentation fault
   when trying to encrypt using public key from X509 certificate,
   by Ben Timby
- httpslib.ProxyHTTPSConnection now sends the required Host header,
   by Karl Grindley
- Use the proxied User-Agent value in CONNECT requests, by James Antill
   and Miloslav Trmac
- Fixed m2urllib.build_opener when optional handlers were in use,
   affected Python 2.5 and later, by Miloslav Trmac
- Reverted the incorrect GIL change done in 0.18 to
   m2.passphrase_callback, which caused a deadlock when called from
   mod_python for example. Thanks to Michal Kochel and Keith Jackson.
- httpslib.HTTPSConnection now raises ValueError for illegal keyword
   argument
- m2.pkey_write_pem[_no_cipher] changed to use the recommended (more
   secure) PEM_write_bio_PKCS8PrivateKey (used by
   PEM_write_bio_PrivateKey).
- X509.load_cert, load_cert_bio, load_cert_der_string,
   new_stack_from_der, load_request and load_crl now raise X509Error for
   invalid data. Previously some of these raised a string as an error,
   some did not raise but caused strange errors later, for example
   x509.verify() would return -1.
- Fixed SSL.Connection.get_socket_read_timeout and
   set_socket_read_timeout on 64bit platforms by adding
   SSL.timeout.struct_size() and using it instead of
   hardcoded size for socket.getsockopt
- X509_Store.load_info now returns the value from the underlying
   m2.x509_store_load_locations call, and in case of error raises
   X509Error
- Fixed SMIME.verify to raise the correct PKCS7_Error (used to raise
   SMIME_Error) when verification fails with Python 2.6

Requirements:

* Python 2.3 or newer
   o m2urllib2 requires Python 2.4 or newer
* OpenSSL 0.9.7 or newer
   o Some optional new features will require OpenSSL 0.9.8 or newer
* SWIG 1.3.24 or newer required for building
   o SWIG 1.3.30 or newer may be required with Python 2.5 or newer and
   Python 2.4 with Py_ssize_t patches

Get it while it's hot from M2Crypto homepage:
http://chandlerproject.org/Projects/MeTooCrypto

Or use easy_install: easy_install M2Crypto

-- 
   Heikki Toivonen - http://heikkitoivonen.net