NEWS: List des-compat.h as a candidate for removal.

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@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2014-06-04  Niels Möller  <nisse@lysator.liu.se>
 
+	* NEWS: List des-compat.h as a candidate for removal in the next
+	release.
+
 	* testsuite/des-compat-test.c (test_main): Fixed out of bounds
 	memory read, reported by Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos.
 
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
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@@ -89,6 +89,13 @@ NEWS for the Nettle 3.0 release
 	* Deleted the RSAREF compatibility, including the header file
 	  rsa-compat.h and everything declared therein.
 
+	* Also under consideration for removal is des-compat.h and
+	  everything declared therein. This implements a subset of the
+	  old libdes/ssleay/openssl interface for DES and triple-DES,
+	  and it is poorly tested. If anyone uses this interface,
+	  please speak up! Otherwise, it will likely be removed in the
+	  next release.
+	
 	Bug fixes:
 
 	* Building with ./configure --disable-static now works.