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diff --git a/manual/release-notes.rst b/manual/release-notes.rst
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@@ -139,11 +139,18 @@ For a detailed list of changes, please see the file
- See :ref:`breaking-crypto-api` for specific details, and see
:ref:`weak-crypto` for a general discussion.
- - QPDFObjectHandle::warnIfPossible no longer takes an optional
+ - ``QPDFObjectHandle::warnIfPossible`` no longer takes an optional
argument to throw an exception if there is no description. If
there is no description, it writes to the default logger's error
stream.
+ - ``QPDF`` objects can no longer be copied or assigned to. It has
+ never been safe to do this because of assumptions made by
+ library code. Now it is prevented by the API. If you run into
+ trouble, use ``QPDF::create()`` to create ``QPDF`` shared
+ pointers (or create them in some other way if you need backward
+ compatibility with older qpdf versions).
+
- CLI Enhancements
- ``qpdf --list-attachments --verbose`` include some additional
@@ -196,6 +203,9 @@ For a detailed list of changes, please see the file
generally not happen for correct code, but at least the
situation is detectible now.
+ - Add new factory method ``QPDF::create()`` that returns a
+ ``std::shared_ptr<QPDF>``.
+
- Add new ``Pipeline`` methods to reduce the amount of casting that is
needed: