Update README, usage docs and add news/ entry for change-log

README.rst

@@ -64,15 +64,15 @@ PyInstaller is available on PyPI. You can install it through `pip`::
 Requirements and Tested Platforms
 ------------------------------------
 
-- Python: 
+- Python:
 
  - 3.5-3.7
- - PyCrypto_ 2.4+ (only if using bytecode encryption)
+ - `tinyaes`_ 1.0+ (only if using bytecode encryption)
 
 - Windows (32bit/64bit):
 
  - Windows XP or newer.
-    
+
 - GNU/Linux (32bit/64bit)
 
  - ldd: Console application to print the shared libraries required
@@ -127,14 +127,14 @@ enhancements on these are welcome.
 Before using any contributed platform, you need to build the PyInstaller
 bootloader, as we do not ship binary packages. Download PyInstaller
 source, and build the bootloader::
-     
+
         cd bootloader
         python ./waf distclean all
 
 Then install PyInstaller::
 
         python setup.py install
-        
+
 or simply use it directly from the source (pyinstaller.py).
 
 
@@ -155,6 +155,6 @@ http://www.pyinstaller.org/funding.html for how to support PyInstaller.
 
 
 
-.. _PyCrypto: https://www.dlitz.net/software/pycrypto/
+.. _`tinyaes`: https://github.com/naufraghi/tinyaes-py
 .. _`manual`: https://pyinstaller.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
 

doc/_common_definitions.txt

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 .. _pip-Win: https://sites.google.com/site/pydatalog/python/pip-for-windows
 .. _plistlib: https://docs.python.org/3/library/plistlib.html
 .. _png2icns: http://icns.sourceforge.net/
-.. _PyCrypto: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pycrypto/
+.. _`tinyaes`: https://github.com/naufraghi/tinyaes-py
 .. _PyInstaller.org: https://github.com/pyinstaller/pyinstaller/wiki/Community
 .. _`PyInstaller at GitHub`: https://github.com/pyinstaller/pyinstaller
 .. _`PyInstaller code signing recipe`: https://github.com/pyinstaller/pyinstaller/wiki/Recipe-OSX-Code-Signing

doc/usage.rst

@@ -203,8 +203,7 @@ To encrypt the Python bytecode modules stored in the bundle,
 pass the ``--key=``\ *key-string*  argument on
 the command line.
 
-For this to work, you must have the PyCrypto_
-module installed.
+For this to work, you must have the `tinyaes`_ module installed.
 The *key-string* is a string of 16 characters which is used to
 encrypt each file of Python byte-code before it is stored in
 the archive inside the executable file.

news/4652.bootloader.rst

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Update base library to support encrypting Python bytecode (``--key`` option)