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

README.rst

@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ Requirements and Tested Platforms
 - Python: 
 
  - 3.5-3.7
- - PyCrypto_ 2.4+ (only if using bytecode encryption)
+ - tinyaes_ 1.0+ (only if using bytecode encryption)
 
 - Windows (32bit/64bit):
 
@@ -159,6 +159,6 @@ 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)