Prepare 0.5.4 release

Author: 05nelsonm

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # CHANGELOG
 
+## Version 0.5.4 (2024-12-19)
+ - Updates `kotlincrypto.core` to `0.5.4`
+ - Updates `kotlincrypto.hash` to `0.5.4`
+ - Adds benchmarking to repository [[#53]][53]
+     - Benchmark comparisons using `core` and `sponges` performance
+       improvements can be viewed in [PR #54][54-comment]
+     - TL;DR huge gains for `hmac-sha3` & `kmac`
+
 ## Version 0.5.3 (2024-08-31)
  - Updates `kotlincrypto.core` to `0.5.3`
  - Updates `kotlincrypto.hash` to `0.5.3`
@@ -129,3 +137,5 @@
 [46]: https://github.com/KotlinCrypto/MACs/pull/46
 [47]: https://github.com/KotlinCrypto/MACs/pull/47
 [50]: https://github.com/KotlinCrypto/MACs/pull/50
+[53]: https://github.com/KotlinCrypto/MACs/pull/53
+[54-comment]: https://github.com/KotlinCrypto/MACs/pull/54#issuecomment-2554991551

README.md

@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ shown below.
 // build.gradle.kts
 dependencies {
     // define the BOM and its version
-    implementation(platform("org.kotlincrypto.macs:bom:0.5.3"))
+    implementation(platform("org.kotlincrypto.macs:bom:0.5.4"))
 
     // define artifacts without version
 
@@ -141,13 +141,13 @@ dependencies {
 ```
 
 <!-- TAG_VERSION -->
-[badge-latest-release]: https://img.shields.io/badge/latest--release-0.5.3-blue.svg?style=flat
+[badge-latest-release]: https://img.shields.io/badge/latest--release-0.5.4-blue.svg?style=flat
 [badge-license]: https://img.shields.io/badge/license-Apache%20License%202.0-blue.svg?style=flat
 
 <!-- TAG_DEPENDENCIES -->
 [badge-kotlin]: https://img.shields.io/badge/kotlin-1.9.24-blue.svg?logo=kotlin
-[badge-core]: https://img.shields.io/badge/kotlincrypto.core-0.5.3-blue.svg
-[badge-hash]: https://img.shields.io/badge/kotlincrypto.hash-0.5.3-blue.svg
+[badge-core]: https://img.shields.io/badge/kotlincrypto.core-0.5.4-blue.svg
+[badge-hash]: https://img.shields.io/badge/kotlincrypto.hash-0.5.4-blue.svg
 
 <!-- TAG_PLATFORMS -->
 [badge-platform-android]: http://img.shields.io/badge/-android-6EDB8D.svg?style=flat

gradle.properties

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ POM_DEVELOPER_ID=KotlinCrypto
 POM_DEVELOPER_NAME=Kotlin Crypto
 POM_DEVELOPER_URL=https://github.com/KotlinCrypto/
 
-VERSION_NAME=0.5.4-SNAPSHOT
+VERSION_NAME=0.5.4
 # 0.1.0-alpha01 = 00 01 00 11
 # 0.1.0-beta01  = 00 01 00 21
 # 0.1.0-rc01    = 00 01 00 31