</p>
<p>
-OVERVIEW HERE
+This release improves <a href="#build">caching of built packages</a>,
+adds <a href="#test">caching of successful test results</a>,
+runs <a href="#test-vet">vet automatically during tests</a>,
+and
+permits <a href="#cgo">passing string values directly between Go and C using cgo</a>.
</p>
<h2 id="language">Changes to the language</h2>
</p>
<p>
-TODO: CL 70890 "permit passing string values directly between Go and C."
+Cgo now supports direct access to Go string values from C.
+Functions in the C preamble may use the type <code>_GoString_</code>
+to accept a Go string as an argument.
+C code may call <code>_GoStringLen</code> and <code>_GoStringPtr</code>
+for direct access to the contents of the string.
+A value of type <code>_GoString_</code>
+may be passed in a call to an exported Go function that takes an argument of Go type <code>string</code>.
</p>
<p>
<h3 id="gccgo">Gccgo</h3>
<p>
-TODO: Words about GCC 8 and Go 1.10.
+Due to the alignment of Go's semiannual release schedule with GCC's
+annual release schedule,
+GCC release 7 contains the Go 1.8.3 version of gccgo.
+We expect that the next release, GCC 8, will contain the Go 1.10
+version of gccgo.
</p>
<h2 id="runtime">Runtime</h2>
<dl id="crypto/x509"><dt><a href="/pkg/crypto/x509/">crypto/x509</a></dt>
<dd>
<p>
-Leaf certificate validation now enforces the name constraints for all
+<a href="/pkg/crypto/x509/#Certificate.Verify"><code>Certificate.Verify</code></a>
+now enforces the name constraints for all
names contained in the certificate, not just the one name that a client has asked about.
Extended key usage restrictions are similarly now checked all at once.
As a result, after a certificate has been validated, now it can be trusted in its entirety.
It is no longer necessary to revalidate the certificate for each additional name
or key usage.
-TODO: Link to docs that may not exist yet.
</p>
<p>