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@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@
 
 =head1 NAME
 
-[ this is a template for a new perldelta file. Any text flagged as
-XXX needs to be processed before release. ]
-
 perldelta - what is new for perl v5.12.5
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
@@ -16,10 +13,6 @@ If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.12.3, first read
 L<perl5124delta>, which describes differences between 5.12.3 and
 5.12.4.
 
-=head1 Notice
-
-XXX Any important notices here
-
 =head1 Security
 
 =head2 C<Encode> decode_xs n-byte heap-overflow (CVE-2011-2939)
@@ -48,39 +41,11 @@ This problem has been fixed.
 
 =head1 Incompatible Changes
 
-XXX For a release on a stable branch, this section aspires to be:
-
-    There are no changes intentionally incompatible with 5.XXX.XXX. If any
-    exist, they are bugs and reports are welcome.
-
-
-=head1 Core Enhancements
-
-XXX New core language features go here. Summarise user-visible core language
-enhancements. Particularly prominent performance optimisations could go
-here, but most should go in the L</Performance Enhancements> section.
-
-=head1 New Platforms
-
-XXX List any platforms that this version of perl compiles on, that previous
-versions did not. These will either be enabled by new files in the F<hints/>
-directories, or new subdirectories and F<README> files at the top level of the
-source tree.
+There are no changes intentionally incompatible with 5.XXX.XXX. If any
+exist, they are bugs and reports are welcome.
 
 =head1 Modules and Pragmata
 
-XXX All changes to installed files in F<cpan/>, F<dist/>, F<ext/> and F<lib/>
-go here.  If Module::CoreList is updated, generate an initial draft of the
-following sections using F<Porting/corelist-perldelta.pl>, which prints stub
-entries to STDOUT.  Results can be pasted in place of the '=head2' entries
-below.  A paragraph summary for important changes should then be added by hand.
-In an ideal world, dual-life modules would have a F<Changes> file that could be
-cribbed.
-
-=head2 New Modules and Pragmata
-
-=head2 Pragmata Changes
-
 =head2 Updated Modules
 
 =head3 L<B::Concise>
@@ -107,38 +72,8 @@ See L</Security>.
 The documentation for the C<upper> function now actually says "upper", not
 "lower".
 
-=head2 Removed Modules and Pragmata
-
-=head1 Utility Changes
-
-XXX Changes to installed programs such as F<perlbug> and F<xsubpp> go
-here. Most of these are built within the directories F<utils> and F<x2p>.
-
-=over 4
-
-=item F<XXX>
-
-XXX
-
-=back
-
-=head1 New Documentation
-
-XXX Changes which create B<new> files in F<pod/> go here.
-
-=over 4
-
-=item L<XXX>
-
-XXX
-
-=back
-
 =head1 Changes to Existing Documentation
 
-XXX Changes which significantly change existing files in F<pod/> go here.
-Any changes to F<pod/perldiag.pod> should go in L</New or Changed Diagnostics>.
-
 =head2 L<perlebcdic>
 
 The L<perlebcdic> document contains a helpful table to use in C<tr///> to
@@ -156,32 +91,8 @@ has been rectified.
 
 This document has been corrected to take non-ASCII platforms into account.
 
-=head1 Performance Enhancements
-
-XXX Changes which enhance performance without changing behaviour go here. There
-may well be none in a stable release.
-
-=over 4
-
-=item *
-
-XXX
-
-=back
-
 =head1 Installation and Configuration Improvements
 
-XXX Changes to F<Configure>, F<installperl>, F<installman>, and analogous tools
-go here.
-
-=head2 Configuration improvements
-
-XXX
-
-=head2 Compilation improvements
-
-XXX
-
 =head2 Platform Specific Changes
 
 =over 4
@@ -195,10 +106,6 @@ Lion and Mountain Lion.
 
 =head1 Selected Bug Fixes
 
-XXX Important bug fixes in the core language are summarised here.
-Bug fixes in files in F<ext/> and F<lib/> are best summarised in
-L</Modules and Pragmata>.
-
 =over 4
 
 =item *
@@ -252,81 +159,6 @@ been fixed [perl #90160].
 
 =back
 
-=head1 New or Changed Diagnostics
-
-XXX New or changed warnings emitted by the core's C<C> code go here.
-
-=over 4
-
-=item C<XXX>
-
-XXX
-
-=back
-
-=head1 Changed Internals
-
-XXX Changes which affect the interface available to C<XS> code go here.
-
-=over 4
-
-=item *
-
-XXX
-
-=back
-
-=head1 New Tests
-
-XXX Changes which create B<new> files in F<t/> go here. Changes to
-existing files in F<t/> aren't worth summarising, although the bugs that
-they represent may be.
-
-=over 4
-
-=item F<XXX>
-
-XXX
-
-=back
-
-=head1 Known Problems
-
-XXX Descriptions of platform agnostic bugs we know we can't fix go here. Any
-tests that had to be C<TODO>ed for the release would be noted here, unless
-they were specific to a particular platform (see below).
-
-This is a list of some significant unfixed bugs, which are regressions
-from either 5.XXX.XXX or 5.XXX.XXX.
-
-=over 4
-
-=item *
-
-XXX
-
-=back
-
-=head1 Deprecations
-
-XXX Add any new known deprecations here.
-
-The following items are now deprecated.
-
-=over 4
-
-=item *
-
-XXX
-
-=back
-
-=head1 Platform Specific Notes
-
-XXX Any changes specific to a particular platform. VMS and Win32 are the usual
-stars here. It's probably best to group changes under the same section layout
-as the main perldelta
-
 =head1 Errata
 
 =head2 split() and C<@_>
@@ -336,15 +168,32 @@ In void context it now produces a "Useless use of split" warning.
 This is actually a change introduced in perl 5.12.0, but it was missed from
 that release's L<perl5120delta>.
 
-=head1 Obituary
+=head1 Acknowledgements
+
+Perl 5.12.5 represents approximately 16 months of development since Perl 5.12.4
+and contains approximately 2,000 lines of changes across 62 files from 17
+authors.
 
-XXX If any significant core contributor has died, we've added a short obituary
-here.
+Perl continues to flourish into its third decade thanks to a vibrant community
+of users and developers. The following people are known to have contributed the
+improvements that became Perl 5.12.5:
 
-=head1 Acknowledgements
+Andy Dougherty, Craig A. Berry, David Mitchell, Dominic Hargreaves, Father
+Chrysostomos, Florian Ragwitz, George Greer, Goro Fuji, Jesse Vincent, Karl
+Williamson, Leon Brocard, Nicholas Clark, Rafael Garcia-Suarez, Reini Urban,
+Ricardo Signes, Steve Hay, Tony Cook.
+
+The list above is almost certainly incomplete as it is automatically generated
+from version control history. In particular, it does not include the names of
+the (very much appreciated) contributors who reported issues to the Perl bug
+tracker.
 
-XXX The list of people to thank goes here.
+Many of the changes included in this version originated in the CPAN modules
+included in Perl's core. We're grateful to the entire CPAN community for
+helping Perl to flourish.
 
+For a more complete list of all of Perl's historical contributors, please see
+the F<AUTHORS> file in the Perl source distribution.
 
 =head1 Reporting Bugs