remove boilerplate text from perldelta

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diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod
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@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@ This has been completed up to perl-5.12.1
 
 =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 v5.15.2
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
@@ -19,24 +16,14 @@ If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.15.0, first read
 L<perl5151delta>, which describes differences between 5.15.0 and
 5.15.1.
 
-=head1 Notice
-
-XXX Any important notices here
-
 =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.
-
-[ List each enhancement as a =head2 entry ]
-
 =head2 Subroutines in the CORE namespace
 
 Many Perl keywords are now available as subroutines in the CORE namespace.
-Most of these cannot be called through
-references or via C<&foo> syntax yet, but
-must be called as barewords.  In other words, you can now do this:
+Most of these cannot be called through references or via C<&foo> syntax
+yet, but must be called as barewords.  In other words, you can now do
+this:
 
     BEGIN { *entangle = \&CORE::tie }
     entangle $variable, $package, @args;
@@ -54,23 +41,8 @@ The C<__FILE__>, C<__LINE__> and C<__PACKAGE__> tokens can now be written
 with an empty pair of parentheses after them.  This makes them parse the
 same way as C<time>, C<fork> and other built-in functions.
 
-=head1 Security
-
-XXX Any security-related notices go here.  In particular, any security
-vulnerabilities closed should be noted here rather than in the
-L</Selected Bug Fixes> section.
-
-[ List each security issue as a =head2 entry ]
-
 =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.
-
-[ List each incompatible change as a =head2 entry ]
-
 =head2 C<UNIVERSAL::VERSION> now returns $VERSION
 
 C<UNIVERSAL::VERSION> now return whatever is in $VERSION, instead of
@@ -80,51 +52,8 @@ so it no longer dies in that case for malformed versions.  This allows
 custom version number parsers to use C<< ->VERSION >> to retrieve the
 version number, as was the case in Perl 5.8 [perl #95544].
 
-=head1 Deprecations
-
-XXX Any deprecated features, syntax, modules etc. should be listed here.
-In particular, deprecated modules should be listed here even if they are
-listed as an updated module in the L</Modules and Pragmata> section.
-
-[ List each deprecation as a =head2 entry ]
-
-=head1 Performance Enhancements
-
-XXX Changes which enhance performance without changing behaviour go here. There
-may well be none in a stable release.
-
-[ List each enhancement as a =item entry ]
-
-=over 4
-
-=item *
-
-XXX
-
-=back
-
 =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.
-
-[ Within each section, list entries as a =item entry ]
-
-=head2 New Modules and Pragmata
-
-=over 4
-
-=item *
-
-XXX
-
-=back
-
 =head2 Updated Modules and Pragmata
 
 =over 4
@@ -253,25 +182,10 @@ L<Unicode::Normalize> has been upgraded from version 1.12 to version 1.13
 
 =back
 
-=head2 Removed Modules and Pragmata
-
-=over 4
-
-=item *
-
-XXX
-
-=back
-
 =head1 Documentation
 
-XXX Changes to files in F<pod/> go here.  Consider grouping entries by
-file and be sure to link to the appropriate page, e.g. L<perlfunc>.
-
 =head2 New Documentation
 
-XXX Changes which create B<new> files in F<pod/> go here.
-
 =head3 L<perlexperiment>
 
 This document is intended to provide a list of experimental features in
@@ -279,10 +193,6 @@ Perl.  It is still a work in progress.
 
 =head2 Changes to Existing Documentation
 
-XXX Changes which significantly change existing files in F<pod/> go here.
-However, any changes to F<pod/perldiag.pod> should go in the L</Diagnostics>
-section.
-
 =head3 L<perlsub>
 
 =over 4
@@ -301,21 +211,8 @@ The following additions or changes have been made to diagnostic output,
 including warnings and fatal error messages.  For the complete list of
 diagnostic messages, see L<perldiag>.
 
-XXX New or changed warnings emitted by the core's C<C> code go here. Also
-include any changes in L<perldiag> that reconcile it to the C<C> code.
-
-[ Within each section, list entries as a =item entry that links to perldiag,
-  e.g.
-
-  =item *
-
-  L<Invalid version object|perldiag/"Invalid version object">
-]
-
 =head2 New Diagnostics
 
-XXX Newly added diagnostic messages go here
-
 =head3 New Errors
 
 =over 4
@@ -334,37 +231,8 @@ called as barewords.  Something like this will work:
 
 =back
 
-=head3 New Warnings
-
-=over 4
-
-=item *
-
-XXX L<message|perldiag/"message">
-
-=back
-
-=head2 Changes to Existing Diagnostics
-
-XXX Changes (i.e. rewording) of diagnostic messages go here
-
-=over 4
-
-=item *
-
-XXX Describe change here
-
-=back
-
 =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>.
-
-[ List utility changes as a =head3 entry for each utility and =item
-entries for each change
-Use L<XXX> with program names to get proper documentation linking. ]
-
 =head3 L<perlivp>
 
 =over 4
@@ -388,13 +256,6 @@ above.
 
 =head1 Configuration and Compilation
 
-XXX Changes to F<Configure>, F<installperl>, F<installman>, and analogous tools
-go here.  Any other changes to the Perl build process should be listed here.
-However, any platform-specific changes should be listed in the
-L</Platform Support> section, instead.
-
-[ List changes as a =item entry ].
-
 =over 4
 
 =item *
@@ -408,31 +269,8 @@ C<useperlio> can no longer be disabled.
 
 =back
 
-=head1 Testing
-
-XXX Any significant changes to the testing of a freshly built perl should be
-listed here.  Changes which create B<new> files in F<t/> go here as do any
-large changes to the testing harness (e.g. when parallel testing was added).
-Changes to existing files in F<t/> aren't worth summarising, although the bugs
-that they represent may be covered elsewhere.
-
-[ List each test improvement as a =item entry ]
-
-=over 4
-
-=item *
-
-XXX
-
-=back
-
 =head1 Platform Support
 
-XXX Any changes to platform support should be listed in the sections below.
-
-[ Within the sections, list each platform as a =item entry with specific
-changes as paragraphs below it. ]
-
 =over 4
 
 =item HP-UX PA-RISC/64 now supports gcc-4.x
@@ -442,56 +280,8 @@ PA-RISC for 64bitall builds.
 
 =back
 
-=head2 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.
-
-=over 4
-
-=item XXX-some-platform
-
-XXX
-
-=back
-
-=head2 Discontinued Platforms
-
-XXX List any platforms that this version of perl no longer compiles on.
-
-=over 4
-
-=item XXX-some-platform
-
-XXX
-
-=back
-
-=head2 Platform-Specific Notes
-
-XXX List any changes for specific platforms. This could include configuration
-and compilation changes or changes in portability/compatibility.  However,
-changes within modules for platforms should generally be listed in the
-L</Modules and Pragmata> section.
-
-=over 4
-
-=item XXX-some-platform
-
-XXX
-
-=back
-
 =head1 Internal Changes
 
-XXX Changes which affect the interface available to C<XS> code go here.
-Other significant internal changes for future core maintainers should
-be noted as well.
-
-[ List each change as a =item entry ]
-
 =over 4
 
 =item *
@@ -517,12 +307,6 @@ symbols.  More detail can be found in the comments for commit e64345f8.
 
 =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>.
-
-[ List each fix as a =item entry ]
-
 =over 4
 
 =item *
@@ -624,30 +408,6 @@ was triggering this bug [perl #97010].
 
 =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.
-
-[ List each fix as a =item entry ]
-
-=over 4
-
-=item *
-
-XXX
-
-=back
-
-=head1 Obituary
-
-XXX If any significant core contributor has died, we've added a short obituary
-here.
-
 =head1 Acknowledgements
 
 Perl 5.15.2 represents approximately 2 months of development since Perl