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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 v5.12.3
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
@@ -14,26 +11,15 @@ the 5.12.3 release.
 
 If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.12.2, first read
 L<perl5122delta>, which describes differences between 5.12.1 and
-5.12.2.
-
-=head1 Notice
-
-XXX Any important notices here
+5.12.2.  The major changes made in 5.12.0 are described in L<perl5120delta>.
 
 =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
+    There are no changes intentionally incompatible with 5.12.2. 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.
-
 =head2 C<keys>, C<values> work on arrays
 
 You can now use the C<keys>, C<values>, C<each> builtin functions on arrays
@@ -41,196 +27,40 @@ You can now use the C<keys>, C<values>, C<each> builtin functions on arrays
 This is actually a change introduced in perl 5.12.0, but it was missed from
 that release's perldelta.
 
-=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.
-
-=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
-
-=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>.
-
-
-=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
-
-=item XXX-some-platform
-
-XXX
-
-=back
-
-=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 *
-
-XXX
-
-=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.
+=head1 Platform Specific Notes
 
 =over 4
 
-=item *
-
-XXX
-
-=back
-
-=head1 Deprecations
+=item VMS
 
-XXX Add any new known deprecations here.
+A number of regressions on VMS have been fixed.  In addition to minor cleanup
+of questionable expressions in F<vms.c>, file permissions should no longer be
+garbled by the PerlIO layer, and spurious record boundaries should no longer be
+introduced by the PerlIO layer during output.
 
-The following items are now deprecated.
+For more details and discussion on the latter, see:
 
-=over 4
+    http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.vmsperl/2010/11/msg15419.html
 
-=item *
+=item VOS
 
-XXX
+A few very small changes were made to the build process on VOS to better
+support the platform.  Longer-than-32-character filenames are now supported on
+OpenVOS, and build properly without IPv6 support.
 
 =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 Obituary
-
-XXX If any significant core contributor has died, we've added a short obituary
-here.
-
 =head1 Acknowledgements
 
-XXX The list of people to thank goes here.
+Perl 5.12.3 represents approximately three months of development since
+Perl 5.12.2 and contains approximately 500 lines of changes across
+17 files from 5 authors.
+
+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 5.12.3:
 
+Craig A. Berry, Florian Ragwitz, Nicolas Kaiser, Paul Green, Zsbán Ambrus
 
 =head1 Reporting Bugs