Finalise perldelta

Includes spelling, syntax and readability fixes

1 files changed, 38 insertions, 259 deletions

diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod
index 009c4aafaf..d3aff11b90 100644
--- a/pod/perldelta.pod
+++ b/pod/perldelta.pod
@@ -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 v5.14.3
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
@@ -16,29 +13,15 @@ If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.12.0, first read
 L<perl5140delta>, which describes differences between 5.12.0 and
 5.14.0.
 
-=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 ]
+No changes since 5.14.0.
 
 =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 ]
-
 =head2 C<Digest> unsafe use of eval (CVE-2011-3597)
 
-The C<Digest->new()> function did not properly sanitize input before
+The C<Digest-E<gt>new()> function did not properly sanitize input before
 using it in an eval() call, which could lead to the injection of arbitrary
 Perl code.
 
@@ -49,57 +32,18 @@ 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.
-
-[ List each incompatible change as a =head2 entry ]
+There are no changes intentionally incompatible with 5.14.0. If any
+exist, they are bugs and reports are welcome.
 
 =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
+There have been no deprecations since 5.14.0.
 
 =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
+None
 
 =head2 Updated Modules and Pragmata
 
@@ -107,10 +51,6 @@ XXX
 
 =item *
 
-XXX
-
-=item *
-
 L<PerlIO::scalar> was updated to fix a bug in which opening a filehandle to
 a glob copy caused assertion failures (under debugging) or hangs or other
 erratic behaviour without debugging.
@@ -129,108 +69,28 @@ L<IPC::Open3> has been updated to fix a regression introduced in perl
 
 =head2 Removed Modules and Pragmata
 
-=over 4
-
-=item *
-
-XXX
-
-=back
+None
 
 =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>.
-
-PerlCheat was updated to 5.14.
-
 =head2 New Documentation
 
-XXX Changes which create B<new> files in F<pod/> go here.
-
-=head3 L<XXX>
-
-XXX Description of the purpose of the new file here
+None
 
 =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<XXX>
+=head3 L<perlcheat>
 
 =over 4
 
 =item *
 
-XXX Description of the change here
-
-=back
-
-=head1 Diagnostics
-
-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 ]
-
-=head2 New Diagnostics
-
-XXX Newly added diagnostic messages go here
-
-=over 4
-
-=item *
-
-XXX
-
-=back
-
-=head2 Changes to Existing Diagnostics
-
-XXX Changes (i.e. rewording) of diagnostic messages go here
-
-=over 4
-
-=item *
-
-XXX
-
-=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<XXX>
-
-=over 4
-
-=item *
-
-XXX
+L<perlcheat> was updated to 5.14.
 
 =back
 
 =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 *
@@ -240,73 +100,22 @@ such as Debian with multi-architecture support.
 
 =item *
 
-XXX
-
-=item *
-
 In Configure, the test for procselfexe was refactored into a loop.
 
 =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. ]
-
 =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
+None
 
 =head2 Discontinued Platforms
 
-XXX List any platforms that this version of perl no longer compiles on.
-
-=over 4
-
-=item XXX-some-platform
-
-XXX
-
-=back
+None
 
 =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 FreeBSD
@@ -315,7 +124,7 @@ The FreeBSD hints file was corrected to be compatible with FreeBSD 10.0.
 
 =item Solaris and NetBSD
 
-Configure was updated for "procselfexe" support on Solaris and NetBSD
+Configure was updated for "procselfexe" support on Solaris and NetBSD.
 
 =item HP-UX
 
@@ -341,44 +150,14 @@ Various build and test fixes were included for GNU/Hurd.
 
 LFS support was enabled in GNU/Hurd.
 
-=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 test improvement as a =item entry ]
-
-=over 4
-
-=item *
-
-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>.
-
-[ List each fix as a =item entry ]
+=head1 Bug Fixes
 
 =over 4
 
 =item *
 
-XXX
-
-=item *
-
 A regression has been fixed that was introduced in 5.14, in C</i>
 regular expression matching, in which a match improperly fails if the
 pattern is in UTF-8, the target string is not, and a Latin-1 character
@@ -394,18 +173,18 @@ C<"f\x{FB00}" =~ /ff/i> to fail.
 
 =item *
 
-The sitecustomize was made relocatableinc aware, so that
+The sitecustomize support was made relocatableinc aware, so that
 -Dusesitecustomize and -Duserelocatableinc may be used together.
 
 =item *
 
 The smartmatch operator (C<~~>) was changed so that the right-hand side
-takes precedence during operations when used as C<Any ~~ Object>.
+takes precedence during C<Any ~~ Object> operations.
 
 =item *
 
 A bug has been fixed in the tainting support, in which an C<index()>
-operation on a tainted constant would cause all other contants to become
+operation on a tainted constant would cause all other constants to become
 tainted.  [perl #64804]
 
 =item *
@@ -422,33 +201,33 @@ C</[[:lower:]]/i> and C</[[:upper:]]/i> no longer matched the opposite case.
 
 =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 *
+=head1 Acknowledgements
 
-XXX
+Perl 5.14.3 represents approximately 12 months of development since Perl 5.14.2
+and contains approximately 1,900 lines of changes across 61 files from 20
+authors.
 
-=back
+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 5.14.3:
 
-=head1 Obituary
+Abigail, Carl Hayter, Dave Rolsky, David Mitchell, Dominic Hargreaves, Father
+Chrysostomos, Florian Ragwitz, H.Merijn Brand, Jilles Tjoelker, Karl
+Williamson, Leon Timmermans, Michael G Schwern, Nicholas Clark, Niko Tyni, Pino
+Toscano, Ricardo Signes, Salvador Fandiño, Samuel Thibault, Steve Hay, Tony
+Cook.
 
-XXX If any significant core contributor has died, we've added a short obituary
-here.
+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.
 
-=head1 Acknowledgements
+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.
 
-XXX The list of people to thank goes here.
+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