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author | Dominic Hargreaves <dom@earth.li> | 2012-09-22 18:31:53 +0100 |
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committer | Dominic Hargreaves <dom@earth.li> | 2012-09-22 19:01:02 +0100 |
commit | 3a352ee592f9b175ce6ae3c2b11aa302a0dbdead (patch) | |
tree | 67ae999d2caa0ce409204a0f11304d8de7c5edd0 | |
parent | 1bedf497789af2e03078e64e4f0d7605fcf8fb66 (diff) | |
download | perl-3a352ee592f9b175ce6ae3c2b11aa302a0dbdead.tar.gz |
Finalise perldelta
Includes spelling, syntax and readability fixes
-rw-r--r-- | pod/perldelta.pod | 297 |
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 FandiƱo, 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 |