perldelta: first cut

add entries for recent commits, then make a first attempt at getting the
document ready for release.

1 files changed, 51 insertions, 229 deletions

diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod
index c4eddddd1f..c3e7ca5871 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 v5.14.4
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
@@ -22,253 +19,120 @@ 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.
+This release contains a number of minor security fixes. These are
+included mainly to allow the test suite to pass cleanly with the clang
+compiler's address sanitizer facility.
 
-[ List each security issue as a =head2 entry ]
+=head2 [perl #111594] Socket::unpack_sockaddr_un heap-buffer-overflow
 
-=head1 Incompatible Changes
+A read buffer overflow could occur when copying sockaddr buffers. Fairly
+harmless.
 
-XXX For a release on a stable branch, this section aspires to be:
+This problem has been fixed.
 
-    There are no changes intentionally incompatible with 5.XXX.XXX. If any
-    exist, they are bugs and reports are welcome.
+=head2 [perl #111586] SDBM_File: fix off-by-one access to global ".dir"
 
-[ List each incompatible change as a =head2 entry ]
+An extra byte was being copied for some string literals. Fairly harmless.
 
-=head1 Deprecations
+This problem has been fixed.
 
-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.
+=head2 off-by-two error in List::Util
 
-[ List each deprecation as a =head2 entry ]
+A string literal was being used that included two bytes beyond the
+end of the string. Fairly harmless.
 
-=head1 Performance Enhancements
+This problem has been fixed.
 
-XXX Changes which enhance performance without changing behaviour go here. There
-may well be none in a stable release.
+=head2 [perl #115994] fix segv in regcomp.c:S_join_exact()
 
-[ List each enhancement as a =item entry ]
+Under debugging builds, while marking optimised-out regex nodes as type
+C<OPTIMIZED>, it could treat blocks of exact text as if they were nodes,
+and thus SEGV. Fairly harmless.
 
-=over 4
+This problem has been fixed.
 
-=item *
+=head2 [perl #115992] PL_eval_start use-after-free
 
-XXX
+The statement C<local $[;>, when preceded by an eval, and when not part of
+an assignment, could crash. Fairly harmless.
 
-=back
+This problem has been fixed.
 
-=head1 Modules and Pragmata
+=head1 Incompatible Changes
 
-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.
+There are no changes intentionally incompatible with 5.14.0. If any
+exist, they are bugs and reports are welcome.
 
-[ Within each section, list entries as a =item entry ]
+=head1 Deprecations
 
-=head2 New Modules and Pragmata
+There have been no deprecations since 5.14.0.
 
-=over 4
+=head1 Modules and Pragmata
 
-=item *
+=head2 New Modules and Pragmata
 
-XXX
-
-=back
+None
 
 =head2 Updated Modules and Pragmata
 
+The following modules have just the minor code fixes as listed above in
+L</Security> (version numbers have not changed):
+
 =over 4
 
-=item *
+=item Socket
 
-XXX
+=item SDBM_File
 
-=back
+=item List::Util
 
-=head2 Removed Modules and Pragmata
+=back
 
-=over 4
+L<Module::CoreList> has been updated to version 2.XXX to add data for
+this release.
 
-=item *
-
-XXX
+=head2 Removed Modules and Pragmata
 
-=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>.
-
 =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>
-
-=over 4
-
-=item *
-
-XXX Description of the change here
-
-=back
+None.
 
 =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
+No new or changed diagnostics.
 
 =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
-
-=back
+None
 
 =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 *
-
-XXX
-
-=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
+No changes.
 
 =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 VMS
@@ -279,30 +143,8 @@ Other platforms were not affected and the problem has now been corrected.
 
 =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 ]
-
 =over 4
 
 =item *
@@ -316,27 +158,7 @@ C<undef> occurred after the first element) [perl #93590].
 
 =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.
+None.
 
 =head1 Acknowledgements