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| author | Ricardo Signes <rjbs@cpan.org> | 2012-05-11 10:06:39 -0400 |
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| committer | Ricardo Signes <rjbs@cpan.org> | 2012-05-11 10:06:39 -0400 |
| commit | 7c54b938f6609d93f8920557d6cd0859571898c8 (patch) | |
| tree | ce08d068bd9fbd3ecfe3a5da97a445f81083fa5b | |
| parent | 53b2553959ade9915de464c061792914ae9aeb55 (diff) | |
| download | perl-7c54b938f6609d93f8920557d6cd0859571898c8.tar.gz | |
perldelta: slightly expand and clarify policy note
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diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod index 74e0c0e39c..3066a65aba 100644 --- a/pod/perldelta.pod +++ b/pod/perldelta.pod @@ -15,9 +15,13 @@ L<perl5140delta>, which describes differences between 5.12.0 and =head1 Notice -As described in L<perlpolicy>, the release of Perl 5.16.0 marks the -official end of support for Perl 5.12. Users of Perl 5.12 or earlier -should consider upgrading to a more recent release of Perl. +With the release of Perl 5.16.0, the 5.12.x series of releases are now out of +their support period. There may be future 5.12.x releases, but only in the +event of a critical security issue. Users of Perl 5.12 or earlier should +consider upgrading to a more recent release of Perl. + +This policy is described in greater detail in +L<perlpolicy|perlpolicy/MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT>. =head1 Core Enhancements |