finalize perldelta

1 files changed, 35 insertions, 232 deletions

diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod
index b49687fda8..fa666306eb 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 v5.17.2
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
@@ -16,18 +13,8 @@ If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.17.0, first read
 L<perl5171delta>, which describes differences between 5.17.0 and
 5.17.1.
 
-=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 ]
-
 =head2 C<kill> with negative signal names
 
 C<kill> has always allowed a negative signal number, which kills the
@@ -41,69 +28,8 @@ and treated the same way as -2 [perl #112990].
 C<pack> with constant arguments is now constant folded in most cases
 [perl #113470].
 
-=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 ]
-
-=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 we request that you submit a
-    report.  See L</Reporting Bugs> below.
-
-[ List each incompatible change as a =head2 entry ]
-
-=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
-
 =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
-
 =head2 Updated Modules and Pragmata
 
 =over 4
@@ -162,35 +88,10 @@ component.
 
 =back
 
-=head2 Removed Modules and Pragmata
-
-=over 4
-
-=item *
-
-XXX
-
-=back
-
 =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
-
 =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<perlfunc>
 
 =over 4
@@ -207,21 +108,8 @@ 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 that links to perldiag,
-  e.g.
-
-  =item *
-
-  L<Invalid version object|perldiag/"Invalid version object">
-]
-
 =head2 New Diagnostics
 
-XXX Newly added diagnostic messages go here
-
 =head3 New Errors
 
 =over 4
@@ -251,15 +139,21 @@ as an empty string [perl #113576].
 
 =item *
 
+"L<Invalid negative number (%s) in chr|perldiag/"Invalid negative number (%s) in chr">"
+
 C<chr()> now warns when passed a negative value [perl #83048].
 
 =item *
 
+"L<Integer overflow in srand|perldiag/"Integer overflow in srand">"
+
 C<srand()> now warns when passed a value that doesn't fit in a C<UV> (since the
 value will be truncated rather than overflowing) [perl #40605].
 
 =item *
 
+"L<-i used with no filenames on the command line, reading from STDIN|perldiag/"-i used with no filenames on the command line, reading from STDIN">"
+
 Running perl with the C<-i> flag now warns if no input files are provided on
 the command line [perl #113410].
 
@@ -267,8 +161,6 @@ the command line [perl #113410].
 
 =head2 Changes to Existing Diagnostics
 
-XXX Changes (i.e. rewording) of diagnostic messages go here
-
 =over 4
 
 =item *
@@ -283,34 +175,8 @@ sort block no longer causes the $a or $b to be ignored [perl #86136].
 
 =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
-
-=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 *
@@ -321,64 +187,10 @@ deleting the PATH environment variable [perl #113798].
 
 =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
-
-
-=back
-
-=head2 Discontinued Platforms
-
-XXX List any platforms that this version of perl no longer compiles on.
-
-=over 4
-
-=item XXX-some-platform
-
-XXX
-
-=back
-
 =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
@@ -391,7 +203,7 @@ now allows the path to contain spaces.
 
 =item AIX
 
-Configure now always adds -qlanglvl=extc99 to the CC flags on AIX when
+Configure now always adds C<-qlanglvl=extc99> to the CC flags on AIX when
 using xlC.  This will make it easier to compile a number of XS-based modules
 that assume C99 [perl #113778].
 
@@ -399,12 +211,6 @@ that assume C99 [perl #113778].
 
 =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 change as a =item entry ]
-
 =over 4
 
 =item *
@@ -425,7 +231,7 @@ compilation error is simpler and safer [perl #111462][perl #112312].
 =item *
 
 PERL_DEBUG_READONLY_OPS has been rewritten to work with the new slab
-allocator, allowing it to catch more violations that befor.
+allocator, allowing it to catch more violations than before.
 
 =item *
 
@@ -435,12 +241,6 @@ The old slab allocator for ops, which was only enabled for PERL_IMPLICIT_SYS and
 
 =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 *
@@ -653,32 +453,35 @@ code point.
 
 =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. Unfixed
-platform specific bugs also go here.
-
-[ 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.
-
 =head1 Acknowledgements
 
-XXX Generate this with:
-
-  perl Porting/acknowledgements.pl v5.17.1..HEAD
+Perl 5.17.2 represents approximately 4 weeks of development since Perl 5.17.1
+and contains approximately 15,000 lines of changes across 320 files from 34
+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 5.17.2:
+
+Aristotle Pagaltzis, Brian Fraser, Chip Salzenberg, Chris 'BinGOs' Williams,
+Colin Kuskie, Craig A. Berry, Daniel Dragan, Daniel Perrett, Darin McBride,
+David Golden, David Mitchell, Dominic Hargreaves, E. Choroba, Eric Brine,
+Father Chrysostomos, François Perrad, H.Merijn Brand, Jan Dubois, Jesse
+Luehrs, Karl Williamson, Lukas Mai, Matthew Horsfall, Nicholas Clark, Oleg
+Nesterov, Reini Urban, Ricardo Signes, Robin Barker, Shirakata Kentaro, Shlomi
+Fish, Steve Hay, Tony Cook, Vincent Pit, Walt Mankowski, Yves Orton.
+
+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.
+
+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.
+
+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