Remove all the boilerplate notes from perldelta

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 237 deletions

diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod
index 92a84ec79c..35e00224e1 100644
--- a/pod/perldelta.pod
+++ b/pod/perldelta.pod
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@
 
 =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 v5.17.7
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
@@ -18,10 +15,6 @@ release.
 If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.17.5, first read
 L<perl5176delta>, which describes differences between 5.17.5 and 5.17.6.
 
-=head1 Notice
-
-XXX Any important notices here
-
 =head1 Core Enhancements
 
 =head2 $&, $` and $' are no longer slow
@@ -32,12 +25,6 @@ nothing.
 
 =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
 
 =head2 readline() with C<$/ = \N> now reads N characters, not N bytes
@@ -70,12 +57,6 @@ the caller, see L<Devel::Callsite> on CPAN.
 
 =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 ]
-
 =head2 Lexical $_ is now deprecated
 
 Since it was introduced in Perl 5.10, it has caused much confusion with no
@@ -149,11 +130,6 @@ C<to_uni_upper_lc>.
 
 =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 *
@@ -168,26 +144,6 @@ makes it unnecessary to pass strings by reference for efficiency.
 
 =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
@@ -218,35 +174,10 @@ how the C<C> C<croak> function is called have also been resolved.
 
 =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<perlapi/Character classes>
 
 =over 4
@@ -266,38 +197,8 @@ 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.
-
-=head2 New Diagnostics
-
-XXX Newly added diagnostic messages go under here, separated into New Errors
-and New Warnings
-
-=head3 New Errors
-
-=over 4
-
-=item *
-
-XXX L<message|perldiag/"message">
-
-=back
-
-=head3 New Warnings
-
-=over 4
-
-=item *
-
-XXX L<message|perldiag/"message">
-
-=back
-
 =head2 Changes to Existing Diagnostics
 
-XXX Changes (i.e. rewording) of diagnostic messages go here
-
 =over 4
 
 =item *
@@ -306,119 +207,12 @@ L<Constant(%s): Call to &{$^H{%s}} did not return a defined value|perldiag/Const
 
 Constant overloading that returns C<undef> results in this error message.
 For numeric constants, it used to say "Constant(undef)".  "undef" has been
-replaced with the number itself. 
-
-=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 *
-
-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 summarizing, 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
-
-=head2 Discontinued Platforms
-
-=over 4
-
-=item BeOS
-
-Support for BeOS has been removed.
-
-=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 XXX-some-platform
-
-XXX
+replaced with the number itself.
 
 =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 change as a =item entry ]
-
 =over 4
 
 =item *
@@ -481,11 +275,6 @@ PL_glob_index is gone.
 
 =head1 Selected Bug Fixes
 
-XXX Important bug fixes in the core language are summarized here.  Bug fixes in
-files in F<ext/> and F<lib/> are best summarized in L</Modules and Pragmata>.
-
-[ List each fix as a =item entry ]
-
 =over 4
 
 =item *
@@ -593,33 +382,8 @@ for the missing value in the assignment.
 
 =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 v5.17.6..HEAD
-
 =head1 Reporting Bugs
 
 If you find what you think is a bug, you might check the articles recently