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authorSteve Hay <steve.m.hay@googlemail.com>2014-08-24 23:43:11 +0100
committerSteve Hay <steve.m.hay@googlemail.com>2014-08-24 23:43:11 +0100
commit06c190b0b021137844070412eb0b37a25a03c4ba (patch)
tree198d077a210a38f835f15bbf67e110e5eef0b555
parent1607c3bdf7dbf4b119219682099aeff2c9b74725 (diff)
downloadperl-06c190b0b021137844070412eb0b37a25a03c4ba.tar.gz
Finalize perldelta except for acknowledgements
-rw-r--r--pod/perldelta.pod167
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 154 deletions
diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod
index 79b70b811a..511f51bf8a 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 v5.20.1
=head1 DESCRIPTION
@@ -15,18 +12,6 @@ release.
If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.19.0, first read
L<perl5200delta>, which describes differences between 5.19.0 and 5.20.0.
-=head1 Notice
-
-XXX Any important notices here
-
-=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
There are no changes intentionally incompatible with 5.20.0. If any exist,
@@ -35,11 +20,6 @@ below.
=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 *
@@ -59,14 +39,6 @@ L<[perl #121977]|https://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=121977>
=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>. 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 Updated Modules and Pragmata
=over 4
@@ -88,7 +60,7 @@ Illegal POD syntax in the documentation has been corrected.
C<ExtUtils::CBuilder> has been upgraded from version 0.280216 to 0.280217.
-Android builds now link to both B<-lperl> and C<$Config{perllibs}>.
+Android builds now link to both B<-lperl> and C<$Config::Config{perllibs}>.
=item *
@@ -142,23 +114,8 @@ L<[perl #121930]|https://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=121930>
=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>
=over 4
@@ -191,6 +148,10 @@ Clarify where C<NUL> may be embedded or is required to terminate a string.
=item *
+Clarify the meaning of C<-B> and C<-T>.
+
+=item *
+
C<-l> now notes that it will return false if symlinks aren't supported by the
file system.
L<[perl #121523]|https://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=121523>
@@ -232,8 +193,8 @@ L<[perl #116925]|https://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=116925>
=item *
-We now have a code of conduct for the I<< p5p >> mailing list, as documented
-in L<< perlpolicy/STANDARDS OF CONDUCT >>.
+We now have a code of conduct for the I<< p5p >> mailing list, as documented in
+L<< perlpolicy/STANDARDS OF CONDUCT >>.
=back
@@ -275,13 +236,8 @@ 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 Changes to Existing Diagnostics
-XXX Changes (i.e. rewording) of diagnostic messages go here
-
=over 4
=item *
@@ -292,34 +248,8 @@ Information about Unicode behaviour has been added.
=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 =head2 entry for each utility and =item
-entries for each change
-Use L<XXX> with program names to get proper documentation linking. ]
-
-=head2 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 *
@@ -330,38 +260,10 @@ L<[perl #121585]|https://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=121585>
=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 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 Android
@@ -392,12 +294,6 @@ C<%I64d> is now being used instead of C<%lld> for MinGW.
=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 *
@@ -412,11 +308,6 @@ to do so, before returning to Perl.
=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 *
@@ -438,9 +329,9 @@ C<system> and friends should now work properly on more Android builds.
Due to an oversight, the value specified through B<-Dtargetsh> to F<Configure>
would end up being ignored by some of the build process. This caused perls
cross-compiled for Android to end up with defective versions of C<system>,
-C<exec> and backticks: the commands would end up looking for F</bin/sh>
-instead of F</system/bin/sh>, and so would fail for the vast majority of
-devices, leaving C<$!> as C<ENOENT>.
+C<exec> and backticks: the commands would end up looking for F</bin/sh> instead
+of F</system/bin/sh>, and so would fail for the vast majority of devices,
+leaving C<$!> as C<ENOENT>.
=item *
@@ -449,50 +340,18 @@ fixed.
=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 Errata From Previous Releases
-
-=over 4
-
-=item *
-
-XXX Add anything here that we forgot to add, or were mistaken about, in
-the perldelta of a previous release.
-
-=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 v5.20.1..HEAD
+ perl Porting/acknowledgements.pl v5.20.0..HEAD
=head1 Reporting Bugs
If you find what you think is a bug, you might check the articles recently
posted to the comp.lang.perl.misc newsgroup and the perl bug database at
-https://rt.perl.org/ . There may also be information at
-http://www.perl.org/ , the Perl Home Page.
+https://rt.perl.org/ . There may also be information at http://www.perl.org/ ,
+the Perl Home Page.
If you believe you have an unreported bug, please run the L<perlbug> program
included with your release. Be sure to trim your bug down to a tiny but