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author | reneeb <reb@perl-services.de> | 2017-02-20 17:46:24 +0100 |
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committer | reneeb <reb@perl-services.de> | 2017-02-20 17:46:24 +0100 |
commit | 4b99a68c34a1cfc3a4769459a7d93a36acae8219 (patch) | |
tree | fee6a7e6c6c530a92d256e16de8deeb31314fcb0 | |
parent | a9f73db0fb49d960df10b0ed8acb12b9d0c1036d (diff) | |
download | perl-5.25.10.tar.gz |
finalize perldeltav5.25.10
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-rw-r--r-- | pod/perlhist.pod | 3 |
2 files changed, 45 insertions, 279 deletions
diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod index da261571ec..df50ab1d38 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 v5.25.10 =head1 DESCRIPTION @@ -15,150 +12,51 @@ release. If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.25.8, first read L<perl5259delta>, which describes differences between 5.25.8 and 5.25.9. -=head1 Notice - -XXX Any important notices here - -=head1 Core Enhancements - -XXX New core language features go here. Summarize 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 ] - -=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. - -=head2 Module removals - -XXX Remove this section if inapplicable. - -The following modules will be removed from the core distribution in a -future release, and will at that time need to be installed from CPAN. -Distributions on CPAN which require these modules will need to list them as -prerequisites. - -The core versions of these modules will now issue C<"deprecated">-category -warnings to alert you to this fact. To silence these deprecation warnings, -install the modules in question from CPAN. - -Note that these are (with rare exceptions) fine modules that you are encouraged -to continue to use. Their disinclusion from core primarily hinges on their -necessity to bootstrapping a fully functional, CPAN-capable Perl installation, -not usually on concerns over their design. - -=over - -=item XXX - -XXX Note that deprecated modules should be listed here even if they are listed -as an updated module in the L</Modules and Pragmata> section. - -=back - -[ List each other 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>. 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 +=head2 Updated Modules and Pragmata =over 4 =item * -XXX - -=back - -=head2 Updated Modules and Pragmata - -=over 4 +L<B> has been upgraded from version 1.65 to 1.68. =item * -L<XXX> has been upgraded from version A.xx to B.yy. - -=back +L<CPAN> has been upgraded from version 2.16 to 2.17. -=head2 Removed Modules and Pragmata +=item * -=over 4 +L<feature> has been upgraded from version 1.46 to 1.47. =item * -XXX - -=back +L<Getopt::Std> has been upgraded from version 1.11 to 1.12. -=head1 Documentation +=item * -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>. +L<Module::CoreList> has been upgraded from version 5.20170120 to 5.20170220. -=head2 New Documentation +=item * -XXX Changes which create B<new> files in F<pod/> go here. +L<open> has been upgraded from version 1.10 to 1.11. -=head3 L<XXX> +=item * -XXX Description of the purpose of the new file here +L<PerlIO> has been upgraded from version 1.09 to 1.10. -=head2 Changes to Existing Documentation +=item * -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. +L<Storable> has been upgraded from version 2.61 to 2.62. -=head3 L<XXX> +=item * -=over 4 +L<Thread::Queue> has been upgraded from version 3.11 to 3.12. =item * -XXX Description of the change here +L<threads> has been upgraded from version 2.12 to 2.13. =back @@ -168,38 +66,8 @@ 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 * @@ -209,103 +77,18 @@ Use of unassigned code point or non-standalone grapheme for a delimiter will be This was changed to drop a leading C<v> in C<v5.30>, so it uses the same style as other deprecation messages. -=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 directory F<utils>. - -[ 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. +=item * -[ List changes as a =item entry ]. +"\c%c" is more clearly written simply as "%s". -=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 +It was decided to undeprecate the use of "\c%c", see L<http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2017/02/msg242944.html> =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 - -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 Windows @@ -343,12 +126,6 @@ http://stackoverflow.com/questions/30412951). =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 * @@ -370,11 +147,6 @@ low-level details about each op, such as its address and class. =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 * @@ -426,43 +198,36 @@ ticket. =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 * +=head1 Acknowledgements -XXX Add anything here that we forgot to add, or were mistaken about, in -the perldelta of a previous release. +Perl 5.25.10 represents approximately 4 weeks of development since Perl 5.25.9 +and contains approximately 12,000 lines of changes across 200 files from 25 +authors. -=back +Excluding auto-generated files, documentation and release tools, there were +approximately 6,700 lines of changes to 130 .pm, .t, .c and .h files. -=head1 Obituary +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 5.25.10: -XXX If any significant core contributor has died, we've added a short obituary -here. +Aaron Crane, Abigail, Andreas König, Andy Lester, Chris 'BinGOs' Williams, +Christian Millour, Colin Newell, Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker, David Mitchell, +Hugo van der Sanden, James E Keenan, Jarkko Hietaniemi, Jerry D. Hedden, John +Lightsey, Karl Williamson, Neil Bowers, Pali, Renee Baecker, Sawyer X, Sergey +Aleynikov, Steffen Müller, Steve Hay, Tony Cook, Yves Orton, Zefram. -=head1 Acknowledgements +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. -XXX Generate this with: +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. - perl Porting/acknowledgements.pl v5.25.5..HEAD +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 diff --git a/pod/perlhist.pod b/pod/perlhist.pod index 72efc7ba21..dfb3b2c8a5 100644 --- a/pod/perlhist.pod +++ b/pod/perlhist.pod @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Matt S Trout, David Golden, Florian Ragwitz, Tatsuhiko Miyagawa, Chris C<BinGOs> Williams, Zefram, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Stevan Little, Dave Rolsky, Max Maischein, Abigail, Jesse Luehrs, Tony Cook, Dominic Hargreaves, Aaron Crane, Aristotle Pagaltzis, Matthew Horsfall, -Peter Martini, Sawyer X, and Chad 'Exodist' Granum. +Peter Martini, Sawyer X, Chad 'Exodist' Granum, and Renee Bäcker. =head2 PUMPKIN? @@ -608,6 +608,7 @@ the strings?). Chad 5.25.7 2016-Nov-20 Sawyer X 5.25.8 2016-Dec-20 Abigail 5.25.9 2017-Jan-20 + Renee 5.25.10 2017-Feb-20 =head2 SELECTED RELEASE SIZES |