Finalize perldelta for 5.33.5

1 files changed, 75 insertions, 260 deletions

diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod
index a366ae8993..482733026b 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 v5.33.5
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
@@ -15,18 +12,8 @@ release.
 If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.33.3, first read
 L<perl5334delta>, which describes differences between 5.33.3 and 5.33.4.
 
-=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 ]
-
 =head2 New octal syntax C<0oI<ddddd>>
 
 It is now possible to specify octal literals with C<0o> prefixes,
@@ -36,132 +23,102 @@ Also, the builtin C<oct()> function now accepts this new syntax.
 
 See L<perldata/Scalar value constructors> and L<perlfunc/oct EXPR>.
 
-=head1 Security
+=head1 Modules and Pragmata
 
-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.
+=head2 Updated Modules and Pragmata
 
-[ List each security issue as a =head2 entry ]
+=over 4
 
-=head1 Incompatible Changes
+=item *
 
-XXX For a release on a stable branch, this section aspires to be:
+L<Carp> has been upgraded from version 1.50 to 1.51.
 
-    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.
+=item *
 
-[ List each incompatible change as a =head2 entry ]
+L<Config::Perl::V> has been upgraded from version 0.32 to 0.33.
 
-=head1 Deprecations
+=item *
 
-XXX Any deprecated features, syntax, modules etc. should be listed here.
+L<DynaLoader> has been upgraded from version 1.48 to 1.49.
 
-=head2 Module removals
+=item *
 
-XXX Remove this section if not applicable.
+L<Encode> has been upgraded from version 3.07 to 3.08.
 
-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.
+=item *
 
-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.
+L<ExtUtils::Install> has been upgraded from version 2.18 to 2.20.
 
-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.
+=item *
 
-=over
+L<ExtUtils::ParseXS> has been upgraded from version 3.41 to 3.42.
 
-=item XXX
+=item *
 
-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.
+L<File::Copy> has been upgraded from version 2.34 to 2.35.
 
-=back
+=item *
 
-[ List each other deprecation as a =head2 entry ]
+L<File::Find> has been upgraded from version 1.37 to 1.38.
 
-=head1 Performance Enhancements
+=item *
 
-XXX Changes which enhance performance without changing behaviour go here.
-There may well be none in a stable release.
+L<File::Spec> has been upgraded from version 3.79 to 3.80.
 
-[ List each enhancement as an =item entry ]
+=item *
 
-=over 4
+The libnet distribution has been upgraded from version 3.11 to 3.12.
 
 =item *
 
-XXX
+L<Module::CoreList> has been upgraded from version 5.20201120 to 5.20201220.
 
-=back
+=item *
 
-=head1 Modules and Pragmata
+L<ODBM_File> has been upgraded from version 1.16 to 1.17.
 
-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.
+=item *
 
-The list of new and updated modules is modified automatically as part of
-preparing a Perl release, so the only reason to manually add entries here is if
-you're summarising the important changes in the module update. (Also, if the
-manually-added details don't match the automatically-generated ones, the
-release manager will have to investigate the situation carefully.)
+L<Opcode> has been upgraded from version 1.48 to 1.49.
 
-[ Within each section, list entries as an =item entry ]
+=item *
 
-=head2 New Modules and Pragmata
-
-=over 4
+L<PerlIO::via::QuotedPrint> has been upgraded from version 0.08 to 0.09.
 
 =item *
 
-XXX Remove this section if not applicable.
-
-=back
+L<POSIX> has been upgraded from version 1.95 to 1.96.
 
-=head2 Updated Modules and Pragmata
+=item *
 
-=over 4
+L<Test::Harness> has been upgraded from version 3.42 to 3.43.
 
 =item *
 
-L<XXX> has been upgraded from version A.xx to B.yy.
+L<Text::Balanced> has been upgraded from version 2.03 to 2.04.
 
-If there was something important to note about this change, include that here.
+=item *
 
-=back
+L<Time::HiRes> has been upgraded from version 1.9765 to 1.9766.
 
-=head2 Removed Modules and Pragmata
+=item *
 
-=over 4
+L<warnings> has been upgraded from version 1.48 to 1.49.
 
 =item *
 
-XXX
+L<XS::APItest> has been upgraded from version 1.13 to 1.14.
 
 =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
 
-L<perldocstyle> has been added to F<pod/>.
+=head3 L<perldocstyle> has been added to F<pod/>.
 
-=head3 L<XXX>
-
-XXX Description of the purpose of the new file here
+This document is a guide for the authorship and maintenance of the
+documentation that ships with Perl.
 
 =head2 Changes to Existing Documentation
 
@@ -169,10 +126,6 @@ We have attempted to update the documentation to reflect the changes
 listed in this document.  If you find any we have missed, open an issue
 at L<https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues>.
 
-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.
-
 Additionally, the following selected changes have been made:
 
 =head3 L<perlfunc>
@@ -187,109 +140,12 @@ C<MSG> contains only the type and the message content.
 
 =back
 
-=head1 Diagnostics
-
-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 *
-
-XXX Describe change here
-
-=back
-
-=head1 Utility Changes
-
-XXX Changes to installed programs such as F<perldoc> 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.
-
-[ List changes as an =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.
-
-XXX If there were no significant test changes, say this:
-
-Tests were added and changed to reflect the other additions and changes
-in this release.
-
-XXX If instead there were significant changes, say this:
-
 Tests were added and changed to reflect the other additions and
 changes in this release.  Furthermore, these significant changes were
 made:
 
-[ List each test improvement as an =item entry ]
-
 =over 4
 
 =item *
@@ -304,47 +160,8 @@ while running the test suite.
 
 =back
 
-=head1 Platform Support
-
-XXX Any changes to platform support should be listed in the sections below.
-
-[ Within the sections, list each platform as an =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
@@ -388,12 +205,6 @@ L<[#12431]|https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues/12431>.
 
 =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 an =item entry ]
-
 =over 4
 
 =item *
@@ -402,14 +213,16 @@ All C<SvTRUE>-ish functions now evaluate their arguments exactly once.
 In 5.32, plain L<perlapi/C<SvTRUE>> was changed to do that; now the rest
 do as well.
 
-=back
+=item *
 
-=head1 Selected Bug Fixes
+Unicode is now a first class citizen when considering the pattern /A*B/ where
+A and B are arbitrary.  The pattern matching code tries to make a tight loop
+to match the span of A's.  The logic of this was now really updated with
+support for UTF-8.
 
-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>.
+=back
 
-[ List each fix as an =item entry ]
+=head1 Selected Bug Fixes
 
 =over 4
 
@@ -452,41 +265,43 @@ be left on, resulting in a possibly corrupt result in C<VAR>.
 
 =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 an =item entry ]
-
-=over 4
-
-=item *
-
-XXX
-
-=back
+None
 
 =head1 Errata From Previous Releases
 
-=over 4
+None
 
-=item *
+=head1 Acknowledgements
 
-XXX Add anything here that we forgot to add, or were mistaken about, in
-the perldelta of a previous release.
+Perl 5.33.5 represents approximately 4 weeks of development since Perl
+5.33.4 and contains approximately 22,000 lines of changes across 370 files
+from 27 authors.
 
-=back
+Excluding auto-generated files, documentation and release tools, there were
+approximately 15,000 lines of changes to 220 .pm, .t, .c and .h files.
 
-=head1 Obituary
+Perl continues to flourish into its fourth decade thanks to a vibrant
+community of users and developers. The following people are known to have
+contributed the improvements that became Perl 5.33.5:
 
-XXX If any significant core contributor or member of the CPAN community has
-died, add a short obituary here.
+Branislav Zahradník, Chris 'BinGOs' Williams, Dan Book, Dan Kogai, David
+Cantrell, David Mitchell, Graham Knop, H.Merijn Brand, Jae Bradley, James E
+Keenan, Jason McIntosh, jkahrman, John Karr, Karen Etheridge, Karl
+Williamson, Leon Timmermans, Max Maischein, Paul Evans, Sawyer X, Sevan
+Janiyan, Shlomi Fish, Steve Hay, TAKAI Kousuke, Thibault Duponchelle, Tomasz
+Konojacki, Tom Hukins, Tony Cook.
 
-=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 v5.33.4..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