First pass at finalising perldelta, removing unrequired boilerplate

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 198 deletions

diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod
index 380274d261..7c56dbaaa1 100644
--- a/pod/perldelta.pod
+++ b/pod/perldelta.pod
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@ I may have missed a few module version bumps.
 
 =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 v5.13.7
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
@@ -21,18 +18,8 @@ If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.13.5, first read
 L<perl5136delta>, which describes differences between 5.13.5 and
 5.13.6.
 
-=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 Single term prototype
 
 The C<+> prototype is a special alternative to C<$> that will act like
@@ -179,23 +166,8 @@ detail.
 The old C<PL_custom_op_names>/C<PL_custom_op_descs> interface is still
 supported but discouraged.
 
-=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 reports are welcome.
-
-[ List each incompatible change as a =head2 entry ]
-
 =head2 Dereferencing typeglobs
 
 If you assign a typeglob to a scalar variable:
@@ -257,12 +229,6 @@ L<[perl #79208]|http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=79208>.
 
 =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 C<\N{BELL}> is deprecated
 
 This is because Unicode is using that name for a different character.
@@ -271,11 +237,6 @@ explanation.
 
 =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 *
@@ -385,7 +346,7 @@ C<CPANPLUS::Dist::Build> has been upgraded from 0.48 to 0.50
 
 =item *
 
-C<Data::Dumper> has been upgraded from 2.129 to 2.130.
+C<Data::Dumper> has been upgraded from 2.129 to 2.130_01.
 
 =item *
 
@@ -455,11 +416,15 @@ C<Locale::Maketext> has been upgraded from 1.16 to 1.17.
 
 =item *
 
-C<Math::BigInt> has been upgraded from 1.97 to 1.99.
+C<Math::BigInt> has been upgraded from 1.97 to 1.99_01.
+
+=item *
+
+C<Math::BigRat> has been upgraded from 0.26 to 0.26_01
 
 =item *
 
-C<Math::BigInt::FastCalc> has been upgraded from 0.22 to 0.24.
+C<Math::BigInt::FastCalc> has been upgraded from 0.22 to 0.24_01.
 
 =item *
 
@@ -569,21 +534,8 @@ tailoring of CJK Unified Ideographs in the order of CLDR's stroke ordering.
 
 =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>.
-
 L<perlvar> reorders the variables and groups them by topic. Each variable
 introduced after Perl 5.000 notes the first version in which it is 
 available. L<perlvar> also has a new section for deprecated variables to
@@ -591,18 +543,15 @@ note when they were removed.
 
 =head2 New Documentation
 
-XXX Changes which create B<new> files in F<pod/> go here.
+=head3 L<perlpodstyle>
 
-=head3 L<XXX>
+New style guide for POD documentation,
+split mostly from the NOTES section of the pod2man man page.
 
-XXX Description of the purpose of the new file here
+( This was added to C<v5.13.6> but was not documented with that release ).
 
 =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.
-
 =over
 
 =item *
@@ -616,31 +565,10 @@ C<use locale> affects formats.
 
 =back
 
-=head3 L<XXX>
-
-=over 4
-
-=item *
-
-XXX Description of the change here
-
-=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.
-
-[ Within each section, list entries as a =item entry ]
-
 =head2 New Diagnostics
 
-XXX Newly added diagnostic messages go here
-
 =over 4
 
 =item *
@@ -651,27 +579,8 @@ operator, and has been documented.
 
 =back
 
-=head2 Changes to Existing Diagnostics
-
-XXX Changes (i.e. rewording) of diagnostic messages go here
-
-=over 4
-
-=item *
-
-XXX
-
-=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<ptargrep>
 
 =over 4
@@ -683,33 +592,8 @@ in a tar archive. It comes with C<Archive::Tar>.
 
 =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 summarising, although the bugs
-that they represent may be covered elsewhere.
-
-[ List each test improvement as a =item entry ]
-
 =over 4
 
 =item *
@@ -732,45 +616,8 @@ has been fixed (related to line numbers in the debbuger).
 
 =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
@@ -792,12 +639,6 @@ introduction of spurious line breaks whenever the perlio buffer fills up.
 
 =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 test improvement as a =item entry ]
-
 =over 4
 
 =item *
@@ -862,12 +703,6 @@ but are considered experimental.
 
 =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 *
@@ -1058,30 +893,8 @@ L<[perl #76248]|http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=76248>.
 
 =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, unless
-they were specific to a particular platform (see below).
-
-This is a list of some significant unfixed bugs, which are regressions
-from either 5.XXX.XXX or 5.XXX.XXX.
-
-[ 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.
-
 Randy Kobes, creator of the kobesearch alternative to search.cpan.org and
 contributor/maintainer to several core Perl toolchain modules, passed away
 on September 18, 2010 after a battle with lung cancer.  His contributions