Get perldelta into mostly finished state

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 258 deletions

diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod
index d8036fb14b..1ad59a088c 100644
--- a/pod/perldelta.pod
+++ b/pod/perldelta.pod
@@ -1,18 +1,7 @@
 =encoding utf8
 
-=for comment
-This has been completed up to c19fd8b40, except for:
-d9018cbe5b480ba29cc6151aba8f5102a7e009c4 (Eric Brine)
-    -- while I (use git blame to find out who) see how this change within
-       lex_read_unichar is correct, I cannot tell at a glance what visible
-       effects this bug has at the Perl level or through the lexer API.
-be48bbe8d671b6841c3ec7cb734b98071afe3cd9 (Chip)
-
 =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 v5.15.4
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
@@ -24,10 +13,6 @@ If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.15.3, first read
 L<perl5153delta>, which describes differences between 5.15.3 and
 5.15.4.
 
-=head1 Notice
-
-XXX Any important notices here
-
 =head1 Core Enhancements
 
 =head2 $^X converted to an absolute path on FreeBSD, OS X and Solaris
@@ -192,38 +177,8 @@ in your C<TYPEMAP> section:
 
   HV*	T_HVREF_REFCOUNT_FIXED
 
-=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 ]
-
-=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 ]
-
 =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 *
@@ -235,26 +190,6 @@ context.
 
 =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
@@ -315,35 +250,10 @@ Newly supported locales: as, fi__phonebook, gu, hi, kn, kok and ln.
 
 =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<perlfunc>, L<open>
 
 =over 4
@@ -366,6 +276,10 @@ it has been documented in L<perlfunc|perlfunc/open> and L<open>.
 The HV API has long accepted negative lengths to indicate that the key is
 in UTF8.  Now this is documented.
 
+=item *
+
+The C<boolSV()> macro is now documented.
+
 =back
 
 =head3 L<perlguts>
@@ -386,45 +300,8 @@ 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.
-
-[ Within each section, list entries as a =item entry that links to perldiag,
-  e.g.
-
-  =item *
-
-  L<Invalid version object|perldiag/"Invalid version object">
-]
-
-=head2 New Diagnostics
-
-XXX Newly added diagnostic messages go here
-
-=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 *
@@ -434,55 +311,10 @@ The message,
 prop erties do" has been changed to "Code point 0x%X is not Unicode, all
 \p{} matches fail; all \P{} matches succeed"
 
-
-=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 summarising, although the bugs
-that they represent may be covered elsewhere.
-
-[ List each test improvement as a =item entry ]
-
 =over 4
 
 =item *
@@ -493,63 +325,8 @@ F<config.h>, and an incomplete input file will generate invalid output.
 
 =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 XXX-some-platform
-
-XXX
-
-=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 *
@@ -632,12 +409,6 @@ MRO plugin provided [perl #94306].
 
 =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 *
@@ -738,31 +509,6 @@ C<..> and C<...> in list context now mention the name of the variable in
 
 =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 A couple of modules were broken by stdbool.h changes, or was that in
-5.15.3?
-
-=back
-
-=head1 Obituary
-
-XXX If any significant core contributor has died, we've added a short obituary
-here.
-
 =head1 Acknowledgements
 
 XXX Generate this with: