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authorTatsuhiko Miyagawa <miyagawa@bulknews.net>2010-10-20 15:13:35 -0700
committerTatsuhiko Miyagawa <miyagawa@bulknews.net>2010-10-20 15:13:35 -0700
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clean up perldelta templates
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@@ -1,13 +1,7 @@
=encoding utf8
-=for comment
-This has been logged up to c3b19b5c6.
-
=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 v5.13.6
=head1 DESCRIPTION
@@ -19,18 +13,8 @@ If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.13.4, first read
L<perl5135delta>, which describes differences between 5.13.4 and
5.13.5.
-=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 C<(?^...)> regex construct added to signify default modifiers
A caret (also called a "cirumflex accent") C<"^"> immediately following
@@ -124,14 +108,6 @@ You can now use the C<keys>, C<values>, C<each> builtin functions on arrays
This is actually a change introduced in perl 5.12.0, but it was missed from
that release's perldelta.
-=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
=head2 Stringification of regexes has changed
@@ -193,21 +169,8 @@ platforms. It used to become "-0" on some, but "0" on others.
If you still need to determine whether a zero is negative, use
C<sprintf("%g", $zero) =~ /^-/> or the L<Data::Float> module on CPAN.
-=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 *
@@ -220,26 +183,6 @@ programs that do not use C<%+> or C<%->.
=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
@@ -398,35 +341,10 @@ C<GDBM_File> has been upgraded from version 1.10 to 1.11
=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<perlapi>
=over 4
@@ -444,27 +362,8 @@ 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 ]
-
-=head2 New Diagnostics
-
-XXX Newly added diagnostic messages go here
-
-=over 4
-
-=item *
-
-XXX
-
-=back
-
=head2 Changes to Existing Diagnostics
-XXX Changes (i.e. rewording) of diagnostic messages go here
-
=over 4
=item *
@@ -490,52 +389,8 @@ L<[perl #73754]|http://rt.perl.org/rt3//Public/Bug/Display.html?id=73754>
=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 *
@@ -547,45 +402,8 @@ of threads and directory handles.
=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 IRIX
@@ -628,12 +446,6 @@ F<C:\MSYS\bin> is in the PATH, due to a C<Cwd> fix.
=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 *
@@ -707,12 +519,6 @@ to closing brace or EOF.
=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 *
@@ -906,30 +712,6 @@ L<[perl #78070]|http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=78070>.
=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.
-
=head1 Errata
=over 4