Remove boilerplate from perldelta

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 124 deletions

diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod
index 4ae25e556f..06e180ab30 100644
--- a/pod/perldelta.pod
+++ b/pod/perldelta.pod
@@ -12,10 +12,6 @@ release.
 If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.17.7, first read
 L<perl5178delta>, which describes differences between 5.17.7 and 5.17.8.
 
-=head1 Notice
-
-XXX Any important notices here
-
 =head1 Core Enhancements
 
 XXX New core language features go here.  Summarize user-visible core language
@@ -44,12 +40,6 @@ L</Selected Bug Fixes> section.
 
 =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.
-
 =head2 C<$ENV{foo} = undef> no longer deletes value from environ
 
 5.17.3 Introduced a change where assiging C<undef> to an C<%ENV> key was equivalent
@@ -57,8 +47,6 @@ to C<delete $ENV{foo}>.
 
 This release reverts that change.
 
-[ List each incompatible change as a =head2 entry ]
-
 =head1 Deprecations
 
 =head2 Deprecated pragma
@@ -238,21 +226,6 @@ U+2028 LINE SEPARATOR,
 and
 U+2029 PARAGRAPH SEPARATOR.
 
-=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/>
@@ -338,10 +311,6 @@ 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<perlsec>
 
 =over 4
@@ -358,24 +327,8 @@ 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
@@ -388,8 +341,6 @@ Strings with code points over 0xFF may not be mapped into in-memory file handles
 
 =head2 Changes to Existing Diagnostics
 
-XXX Changes (i.e. rewording) of diagnostic messages go here
-
 =over 4
 
 =item *
@@ -403,13 +354,6 @@ of these.
 
 =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<corelist>
 
 =over 4
@@ -428,13 +372,6 @@ is primarily maintained in perl core or on CPAN and bug tracker URL.
 
 =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 *
@@ -471,14 +408,6 @@ Both C<META.yml> and C<META.json> files are now included in the distribution.
 
 =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 *
@@ -493,45 +422,8 @@ This enables us to pass tests on Android which uses ICU instead of locales.
 
 =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 VMS
@@ -551,12 +443,6 @@ corrects build errors with threading enabled on 0.4-CURRENT.
 
 =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 *
@@ -573,11 +459,6 @@ XXX
 
 =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 *
@@ -616,11 +497,6 @@ XXX
 
 =back
 
-=head1 Obituary
-
-XXX If any significant core contributor has died, we've added a short obituary
-here.
-
 =head1 Acknowledgements
 
 XXX Generate this with: