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diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod index 8c94875205..7dbbc210bd 100644 --- a/pod/perldelta.pod +++ b/pod/perldelta.pod @@ -2,14 +2,10 @@ =for comment This has been completed up to 0aae26c14, except for: -803e389 rurban CYG17 utf8 paths d9298c1 rurban mymalloc isn't thread safe =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 v5.15.8 =head1 DESCRIPTION @@ -23,16 +19,10 @@ L<perl5157delta>, which describes differences between 5.15.6 and =head1 Notice -XXX Any important notices here +This space intentionally left blank. =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 Improved ability to mix locales and Unicode, including UTF-8 locales An optional parameter has been added to C<use locale> @@ -155,12 +145,6 @@ past the end of the input buffer. =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 ] - =head2 Use C<is_utf8_char_buf()> and not C<is_utf8_char()> The latter function is now deprecated because its API is insufficient to @@ -170,12 +154,6 @@ L<is_utf8_char_buf()|/Added is_utf8_char_buf()>. =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. - [ List each incompatible change as a =head2 entry ] =head2 Special blocks called in void context @@ -256,33 +234,12 @@ See L<perlfunc/quotemeta>. =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<is_utf8_char()> This function is deprecated because it could read beyond the end of the input string. Use the new L<is_utf8_char_buf()|/Added is_utf8_char_buf()> instead. -=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/> @@ -431,9 +388,9 @@ L<Pod::Parser> has been upgraded from version 1.37 to version 1.51. L<Term::ReadLine> has been upgraded from version 1.07 to version 1.08. -Its C<tkRunning> method now supports L<AnyEvent> event loops, and not just -L<Tk>. A more general mechanism has been proposed, so this may be reverted -before Perl 5.16 [perl #108470]. +Term::ReadLine now supports any event loop, including unpubished ones and +simple L<IO::Select> loops without the need to rewrite existing code for +any particular framework [perl #108470]. =item * @@ -469,13 +426,8 @@ XXX =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<perlxstypemap> The new manual describes the XS typemapping mechanism in unprecedented @@ -667,9 +619,21 @@ L</Modules and Pragmata> section. =over 4 -=item XXX-some-platform +=item Cygwin -XXX +Since version 1.7, Cygwin supports native UTF-8 paths. If Perl is built +under that environment, directory and filenames will be UTF-8 encoded. + +Cygwin does not initialize all original Win32 environment variables. See +F<README.cygwin> for a discussion of C<Cygwin::sync_winenv()> and +further links. + +=item VMS + +The build on VMS now allows names of the resulting +symbols in C code for Perl longer than 31 characters. +Symbols like C<Perl__it_was_the_best_of_times_it_was_the_worst_of_times> +can now be created freely without causing the VMS linker to seize up. =back @@ -813,9 +777,9 @@ from either 5.XXX.XXX or 5.XXX.XXX. =over 4 -=item * +=item * C<eval { 'fork()' }> is broken on Windows [perl #109718] -XXX +This is a known test failure to be fixed before 5.16.0. =back @@ -826,9 +790,34 @@ here. =head1 Acknowledgements -XXX Generate this with: - - perl Porting/acknowledgements.pl v5.15.7..HEAD +Perl 5.15.8 represents approximately 4 weeks of development since Perl 5.15.7 +and contains approximately 61,000 lines of changes across 480 files from 36 +authors. + +Perl continues to flourish into its third decade thanks to a vibrant community +of users and developers. The following people are known to have contributed the +improvements that became Perl 5.15.8: + +Abhijit Menon-Sen, Alan Haggai Alavi, Alexandr Ciornii, Andy Dougherty, Brian +Fraser, Chris 'BinGOs' Williams, Craig A. Berry, Darin McBride, Dave Rolsky, +David Golden, David Leadbeater, David Mitchell, Dominic Hargreaves, Eric Brine, +Father Chrysostomos, Florian Ragwitz, H.Merijn Brand, Juerd Waalboer, Karl +Williamson, Leon Timmermans, Marc Green, Max Maischein, Nicholas Clark, Paul +Evans, Rafael Garcia-Suarez, Rainer Tammer, Reini Urban, Ricardo Signes, Robin +Barker, Shlomi Fish, Steffen Müller, Todd Rinaldo, Tony Cook, Yves Orton, +Zefram, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason. + +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. + +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. + +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 |