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diff --git a/Changes b/Changes new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..39325fe2ff --- /dev/null +++ b/Changes @@ -0,0 +1,93 @@ +Please note: This file provides a complete, temporally ordered log of +changes that went into every version of Perl. If you'd like more +detailed information, please consult the comments in the individual +patches posted to the perl5-porters mailing list. Patches for each +individual change may also be obtained through ftp and rsync--see +perlhack.pod for the details. + + + --------------- + CAST AND CREW + --------------- + +To give due honor to those who have made Perl what is is today, +here are some of the more common names in the Changes file, and their +current addresses (as of February 2000): + + Gisle Aas <gisle@aas.no> + Abigail <abigail@delanet.com> + Kenneth Albanowski <kjahds@kjahds.com> + Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu> + Brad Appleton <bradapp@enteract.com> + Greg Bacon <gbacon@itsc.uah.edu> + Robin Barker <rmb1@cise.npl.co.uk> + Vishal Bhatia <vishal@gol.com> + Spider Boardman <spider@orb.nashua.nh.us> + Tom Christiansen <tchrist@perl.com> + Mark-Jason Dominus <mjd@plover.com> + Jan Dubois <jand@activestate.com> + Dominic Dunlop <domo@computer.org> + Eric Fifer <efifer@sanwaint.com> + Hallvard B Furuseth <h.b.furuseth@usit.uio.no> + M. J. T. Guy <mjtg@cus.cam.ac.uk> + Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi> + Tom Hughes <tom@compton.nu> + Nick Ing-Simmons <nik@tiuk.ti.com> + Andreas Koenig <a.koenig@mind.de> + Douglas Lankshear <dougl@activestate.com> + Doug MacEachern <dougm@opengroup.org> + Raphael Manfredi <Raphael.Manfredi@st.com> + Paul Marquess <Paul.Marquess@btinternet.com> + Stephen McCamant <alias@mcs.com> + Laszlo Molnar <laszlo.molnar@eth.ericsson.se> + Hans Mulder <hansmu@xs4all.nl> + Chris Nandor <pudge@pobox.com> + Matthias Neeracher <neeri@iis.ee.ethz.ch> + Jeff Okamoto <okamoto@hpcc123.corp.hp.com> + Ulrich Pfeifer <pfeifer@charly.informatik.uni-dortmund.de> + Tom Phoenix <rootbeer@teleport.com> + Joshua Pritikin <joshua.pritikin@db.com> + Peter Prymmer <pvhp@forte.com> + Norbert Pueschel <pueschel@imsdd.meb.uni-bonn.de> + Dean Roehrich <roehrich@cray.com> + Hugo van der Sanden <hv@crypt0.demon.co.uk> + Michael G Schwern <schwern@pobox.com> + Roderick Schertler <roderick@argon.org> + Kurt D. Starsinic <kstar@chapin.edu> + Benjamin Stuhl <sho_pi@hotmail.com> + Dan Sugalski <sugalskd@osshe.edu> + Nathan Torkington <gnat@frii.com> + Larry W. Virden <lvirden@cas.org> + Johan Vromans <jvromans@squirrel.nl> + Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu> + +And the Keepers of the Patch Pumpkin: + + Charles Bailey <bailey@newman.upenn.edu> + Graham Barr <gbarr@ti.com> + Malcolm Beattie <mbeattie@sable.ox.ac.uk> + Tim Bunce <Tim.Bunce@ig.co.uk> + Andy Dougherty <doughera@lafcol.lafayette.edu> + Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@activestate.com> + Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> + +And, of course, the Author of Perl: + + Larry Wall <larry@wall.org> + + +NOTE: Each change entry shows the change number; who checked it into the +repository; when; description of the change; which branch the change +happened in; and the affected files. The file lists have a short symbolic +indicator: + + ! modified + + added + - deleted + +> branched (from elsewhere) + !> merged changes (from elsewhere) + + +-------------- +Version v5.7.0 Development release working toward v5.8 +-------------- diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..ff4f91f89b --- /dev/null +++ b/pod/perldelta.pod @@ -0,0 +1,65 @@ +=head1 NAME + +perldelta - what's new for perl v5.8.0 + +=head1 DESCRIPTION + +This document describes differences between the 5.6 release and this one. + +=head1 Core Enhancements + +=head1 Modules and Pragmata + +=head1 Utility Changes + +=head1 Improved Documentation + +=head1 Performance enhancements + +=head1 Installation and Configuration Improvements + +=head1 Platform specific changes + +=head1 Significant bug fixes + +=head1 New or Changed Diagnostics + +=head1 New tests + +=head1 Incompatible Changes + +=head1 Known Problems + +=head1 Obsolete Diagnostics + +=head1 Reporting Bugs + +If you find what you think is a bug, you might check the +articles recently posted to the comp.lang.perl.misc newsgroup. +There may also be information at http://www.perl.com/perl/, the Perl +Home Page. + +If you believe you have an unreported bug, please run the B<perlbug> +program included with your release. Be sure to trim your bug down +to a tiny but sufficient test case. Your bug report, along with the +output of C<perl -V>, will be sent off to perlbug@perl.com to be +analysed by the Perl porting team. + +=head1 SEE ALSO + +The F<Changes> file for exhaustive details on what changed. + +The F<INSTALL> file for how to build Perl. + +The F<README> file for general stuff. + +The F<Artistic> and F<Copying> files for copyright information. + +=head1 HISTORY + +Written by Gurusamy Sarathy <F<gsar@activestate.com>>, with many +contributions from The Perl Porters. + +Send omissions or corrections to <F<perlbug@perl.com>>. + +=cut |