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-rw-r--r--MANIFEST1
-rwxr-xr-xMakefile.SH8
-rw-r--r--pod/.gitignore2
-rw-r--r--pod/perl.pod1
-rw-r--r--pod/perl5337delta.pod278
-rw-r--r--pod/perldelta.pod397
-rw-r--r--vms/descrip_mms.template2
-rw-r--r--win32/GNUmakefile4
-rw-r--r--win32/Makefile4
-rw-r--r--win32/pod.mak4
10 files changed, 575 insertions, 126 deletions
diff --git a/MANIFEST b/MANIFEST
index c0519a7166..cacb2c1f6d 100644
--- a/MANIFEST
+++ b/MANIFEST
@@ -5236,6 +5236,7 @@ pod/perl5333delta.pod Perl changes in version 5.33.3
pod/perl5334delta.pod Perl changes in version 5.33.4
pod/perl5335delta.pod Perl changes in version 5.33.5
pod/perl5336delta.pod Perl changes in version 5.33.6
+pod/perl5337delta.pod Perl changes in version 5.33.7
pod/perl561delta.pod Perl changes in version 5.6.1
pod/perl56delta.pod Perl changes in version 5.6
pod/perl581delta.pod Perl changes in version 5.8.1
diff --git a/Makefile.SH b/Makefile.SH
index 7ff2b144f6..1a66ddaab4 100755
--- a/Makefile.SH
+++ b/Makefile.SH
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ esac
$spitshell >>$Makefile <<'!NO!SUBS!'
-perltoc_pod_prereqs = extra.pods pod/perl5337delta.pod pod/perlapi.pod pod/perlintern.pod pod/perlmodlib.pod pod/perluniprops.pod
+perltoc_pod_prereqs = extra.pods pod/perl5338delta.pod pod/perlapi.pod pod/perlintern.pod pod/perlmodlib.pod pod/perluniprops.pod
generated_pods = pod/perltoc.pod $(perltoc_pod_prereqs)
generated_headers = uudmap.h bitcount.h mg_data.h
@@ -1153,9 +1153,9 @@ pod/perlintern.pod: $(MINIPERL_EXE) autodoc.pl embed.fnc
pod/perlmodlib.pod: $(MINIPERL_EXE) pod/perlmodlib.PL MANIFEST
$(MINIPERL) pod/perlmodlib.PL -q
-pod/perl5337delta.pod: pod/perldelta.pod
- $(RMS) pod/perl5337delta.pod
- $(LNS) perldelta.pod pod/perl5337delta.pod
+pod/perl5338delta.pod: pod/perldelta.pod
+ $(RMS) pod/perl5338delta.pod
+ $(LNS) perldelta.pod pod/perl5338delta.pod
extra.pods: $(MINIPERL_EXE)
-@test ! -f extra.pods || rm -f `cat extra.pods`
diff --git a/pod/.gitignore b/pod/.gitignore
index c8d7ad839d..d062219b10 100644
--- a/pod/.gitignore
+++ b/pod/.gitignore
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
/roffitall
# generated
-/perl5337delta.pod
+/perl5338delta.pod
/perlapi.pod
/perlintern.pod
/perlmodlib.pod
diff --git a/pod/perl.pod b/pod/perl.pod
index 101b842528..dd43cc1803 100644
--- a/pod/perl.pod
+++ b/pod/perl.pod
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ aux h2ph h2xs perlbug pl2pm pod2html pod2man splain xsubpp
perlhist Perl history records
perldelta Perl changes since previous version
+ perl5337delta Perl changes in version 5.33.7
perl5336delta Perl changes in version 5.33.6
perl5335delta Perl changes in version 5.33.5
perl5334delta Perl changes in version 5.33.4
diff --git a/pod/perl5337delta.pod b/pod/perl5337delta.pod
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a7c1abda87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pod/perl5337delta.pod
@@ -0,0 +1,278 @@
+=encoding utf8
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+perl5337delta - what is new for perl v5.33.7
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+This document describes differences between the 5.33.6 release and the 5.33.7
+release.
+
+If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.33.5, first read
+L<perl5336delta>, which describes differences between 5.33.5 and 5.33.6.
+
+=head1 Core Enhancements
+
+=head2 Experimental Try/Catch Syntax
+
+An initial experimental attempt at providing C<try>/C<catch> notation has
+been added.
+
+ use feature 'try';
+
+ try {
+ a_function();
+ }
+ catch ($e) {
+ warn "An error occurred: $e";
+ }
+
+For more information, see L<perlsyn/"Try Catch Exception Handling">.
+
+=head1 Modules and Pragmata
+
+=head2 Updated Modules and Pragmata
+
+=over 4
+
+=item *
+
+L<autodie> has been upgraded from version 2.32 to 2.34.
+
+=item *
+
+L<B::Deparse> has been upgraded from version 1.55 to 1.56.
+
+=item *
+
+L<ExtUtils::CBuilder> has been upgraded from version 0.280235 to 0.280236.
+
+=item *
+
+L<ExtUtils::MakeMaker> has been upgraded from version 7.58 to 7.60.
+
+=item *
+
+L<ExtUtils::PL2Bat> has been upgraded from version 0.003 to 0.004.
+
+=item *
+
+L<feature> has been upgraded from version 1.62 to 1.63.
+
+=item *
+
+L<File::Find> has been upgraded from version 1.38 to 1.39. Minor
+documentation touchups only.
+
+=item *
+
+L<Hash::Util> has been upgraded from version 0.24 to 0.25.
+
+=item *
+
+L<IO> has been upgraded from version 1.45 to 1.46.
+
+=item *
+
+L<JSON::PP> has been upgraded from version 4.05 to 4.06.
+
+=item *
+
+L<Module::CoreList> has been upgraded from version 5.20210120 to 5.20210220.
+
+=item *
+
+L<mro> has been upgraded from version 1.25 to 1.25_001.
+
+=item *
+
+L<Opcode> has been upgraded from version 1.49 to 1.50.
+
+=item *
+
+L<PerlIO::encoding> has been upgraded from version 0.28 to 0.30.
+
+=item *
+
+L<Time::HiRes> has been upgraded from version 1.9766 to 1.9767.
+
+=item *
+
+L<warnings> has been upgraded from version 1.50 to 1.51.
+
+=back
+
+=head1 Documentation
+
+=head2 Changes to Existing Documentation
+
+We have attempted to update the documentation to reflect the changes
+listed in this document. If you find any we have missed, open an issue
+at L<https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues>.
+
+Additionally, the following selected changes have been made:
+
+=head3 L<perlfunc>
+
+=over 4
+
+=item *
+
+L<my()|perlfunc/my> and L<state()|perlfunc/state> now explicitly warn
+the reader that lexical variables should typically not be redeclared
+within the same scope or statement.
+L<[#18389]|https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues/18389>
+
+=back
+
+=head1 Diagnostics
+
+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>.
+
+=head2 Changes to L<perldiag>
+
+L<perldiag> was missing some entries for existing diagnostics.
+
+=over 4
+
+=item * Error %s in expansion of %s
+
+An error was encountered in handling a user-defined property
+(L<perlunicode/User-Defined Character Properties>). These are
+programmer written subroutines, hence subject to errors that may
+prevent them from compiling or running.
+
+=item * Infinite recursion in user-defined property
+
+A user-defined property (L<perlunicode/User-Defined Character Properties>)
+can depend on the definitions of other user-defined
+properties. If the chain of dependencies leads back to this property,
+infinite recursion would occur, were it not for the check that raised
+this error.
+
+=item * Timeout waiting for another thread to define \p{%s}
+
+The first time a user-defined property
+(L<perlunicode/User-Defined Character Properties>) is used, its
+definition is looked up and converted into an internal form for more
+efficient handling in subsequent uses. There could be a race if two or
+more threads tried to do this processing nearly simultaneously.
+
+=item * Unknown user-defined property name \p{%s}
+
+You specified to use a property within the C<\p{...}> which was a
+syntactically valid user-defined property, but no definition was found
+for it
+
+=back
+
+=head1 Platform Support
+
+=head2 Platform-Specific Notes
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Windows
+
+Building with mingw.org compilers (version 3.4.5 or later) using mingw runtime
+versions < 3.22 now works again. This was broken in Perl 5.31.4.
+
+Building with mingw.org compilers (version 3.4.5 or later) using mingw runtime
+versions >= 3.21 now works (for compilers up to version 5.3.0).
+
+Makefile.mk, and thus support for dmake, has been removed. It is still possible
+to build Perl on Windows using nmake (Makefile) and GNU make (GNUmakefile).
+[L<GH #18511|https://github.com/Perl/perl5/pull/18511>]
+
+=back
+
+=head1 Selected Bug Fixes
+
+=over 4
+
+=item * pack/unpack format 'D' now works on all systems that could support it
+
+Previously if C<NV == long double>, now it is supported on all platforms that
+have long doubles. In particular that means it is now also supported on
+quadmath platforms.
+
+=back
+
+=head1 Obituary
+
+Kent Fredric (KENTNL) passed away in February 2021. A native of New Zealand
+and a self-described "huge geek," Kent was the author or maintainer of 178
+CPAN distributions, the Perl maintainer for the Gentoo Linux distribution and
+a contributor to the Perl core distribution. He is mourned by his family,
+friends and open source software communities worldwide.
+
+=head1 Acknowledgements
+
+Perl 5.33.7 represents approximately 4 weeks of development since Perl
+5.33.6 and contains approximately 11,000 lines of changes across 230 files
+from 19 authors.
+
+Excluding auto-generated files, documentation and release tools, there were
+approximately 2,800 lines of changes to 140 .pm, .t, .c and .h files.
+
+Perl continues to flourish into its fourth decade thanks to a vibrant
+community of users and developers. The following people are known to have
+contributed the improvements that became Perl 5.33.7:
+
+Andy Dougherty, Chris 'BinGOs' Williams, Craig A. Berry, Dan Book, Eugene
+Alvin Villar, H.Merijn Brand, Hugo van der Sanden, James E Keenan, Karl
+Williamson, Leon Timmermans, Paul Evans, Ricardo Signes, Richard Leach,
+Sawyer X, Steve Hay, Tomasz Konojacki, Tony Cook, Yves Orton, Zakariyya
+Mughal.
+
+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
+
+If you find what you think is a bug, you might check the perl bug database
+at L<https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues>. There may also be information at
+L<http://www.perl.org/>, the Perl Home Page.
+
+If you believe you have an unreported bug, please open an issue at
+L<https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues>. Be sure to trim your bug down to a
+tiny but sufficient test case.
+
+If the bug you are reporting has security implications which make it
+inappropriate to send to a public issue tracker, then see
+L<perlsec/SECURITY VULNERABILITY CONTACT INFORMATION>
+for details of how to report the issue.
+
+=head1 Give Thanks
+
+If you wish to thank the Perl 5 Porters for the work we had done in Perl 5,
+you can do so by running the C<perlthanks> program:
+
+ perlthanks
+
+This will send an email to the Perl 5 Porters list with your show of thanks.
+
+=head1 SEE ALSO
+
+The F<Changes> file for an explanation of how to view 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.
+
+=cut
diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod
index 55b6050024..2eb50572fc 100644
--- a/pod/perldelta.pod
+++ b/pod/perldelta.pod
@@ -2,127 +2,177 @@
=head1 NAME
-perldelta - what is new for perl v5.33.7
+[ 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 v5.33.8
=head1 DESCRIPTION
-This document describes differences between the 5.33.6 release and the 5.33.7
+This document describes differences between the 5.33.7 release and the 5.33.8
release.
-If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.33.5, first read
-L<perl5336delta>, which describes differences between 5.33.5 and 5.33.6.
+If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.33.6, first read
+L<perl5337delta>, which describes differences between 5.33.6 and 5.33.7.
+
+=head1 Notice
+
+XXX Any important notices here
=head1 Core Enhancements
-=head2 Experimental Try/Catch Syntax
+XXX New core language features go here. Summarize user-visible core language
+enhancements. Particularly prominent performance optimisations could go
+here, but most should go in the L</Performance Enhancements> section.
-An initial experimental attempt at providing C<try>/C<catch> notation has
-been added.
+[ List each enhancement as a =head2 entry ]
- use feature 'try';
+=head1 Security
- try {
- a_function();
- }
- catch ($e) {
- warn "An error occurred: $e";
- }
+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.
-For more information, see L<perlsyn/"Try Catch Exception Handling">.
+[ List each security issue as a =head2 entry ]
-=head1 Modules and Pragmata
+=head1 Incompatible Changes
-=head2 Updated Modules and Pragmata
+XXX For a release on a stable branch, this section aspires to be:
-=over 4
+ 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.
-=item *
+[ List each incompatible change as a =head2 entry ]
-L<autodie> has been upgraded from version 2.32 to 2.34.
+=head1 Deprecations
-=item *
+XXX Any deprecated features, syntax, modules etc. should be listed here.
-L<B::Deparse> has been upgraded from version 1.55 to 1.56.
+=head2 Module removals
-=item *
+XXX Remove this section if not applicable.
-L<ExtUtils::CBuilder> has been upgraded from version 0.280235 to 0.280236.
+The following modules will be removed from the core distribution in a
+future release, and will at that time need to be installed from CPAN.
+Distributions on CPAN which require these modules will need to list them as
+prerequisites.
-=item *
+The core versions of these modules will now issue C<"deprecated">-category
+warnings to alert you to this fact. To silence these deprecation warnings,
+install the modules in question from CPAN.
-L<ExtUtils::MakeMaker> has been upgraded from version 7.58 to 7.60.
+Note that these are (with rare exceptions) fine modules that you are encouraged
+to continue to use. Their disinclusion from core primarily hinges on their
+necessity to bootstrapping a fully functional, CPAN-capable Perl installation,
+not usually on concerns over their design.
-=item *
+=over
-L<ExtUtils::PL2Bat> has been upgraded from version 0.003 to 0.004.
+=item XXX
-=item *
+XXX Note that deprecated modules should be listed here even if they are listed
+as an updated module in the L</Modules and Pragmata> section.
-L<feature> has been upgraded from version 1.62 to 1.63.
+=back
-=item *
+[ List each other deprecation as a =head2 entry ]
-L<File::Find> has been upgraded from version 1.38 to 1.39. Minor
-documentation touchups only.
+=head1 Performance Enhancements
-=item *
+XXX Changes which enhance performance without changing behaviour go here.
+There may well be none in a stable release.
+
+[ List each enhancement as an =item entry ]
-L<Hash::Util> has been upgraded from version 0.24 to 0.25.
+=over 4
=item *
-L<IO> has been upgraded from version 1.45 to 1.46.
+XXX
-=item *
+=back
-L<JSON::PP> has been upgraded from version 4.05 to 4.06.
+=head1 Modules and Pragmata
-=item *
+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>. 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.
-L<Module::CoreList> has been upgraded from version 5.20210120 to 5.20210220.
+The list of new and updated modules is modified automatically as part of
+preparing a Perl release, so the only reason to manually add entries here is if
+you're summarising the important changes in the module update. (Also, if the
+manually-added details don't match the automatically-generated ones, the
+release manager will have to investigate the situation carefully.)
-=item *
+[ Within each section, list entries as an =item entry ]
-L<mro> has been upgraded from version 1.25 to 1.25_001.
+=head2 New Modules and Pragmata
+
+=over 4
=item *
-L<Opcode> has been upgraded from version 1.49 to 1.50.
+XXX Remove this section if not applicable.
-=item *
+=back
-L<PerlIO::encoding> has been upgraded from version 0.28 to 0.30.
+=head2 Updated Modules and Pragmata
+
+=over 4
=item *
-L<Time::HiRes> has been upgraded from version 1.9766 to 1.9767.
+L<XXX> has been upgraded from version A.xx to B.yy.
+
+If there was something important to note about this change, include that here.
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Removed Modules and Pragmata
+
+=over 4
=item *
-L<warnings> has been upgraded from version 1.50 to 1.51.
+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
We have attempted to update the documentation to reflect the changes
listed in this document. If you find any we have missed, open an issue
at L<https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues>.
+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.
+
Additionally, the following selected changes have been made:
-=head3 L<perlfunc>
+=head3 L<XXX>
=over 4
=item *
-L<my()|perlfunc/my> and L<state()|perlfunc/state> now explicitly warn
-the reader that lexical variables should typically not be redeclared
-within the same scope or statement.
-L<[#18389]|https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues/18389>
+XXX Description of the change here
=back
@@ -132,113 +182,228 @@ 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>.
-=head2 Changes to 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
-L<perldiag> was missing some entries for existing diagnostics.
+=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 * Error %s in expansion of %s
+=item *
-An error was encountered in handling a user-defined property
-(L<perlunicode/User-Defined Character Properties>). These are
-programmer written subroutines, hence subject to errors that may
-prevent them from compiling or running.
+XXX Describe change here
-=item * Infinite recursion in user-defined property
+=back
+
+=head1 Utility Changes
-A user-defined property (L<perlunicode/User-Defined Character Properties>)
-can depend on the definitions of other user-defined
-properties. If the chain of dependencies leads back to this property,
-infinite recursion would occur, were it not for the check that raised
-this error.
+XXX Changes to installed programs such as F<perldoc> and F<xsubpp> go here.
+Most of these are built within the directory F<utils>.
-=item * Timeout waiting for another thread to define \p{%s}
+[ List utility changes as a =head2 entry for each utility and =item
+entries for each change
+Use L<XXX> with program names to get proper documentation linking. ]
-The first time a user-defined property
-(L<perlunicode/User-Defined Character Properties>) is used, its
-definition is looked up and converted into an internal form for more
-efficient handling in subsequent uses. There could be a race if two or
-more threads tried to do this processing nearly simultaneously.
+=head2 L<XXX>
+
+=over 4
-=item * Unknown user-defined property name \p{%s}
+=item *
-You specified to use a property within the C<\p{...}> which was a
-syntactically valid user-defined property, but no definition was found
-for it
+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 an =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 summarizing, although the bugs
+that they represent may be covered elsewhere.
+
+XXX If there were no significant test changes, say this:
+
+Tests were added and changed to reflect the other additions and changes
+in this release.
+
+XXX If instead there were significant changes, say this:
+
+Tests were added and changed to reflect the other additions and
+changes in this release. Furthermore, these significant changes were
+made:
+
+[ List each test improvement as an =item entry ]
+
+=over 4
+
+=item *
+
+XXX
=back
=head1 Platform Support
+XXX Any changes to platform support should be listed in the sections below.
+
+[ Within the sections, list each platform as an =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 Windows
+=item XXX-some-platform
+
+XXX
+
+=back
-Building with mingw.org compilers (version 3.4.5 or later) using mingw runtime
-versions < 3.22 now works again. This was broken in Perl 5.31.4.
+=head1 Internal Changes
-Building with mingw.org compilers (version 3.4.5 or later) using mingw runtime
-versions >= 3.21 now works (for compilers up to version 5.3.0).
+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.
-Makefile.mk, and thus support for dmake, has been removed. It is still possible
-to build Perl on Windows using nmake (Makefile) and GNU make (GNUmakefile).
-[L<GH #18511|https://github.com/Perl/perl5/pull/18511>]
+[ List each change as an =item entry ]
+
+=over 4
+
+=item *
+
+XXX
=back
=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 an =item entry ]
+
+=over 4
+
+=item *
+
+XXX
+
+=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. Unfixed
+platform specific bugs also go here.
+
+[ List each fix as an =item entry ]
+
=over 4
-=item * pack/unpack format 'D' now works on all systems that could support it
+=item *
-Previously if C<NV == long double>, now it is supported on all platforms that
-have long doubles. In particular that means it is now also supported on
-quadmath platforms.
+XXX
=back
-=head1 Obituary
+=head1 Errata From Previous Releases
-Kent Fredric (KENTNL) passed away in February 2021. A native of New Zealand
-and a self-described "huge geek," Kent was the author or maintainer of 178
-CPAN distributions, the Perl maintainer for the Gentoo Linux distribution and
-a contributor to the Perl core distribution. He is mourned by his family,
-friends and open source software communities worldwide.
+=over 4
-=head1 Acknowledgements
+=item *
-Perl 5.33.7 represents approximately 4 weeks of development since Perl
-5.33.6 and contains approximately 11,000 lines of changes across 230 files
-from 19 authors.
+XXX Add anything here that we forgot to add, or were mistaken about, in
+the perldelta of a previous release.
-Excluding auto-generated files, documentation and release tools, there were
-approximately 2,800 lines of changes to 140 .pm, .t, .c and .h files.
+=back
-Perl continues to flourish into its fourth decade thanks to a vibrant
-community of users and developers. The following people are known to have
-contributed the improvements that became Perl 5.33.7:
+=head1 Obituary
-Andy Dougherty, Chris 'BinGOs' Williams, Craig A. Berry, Dan Book, Eugene
-Alvin Villar, H.Merijn Brand, Hugo van der Sanden, James E Keenan, Karl
-Williamson, Leon Timmermans, Paul Evans, Ricardo Signes, Richard Leach,
-Sawyer X, Steve Hay, Tomasz Konojacki, Tony Cook, Yves Orton, Zakariyya
-Mughal.
+XXX If any significant core contributor or member of the CPAN community has
+died, add a short obituary here.
-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.
+=head1 Acknowledgements
-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.
+XXX Generate this with:
-For a more complete list of all of Perl's historical contributors, please
-see the F<AUTHORS> file in the Perl source distribution.
+ perl Porting/acknowledgements.pl v5.33.7..HEAD
=head1 Reporting Bugs
diff --git a/vms/descrip_mms.template b/vms/descrip_mms.template
index 126d741a09..0e684d5517 100644
--- a/vms/descrip_mms.template
+++ b/vms/descrip_mms.template
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ utils : $(utils1) $(utils2) $(utils3) $(utils4) $(utils5)
extra.pods : miniperl
@ @extra_pods.com
-PERLDELTA_CURRENT = [.pod]perl5337delta.pod
+PERLDELTA_CURRENT = [.pod]perl5338delta.pod
$(PERLDELTA_CURRENT) : [.pod]perldelta.pod
Copy/NoConfirm/Log $(MMS$SOURCE) $(PERLDELTA_CURRENT)
diff --git a/win32/GNUmakefile b/win32/GNUmakefile
index edfd0882b4..07c765f7c8 100644
--- a/win32/GNUmakefile
+++ b/win32/GNUmakefile
@@ -1780,7 +1780,7 @@ utils: $(HAVEMINIPERL) ..\utils\Makefile
copy ..\README.tw ..\pod\perltw.pod
copy ..\README.vos ..\pod\perlvos.pod
copy ..\README.win32 ..\pod\perlwin32.pod
- copy ..\pod\perldelta.pod ..\pod\perl5337delta.pod
+ copy ..\pod\perldelta.pod ..\pod\perl5338delta.pod
$(MINIPERL) -I..\lib $(PL2BAT) $(UTILS)
$(MINIPERL) -I..\lib ..\autodoc.pl ..
$(MINIPERL) -I..\lib ..\pod\perlmodlib.PL -q ..
@@ -1878,7 +1878,7 @@ distclean: realclean
-if exist $(LIBDIR)\Win32API rmdir /s /q $(LIBDIR)\Win32API
-if exist $(LIBDIR)\XS rmdir /s /q $(LIBDIR)\XS
-cd $(PODDIR) && del /f *.html *.bat roffitall \
- perl5337delta.pod perlaix.pod perlamiga.pod perlandroid.pod \
+ perl5338delta.pod perlaix.pod perlamiga.pod perlandroid.pod \
perlapi.pod perlbs2000.pod perlcn.pod perlcygwin.pod \
perldos.pod perlfreebsd.pod perlhaiku.pod perlhpux.pod \
perlhurd.pod perlintern.pod perlirix.pod perljp.pod perlko.pod \
diff --git a/win32/Makefile b/win32/Makefile
index f4b65338a4..26eabd98c0 100644
--- a/win32/Makefile
+++ b/win32/Makefile
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ utils: $(PERLEXE) ..\utils\Makefile
copy ..\README.tw ..\pod\perltw.pod
copy ..\README.vos ..\pod\perlvos.pod
copy ..\README.win32 ..\pod\perlwin32.pod
- copy ..\pod\perldelta.pod ..\pod\perl5337delta.pod
+ copy ..\pod\perldelta.pod ..\pod\perl5338delta.pod
cd ..\win32
$(PERLEXE) $(PL2BAT) $(UTILS)
$(MINIPERL) -I..\lib ..\autodoc.pl ..
@@ -1339,7 +1339,7 @@ distclean: realclean
-if exist $(LIBDIR)\Win32API rmdir /s /q $(LIBDIR)\Win32API
-if exist $(LIBDIR)\XS rmdir /s /q $(LIBDIR)\XS
-cd $(PODDIR) && del /f *.html *.bat roffitall \
- perl5337delta.pod perlaix.pod perlamiga.pod perlandroid.pod \
+ perl5338delta.pod perlaix.pod perlamiga.pod perlandroid.pod \
perlapi.pod perlbs2000.pod perlcn.pod perlcygwin.pod \
perldos.pod perlfreebsd.pod perlhaiku.pod perlhpux.pod \
perlhurd.pod perlintern.pod perlirix.pod perljp.pod perlko.pod \
diff --git a/win32/pod.mak b/win32/pod.mak
index 7133f23a3e..a56bd40518 100644
--- a/win32/pod.mak
+++ b/win32/pod.mak
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ POD = perl.pod \
perl5335delta.pod \
perl5336delta.pod \
perl5337delta.pod \
+ perl5338delta.pod \
perl561delta.pod \
perl56delta.pod \
perl581delta.pod \
@@ -242,6 +243,7 @@ MAN = perl.man \
perl5335delta.man \
perl5336delta.man \
perl5337delta.man \
+ perl5338delta.man \
perl561delta.man \
perl56delta.man \
perl581delta.man \
@@ -412,6 +414,7 @@ HTML = perl.html \
perl5335delta.html \
perl5336delta.html \
perl5337delta.html \
+ perl5338delta.html \
perl561delta.html \
perl56delta.html \
perl581delta.html \
@@ -582,6 +585,7 @@ TEX = perl.tex \
perl5335delta.tex \
perl5336delta.tex \
perl5337delta.tex \
+ perl5338delta.tex \
perl561delta.tex \
perl56delta.tex \
perl581delta.tex \