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@@ -5036,6 +5036,7 @@ pod/perl5295delta.pod Perl changes in version 5.29.5 pod/perl5296delta.pod Perl changes in version 5.29.6 pod/perl5297delta.pod Perl changes in version 5.29.7 pod/perl5298delta.pod Perl changes in version 5.29.8 +pod/perl5299delta.pod Perl changes in version 5.29.9 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 045d16816b..d5a710a6d9 100755 --- a/Makefile.SH +++ b/Makefile.SH @@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ esac $spitshell >>$Makefile <<'!NO!SUBS!' -perltoc_pod_prereqs = extra.pods pod/perl5299delta.pod pod/perlapi.pod pod/perlintern.pod pod/perlmodlib.pod pod/perluniprops.pod +perltoc_pod_prereqs = extra.pods pod/perl52910delta.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 @@ -1150,9 +1150,9 @@ pod/perlintern.pod: $(MINIPERL_EXE) autodoc.pl embed.fnc pod/perlmodlib.pod: $(MINIPERL_EXE) pod/perlmodlib.PL MANIFEST $(MINIPERL) pod/perlmodlib.PL -q -pod/perl5299delta.pod: pod/perldelta.pod - $(RMS) pod/perl5299delta.pod - $(LNS) perldelta.pod pod/perl5299delta.pod +pod/perl52910delta.pod: pod/perldelta.pod + $(RMS) pod/perl52910delta.pod + $(LNS) perldelta.pod pod/perl52910delta.pod extra.pods: $(MINIPERL_EXE) -@test ! -f extra.pods || rm -f `cat extra.pods` diff --git a/pod/.gitignore b/pod/.gitignore index d205b535e2..d03d6f8b4f 100644 --- a/pod/.gitignore +++ b/pod/.gitignore @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ /roffitall # generated -/perl5299delta.pod +/perl52910delta.pod /perlapi.pod /perlintern.pod /perlmodlib.pod diff --git a/pod/perl.pod b/pod/perl.pod index cebe875520..f1ba715357 100644 --- a/pod/perl.pod +++ b/pod/perl.pod @@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ aux h2ph h2xs perlbug pl2pm pod2html pod2man splain xsubpp perlhist Perl history records perldelta Perl changes since previous version + perl5299delta Perl changes in version 5.29.9 perl5298delta Perl changes in version 5.29.8 perl5297delta Perl changes in version 5.29.7 perl5296delta Perl changes in version 5.29.6 diff --git a/pod/perl5299delta.pod b/pod/perl5299delta.pod new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..4ebf93e75f --- /dev/null +++ b/pod/perl5299delta.pod @@ -0,0 +1,273 @@ +=encoding utf8 + +=head1 NAME + +perl5299delta - what is new for perl v5.29.9 + +=head1 DESCRIPTION + +This document describes differences between the 5.29.8 release and the 5.29.9 +release. + +If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.29.7, first read +L<perl5298delta>, which describes differences between 5.29.7 and 5.29.8. + +=head1 Core Enhancements + +=head2 Wildcards in Unicode property value specifications are now +partially supported + +You can now do something like this in a regular expression pattern + + qr! \p{nv= /(?x) \A [0-5] \z / }! + +which matches all Unicode code points which have numeric value is +between 0 and 5 inclusive. + +This marks another step in implementing the regular expression features +the Unicode Consortium suggests. + +Most properties are supported, with the remainder planned for 5.32. +Details are in L<perlunicode/Wildcards in Property Values>. + +=head2 qr'\N{name}' is now supported + +Previously it was an error to evaluate a named character C<\N{...}> +within a single quoted regular expression pattern (whose evaluation is +deferred from the normal place). This restriction is now removed. + +=head2 Unicode 12.0 is supported + +For details, see L<https://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode12.0.0/>. + +Because of a change in Unicode release cycles, Perl jumps from Unicode +10.0 in Perl 5.28 to Unicode 12.0 in Perl 5.30. + +=head2 It is now possible to compile perl to always use thread-safe +locale operations. + +Previously, these calls were only used when the perl was compiled to be +multi-threaded. To always enable them, add + + -Accflags='-DUSE_THREAD_SAFE_LOCALE' + +to your F<Configure> flags. + + +=head1 Security + +=head2 Variable length lookbehind in regular expression pattern matching +is now experimentally supported + +Using a lookbehind assertion (like C<(?<=foo)> or C<(?<!bar)> previously +would generate an error and refuse to compile. Now it compiles (if the +maximum lookbehind is at most 255 characters), but raises a warning in +the new C<experimental::vlb> warnings category. This is to caution you +that the precise behavior is subject to change based on feedback from +use in the field. + +See L<perlre/(?<=pattern)> and L<perlre/(?<!pattern)>. + +=head1 Incompatible Changes + +=head2 C<pack()> no longer can return malformed UTF-8 + +It croaks if it would otherwise return a UTF-8 string that contains +malformed UTF-8. This protects agains potential security threats. This +is considered a bug fix as well ([perl #131642]). + +=head2 Any set of digits in the Common script are legal in a script run +of another script + +There are several sets of digits in the Common script. C<[0-9]> is the +most familiar. But there are also C<[\x{FF10}-\x{FF19}]> (FULLWIDTH +DIGIT ZERO - FULLWIDTH DIGIT NINE), and several sets for use in +mathematical notation, such as the MATHEMATICAL DOUBLE-STRUCK DIGITs. +Any of these sets should be able to appear in script runs of, say, +Greek. But the design of 5.30 overlooked all but the ASCII digits +C<[0-9]>, so the design was flawed. This has been fixed, so is both a +bug fix and an incompatibility. [perl #133547] + +All digits in a run still have to come from the same set of ten digits. + +=head1 Modules and Pragmata + +=head2 Updated Modules and Pragmata + +=over 4 + +=item * + +L<Devel::PPPort> has been upgraded from version 3.44 to 3.45. + +=item * + +L<Encode> has been upgraded from version 3.00 to 3.01. + +=item * + +L<ExtUtils::Manifest> has been upgraded from version 1.71 to 1.72. + +=item * + +L<JSON::PP> has been upgraded from version 4.00 to 4.02. + +=item * + +L<Module::CoreList> has been upgraded from version 5.20190220 to 5.20190320. + +=item * + +L<perl5db.pl> has been upgraded from version 1.54 to 1.55. + +Debugging threaded code no longer deadlocks in C<DB::sub> nor +C<DB::lsub>. + +=item * + +L<PerlIO::encoding> has been upgraded from version 0.26 to 0.27. + +Warnings enabled by setting the C<WARN_ON_ERR> flag in +C<$PerlIO::encoding::fallback> are now only produced if warnings are +enabled with C<use warnings "utf8";> or setting C<$^W>. + +=item * + +L<threads::shared> has been upgraded from version 1.59 to 1.60. + +Added support for extra tracing of locking, this requires a +C<-DDEBUGGING> and extra compilation flags. + +=item * + +L<utf8> has been upgraded from version 1.21 to 1.22. + +=item * + +L<warnings> has been upgraded from version 1.43 to 1.44. + +=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 Existing Diagnostics + +=over 4 + +=item * + +Specifying C<\o{}> without anything between the braces now yields the +fatal error message "Empty \o{}". Previously it was "Number with no +digits". This means the same wording is used for this kind of error as +with similar constructs such as C<\p{}>. + +=item * + +Within the scope of the experimental feature C<use re 'strict'>, +specifying C<\x{}> without anything between the braces now yields the +fatal error message "Empty \x{}". Previously it was "Number with no +digits". This means the same wording is used for this kind of error as +with similar constructs such as C<\p{}>. It is legal, though not wise +to have an empty C<\x> outside of C<re 'strict'>; it silently generates +a NUL character. + +=back + +=head1 Internal Changes + +=over 4 + +=item * + +Added C<newSVsv_nomg()> to copy a SV without processing get magic on +the source. [perl #132964] + +=back + +=head1 Selected Bug Fixes + +=over 4 + +=item * + +C<pack()> no longer can return malformed UTF-8. It croaks if it would +otherwise return a UTF-8 string that contains malformed UTF-8. This +protects agains potential security threats. [perl #131642] + +=item * + +See L</Any set of digits in the Common script are legal in a script run +of another script>. + +=back + +=head1 Acknowledgements + +Perl 5.29.9 represents approximately 4 weeks of development since Perl +5.29.8 and contains approximately 47,000 lines of changes across 210 files +from 11 authors. + +Excluding auto-generated files, documentation and release tools, there were +approximately 38,000 lines of changes to 71 .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 5.29.9: + +Chris 'BinGOs' Williams, Craig A. Berry, Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker, Dan +Kogai, David Mitchell, Karen Etheridge, Karl Williamson, Nicolas R., Pali, +Tony Cook, Unicode Consortium. + +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://rt.perl.org/>. There may also be information at +L<http://www.perl.org/>, the Perl Home Page. + +If you believe you have an unreported bug, please run the L<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.org to be analysed by the Perl porting team. + +If the bug you are reporting has security implications which make it +inappropriate to send to a publicly archived mailing list, 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 910ab58b79..a4426178a5 100644 --- a/pod/perldelta.pod +++ b/pod/perldelta.pod @@ -2,149 +2,177 @@ =head1 NAME -perldelta - what is new for perl v5.29.9 +[ 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 v5.29.10 =head1 DESCRIPTION -This document describes differences between the 5.29.8 release and the 5.29.9 +This document describes differences between the 5.29.9 release and the 5.29.10 release. -If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.29.7, first read -L<perl5298delta>, which describes differences between 5.29.7 and 5.29.8. +If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.29.8, first read +L<perl5299delta>, which describes differences between 5.29.8 and 5.29.9. + +=head1 Notice + +XXX Any important notices here =head1 Core Enhancements -=head2 Wildcards in Unicode property value specifications are now -partially supported +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. -You can now do something like this in a regular expression pattern +[ List each enhancement as a =head2 entry ] - qr! \p{nv= /(?x) \A [0-5] \z / }! +=head1 Security -which matches all Unicode code points which have numeric value is -between 0 and 5 inclusive. +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. -This marks another step in implementing the regular expression features -the Unicode Consortium suggests. +[ List each security issue as a =head2 entry ] -Most properties are supported, with the remainder planned for 5.32. -Details are in L<perlunicode/Wildcards in Property Values>. +=head1 Incompatible Changes -=head2 qr'\N{name}' is now supported +XXX For a release on a stable branch, this section aspires to be: -Previously it was an error to evaluate a named character C<\N{...}> -within a single quoted regular expression pattern (whose evaluation is -deferred from the normal place). This restriction is now removed. + 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 Unicode 12.0 is supported +[ List each incompatible change as a =head2 entry ] -For details, see L<https://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode12.0.0/>. +=head1 Deprecations -Because of a change in Unicode release cycles, Perl jumps from Unicode -10.0 in Perl 5.28 to Unicode 12.0 in Perl 5.30. +XXX Any deprecated features, syntax, modules etc. should be listed here. -=head2 It is now possible to compile perl to always use thread-safe -locale operations. +=head2 Module removals -Previously, these calls were only used when the perl was compiled to be -multi-threaded. To always enable them, add +XXX Remove this section if not applicable. - -Accflags='-DUSE_THREAD_SAFE_LOCALE' +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. -to your F<Configure> flags. +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. +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. -=head1 Security +=over -=head2 Variable length lookbehind in regular expression pattern matching -is now experimentally supported +=item XXX -Using a lookbehind assertion (like C<(?<=foo)> or C<(?<!bar)> previously -would generate an error and refuse to compile. Now it compiles (if the -maximum lookbehind is at most 255 characters), but raises a warning in -the new C<experimental::vlb> warnings category. This is to caution you -that the precise behavior is subject to change based on feedback from -use in the field. +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. -See L<perlre/(?<=pattern)> and L<perlre/(?<!pattern)>. +=back -=head1 Incompatible Changes +[ List each other deprecation as a =head2 entry ] -=head2 C<pack()> no longer can return malformed UTF-8 +=head1 Performance Enhancements -It croaks if it would otherwise return a UTF-8 string that contains -malformed UTF-8. This protects agains potential security threats. This -is considered a bug fix as well ([perl #131642]). +XXX Changes which enhance performance without changing behaviour go here. +There may well be none in a stable release. -=head2 Any set of digits in the Common script are legal in a script run -of another script +[ List each enhancement as an =item entry ] -There are several sets of digits in the Common script. C<[0-9]> is the -most familiar. But there are also C<[\x{FF10}-\x{FF19}]> (FULLWIDTH -DIGIT ZERO - FULLWIDTH DIGIT NINE), and several sets for use in -mathematical notation, such as the MATHEMATICAL DOUBLE-STRUCK DIGITs. -Any of these sets should be able to appear in script runs of, say, -Greek. But the design of 5.30 overlooked all but the ASCII digits -C<[0-9]>, so the design was flawed. This has been fixed, so is both a -bug fix and an incompatibility. [perl #133547] +=over 4 -All digits in a run still have to come from the same set of ten digits. +=item * + +XXX + +=back =head1 Modules and Pragmata -=head2 Updated 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>. 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. + +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.) + +[ Within each section, list entries as an =item entry ] + +=head2 New Modules and Pragmata =over 4 =item * -L<Devel::PPPort> has been upgraded from version 3.44 to 3.45. +XXX Remove this section if not applicable. -=item * +=back + +=head2 Updated Modules and Pragmata -L<Encode> has been upgraded from version 3.00 to 3.01. +=over 4 =item * -L<ExtUtils::Manifest> has been upgraded from version 1.71 to 1.72. +L<XXX> has been upgraded from version A.xx to B.yy. -=item * +If there was something important to note about this change, include that here. -L<JSON::PP> has been upgraded from version 4.00 to 4.02. +=back -=item * +=head2 Removed Modules and Pragmata -L<Module::CoreList> has been upgraded from version 5.20190220 to 5.20190320. +=over 4 =item * -L<perl5db.pl> has been upgraded from version 1.54 to 1.55. +XXX -Debugging threaded code no longer deadlocks in C<DB::sub> nor -C<DB::lsub>. +=back -=item * +=head1 Documentation -L<PerlIO::encoding> has been upgraded from version 0.26 to 0.27. +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>. -Warnings enabled by setting the C<WARN_ON_ERR> flag in -C<$PerlIO::encoding::fallback> are now only produced if warnings are -enabled with C<use warnings "utf8";> or setting C<$^W>. +=head2 New Documentation -=item * +XXX Changes which create B<new> files in F<pod/> go here. -L<threads::shared> has been upgraded from version 1.59 to 1.60. +=head3 L<XXX> -Added support for extra tracing of locking, this requires a -C<-DDEBUGGING> and extra compilation flags. +XXX Description of the purpose of the new file here -=item * +=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, send email +to L<perlbug@perl.org|mailto:perlbug@perl.org>. + +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: -L<utf8> has been upgraded from version 1.21 to 1.22. +=head3 L<XXX> + +=over 4 =item * -L<warnings> has been upgraded from version 1.43 to 1.44. +XXX Description of the change here =back @@ -154,85 +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>. +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 + +=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 * + +XXX Describe change here + +=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 directory F<utils>. + +[ 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. ] + +=head2 L<XXX> + =over 4 =item * -Specifying C<\o{}> without anything between the braces now yields the -fatal error message "Empty \o{}". Previously it was "Number with no -digits". This means the same wording is used for this kind of error as -with similar constructs such as C<\p{}>. +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 * -Within the scope of the experimental feature C<use re 'strict'>, -specifying C<\x{}> without anything between the braces now yields the -fatal error message "Empty \x{}". Previously it was "Number with no -digits". This means the same wording is used for this kind of error as -with similar constructs such as C<\p{}>. It is legal, though not wise -to have an empty C<\x> outside of C<re 'strict'>; it silently generates -a NUL character. +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 XXX-some-platform + +XXX =back =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 an =item entry ] + =over 4 =item * -Added C<newSVsv_nomg()> to copy a SV without processing get magic on -the source. [perl #132964] +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 * -C<pack()> no longer can return malformed UTF-8. It croaks if it would -otherwise return a UTF-8 string that contains malformed UTF-8. This -protects agains potential security threats. [perl #131642] +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 * -See L</Any set of digits in the Common script are legal in a script run -of another script>. +XXX =back -=head1 Acknowledgements +=head1 Errata From Previous Releases + +=over 4 -Perl 5.29.9 represents approximately 4 weeks of development since Perl -5.29.8 and contains approximately 47,000 lines of changes across 210 files -from 11 authors. +=item * + +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 38,000 lines of changes to 71 .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 5.29.9: +=head1 Obituary -Chris 'BinGOs' Williams, Craig A. Berry, Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker, Dan -Kogai, David Mitchell, Karen Etheridge, Karl Williamson, Nicolas R., Pali, -Tony Cook, Unicode Consortium. +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 v5.29.9..HEAD =head1 Reporting Bugs diff --git a/vms/descrip_mms.template b/vms/descrip_mms.template index b952d03570..bdef535cc2 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]perl5299delta.pod +PERLDELTA_CURRENT = [.pod]perl52910delta.pod $(PERLDELTA_CURRENT) : [.pod]perldelta.pod Copy/NoConfirm/Log $(MMS$SOURCE) $(PERLDELTA_CURRENT) diff --git a/win32/GNUmakefile b/win32/GNUmakefile index d25659b8a7..e111ed9261 100644 --- a/win32/GNUmakefile +++ b/win32/GNUmakefile @@ -1716,7 +1716,7 @@ 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\perl5299delta.pod + copy ..\pod\perldelta.pod ..\pod\perl52910delta.pod $(MINIPERL) -I..\lib $(PL2BAT) $(UTILS) $(MINIPERL) -I..\lib ..\autodoc.pl .. $(MINIPERL) -I..\lib ..\pod\perlmodlib.PL -q .. @@ -1814,7 +1814,7 @@ 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 \ - perl5299delta.pod perlaix.pod perlamiga.pod perlandroid.pod \ + perl52910delta.pod perlaix.pod perlamiga.pod perlandroid.pod \ perlapi.pod perlbs2000.pod perlce.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 81fd0f3036..f7e7d9e90a 100644 --- a/win32/Makefile +++ b/win32/Makefile @@ -1294,7 +1294,7 @@ 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\perl5299delta.pod + copy ..\pod\perldelta.pod ..\pod\perl52910delta.pod cd ..\win32 $(PERLEXE) $(PL2BAT) $(UTILS) $(MINIPERL) -I..\lib ..\autodoc.pl .. @@ -1393,7 +1393,7 @@ 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 \ - perl5299delta.pod perlaix.pod perlamiga.pod perlandroid.pod \ + perl52910delta.pod perlaix.pod perlamiga.pod perlandroid.pod \ perlapi.pod perlbs2000.pod perlce.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.mk b/win32/makefile.mk index b83c0dbf2b..7a5804adc9 100644 --- a/win32/makefile.mk +++ b/win32/makefile.mk @@ -1677,7 +1677,7 @@ 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\perl5299delta.pod + copy ..\pod\perldelta.pod ..\pod\perl52910delta.pod $(MINIPERL) -I..\lib $(PL2BAT) $(UTILS) $(MINIPERL) -I..\lib ..\autodoc.pl .. $(MINIPERL) -I..\lib ..\pod\perlmodlib.PL -q .. @@ -1775,7 +1775,7 @@ 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 \ - perl5299delta.pod perlaix.pod perlamiga.pod perlandroid.pod \ + perl52910delta.pod perlaix.pod perlamiga.pod perlandroid.pod \ perlapi.pod perlbs2000.pod perlce.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 926e7a0d2e..5fb1055ea6 100644 --- a/win32/pod.mak +++ b/win32/pod.mak @@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ POD = perl.pod \ perl5280delta.pod \ perl5281delta.pod \ perl5290delta.pod \ + perl52910delta.pod \ perl5291delta.pod \ perl5292delta.pod \ perl5293delta.pod \ @@ -218,6 +219,7 @@ MAN = perl.man \ perl5280delta.man \ perl5281delta.man \ perl5290delta.man \ + perl52910delta.man \ perl5291delta.man \ perl5292delta.man \ perl5293delta.man \ @@ -379,6 +381,7 @@ HTML = perl.html \ perl5280delta.html \ perl5281delta.html \ perl5290delta.html \ + perl52910delta.html \ perl5291delta.html \ perl5292delta.html \ perl5293delta.html \ @@ -540,6 +543,7 @@ TEX = perl.tex \ perl5280delta.tex \ perl5281delta.tex \ perl5290delta.tex \ + perl52910delta.tex \ perl5291delta.tex \ perl5292delta.tex \ perl5293delta.tex \ |