From f1d4662fac7469d53a25f31bd391774a22372f84 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ricardo Signes Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2011 22:13:50 -0500 Subject: pick perl5123delta.pod from maint-5.12 --- pod/perl5123delta.pod | 116 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 116 insertions(+) create mode 100644 pod/perl5123delta.pod (limited to 'pod') diff --git a/pod/perl5123delta.pod b/pod/perl5123delta.pod new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..20d38bb15c --- /dev/null +++ b/pod/perl5123delta.pod @@ -0,0 +1,116 @@ +=encoding utf8 + +=head1 NAME + +perldelta - what is new for perl v5.12.3 + +=head1 DESCRIPTION + +This document describes differences between the 5.12.2 release and +the 5.12.3 release. + +If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.12.1, first read +L, which describes differences between 5.12.1 and +5.12.2. The major changes made in 5.12.0 are described in L. + +=head1 Incompatible Changes + + There are no changes intentionally incompatible with 5.12.2. If any + exist, they are bugs and reports are welcome. + +=head1 Core Enhancements + +=head2 C, C work on arrays + +You can now use the C, C, C builtin functions on arrays +(previously you could only use them on hashes). See L for details. +This is actually a change introduced in perl 5.12.0, but it was missed from +that release's perldelta. + +=head1 Bug Fixes + +"no VERSION" will now correctly deparse with B::Deparse, as will certain +constant expressions. + +Module::Build should be more reliably pass its tests under cygwin. + +lvalue sub return values are now COW. + +=head1 Platform Specific Notes + +=over 4 + +=item Solaris + +A separate DTrace is now build for miniperl, which means that perl can be +compiled with -Dusedtrace on Solaris again. + +=item VMS + +A number of regressions on VMS have been fixed. In addition to minor cleanup +of questionable expressions in F, file permissions should no longer be +garbled by the PerlIO layer, and spurious record boundaries should no longer be +introduced by the PerlIO layer during output. + +For more details and discussion on the latter, see: + + http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.vmsperl/2010/11/msg15419.html + +=item VOS + +A few very small changes were made to the build process on VOS to better +support the platform. Longer-than-32-character filenames are now supported on +OpenVOS, and build properly without IPv6 support. + +=back + +=head1 Acknowledgements + +Perl 5.12.3 represents approximately four months of development since +Perl 5.12.2 and contains approximately 2500 lines of changes across +54 files from 16 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 5.12.3: + +Craig A. Berry, David Golden, David Leadbeater, Father Chrysostomos, Florian +Ragwitz, Jesse Vincent, Karl Williamson, Nick Johnston, Nicolas Kaiser, Paul +Green, Rafael Garcia-Suarez, Rainer Tammer, Ricardo Signes, Steffen Mueller, +Zsbán Ambrus, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason + +=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 and the perl +bug database at http://rt.perl.org/perlbug/ . There may also be +information at http://www.perl.org/ , the Perl Home Page. + +If you believe you have an unreported bug, please run the B +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, 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 please send +it to perl5-security-report@perl.org. This points to a closed subscription +unarchived mailing list, which includes all the core committers, who be able +to help assess the impact of issues, figure out a resolution, and help +co-ordinate the release of patches to mitigate or fix the problem across all +platforms on which Perl is supported. Please only use this address for +security issues in the Perl core, not for modules independently +distributed on CPAN. + +=head1 SEE ALSO + +The F file for an explanation of how to view exhaustive details +on what changed. + +The F file for how to build Perl. + +The F file for general stuff. + +The F and F files for copyright information. + +=cut -- cgit v1.2.1