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3 | =head1 NAME | |
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5 | [ this is a template for a new perldelta file. Any text flagged as |
6 | XXX needs to be processed before release. ] | |
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f9001595 | 8 | perldelta - what is new for perl v5.17.0 |
27f00e3d | 9 | |
f9001595 | 10 | =head1 DESCRIPTION |
2630d42b | 11 | |
f9001595 RS |
12 | This document describes differences between the 5.16.0 release and |
13 | the 5.17.0 release. | |
7620cb10 | 14 | |
f9001595 RS |
15 | If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.16.0, first read |
16 | L<perl5160delta>, which describes differences between 5.15.0 and | |
17 | 5.16.0. | |
d7c042c9 | 18 | |
f9001595 | 19 | =head1 Notice |
d7c042c9 | 20 | |
f9001595 | 21 | XXX Any important notices here |
d7c042c9 | 22 | |
f9001595 | 23 | =head1 Core Enhancements |
985213f2 | 24 | |
f9001595 RS |
25 | XXX New core language features go here. Summarise user-visible core language |
26 | enhancements. Particularly prominent performance optimisations could go | |
27 | here, but most should go in the L</Performance Enhancements> section. | |
977c1d31 | 28 | |
f9001595 | 29 | [ List each enhancement as a =head2 entry ] |
977c1d31 | 30 | |
f9001595 | 31 | =head1 Security |
985213f2 | 32 | |
f9001595 RS |
33 | XXX Any security-related notices go here. In particular, any security |
34 | vulnerabilities closed should be noted here rather than in the | |
35 | L</Selected Bug Fixes> section. | |
985213f2 | 36 | |
f9001595 | 37 | [ List each security issue as a =head2 entry ] |
2e2b2571 | 38 | |
f9001595 | 39 | =head1 Incompatible Changes |
2e2b2571 | 40 | |
f9001595 | 41 | XXX For a release on a stable branch, this section aspires to be: |
b240fc0f | 42 | |
f9001595 RS |
43 | There are no changes intentionally incompatible with 5.XXX.XXX |
44 | If any exist, they are bugs, and we request that you submit a | |
45 | report. See L</Reporting Bugs> below. | |
27f00e3d | 46 | |
f9001595 | 47 | [ List each incompatible change as a =head2 entry ] |
27f00e3d | 48 | |
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49 | =head2 C<\s> in regular expressions now matches a Vertical Tab (experimental) |
50 | ||
51 | This is an experiment early in the development cycle to see what | |
52 | repercussions arise from this change. It may well be that we decide | |
53 | to require a C<"use feature"> to activate this behavior. Because | |
54 | of the experimental nature of this, which may be reversed, the | |
55 | documentation has not been changed to reflect it. | |
56 | ||
f9001595 | 57 | =head1 Deprecations |
cadced9f | 58 | |
f9001595 RS |
59 | XXX Any deprecated features, syntax, modules etc. should be listed here. |
60 | In particular, deprecated modules should be listed here even if they are | |
61 | listed as an updated module in the L</Modules and Pragmata> section. | |
cadced9f | 62 | |
f9001595 | 63 | [ List each deprecation as a =head2 entry ] |
05c8f9ed | 64 | |
f9001595 | 65 | =head1 Performance Enhancements |
05c8f9ed | 66 | |
f9001595 RS |
67 | XXX Changes which enhance performance without changing behaviour go here. There |
68 | may well be none in a stable release. | |
632c5d30 | 69 | |
f9001595 | 70 | [ List each enhancement as a =item entry ] |
632c5d30 | 71 | |
f9001595 | 72 | =over 4 |
05c8f9ed RS |
73 | |
74 | =item * | |
75 | ||
f9001595 | 76 | XXX |
95ce428c | 77 | |
2630d42b | 78 | =back |
95ce428c | 79 | |
f9001595 | 80 | =head1 Modules and Pragmata |
c11980ad | 81 | |
f9001595 RS |
82 | XXX All changes to installed files in F<cpan/>, F<dist/>, F<ext/> and F<lib/> |
83 | go here. If Module::CoreList is updated, generate an initial draft of the | |
84 | following sections using F<Porting/corelist-perldelta.pl>, which prints stub | |
85 | entries to STDOUT. Results can be pasted in place of the '=head2' entries | |
86 | below. A paragraph summary for important changes should then be added by hand. | |
87 | In an ideal world, dual-life modules would have a F<Changes> file that could be | |
88 | cribbed. | |
c88a046d | 89 | |
f9001595 | 90 | [ Within each section, list entries as a =item entry ] |
6c69e197 | 91 | |
f9001595 | 92 | =head2 New Modules and Pragmata |
c88a046d | 93 | |
f9001595 | 94 | =over 4 |
c88a046d A |
95 | |
96 | =item * | |
97 | ||
f9001595 | 98 | XXX |
c88a046d | 99 | |
2630d42b | 100 | =back |
c88a046d | 101 | |
f9001595 | 102 | =head2 Updated Modules and Pragmata |
05c8f9ed | 103 | |
f9001595 | 104 | =over 4 |
75ff5956 | 105 | |
2630d42b | 106 | =item * |
c11980ad | 107 | |
53de3ff0 FC |
108 | L<B> has been upgraded from version 1.34 to 1.35. |
109 | ||
110 | The C<stashlen> method of COPs has been added. This provides access to an | |
111 | internal field added in perl 5.16 under threaded builds [perl #113034]. | |
112 | ||
113 | =item * | |
114 | ||
435b0bdb FC |
115 | L<File::stat> has been upgraded from version 1.05 to 1.06. |
116 | ||
117 | C<File::stat> ignores the L<filetest> pragma, and warns when used in | |
118 | combination therewith. But it was not warning for C<-r>. This has been | |
119 | fixed [perl #111640]. | |
120 | ||
be8dfbf7 FC |
121 | C<-p> now works, and does not return false for pipes [perl #111638]. |
122 | ||
435b0bdb FC |
123 | =item * |
124 | ||
125 | L<Hash::Util> has been upgraded from version 0.11 to 0.12. | |
83fb037c FC |
126 | |
127 | C<hash_unlocked> and C<hashref_unlocked> now returns true if the hash is | |
128 | unlocked, instead of always returning false [perl #112126]. | |
129 | ||
130 | C<hash_unlocked>, C<hashref_unlocked>, C<lock_hash_recurse> and | |
131 | C<unlock_hash_recurse> are now exportable [perl #112126]. | |
132 | ||
133 | Two new functions, C<hash_locked> and C<hashref_locked>, have been added. | |
134 | Oddly enough, these two functions were already exported, even though they | |
135 | did not exist [perl #112126]. | |
136 | ||
137 | =item * | |
138 | ||
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139 | L<overload> has been upgraded from version 1.18 to 1.19. |
140 | ||
141 | C<no overload> now warns for invalid arguments, just like C<use overload>. | |
142 | ||
143 | =item * | |
144 | ||
435b0bdb | 145 | L<Storable> has been upgraded from version 2.34 to 2.35. |
18d0dfa8 FC |
146 | |
147 | Modifying C<$_[0]> within C<STORABLE_freeze> no longer results in crashes | |
148 | [perl #112358]. | |
843331c7 | 149 | |
53de3ff0 FC |
150 | An object whose class implements C<STORABLE_attach> is now thawed only once |
151 | when there are multiple references to it in the structure being thawed | |
152 | [perl #111918]. | |
153 | ||
2630d42b | 154 | =back |
c11980ad | 155 | |
f9001595 | 156 | =head2 Removed Modules and Pragmata |
ecd144ea | 157 | |
f9001595 | 158 | =over 4 |
05c8f9ed RS |
159 | |
160 | =item * | |
161 | ||
ae3c47e2 RS |
162 | L<Version::Requirements> has been removed from the core distribution. It is |
163 | available under a different name: L<CPAN::Meta::Requirements>. | |
9dea6244 | 164 | |
204b72a4 | 165 | =back |
9dea6244 | 166 | |
f9001595 | 167 | =head1 Documentation |
2a7afa74 | 168 | |
f9001595 RS |
169 | XXX Changes to files in F<pod/> go here. Consider grouping entries by |
170 | file and be sure to link to the appropriate page, e.g. L<perlfunc>. | |
e9e4ee62 | 171 | |
f9001595 | 172 | =head2 New Documentation |
937a45d0 | 173 | |
f9001595 | 174 | XXX Changes which create B<new> files in F<pod/> go here. |
ef337e16 | 175 | |
f9001595 | 176 | =head3 L<XXX> |
ef337e16 | 177 | |
f9001595 | 178 | XXX Description of the purpose of the new file here |
679b54e7 | 179 | |
f9001595 | 180 | =head2 Changes to Existing Documentation |
39de7394 | 181 | |
f9001595 RS |
182 | XXX Changes which significantly change existing files in F<pod/> go here. |
183 | However, any changes to F<pod/perldiag.pod> should go in the L</Diagnostics> | |
184 | section. | |
2630d42b | 185 | |
f9001595 | 186 | =head3 L<XXX> |
2630d42b | 187 | |
f9001595 | 188 | =over 4 |
52272450 | 189 | |
84ecb73f S |
190 | =item * |
191 | ||
f9001595 | 192 | XXX Description of the change here |
84ecb73f | 193 | |
52deee2e | 194 | =back |
5dd80d85 | 195 | |
f9001595 | 196 | =head1 Diagnostics |
52272450 | 197 | |
f9001595 RS |
198 | The following additions or changes have been made to diagnostic output, |
199 | including warnings and fatal error messages. For the complete list of | |
200 | diagnostic messages, see L<perldiag>. | |
249950d7 | 201 | |
f9001595 RS |
202 | XXX New or changed warnings emitted by the core's C<C> code go here. Also |
203 | include any changes in L<perldiag> that reconcile it to the C<C> code. | |
05c8f9ed | 204 | |
f9001595 RS |
205 | [ Within each section, list entries as a =item entry that links to perldiag, |
206 | e.g. | |
a1d95121 | 207 | |
f9001595 | 208 | =item * |
977c1d31 | 209 | |
f9001595 RS |
210 | L<Invalid version object|perldiag/"Invalid version object"> |
211 | ] | |
977c1d31 | 212 | |
f9001595 | 213 | =head2 New Diagnostics |
05c8f9ed | 214 | |
f9001595 | 215 | XXX Newly added diagnostic messages go here |
05c8f9ed | 216 | |
f9001595 | 217 | =head3 New Errors |
977c1d31 | 218 | |
f9001595 | 219 | =over 4 |
39ea6a4b | 220 | |
05c8f9ed RS |
221 | =item * |
222 | ||
f9001595 | 223 | XXX L<message|perldiag/"message"> |
39ea6a4b | 224 | |
977c1d31 | 225 | =back |
ea317ccb | 226 | |
f9001595 | 227 | =head3 New Warnings |
05c8f9ed | 228 | |
f9001595 | 229 | =over 4 |
05c8f9ed RS |
230 | |
231 | =item * | |
d5dc7001 | 232 | |
f9001595 | 233 | XXX L<message|perldiag/"message"> |
d5dc7001 | 234 | |
2630d42b | 235 | =back |
d5dc7001 | 236 | |
f9001595 | 237 | =head2 Changes to Existing Diagnostics |
05c8f9ed | 238 | |
f9001595 | 239 | XXX Changes (i.e. rewording) of diagnostic messages go here |
05c8f9ed | 240 | |
f9001595 | 241 | =over 4 |
05c8f9ed RS |
242 | |
243 | =item * | |
244 | ||
f9001595 | 245 | XXX Describe change here |
05c8f9ed | 246 | |
f9001595 | 247 | =back |
05c8f9ed | 248 | |
f9001595 | 249 | =head1 Utility Changes |
05c8f9ed | 250 | |
f9001595 RS |
251 | XXX Changes to installed programs such as F<perlbug> and F<xsubpp> go |
252 | here. Most of these are built within the directories F<utils> and F<x2p>. | |
05c8f9ed | 253 | |
f9001595 RS |
254 | [ List utility changes as a =head3 entry for each utility and =item |
255 | entries for each change | |
256 | Use L<XXX> with program names to get proper documentation linking. ] | |
05c8f9ed | 257 | |
f9001595 | 258 | =head3 L<XXX> |
05c8f9ed | 259 | |
f9001595 | 260 | =over 4 |
05c8f9ed RS |
261 | |
262 | =item * | |
263 | ||
f9001595 | 264 | XXX |
05c8f9ed | 265 | |
f9001595 | 266 | =back |
05c8f9ed | 267 | |
f9001595 | 268 | =head1 Configuration and Compilation |
05c8f9ed | 269 | |
f9001595 RS |
270 | XXX Changes to F<Configure>, F<installperl>, F<installman>, and analogous tools |
271 | go here. Any other changes to the Perl build process should be listed here. | |
272 | However, any platform-specific changes should be listed in the | |
273 | L</Platform Support> section, instead. | |
05c8f9ed | 274 | |
f9001595 | 275 | [ List changes as a =item entry ]. |
05c8f9ed | 276 | |
f9001595 | 277 | =over 4 |
05c8f9ed RS |
278 | |
279 | =item * | |
280 | ||
f9001595 | 281 | XXX |
05c8f9ed | 282 | |
f9001595 | 283 | =back |
05c8f9ed | 284 | |
f9001595 | 285 | =head1 Testing |
05c8f9ed | 286 | |
f9001595 RS |
287 | XXX Any significant changes to the testing of a freshly built perl should be |
288 | listed here. Changes which create B<new> files in F<t/> go here as do any | |
289 | large changes to the testing harness (e.g. when parallel testing was added). | |
290 | Changes to existing files in F<t/> aren't worth summarising, although the bugs | |
291 | that they represent may be covered elsewhere. | |
05c8f9ed | 292 | |
f9001595 | 293 | [ List each test improvement as a =item entry ] |
05c8f9ed | 294 | |
f9001595 | 295 | =over 4 |
05c8f9ed RS |
296 | |
297 | =item * | |
298 | ||
f9001595 | 299 | XXX |
05c8f9ed | 300 | |
f9001595 | 301 | =back |
05c8f9ed | 302 | |
f9001595 | 303 | =head1 Platform Support |
05c8f9ed | 304 | |
f9001595 | 305 | XXX Any changes to platform support should be listed in the sections below. |
05c8f9ed | 306 | |
f9001595 RS |
307 | [ Within the sections, list each platform as a =item entry with specific |
308 | changes as paragraphs below it. ] | |
05c8f9ed | 309 | |
f9001595 | 310 | =head2 New Platforms |
05c8f9ed | 311 | |
f9001595 RS |
312 | XXX List any platforms that this version of perl compiles on, that previous |
313 | versions did not. These will either be enabled by new files in the F<hints/> | |
314 | directories, or new subdirectories and F<README> files at the top level of the | |
315 | source tree. | |
05c8f9ed | 316 | |
f9001595 | 317 | =over 4 |
05c8f9ed | 318 | |
f9001595 | 319 | =item XXX-some-platform |
05c8f9ed | 320 | |
f9001595 | 321 | XXX |
05c8f9ed | 322 | |
f9001595 | 323 | =back |
05c8f9ed | 324 | |
f9001595 | 325 | =head2 Discontinued Platforms |
05c8f9ed | 326 | |
f9001595 | 327 | XXX List any platforms that this version of perl no longer compiles on. |
05c8f9ed | 328 | |
f9001595 | 329 | =over 4 |
05c8f9ed | 330 | |
f9001595 | 331 | =item XXX-some-platform |
05c8f9ed | 332 | |
f9001595 | 333 | XXX |
05c8f9ed | 334 | |
f9001595 | 335 | =back |
05c8f9ed | 336 | |
f9001595 | 337 | =head2 Platform-Specific Notes |
05c8f9ed | 338 | |
f9001595 RS |
339 | XXX List any changes for specific platforms. This could include configuration |
340 | and compilation changes or changes in portability/compatibility. However, | |
341 | changes within modules for platforms should generally be listed in the | |
342 | L</Modules and Pragmata> section. | |
05c8f9ed | 343 | |
f9001595 | 344 | =over 4 |
05c8f9ed | 345 | |
f9001595 | 346 | =item XXX-some-platform |
05c8f9ed | 347 | |
f9001595 | 348 | XXX |
05c8f9ed | 349 | |
f9001595 | 350 | =back |
05c8f9ed | 351 | |
f9001595 | 352 | =head1 Internal Changes |
05c8f9ed | 353 | |
f9001595 RS |
354 | XXX Changes which affect the interface available to C<XS> code go here. |
355 | Other significant internal changes for future core maintainers should | |
356 | be noted as well. | |
05c8f9ed | 357 | |
f9001595 | 358 | [ List each change as a =item entry ] |
05c8f9ed | 359 | |
f9001595 | 360 | =over 4 |
05c8f9ed RS |
361 | |
362 | =item * | |
363 | ||
53de3ff0 FC |
364 | The C<CV *> typemap entry now supports C<&{}> overloading and typeglobs, |
365 | just like C<&{...}> [perl #96872]. | |
366 | ||
367 | =item * | |
368 | ||
a3367fba FC |
369 | The C<SVf_AMAGIC> flag to indicate overloading is now on the stash, not the |
370 | object. It is now set automatically whenever a method or @ISA changes, so | |
371 | its meaning has changed, too. It now means "potentially overloaded". When | |
372 | the overload table is calculated, the flag is automatically turned off if | |
373 | there is no overloading, so there should be no noticeable slowdown. | |
374 | ||
375 | The staleness of the overload tables is now checked when overload methods | |
376 | are invoked, rather than during C<bless>. | |
377 | ||
378 | "A" magic is gone. The changes to the handling of the C<SVf_AMAGIC> flag | |
379 | eliminate the need for it. | |
380 | ||
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381 | C<PL_amagic_generation> has been removed as no longer necessary. For XS |
382 | modules, it is now a macro alias to C<PL_na>. | |
a3367fba | 383 | |
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384 | The fallback overload setting is now stored in a stash entry separate from |
385 | overloadedness itself. | |
05c8f9ed | 386 | |
f9001595 | 387 | =back |
05c8f9ed | 388 | |
f9001595 | 389 | =head1 Selected Bug Fixes |
05c8f9ed | 390 | |
f9001595 RS |
391 | XXX Important bug fixes in the core language are summarised here. |
392 | Bug fixes in files in F<ext/> and F<lib/> are best summarised in | |
393 | L</Modules and Pragmata>. | |
e2e06450 | 394 | |
f9001595 | 395 | [ List each fix as a =item entry ] |
e2e06450 | 396 | |
f9001595 | 397 | =over 4 |
05c8f9ed RS |
398 | |
399 | =item * | |
400 | ||
cba2262a FC |
401 | C<goto ''> now looks for an empty label, producing the "goto must have |
402 | label" error message, instead of exiting the program [perl #111794]. | |
e2e06450 | 403 | |
b9b99128 FC |
404 | =item * |
405 | ||
406 | C<goto "\0"> now dies with "Can't find label" instead of "goto must have | |
407 | label". | |
408 | ||
47fb883d FC |
409 | =item * |
410 | ||
411 | The C function C<hv_store> used to result in crashes when used on C<%^H> | |
412 | [perl #111000]. | |
413 | ||
5f0f4bc0 FC |
414 | =item * |
415 | ||
416 | A call checker attached to a closure prototype via C<cv_set_call_checker> | |
417 | is now copied to closures cloned from it. So C<cv_set_call_checker> now | |
418 | works inside an attribute handler for a closure. | |
419 | ||
ba0d99ee FC |
420 | =item * |
421 | ||
422 | Writing to C<$^N> used to have no effect. Now it croaks with "Modification | |
423 | of a read-only value" by default, but that can be overridden by a custom | |
424 | regular expression engine, as with C<$1> [perl #112184]. | |
425 | ||
72035cb1 FC |
426 | =item * |
427 | ||
428 | C<undef> on a control character glob (C<undef *^H>) no longer emits an | |
429 | erroneous warning about ambiguity [perl #112456]. | |
430 | ||
ceb0881c FC |
431 | =item * |
432 | ||
433 | For efficiency's sake, many operators and built-in functions return the | |
434 | same scalar each time. Lvalue subroutines and subroutines in the CORE:: | |
435 | namespace were allowing this implementation detail to leak through. | |
436 | C<print &CORE::uc("a"), &CORE::uc("b")> used to print "BB". The same thing | |
437 | would happen with an lvalue subroutine returning the return value of C<uc>. | |
438 | Now the value is copied in such cases. | |
439 | ||
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440 | =item * |
441 | ||
442 | C<method {}> syntax with an empty block or a block returning an empty list | |
443 | used to crash or use some random value left on the stack as its invocant. | |
444 | Now it produces an error. | |
445 | ||
c6b15a5a FC |
446 | =item * |
447 | ||
448 | C<vec> now works with extremely large offsets (>2 GB) [perl #111730]. | |
449 | ||
8e125188 FC |
450 | =item * |
451 | ||
452 | Changes to overload settings now take effect immediately, as do changes to | |
453 | inheritance that affect overloading. They used to take effect only after | |
454 | C<bless>. | |
455 | ||
456 | Objects that were created before a class had any overloading used to remain | |
457 | non-overloaded even if the class gained overloading through C<use overload> | |
458 | or @ISA changes, and even after C<bless>. This has been fixed | |
459 | [perl #112708]. | |
460 | ||
c4643160 FC |
461 | =item * |
462 | ||
463 | Classes with overloading can now inherit fallback values. | |
464 | ||
422287bf FC |
465 | =item * |
466 | ||
53de3ff0 FC |
467 | Overloading was not respecting a fallback value of 0 if there were |
468 | overloaded objects on both sides of an assignment operator like C<+=> | |
469 | [perl #111856]. | |
470 | ||
471 | =item * | |
472 | ||
422287bf FC |
473 | C<pos> now croaks with hash and array arguments, instead of producing |
474 | erroneous warnings. | |
475 | ||
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476 | =item * |
477 | ||
478 | C<while(each %h)> now implies C<while(defined($_ = each %h))>, like | |
479 | C<readline> and C<readdir>. | |
480 | ||
52c4b146 FC |
481 | =item * |
482 | ||
483 | Subs in the CORE:: namespace no longer crash after C<undef *_> when called | |
484 | with no argument list (C<&CORE::time> with no parentheses). | |
485 | ||
9aa9a888 KW |
486 | =item * |
487 | ||
488 | Unicode 6.1 published an incorrect alias for one of the | |
489 | Canonical_Combining_Class property's values (which range between 0 and | |
490 | 254). The alias C<CCC133> should have been C<CCC132>. Perl now | |
491 | overrides the data file furnished by Unicode to give the correct value. | |
492 | ||
53de3ff0 FC |
493 | =item * |
494 | ||
495 | C<unpack> no longer produces the "'/' must follow a numeric type in unpack" | |
496 | error when it is the data that are at fault [perl #60204]. | |
497 | ||
498 | =item * | |
499 | ||
500 | C<join> and C<"@array"> now call FETCH only once on a tied C<$"> | |
501 | [perl #8931]. | |
502 | ||
2630d42b | 503 | =back |
e2e06450 | 504 | |
2630d42b | 505 | =head1 Known Problems |
e2e06450 | 506 | |
f9001595 RS |
507 | XXX Descriptions of platform agnostic bugs we know we can't fix go here. Any |
508 | tests that had to be C<TODO>ed for the release would be noted here, unless | |
509 | they were specific to a particular platform (see below). | |
fcc3aaa8 | 510 | |
f9001595 RS |
511 | This is a list of some significant unfixed bugs, which are regressions |
512 | from either 5.XXX.XXX or 5.XXX.XXX. | |
05c8f9ed | 513 | |
f9001595 | 514 | [ List each fix as a =item entry ] |
05c8f9ed | 515 | |
f9001595 | 516 | =over 4 |
05c8f9ed RS |
517 | |
518 | =item * | |
519 | ||
f9001595 | 520 | XXX |
c0154fe2 | 521 | |
05c8f9ed | 522 | =back |
d5dc7001 | 523 | |
f9001595 RS |
524 | =head1 Obituary |
525 | ||
526 | XXX If any significant core contributor has died, we've added a short obituary | |
527 | here. | |
d5dc7001 | 528 | |
2630d42b | 529 | =head1 Acknowledgements |
d5dc7001 | 530 | |
f9001595 RS |
531 | XXX Generate this with: |
532 | ||
533 | perl Porting/acknowledgements.pl v5.16.0..HEAD | |
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535 | =head1 Reporting Bugs |
536 | ||
537 | If you find what you think is a bug, you might check the articles | |
52deee2e | 538 | recently posted to the comp.lang.perl.misc newsgroup and the perl |
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539 | bug database at http://rt.perl.org/perlbug/ . There may also be |
540 | information at http://www.perl.org/ , the Perl Home Page. | |
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541 | |
542 | If you believe you have an unreported bug, please run the L<perlbug> | |
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543 | program included with your release. Be sure to trim your bug down |
544 | to a tiny but sufficient test case. Your bug report, along with the | |
545 | output of C<perl -V>, will be sent off to perlbug@perl.org to be | |
546 | analysed by the Perl porting team. | |
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547 | |
548 | If the bug you are reporting has security implications, which make it | |
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549 | inappropriate to send to a publicly archived mailing list, then please send |
550 | it to perl5-security-report@perl.org. This points to a closed subscription | |
551 | unarchived mailing list, which includes | |
552 | all the core committers, who will be able | |
553 | to help assess the impact of issues, figure out a resolution, and help | |
554 | co-ordinate the release of patches to mitigate or fix the problem across all | |
555 | platforms on which Perl is supported. Please only use this address for | |
556 | security issues in the Perl core, not for modules independently | |
557 | distributed on CPAN. | |
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558 | |
559 | =head1 SEE ALSO | |
560 | ||
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561 | The F<Changes> file for an explanation of how to view exhaustive details |
562 | on what changed. | |
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563 | |
564 | The F<INSTALL> file for how to build Perl. | |
565 | ||
566 | The F<README> file for general stuff. | |
567 | ||
568 | The F<Artistic> and F<Copying> files for copyright information. | |
569 | ||
570 | =cut |