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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 XXX needs
6to be processed before release. ]
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8perldelta - what is new for perl v5.20.0
9
10=head1 DESCRIPTION
11
12This document describes differences between the 5.18.0 release and the
135.20.0 release.
14
15If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.16.0, first read
16L<perl5180delta>, which describes differences between 5.16.0 and 5.18.0.
17
18=head1 Notice
19
20XXX Any important notices here
21
22=head1 Core Enhancements
23
24XXX New core language features go here. Summarize user-visible core language
25enhancements. Particularly prominent performance optimisations could go
26here, but most should go in the L</Performance Enhancements> section.
27
28[ List each enhancement as a =head2 entry ]
29
30=head1 Security
31
32XXX Any security-related notices go here. In particular, any security
33vulnerabilities closed should be noted here rather than in the
34L</Selected Bug Fixes> section.
35
36[ List each security issue as a =head2 entry ]
37
38=head1 Incompatible Changes
39
40XXX For a release on a stable branch, this section aspires to be:
41
42 There are no changes intentionally incompatible with 5.XXX.XXX
43 If any exist, they are bugs, and we request that you submit a
44 report. See L</Reporting Bugs> below.
45
46[ List each incompatible change as a =head2 entry ]
47
48=head1 Deprecations
49
50XXX Any deprecated features, syntax, modules etc. should be listed here.
51
52=head2 Module removals
53
54XXX Remove this section if inapplicable.
55
56The following modules will be removed from the core distribution in a
57future release, and will at that time need to be installed from CPAN.
58Distributions on CPAN which require these modules will need to list them as
59prerequisites.
60
61The core versions of these modules will now issue C<"deprecated">-category
62warnings to alert you to this fact. To silence these deprecation warnings,
63install the modules in question from CPAN.
64
65Note that these are (with rare exceptions) fine modules that you are encouraged
66to continue to use. Their disinclusion from core primarily hinges on their
67necessity to bootstrapping a fully functional, CPAN-capable Perl installation,
68not usually on concerns over their design.
69
70=over
71
72XXX Note that deprecated modules should be listed here even if they are listed
73as an updated module in the L</Modules and Pragmata> section.
74
75=back
76
77[ List each other deprecation as a =head2 entry ]
78
79=head1 Performance Enhancements
80
81XXX Changes which enhance performance without changing behaviour go here.
82There may well be none in a stable release.
83
84[ List each enhancement as a =item entry ]
85
86=over 4
87
88=item *
89
90XXX
91
92=back
93
94=head1 Modules and Pragmata
95
96XXX All changes to installed files in F<cpan/>, F<dist/>, F<ext/> and F<lib/>
97go here. If Module::CoreList is updated, generate an initial draft of the
98following sections using F<Porting/corelist-perldelta.pl>, which prints stub
99entries to STDOUT. Results can be pasted in place of the '=head2' entries
100below. A paragraph summary for important changes should then be added by hand.
101In an ideal world, dual-life modules would have a F<Changes> file that could be
102cribbed.
103
104[ Within each section, list entries as a =item entry ]
105
106=head2 New Modules and Pragmata
107
108=over 4
109
110=item *
111
112XXX
113
114=back
115
116=head2 Updated Modules and Pragmata
117
118=over 4
119
120=item *
121
122L<XXX> has been upgraded from version A.xx to B.yy.
123
124=back
125
126=head2 Removed Modules and Pragmata
127
128=over 4
129
130=item *
131
132XXX
133
134=back
135
136=head1 Documentation
137
138XXX Changes to files in F<pod/> go here. Consider grouping entries by
139file and be sure to link to the appropriate page, e.g. L<perlfunc>.
140
141=head2 New Documentation
142
143XXX Changes which create B<new> files in F<pod/> go here.
144
145=head3 L<XXX>
146
147XXX Description of the purpose of the new file here
148
149=head2 Changes to Existing Documentation
150
151XXX Changes which significantly change existing files in F<pod/> go here.
152However, any changes to F<pod/perldiag.pod> should go in the L</Diagnostics>
153section.
154
155=head3 L<XXX>
156
157=over 4
158
159=item *
160
161XXX Description of the change here
162
163=back
164
165=head1 Diagnostics
166
167The following additions or changes have been made to diagnostic output,
168including warnings and fatal error messages. For the complete list of
169diagnostic messages, see L<perldiag>.
170
171XXX New or changed warnings emitted by the core's C<C> code go here. Also
172include any changes in L<perldiag> that reconcile it to the C<C> code.
173
174=head2 New Diagnostics
175
176XXX Newly added diagnostic messages go under here, separated into New Errors
177and New Warnings
178
179=head3 New Errors
180
181=over 4
182
183=item *
184
185XXX L<message|perldiag/"message">
186
187=back
188
189=head3 New Warnings
190
191=over 4
192
193=item *
194
195XXX L<message|perldiag/"message">
196
197=back
198
199=head2 Changes to Existing Diagnostics
200
201XXX Changes (i.e. rewording) of diagnostic messages go here
202
203=over 4
204
205=item *
206
207XXX Describe change here
208
209=back
210
211=head1 Utility Changes
212
213XXX Changes to installed programs such as F<perlbug> and F<xsubpp> go here.
214Most of these are built within the directories F<utils> and F<x2p>.
215
216[ List utility changes as a =head3 entry for each utility and =item
217entries for each change
218Use L<XXX> with program names to get proper documentation linking. ]
219
220=head3 L<XXX>
221
222=over 4
223
224=item *
225
226XXX
227
228=back
229
230=head1 Configuration and Compilation
231
232XXX Changes to F<Configure>, F<installperl>, F<installman>, and analogous tools
233go here. Any other changes to the Perl build process should be listed here.
234However, any platform-specific changes should be listed in the
235L</Platform Support> section, instead.
236
237[ List changes as a =item entry ].
238
239=over 4
240
241=item *
242
243XXX
244
245=back
246
247=head1 Testing
248
249XXX Any significant changes to the testing of a freshly built perl should be
250listed here. Changes which create B<new> files in F<t/> go here as do any
251large changes to the testing harness (e.g. when parallel testing was added).
252Changes to existing files in F<t/> aren't worth summarizing, although the bugs
253that they represent may be covered elsewhere.
254
255[ List each test improvement as a =item entry ]
256
257=over 4
258
259=item *
260
261XXX
262
263=back
264
265=head1 Platform Support
266
267XXX Any changes to platform support should be listed in the sections below.
268
269[ Within the sections, list each platform as a =item entry with specific
270changes as paragraphs below it. ]
271
272=head2 New Platforms
273
274XXX List any platforms that this version of perl compiles on, that previous
275versions did not. These will either be enabled by new files in the F<hints/>
276directories, or new subdirectories and F<README> files at the top level of the
277source tree.
278
279=over 4
280
281=item XXX-some-platform
282
283XXX
284
285=back
286
287=head2 Discontinued Platforms
288
289XXX List any platforms that this version of perl no longer compiles on.
290
291=over 4
292
293=item XXX-some-platform
294
295XXX
296
297=back
298
299=head2 Platform-Specific Notes
300
301XXX List any changes for specific platforms. This could include configuration
302and compilation changes or changes in portability/compatibility. However,
303changes within modules for platforms should generally be listed in the
304L</Modules and Pragmata> section.
305
306=over 4
307
308=item XXX-some-platform
309
310XXX
311
312=back
313
314=head1 Internal Changes
315
316XXX Changes which affect the interface available to C<XS> code go here. Other
317significant internal changes for future core maintainers should be noted as
318well.
319
320[ List each change as a =item entry ]
321
322=over 4
323
324=item *
325
326XXX
327
328=back
329
330=head1 Selected Bug Fixes
331
332XXX Important bug fixes in the core language are summarized here. Bug fixes in
333files in F<ext/> and F<lib/> are best summarized in L</Modules and Pragmata>.
334
335[ List each fix as a =item entry ]
336
337=over 4
338
339=item *
340
341XXX
342
343=back
344
345=head1 Known Problems
346
347XXX Descriptions of platform agnostic bugs we know we can't fix go here. Any
348tests that had to be C<TODO>ed for the release would be noted here. Unfixed
349platform specific bugs also go here.
350
351[ List each fix as a =item entry ]
352
353=over 4
354
355=item *
356
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357The following modules are known to have test failures with this version of
358Perl. Patches have been submitted, so there will hopefully be new releases
359soon:
360
361XXX Go through this list just before the release of 5.20 and remove any
362modules that have been fixed.
363
364=over
365
366=item *
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370=item *
371
372L<Data::Structure::Util> version 0.15
373
374=item *
375
376L<Data::Util> version 0.62
377
378=item *
379
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381
382=item *
383
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386=item *
387
388L<LaTeX::Encode> version 0.08
389
390=item
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398=item
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404=back
405
406=head1 Obituary
407
408XXX If any significant core contributor has died, we've added a short obituary
409here.
410
411=head1 Acknowledgements
412
413XXX Generate this with:
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417=head1 Reporting Bugs
418
419If you find what you think is a bug, you might check the articles recently
420posted to the comp.lang.perl.misc newsgroup and the perl bug database at
421http://rt.perl.org/perlbug/ . There may also be information at
422http://www.perl.org/ , the Perl Home Page.
423
424If you believe you have an unreported bug, please run the L<perlbug> program
425included with your release. Be sure to trim your bug down to a tiny but
426sufficient test case. Your bug report, along with the output of C<perl -V>,
427will be sent off to perlbug@perl.org to be analysed by the Perl porting team.
428
429If the bug you are reporting has security implications, which make it
430inappropriate to send to a publicly archived mailing list, then please send it
431to perl5-security-report@perl.org. This points to a closed subscription
432unarchived mailing list, which includes all the core committers, who will be
433able to help assess the impact of issues, figure out a resolution, and help
434co-ordinate the release of patches to mitigate or fix the problem across all
435platforms on which Perl is supported. Please only use this address for
436security issues in the Perl core, not for modules independently distributed on
437CPAN.
438
439=head1 SEE ALSO
440
441The F<Changes> file for an explanation of how to view exhaustive details on
442what changed.
443
444The F<INSTALL> file for how to build Perl.
445
446The F<README> file for general stuff.
447
448The F<Artistic> and F<Copying> files for copyright information.
449
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