Commit | Line | Data |
---|---|---|
44691e6f AB |
1 | =encoding utf8 |
2 | ||
3 | =head1 NAME | |
4 | ||
e3c71926 FR |
5 | [ this is a template for a new perldelta file. Any text flagged as |
6 | XXX needs to be processed before release. ] | |
7 | ||
8 | perldelta - what is new for perl v5.15.5 | |
760696b8 | 9 | |
5438d4b8 | 10 | =head1 DESCRIPTION |
5cd408a2 | 11 | |
e3c71926 FR |
12 | This document describes differences between the 5.15.4 release and |
13 | the 5.15.5 release. | |
5cd408a2 | 14 | |
3432e5a1 | 15 | If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.15.3, first read |
e3c71926 | 16 | L<perl5154delta>, which describes differences between 5.15.3 and |
3432e5a1 | 17 | 5.15.4. |
062678b2 | 18 | |
e3c71926 | 19 | =head1 Notice |
d2006265 | 20 | |
e3c71926 | 21 | XXX Any important notices here |
3f728e2e | 22 | |
e3c71926 | 23 | =head1 Core Enhancements |
6d110ad0 | 24 | |
e3c71926 FR |
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. | |
6d110ad0 | 28 | |
e3c71926 | 29 | [ List each enhancement as a =head2 entry ] |
6d110ad0 | 30 | |
e3c71926 | 31 | =head1 Security |
6d110ad0 | 32 | |
e3c71926 FR |
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. | |
6d110ad0 | 36 | |
e3c71926 | 37 | [ List each security issue as a =head2 entry ] |
6d110ad0 | 38 | |
e3c71926 | 39 | =head1 Incompatible Changes |
6d110ad0 | 40 | |
e3c71926 | 41 | XXX For a release on a stable branch, this section aspires to be: |
6d110ad0 | 42 | |
e3c71926 FR |
43 | There are no changes intentionally incompatible with 5.XXX.XXX |
44 | If any exist, they are bugs and reports are welcome. | |
6d110ad0 | 45 | |
e3c71926 | 46 | [ List each incompatible change as a =head2 entry ] |
6d110ad0 | 47 | |
e3c71926 | 48 | =head1 Deprecations |
6d110ad0 | 49 | |
e3c71926 FR |
50 | XXX Any deprecated features, syntax, modules etc. should be listed here. |
51 | In particular, deprecated modules should be listed here even if they are | |
52 | listed as an updated module in the L</Modules and Pragmata> section. | |
6d110ad0 | 53 | |
e3c71926 | 54 | [ List each deprecation as a =head2 entry ] |
6d110ad0 | 55 | |
e3c71926 | 56 | =head1 Performance Enhancements |
6d110ad0 | 57 | |
e3c71926 FR |
58 | XXX Changes which enhance performance without changing behaviour go here. There |
59 | may well be none in a stable release. | |
6d110ad0 | 60 | |
e3c71926 | 61 | [ List each enhancement as a =item entry ] |
6d110ad0 | 62 | |
e3c71926 | 63 | =over 4 |
6d110ad0 FC |
64 | |
65 | =item * | |
66 | ||
e3c71926 | 67 | XXX |
6d110ad0 | 68 | |
e3c71926 | 69 | =back |
6d110ad0 | 70 | |
e3c71926 | 71 | =head1 Modules and Pragmata |
6d110ad0 | 72 | |
e3c71926 FR |
73 | XXX All changes to installed files in F<cpan/>, F<dist/>, F<ext/> and F<lib/> |
74 | go here. If Module::CoreList is updated, generate an initial draft of the | |
75 | following sections using F<Porting/corelist-perldelta.pl>, which prints stub | |
76 | entries to STDOUT. Results can be pasted in place of the '=head2' entries | |
77 | below. A paragraph summary for important changes should then be added by hand. | |
78 | In an ideal world, dual-life modules would have a F<Changes> file that could be | |
79 | cribbed. | |
6d110ad0 | 80 | |
e3c71926 | 81 | [ Within each section, list entries as a =item entry ] |
6d110ad0 | 82 | |
e3c71926 | 83 | =head2 New Modules and Pragmata |
6d110ad0 | 84 | |
e3c71926 | 85 | =over 4 |
6d110ad0 FC |
86 | |
87 | =item * | |
88 | ||
e3c71926 | 89 | XXX |
6d110ad0 FC |
90 | |
91 | =back | |
92 | ||
e3c71926 | 93 | =head2 Updated Modules and Pragmata |
6d110ad0 | 94 | |
e3c71926 | 95 | =over 4 |
6d110ad0 FC |
96 | |
97 | =item * | |
98 | ||
ac73ea1e CBW |
99 | L<Archive::Extract> has been upgraded from version 0.56 to version 0.58. |
100 | ||
101 | =item * | |
102 | ||
aba0546e CBW |
103 | L<CPANPLUS::Dist::Build> has been upgraded from version 0.58 to version 0.60. |
104 | ||
105 | =item * | |
106 | ||
00441cfa CBW |
107 | L<ExtUtils::MakeMaker> has been upgraded from version 6.61_01 to version 6.63_01. |
108 | ||
109 | =item * | |
110 | ||
6ce52845 | 111 | L<HTTP::Tiny> has been upgraded from version 0.013 to version 0.016. |
35265876 CBW |
112 | |
113 | Adds additional shorthand methods for all common HTTP verbs, | |
114 | a C<post_form()> method for POST-ing x-www-form-urlencoded data and | |
115 | a C<www_form_urlencode()> utility method. | |
6d110ad0 | 116 | |
be539103 CBW |
117 | =item * |
118 | ||
119 | L<perlfaq> has been upgraded from version 5.0150035 to version 5.0150036. | |
120 | ||
a47fb3fe CBW |
121 | =item * |
122 | ||
123 | L<Unicode::Collate> has been upgraded from version 0.80 to version 0.81. | |
124 | ||
125 | Locales updated to CLDR 2.0: mk, mt, nb, nn, ro, ru. | |
126 | Newly supported locales: ml, mr, or, pa. | |
127 | ||
e3c71926 | 128 | =back |
6d110ad0 | 129 | |
e3c71926 | 130 | =head2 Removed Modules and Pragmata |
6d110ad0 | 131 | |
e3c71926 | 132 | =over 4 |
6d110ad0 FC |
133 | |
134 | =item * | |
135 | ||
e3c71926 | 136 | XXX |
6d110ad0 | 137 | |
e3c71926 | 138 | =back |
6d110ad0 | 139 | |
e3c71926 | 140 | =head1 Documentation |
6d110ad0 | 141 | |
e3c71926 FR |
142 | XXX Changes to files in F<pod/> go here. Consider grouping entries by |
143 | file and be sure to link to the appropriate page, e.g. L<perlfunc>. | |
6d110ad0 | 144 | |
e3c71926 | 145 | =head2 New Documentation |
6d110ad0 | 146 | |
e3c71926 | 147 | XXX Changes which create B<new> files in F<pod/> go here. |
6d110ad0 | 148 | |
e3c71926 | 149 | =head3 L<XXX> |
6d110ad0 | 150 | |
e3c71926 | 151 | XXX Description of the purpose of the new file here |
6d110ad0 | 152 | |
e3c71926 | 153 | =head2 Changes to Existing Documentation |
6d110ad0 | 154 | |
e3c71926 FR |
155 | XXX Changes which significantly change existing files in F<pod/> go here. |
156 | However, any changes to F<pod/perldiag.pod> should go in the L</Diagnostics> | |
157 | section. | |
6d110ad0 | 158 | |
e3c71926 FR |
159 | =head3 L<XXX> |
160 | ||
161 | =over 4 | |
6d110ad0 FC |
162 | |
163 | =item * | |
164 | ||
e3c71926 | 165 | XXX Description of the change here |
6d110ad0 FC |
166 | |
167 | =back | |
168 | ||
e3c71926 FR |
169 | =head1 Diagnostics |
170 | ||
171 | The following additions or changes have been made to diagnostic output, | |
172 | including warnings and fatal error messages. For the complete list of | |
173 | diagnostic messages, see L<perldiag>. | |
6d110ad0 | 174 | |
e3c71926 FR |
175 | XXX New or changed warnings emitted by the core's C<C> code go here. Also |
176 | include any changes in L<perldiag> that reconcile it to the C<C> code. | |
b53e16ae | 177 | |
e3c71926 FR |
178 | [ Within each section, list entries as a =item entry that links to perldiag, |
179 | e.g. | |
b53e16ae | 180 | |
e3c71926 | 181 | =item * |
b53e16ae | 182 | |
e3c71926 FR |
183 | L<Invalid version object|perldiag/"Invalid version object"> |
184 | ] | |
46dd4080 | 185 | |
e3c71926 | 186 | =head2 New Diagnostics |
46dd4080 | 187 | |
e3c71926 | 188 | XXX Newly added diagnostic messages go here |
46dd4080 | 189 | |
e3c71926 | 190 | =head3 New Errors |
d6cf2367 | 191 | |
63ac71b9 | 192 | =over 4 |
e46d9735 CBW |
193 | |
194 | =item * | |
195 | ||
e3c71926 | 196 | XXX L<message|perldiag/"message"> |
828d6195 | 197 | |
3432e5a1 | 198 | =back |
83307084 | 199 | |
e3c71926 | 200 | =head3 New Warnings |
d39de893 | 201 | |
3432e5a1 | 202 | =over 4 |
39afdc5a CBW |
203 | |
204 | =item * | |
205 | ||
e3c71926 | 206 | XXX L<message|perldiag/"message"> |
666c7ca6 | 207 | |
e3c71926 | 208 | =back |
7b8e5ef0 | 209 | |
e3c71926 | 210 | =head2 Changes to Existing Diagnostics |
91710846 | 211 | |
e3c71926 | 212 | XXX Changes (i.e. rewording) of diagnostic messages go here |
91710846 | 213 | |
e3c71926 | 214 | =over 4 |
91710846 DG |
215 | |
216 | =item * | |
217 | ||
e3c71926 | 218 | XXX Describe change here |
a2fa999d | 219 | |
e3c71926 | 220 | =back |
a2fa999d | 221 | |
e3c71926 | 222 | =head1 Utility Changes |
19e72bbf | 223 | |
e3c71926 FR |
224 | XXX Changes to installed programs such as F<perlbug> and F<xsubpp> go |
225 | here. Most of these are built within the directories F<utils> and F<x2p>. | |
19e72bbf | 226 | |
e3c71926 FR |
227 | [ List utility changes as a =head3 entry for each utility and =item |
228 | entries for each change | |
229 | Use L<XXX> with program names to get proper documentation linking. ] | |
19e72bbf | 230 | |
e3c71926 | 231 | =head3 L<XXX> |
bd65daab | 232 | |
e3c71926 | 233 | =over 4 |
bd65daab | 234 | |
3f2cb5bf S |
235 | =item * |
236 | ||
e3c71926 | 237 | XXX |
f0381222 | 238 | |
e3c71926 | 239 | =back |
f0381222 | 240 | |
e3c71926 | 241 | =head1 Configuration and Compilation |
02e7ec6d | 242 | |
e3c71926 FR |
243 | XXX Changes to F<Configure>, F<installperl>, F<installman>, and analogous tools |
244 | go here. Any other changes to the Perl build process should be listed here. | |
245 | However, any platform-specific changes should be listed in the | |
246 | L</Platform Support> section, instead. | |
02e7ec6d | 247 | |
e3c71926 | 248 | [ List changes as a =item entry ]. |
02e7ec6d | 249 | |
e3c71926 | 250 | =over 4 |
1e915955 CBW |
251 | |
252 | =item * | |
253 | ||
e3c71926 | 254 | XXX |
3f2cb5bf | 255 | |
3432e5a1 | 256 | =back |
666c7ca6 | 257 | |
e3c71926 | 258 | =head1 Testing |
8fe353ef | 259 | |
e3c71926 FR |
260 | XXX Any significant changes to the testing of a freshly built perl should be |
261 | listed here. Changes which create B<new> files in F<t/> go here as do any | |
262 | large changes to the testing harness (e.g. when parallel testing was added). | |
263 | Changes to existing files in F<t/> aren't worth summarising, although the bugs | |
264 | that they represent may be covered elsewhere. | |
7ac26854 | 265 | |
e3c71926 | 266 | [ List each test improvement as a =item entry ] |
daef35db | 267 | |
3432e5a1 | 268 | =over 4 |
83307084 SL |
269 | |
270 | =item * | |
271 | ||
e3c71926 | 272 | XXX |
b420b12a | 273 | |
3432e5a1 | 274 | =back |
b420b12a | 275 | |
e3c71926 | 276 | =head1 Platform Support |
b53e16ae | 277 | |
e3c71926 | 278 | XXX Any changes to platform support should be listed in the sections below. |
9eb1e3e2 | 279 | |
e3c71926 FR |
280 | [ Within the sections, list each platform as a =item entry with specific |
281 | changes as paragraphs below it. ] | |
9eb1e3e2 | 282 | |
e3c71926 | 283 | =head2 New Platforms |
b53e16ae | 284 | |
e3c71926 FR |
285 | XXX List any platforms that this version of perl compiles on, that previous |
286 | versions did not. These will either be enabled by new files in the F<hints/> | |
287 | directories, or new subdirectories and F<README> files at the top level of the | |
288 | source tree. | |
b53e16ae FC |
289 | |
290 | =over 4 | |
291 | ||
e3c71926 | 292 | =item XXX-some-platform |
b53e16ae | 293 | |
e3c71926 | 294 | XXX |
b53e16ae FC |
295 | |
296 | =back | |
297 | ||
e3c71926 | 298 | =head2 Discontinued Platforms |
83307084 | 299 | |
e3c71926 | 300 | XXX List any platforms that this version of perl no longer compiles on. |
3432e5a1 | 301 | |
d6cf2367 FC |
302 | =over 4 |
303 | ||
e3c71926 | 304 | =item XXX-some-platform |
d6cf2367 | 305 | |
e3c71926 | 306 | XXX |
c634fdd3 | 307 | |
3432e5a1 | 308 | =back |
9cfd094e | 309 | |
e3c71926 FR |
310 | =head2 Platform-Specific Notes |
311 | ||
312 | XXX List any changes for specific platforms. This could include configuration | |
313 | and compilation changes or changes in portability/compatibility. However, | |
314 | changes within modules for platforms should generally be listed in the | |
315 | L</Modules and Pragmata> section. | |
9cfd094e | 316 | |
3432e5a1 | 317 | =over 4 |
95f7e41f | 318 | |
e3c71926 | 319 | =item XXX-some-platform |
95f7e41f | 320 | |
e3c71926 | 321 | XXX |
df5b44bd | 322 | |
63ac71b9 | 323 | =back |
310913d4 | 324 | |
3432e5a1 | 325 | =head1 Internal Changes |
d6cf2367 | 326 | |
e3c71926 FR |
327 | XXX Changes which affect the interface available to C<XS> code go here. |
328 | Other significant internal changes for future core maintainers should | |
329 | be noted as well. | |
5d4ff231 | 330 | |
e3c71926 | 331 | [ List each change as a =item entry ] |
6d110ad0 | 332 | |
e3c71926 | 333 | =over 4 |
b53e16ae FC |
334 | |
335 | =item * | |
336 | ||
e3c71926 | 337 | XXX |
b53e16ae | 338 | |
3432e5a1 | 339 | =back |
60092ce4 | 340 | |
3432e5a1 | 341 | =head1 Selected Bug Fixes |
309aab3a | 342 | |
e3c71926 FR |
343 | XXX Important bug fixes in the core language are summarised here. |
344 | Bug fixes in files in F<ext/> and F<lib/> are best summarised in | |
345 | L</Modules and Pragmata>. | |
19e72bbf | 346 | |
e3c71926 | 347 | [ List each fix as a =item entry ] |
19e72bbf | 348 | |
e3c71926 | 349 | =over 4 |
b53e16ae FC |
350 | |
351 | =item * | |
352 | ||
e3c71926 | 353 | XXX |
ca955add | 354 | |
e3c71926 | 355 | =back |
ca955add | 356 | |
e3c71926 | 357 | =head1 Known Problems |
b53e16ae | 358 | |
e3c71926 FR |
359 | XXX Descriptions of platform agnostic bugs we know we can't fix go here. Any |
360 | tests that had to be C<TODO>ed for the release would be noted here, unless | |
361 | they were specific to a particular platform (see below). | |
b53e16ae | 362 | |
e3c71926 FR |
363 | This is a list of some significant unfixed bugs, which are regressions |
364 | from either 5.XXX.XXX or 5.XXX.XXX. | |
b53e16ae | 365 | |
e3c71926 | 366 | [ List each fix as a =item entry ] |
b53e16ae | 367 | |
e3c71926 | 368 | =over 4 |
b53e16ae FC |
369 | |
370 | =item * | |
371 | ||
e3c71926 | 372 | XXX |
b53e16ae | 373 | |
63ac71b9 | 374 | =back |
bbc28bfc | 375 | |
e3c71926 | 376 | =head1 Obituary |
a777c865 | 377 | |
e3c71926 FR |
378 | XXX If any significant core contributor has died, we've added a short obituary |
379 | here. | |
a777c865 | 380 | |
e3c71926 | 381 | =head1 Acknowledgements |
a777c865 | 382 | |
e3c71926 | 383 | XXX Generate this with: |
a777c865 | 384 | |
e3c71926 | 385 | perl Porting/acknowledgements.pl v5.15.4..HEAD |
29cf780c | 386 | |
44691e6f AB |
387 | =head1 Reporting Bugs |
388 | ||
389 | If you find what you think is a bug, you might check the articles | |
34dc2ec0 | 390 | recently posted to the comp.lang.perl.misc newsgroup and the perl |
44691e6f AB |
391 | bug database at http://rt.perl.org/perlbug/ . There may also be |
392 | information at http://www.perl.org/ , the Perl Home Page. | |
393 | ||
394 | If you believe you have an unreported bug, please run the L<perlbug> | |
395 | program included with your release. Be sure to trim your bug down | |
396 | to a tiny but sufficient test case. Your bug report, along with the | |
397 | output of C<perl -V>, will be sent off to perlbug@perl.org to be | |
398 | analysed by the Perl porting team. | |
399 | ||
400 | If the bug you are reporting has security implications, which make it | |
401 | inappropriate to send to a publicly archived mailing list, then please send | |
34dc2ec0 | 402 | it to perl5-security-report@perl.org. This points to a closed subscription |
b4707b2a FC |
403 | unarchived mailing list, which includes |
404 | all the core committers, who will be able | |
44691e6f AB |
405 | to help assess the impact of issues, figure out a resolution, and help |
406 | co-ordinate the release of patches to mitigate or fix the problem across all | |
34dc2ec0 DM |
407 | platforms on which Perl is supported. Please only use this address for |
408 | security issues in the Perl core, not for modules independently | |
44691e6f AB |
409 | distributed on CPAN. |
410 | ||
411 | =head1 SEE ALSO | |
412 | ||
413 | The F<Changes> file for an explanation of how to view exhaustive details | |
414 | on what changed. | |
415 | ||
416 | The F<INSTALL> file for how to build Perl. | |
417 | ||
418 | The F<README> file for general stuff. | |
419 | ||
420 | The F<Artistic> and F<Copying> files for copyright information. | |
421 | ||
422 | =cut |