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1 | =head1 NAME |
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3 | [ Any text flagged as XXX needs to be processed before release. ] | |
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5 | perldelta - what is new for perl v5.11.1 | |
6 | ||
7 | =head1 DESCRIPTION | |
8 | ||
9 | This document describes differences between the 5.11.0 release and | |
10 | the 5.11.1 release. | |
11 | ||
12 | =head1 Notice | |
13 | ||
14 | ||
15 | =head1 Incompatible Changes | |
16 | ||
17 | XXX For a release on a stable branch, this section aspires to be: | |
18 | ||
19 | There are no changes intentionally incompatible with 5.XXX.XXX. If any | |
20 | exist, they are bugs and reports are welcome. | |
21 | ||
22 | ||
23 | =head1 Core Enhancements | |
24 | ||
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. | |
28 | ||
29 | =head1 New Platforms | |
30 | ||
31 | XXX List any platforms that this version of perl compiles on, that previous | |
32 | versions did not. These will either be enabled by new files in the F<hints/> | |
33 | directories, or new subdirectories and F<README> files at the top level of the | |
34 | source tree. | |
35 | ||
36 | =head1 Modules and Pragmata | |
37 | ||
38 | XXX All changes to installed files in F<ext/> and F<lib/> go here, in a list | |
39 | ordered by distribution name. Minimally it should be the module version, | |
40 | but it's more useful to the end user to give a paragraph's summary of the | |
41 | module's changes. In an ideal world, dual-life modules would have a | |
42 | F<Changes> file that could be cribbed. | |
43 | ||
44 | =head2 New Modules and Pragmata | |
45 | ||
46 | =over 4 | |
47 | ||
48 | =item C<XXX> | |
49 | ||
50 | XXX | |
51 | ||
52 | =back | |
53 | ||
54 | =head2 Pragmata Changes | |
55 | ||
56 | =over 4 | |
57 | ||
58 | =item C<XXX> | |
59 | ||
60 | XXX | |
61 | ||
62 | =back | |
63 | ||
64 | =head2 Updated Modules | |
65 | ||
66 | =over 4 | |
67 | ||
68 | =item C<XXX> | |
69 | ||
70 | XXX | |
71 | ||
72 | =back | |
73 | ||
74 | =head1 Utility Changes | |
75 | ||
76 | XXX Changes to installed programs such as F<perlbug> and F<xsubpp> go | |
77 | here. Most of these are built within the directories F<utils> and F<x2p>. | |
78 | ||
79 | =over 4 | |
80 | ||
81 | =item F<XXX> | |
82 | ||
83 | XXX | |
84 | ||
85 | =back | |
86 | ||
87 | =head1 New Documentation | |
88 | ||
89 | XXX Changes which create B<new> files in F<pod/> go here. | |
90 | ||
91 | =over 4 | |
92 | ||
93 | =item L<XXX> | |
94 | ||
95 | XXX | |
96 | ||
97 | =back | |
98 | ||
99 | =head1 Changes to Existing Documentation | |
100 | ||
101 | XXX Changes which significantly change existing files in F<pod/> go here. | |
102 | Any changes to F<pod/perldiag.pod> should go in L</New or Changed Diagnostics>. | |
103 | ||
104 | ||
105 | =head1 Performance Enhancements | |
106 | ||
107 | XXX Changes which enhance performance without changing behaviour go here. There | |
108 | may well be none in a stable release. | |
109 | ||
110 | =over 4 | |
111 | ||
112 | =item * | |
113 | ||
114 | XXX | |
115 | ||
116 | =back | |
117 | ||
118 | =head1 Installation and Configuration Improvements | |
119 | ||
120 | XXX Changes to F<Configure>, F<installperl>, F<installman>, and analogous tools | |
121 | go here. | |
122 | ||
123 | =head2 Configuration improvements | |
124 | ||
125 | XXX | |
126 | ||
127 | =head2 Compilation improvements | |
128 | ||
129 | XXX | |
130 | ||
131 | =head2 Platform Specific Changes | |
132 | ||
133 | =over 4 | |
134 | ||
135 | =item XXX-some-platform | |
136 | ||
137 | XXX | |
138 | ||
139 | =back | |
140 | ||
141 | =head1 Selected Bug Fixes | |
142 | ||
143 | XXX Important bug fixes in the core language are summarised here. | |
144 | Bug fixes in files in F<ext/> and F<lib/> are best summarised in | |
145 | L</Modules and Pragmata>. | |
146 | ||
147 | =over 4 | |
148 | ||
149 | =item * | |
150 | ||
151 | XXX | |
152 | ||
153 | =back | |
154 | ||
155 | =head1 New or Changed Diagnostics | |
156 | ||
157 | XXX New or changed warnings emitted by the core's C<C> code go here. | |
158 | ||
159 | =over 4 | |
160 | ||
161 | =item C<XXX> | |
162 | ||
163 | XXX | |
164 | ||
165 | =back | |
166 | ||
167 | =head1 Changed Internals | |
168 | ||
169 | XXX Changes which affect the interface available to C<XS> code go here. | |
170 | ||
171 | =over 4 | |
172 | ||
173 | =item * | |
174 | ||
175 | XXX | |
176 | ||
177 | =back | |
178 | ||
179 | =head1 New Tests | |
180 | ||
181 | XXX Changes which create B<new> files in F<t/> go here. Changes to | |
182 | existing files in F<t/> aren't worth summarising, although the bugs that | |
183 | they represent may be. | |
184 | ||
185 | =over 4 | |
186 | ||
187 | =item F<XXX> | |
188 | ||
189 | XXX | |
190 | ||
191 | =back | |
192 | ||
193 | =head1 Known Problems | |
194 | ||
195 | XXX Descriptions of platform agnostic bugs we know we can't fix go here. Any | |
196 | tests that had to be C<TODO>ed for the release would be noted here, unless | |
197 | they were specific to a particular platform (see below). | |
198 | ||
199 | This is a list of some significant unfixed bugs, which are regressions | |
200 | from either 5.10.1 or 5.11.0. | |
201 | ||
202 | =over 4 | |
203 | ||
204 | =item * | |
205 | ||
206 | XXX | |
207 | ||
208 | =back | |
209 | ||
210 | =head1 Deprecations | |
211 | ||
212 | XXX Add any new known deprecations here. | |
213 | ||
214 | The following items are now deprecated. | |
215 | ||
216 | =over 4 | |
217 | ||
218 | =item * | |
219 | ||
220 | XXX | |
221 | ||
222 | =back | |
223 | ||
224 | =head1 Platform Specific Notes | |
225 | ||
226 | XXX Any changes specific to a particular platform. VMS and Win32 are the usual | |
227 | stars here. It's probably best to group changes under the same section layout | |
228 | as the main perldelta | |
229 | ||
230 | =item Obituary | |
231 | ||
232 | XXX If any significant core contributor has died, we've added a short obituary | |
233 | here. | |
234 | ||
235 | =head1 Acknowledgements | |
236 | ||
237 | XXX The list of people to thank goes here. | |
238 | ||
239 | ||
240 | =head1 Reporting Bugs | |
241 | ||
242 | If you find what you think is a bug, you might check the articles | |
243 | recently posted to the comp.lang.perl.misc newsgroup and the perl | |
244 | bug database at http://rt.perl.org/perlbug/ . There may also be | |
245 | information at http://www.perl.org/ , the Perl Home Page. | |
246 | ||
247 | If you believe you have an unreported bug, please run the B<perlbug> | |
248 | program included with your release. Be sure to trim your bug down | |
249 | to a tiny but sufficient test case. Your bug report, along with the | |
250 | output of C<perl -V>, will be sent off to perlbug@perl.org to be | |
251 | analysed by the Perl porting team. | |
252 | ||
253 | If the bug you are reporting has security implications, which make it | |
254 | inappropriate to send to a publicly archived mailing list, then please send | |
255 | it to perl5-security-report@perl.org. This points to a closed subscription | |
256 | unarchived mailing list, which includes all the core committers, who be able | |
257 | to help assess the impact of issues, figure out a resolution, and help | |
258 | co-ordinate the release of patches to mitigate or fix the problem across all | |
259 | platforms on which Perl is supported. Please only use this address for | |
260 | security issues in the Perl core, not for modules independently | |
261 | distributed on CPAN. | |
262 | ||
263 | =head1 SEE ALSO | |
264 | ||
265 | The F<Changes> file for an explanation of how to view exhaustive details | |
266 | on what changed. | |
267 | ||
268 | The F<INSTALL> file for how to build Perl. | |
269 | ||
270 | The F<README> file for general stuff. | |
271 | ||
272 | The F<Artistic> and F<Copying> files for copyright information. | |
273 | ||
274 | =cut |