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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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8 | perldelta - what is new for perl v5.XXX.XXX | |
9 | ||
10 | =head1 DESCRIPTION | |
11 | ||
12 | This document describes differences between the 5.XXX.XXX release and | |
13 | the 5.XXX.XXX release. | |
14 | ||
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15 | If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.YYY.YYY, first read |
16 | L<perl5YYYdelta>, which describes differences between 5.ZZZ.ZZZ and | |
17 | 5.YYY.YYY. | |
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18 | |
19 | =head1 Notice | |
20 | ||
21 | XXX Any important notices here | |
22 | ||
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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 | [ List each enhancement as a =head2 entry ] | |
30 | ||
31 | =head1 Security | |
32 | ||
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. | |
36 | ||
37 | [ List each security issue as a =head2 entry ] | |
38 | ||
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39 | =head1 Incompatible Changes |
40 | ||
41 | XXX For a release on a stable branch, this section aspires to be: | |
42 | ||
43 | There are no changes intentionally incompatible with 5.XXX.XXX. If any | |
44 | exist, they are bugs and reports are welcome. | |
45 | ||
be83b7f4 | 46 | [ List each incompatible change as a =head2 entry ] |
57b3b745 | 47 | |
be83b7f4 | 48 | =head1 Deprecations |
57b3b745 | 49 | |
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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. | |
57b3b745 | 53 | |
be83b7f4 | 54 | [ List each deprecation as a =head2 entry ] |
57b3b745 | 55 | |
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56 | =head1 Performance Enhancements |
57 | ||
58 | XXX Changes which enhance performance without changing behaviour go here. There | |
59 | may well be none in a stable release. | |
60 | ||
61 | [ List each enhancement as a =item entry ] | |
62 | ||
63 | =over 4 | |
64 | ||
65 | =item * | |
66 | ||
67 | XXX | |
68 | ||
69 | =back | |
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70 | |
71 | =head1 Modules and Pragmata | |
72 | ||
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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. | |
57b3b745 | 80 | |
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81 | [ Within each section, list entries as a =item entry ] |
82 | ||
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83 | =head2 New Modules and Pragmata |
84 | ||
be83b7f4 | 85 | =over 4 |
57b3b745 | 86 | |
be83b7f4 | 87 | =item * |
57b3b745 | 88 | |
be83b7f4 | 89 | XXX |
57b3b745 | 90 | |
be83b7f4 | 91 | =back |
57b3b745 | 92 | |
be83b7f4 | 93 | =head2 Updated Modules and Pragmata |
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94 | |
95 | =over 4 | |
96 | ||
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97 | =item * |
98 | ||
99 | XXX | |
100 | ||
101 | =back | |
102 | ||
103 | =head2 Removed Modules and Pragmata | |
104 | ||
105 | =over 4 | |
106 | ||
107 | =item * | |
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108 | |
109 | XXX | |
110 | ||
111 | =back | |
112 | ||
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113 | =head1 Documentation |
114 | ||
115 | XXX Changes to files in F<pod/> go here. Consider grouping entries by | |
116 | file and be sure to link to the appropriate page, e.g. L<perlfunc>. | |
117 | ||
118 | [ Within each section, list entries as a =item entry ] | |
119 | ||
120 | =head2 New Documentation | |
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121 | |
122 | XXX Changes which create B<new> files in F<pod/> go here. | |
123 | ||
124 | =over 4 | |
125 | ||
126 | =item L<XXX> | |
127 | ||
128 | XXX | |
129 | ||
130 | =back | |
131 | ||
be83b7f4 | 132 | =head2 Changes to Existing Documentation |
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133 | |
134 | XXX Changes which significantly change existing files in F<pod/> go here. | |
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135 | However, any changes to F<pod/perldiag.pod> should go in the L</Diagnostics> |
136 | section. | |
57b3b745 | 137 | |
be83b7f4 | 138 | =over 4 |
57b3b745 | 139 | |
be83b7f4 | 140 | =item L<XXX> |
57b3b745 | 141 | |
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142 | XXX |
143 | ||
144 | =back | |
145 | ||
146 | =head1 Diagnostics | |
147 | ||
148 | The following additions or changes have been made to diagnostic output, | |
149 | including warnings and fatal error messages. For the complete list of | |
150 | diagnostic messages, see L<perldiag>. | |
151 | ||
152 | XXX New or changed warnings emitted by the core's C<C> code go here. Also | |
153 | include any changes in L<perldiag> that reconcile it to the C<C> code. | |
154 | ||
155 | [ Within each section, list entries as a =item entry ] | |
156 | ||
157 | =head2 New Diagnostics | |
158 | ||
159 | XXX Newly added diagnostic messages go here | |
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160 | |
161 | =over 4 | |
162 | ||
163 | =item * | |
164 | ||
165 | XXX | |
166 | ||
167 | =back | |
168 | ||
be83b7f4 | 169 | =head2 Changes to Existing Diagnostics |
57b3b745 | 170 | |
be83b7f4 | 171 | XXX Changes (i.e. rewording) of diagnostic messages go here |
57b3b745 | 172 | |
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173 | =over 4 |
174 | ||
175 | =item * | |
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176 | |
177 | XXX | |
178 | ||
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179 | =back |
180 | ||
181 | =head1 Utility Changes | |
182 | ||
183 | XXX Changes to installed programs such as F<perlbug> and F<xsubpp> go | |
184 | here. Most of these are built within the directories F<utils> and F<x2p>. | |
185 | ||
186 | [ List utility changes as a =item entry. Use L<XXX> with program names to get | |
187 | proper documentation linking. ] | |
188 | ||
189 | =over 4 | |
190 | ||
191 | =item L<XXX> | |
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192 | |
193 | XXX | |
194 | ||
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195 | =back |
196 | ||
197 | =head1 Configuration and Compilation | |
198 | ||
199 | XXX Changes to F<Configure>, F<installperl>, F<installman>, and analogous tools | |
200 | go here. Any other changes to the Perl build process should be listed here. | |
201 | However, any platform-specific changes should be listed in the | |
202 | L</Platform Support> section, instead. | |
203 | ||
204 | [ List changes as a =item entry ]. | |
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205 | |
206 | =over 4 | |
207 | ||
be83b7f4 | 208 | =item * |
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209 | |
210 | XXX | |
211 | ||
212 | =back | |
213 | ||
be83b7f4 | 214 | =head1 Testing |
57b3b745 | 215 | |
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216 | XXX Any significant changes to the testing of a freshly built perl should be |
217 | listed here. Changes which create B<new> files in F<t/> go here as do any | |
218 | large changes to the testing harness (e.g. when parallel testing was added). | |
219 | Changes to existing files in F<t/> aren't worth summarising, although the bugs | |
220 | that they represent may be covered elsewhere. | |
221 | ||
222 | [ List each test improvement as a =item entry ] | |
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223 | |
224 | =over 4 | |
225 | ||
226 | =item * | |
227 | ||
228 | XXX | |
229 | ||
230 | =back | |
231 | ||
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232 | =head1 Platform Support |
233 | ||
234 | XXX Any changes to platform support should be listed in the sections below. | |
235 | ||
236 | [ Within the sections, list each platform as a =item entry with specific | |
237 | changes as paragraphs below it. ] | |
238 | ||
239 | =head2 New Platforms | |
57b3b745 | 240 | |
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241 | XXX List any platforms that this version of perl compiles on, that previous |
242 | versions did not. These will either be enabled by new files in the F<hints/> | |
243 | directories, or new subdirectories and F<README> files at the top level of the | |
244 | source tree. | |
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245 | |
246 | =over 4 | |
247 | ||
be83b7f4 | 248 | =item XXX-some-platform |
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249 | |
250 | XXX | |
251 | ||
252 | =back | |
253 | ||
be83b7f4 | 254 | =head2 Discontinued Platforms |
57b3b745 | 255 | |
be83b7f4 | 256 | XXX List any platforms that this version of perl no longer compiles on. |
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257 | |
258 | =over 4 | |
259 | ||
be83b7f4 | 260 | =item XXX-some-platform |
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261 | |
262 | XXX | |
263 | ||
264 | =back | |
265 | ||
be83b7f4 | 266 | =head2 Platform-Specific Notes |
57b3b745 | 267 | |
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268 | XXX List any changes for specific platforms. This could include configuration |
269 | and compilation changes or changes in portability/compatibility. However, | |
270 | changes within modules for platforms should generally be listed in the | |
271 | L</Modules and Pragmata> section. | |
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272 | |
273 | =over 4 | |
274 | ||
be83b7f4 | 275 | =item XXX-some-platform |
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276 | |
277 | XXX | |
278 | ||
279 | =back | |
280 | ||
be83b7f4 | 281 | =head1 Internal Changes |
57b3b745 | 282 | |
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283 | XXX Changes which affect the interface available to C<XS> code go here. |
284 | Other significant internal changes for future core maintainers should | |
285 | be noted as well. | |
57b3b745 | 286 | |
be83b7f4 | 287 | [ List each test improvement as a =item entry ] |
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288 | |
289 | =over 4 | |
290 | ||
291 | =item * | |
292 | ||
293 | XXX | |
294 | ||
295 | =back | |
296 | ||
be83b7f4 | 297 | =head1 Selected Bug Fixes |
57b3b745 | 298 | |
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299 | XXX Important bug fixes in the core language are summarised here. |
300 | Bug fixes in files in F<ext/> and F<lib/> are best summarised in | |
301 | L</Modules and Pragmata>. | |
57b3b745 | 302 | |
be83b7f4 | 303 | [ List each fix as a =item entry ] |
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304 | |
305 | =over 4 | |
306 | ||
307 | =item * | |
308 | ||
309 | XXX | |
310 | ||
311 | =back | |
312 | ||
be83b7f4 | 313 | =head1 Known Problems |
57b3b745 | 314 | |
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315 | XXX Descriptions of platform agnostic bugs we know we can't fix go here. Any |
316 | tests that had to be C<TODO>ed for the release would be noted here, unless | |
317 | they were specific to a particular platform (see below). | |
318 | ||
319 | This is a list of some significant unfixed bugs, which are regressions | |
320 | from either 5.XXX.XXX or 5.XXX.XXX. | |
321 | ||
322 | [ List each fix as a =item entry ] | |
323 | ||
324 | =over 4 | |
325 | ||
326 | =item * | |
327 | ||
328 | XXX | |
329 | ||
330 | =back | |
57b3b745 | 331 | |
345e2394 | 332 | =head1 Obituary |
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333 | |
334 | XXX If any significant core contributor has died, we've added a short obituary | |
335 | here. | |
336 | ||
337 | =head1 Acknowledgements | |
338 | ||
339 | XXX The list of people to thank goes here. | |
340 | ||
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341 | =head1 Reporting Bugs |
342 | ||
343 | If you find what you think is a bug, you might check the articles | |
344 | recently posted to the comp.lang.perl.misc newsgroup and the perl | |
345 | bug database at http://rt.perl.org/perlbug/ . There may also be | |
346 | information at http://www.perl.org/ , the Perl Home Page. | |
347 | ||
348 | If you believe you have an unreported bug, please run the B<perlbug> | |
349 | program included with your release. Be sure to trim your bug down | |
350 | to a tiny but sufficient test case. Your bug report, along with the | |
351 | output of C<perl -V>, will be sent off to perlbug@perl.org to be | |
352 | analysed by the Perl porting team. | |
353 | ||
354 | If the bug you are reporting has security implications, which make it | |
355 | inappropriate to send to a publicly archived mailing list, then please send | |
356 | it to perl5-security-report@perl.org. This points to a closed subscription | |
357 | unarchived mailing list, which includes all the core committers, who be able | |
358 | to help assess the impact of issues, figure out a resolution, and help | |
359 | co-ordinate the release of patches to mitigate or fix the problem across all | |
360 | platforms on which Perl is supported. Please only use this address for | |
361 | security issues in the Perl core, not for modules independently | |
362 | distributed on CPAN. | |
363 | ||
364 | =head1 SEE ALSO | |
365 | ||
366 | The F<Changes> file for an explanation of how to view exhaustive details | |
367 | on what changed. | |
368 | ||
369 | The F<INSTALL> file for how to build Perl. | |
370 | ||
371 | The F<README> file for general stuff. | |
372 | ||
373 | The F<Artistic> and F<Copying> files for copyright information. | |
374 | ||
375 | =cut |