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3 | =head1 NAME | |
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5 | perl5162delta - what is new for perl v5.16.2 | |
6 | ||
7 | =head1 DESCRIPTION | |
8 | ||
9 | This document describes differences between the 5.16.1 release and | |
10 | the 5.16.2 release. | |
11 | ||
12 | If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.16.0, first read | |
13 | L<perl5161delta>, which describes differences between 5.16.0 and | |
14 | 5.16.1. | |
15 | ||
16 | =head1 Incompatible Changes | |
17 | ||
18 | There are no changes intentionally incompatible with 5.16.0 | |
19 | If any exist, they are bugs, and we request that you submit a | |
20 | report. See L</Reporting Bugs> below. | |
21 | ||
22 | =head1 Modules and Pragmata | |
23 | ||
24 | =head2 Updated Modules and Pragmata | |
25 | ||
26 | =over 4 | |
27 | ||
28 | =item * | |
29 | ||
30 | L<Module::CoreList> has been upgraded from version 2.70 to version 2.76. | |
31 | ||
32 | =back | |
33 | ||
34 | =head1 Configuration and Compilation | |
35 | ||
36 | =over 4 | |
37 | ||
38 | =item * configuration should no longer be confused by ls colorization | |
39 | ||
40 | =back | |
41 | ||
42 | =head1 Platform Support | |
43 | ||
44 | =head2 Platform-Specific Notes | |
45 | ||
46 | =over 4 | |
47 | ||
48 | =item AIX | |
49 | ||
50 | Configure now always adds -qlanglvl=extc99 to the CC flags on AIX when | |
51 | using xlC. This will make it easier to compile a number of XS-based modules | |
52 | that assume C99 [perl #113778]. | |
53 | ||
54 | =back | |
55 | ||
56 | =head1 Selected Bug Fixes | |
57 | ||
58 | =over 4 | |
59 | ||
60 | =item * fix /\h/ equivalence with /[\h]/ | |
61 | ||
62 | see [perl #114220] | |
63 | ||
64 | =back | |
65 | ||
66 | =head1 Known Problems | |
67 | ||
68 | There are no new known problems. | |
69 | ||
70 | =head1 Acknowledgements | |
71 | ||
72 | Perl 5.16.2 represents approximately 2 months of development since Perl | |
73 | 5.16.1 and contains approximately 740 lines of changes across 20 files | |
74 | from 9 authors. | |
75 | ||
76 | Perl continues to flourish into its third decade thanks to a vibrant | |
77 | community of users and developers. The following people are known to | |
78 | have contributed the improvements that became Perl 5.16.2: | |
79 | ||
80 | Andy Dougherty, Craig A. Berry, Darin McBride, Dominic Hargreaves, Karen | |
81 | Etheridge, Karl Williamson, Peter Martini, Ricardo Signes, Tony Cook. | |
82 | ||
83 | The list above is almost certainly incomplete as it is automatically | |
84 | generated from version control history. In particular, it does not | |
85 | include the names of the (very much appreciated) contributors who | |
86 | reported issues to the Perl bug tracker. | |
87 | ||
88 | For a more complete list of all of Perl's historical contributors, | |
89 | please see the F<AUTHORS> file in the Perl source distribution. | |
90 | ||
91 | =head1 Reporting Bugs | |
92 | ||
93 | If you find what you think is a bug, you might check the articles | |
94 | recently posted to the comp.lang.perl.misc newsgroup and the perl | |
95 | bug database at http://rt.perl.org/perlbug/ . There may also be | |
96 | information at http://www.perl.org/ , the Perl Home Page. | |
97 | ||
98 | If you believe you have an unreported bug, please run the L<perlbug> | |
99 | program included with your release. Be sure to trim your bug down | |
100 | to a tiny but sufficient test case. Your bug report, along with the | |
101 | output of C<perl -V>, will be sent off to perlbug@perl.org to be | |
102 | analysed by the Perl porting team. | |
103 | ||
104 | If the bug you are reporting has security implications, which make it | |
105 | inappropriate to send to a publicly archived mailing list, then please | |
106 | send it to perl5-security-report@perl.org. This points to a closed | |
107 | subscription unarchived mailing list, which includes all the core | |
108 | committers, who will be able to help assess the impact of issues, figure | |
109 | out a resolution, and help co-ordinate the release of patches to | |
110 | mitigate or fix the problem across all platforms on which Perl is | |
111 | supported. Please only use this address for security issues in the Perl | |
112 | core, not for modules independently distributed on CPAN. | |
113 | ||
114 | =head1 SEE ALSO | |
115 | ||
116 | The F<Changes> file for an explanation of how to view exhaustive details | |
117 | on what changed. | |
118 | ||
119 | The F<INSTALL> file for how to build Perl. | |
120 | ||
121 | The F<README> file for general stuff. | |
122 | ||
123 | The F<Artistic> and F<Copying> files for copyright information. | |
124 | ||
125 | =cut |