| 1 | =encoding utf8 |
| 2 | |
| 3 | =head1 NAME |
| 4 | |
| 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 |