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| 3 | =for comment |
| 4 | This has been completed up to 527d644b124fe. |
| 5 | |
| 6 | =head1 NAME |
| 7 | |
| 8 | [ this is a template for a new perldelta file. Any text flagged as |
| 9 | XXX needs to be processed before release. ] |
| 10 | |
| 11 | perldelta - what is new for perl v5.15.3 |
| 12 | |
| 13 | =head1 DESCRIPTION |
| 14 | |
| 15 | This document describes differences between the 5.15.2 release and |
| 16 | the 5.15.3 release. |
| 17 | |
| 18 | If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.15.1, first read |
| 19 | L<perl5152delta>, which describes differences between 5.15.1 and |
| 20 | 5.15.2. |
| 21 | |
| 22 | =head1 Notice |
| 23 | |
| 24 | XXX Any important notices here |
| 25 | |
| 26 | =head1 Core Enhancements |
| 27 | |
| 28 | XXX New core language features go here. Summarise user-visible core language |
| 29 | enhancements. Particularly prominent performance optimisations could go |
| 30 | here, but most should go in the L</Performance Enhancements> section. |
| 31 | |
| 32 | [ List each enhancement as a =head2 entry ] |
| 33 | |
| 34 | =head2 More CORE subs are callable through references |
| 35 | |
| 36 | Perl 5.15.2 introduced subroutines in the CORE namespace. Most of them |
| 37 | could only be called as barewords; i.e., they could be aliased at compile |
| 38 | time and then inlined under new names. |
| 39 | |
| 40 | Almost all of these functions can now be called through references and via |
| 41 | C<&foo()> syntax, bypassing the prototype. See L<CORE> for a list of the |
| 42 | exceptions. |
| 43 | |
| 44 | =head1 Security |
| 45 | |
| 46 | XXX Any security-related notices go here. In particular, any security |
| 47 | vulnerabilities closed should be noted here rather than in the |
| 48 | L</Selected Bug Fixes> section. |
| 49 | |
| 50 | [ List each security issue as a =head2 entry ] |
| 51 | |
| 52 | =head2 C<File::Glob::bsd_glob()> memory error with GLOB_ALTDIRFUNC (CVE-2011-2728). |
| 53 | |
| 54 | Calling C<File::Glob::bsd_glob> with the unsupported flag GLOB_ALTDIRFUNC would |
| 55 | cause an access violation / segfault. A Perl program that accepts a flags value from |
| 56 | an external source could expose itself to denial of service or arbitrary code |
| 57 | execution attacks. There are no known exploits in the wild. The problem has been |
| 58 | corrected by explicitly disabling all unsupported flags and setting unused function |
| 59 | pointers to null. Bug reported by Clément Lecigne. |
| 60 | |
| 61 | =head1 Incompatible Changes |
| 62 | |
| 63 | =head2 $[ has been removed |
| 64 | |
| 65 | The array/string index offsetting mechanism, controlled by the C<$[> magic |
| 66 | variable, has been removed. C<$[> now always reads as zero. Writing a |
| 67 | zero to it is still permitted, but writing a non-zero value causes an |
| 68 | exception. Those hopelessly addicted to FORTRAN-style 1-based indexing |
| 69 | may wish to use the module L<Array::Base>, which provides an independent |
| 70 | implementation of the index offsetting concept, or L<Classic::Perl>, |
| 71 | which allows L<Array::Base> to be controlled through assignment to C<$[>. |
| 72 | |
| 73 | =head2 User-defined case changing operations. |
| 74 | |
| 75 | This feature was deprecated in Perl 5.14, and has now been removed. |
| 76 | The CPAN module L<Unicode::Casing> provides better functionality without |
| 77 | the drawbacks that this feature had, as are detailed in the 5.14 |
| 78 | documentation: |
| 79 | L<http://perldoc.perl.org/5.14.0/perlunicode.html#User-Defined-Case-Mappings-%28for-serious-hackers-only%29> |
| 80 | |
| 81 | =head2 XSUBs are now 'static' |
| 82 | |
| 83 | XSUB C functions are now 'static', that is, they are not visible from |
| 84 | outside the compilation unit. For the exceedingly rare case where |
| 85 | this is not desired, a new public macro C<XS_EXTERNAL(name)> can be |
| 86 | used in place of C<XS(name)>. C<ExtUtils::ParseXS> (C<xsubpp>) |
| 87 | can be made to declare XSUBs with C<XS_EXTERNAL> using the |
| 88 | C<EXPORT_XSUB_SYMBOLS> keyword, see L<perlxs> for details. |
| 89 | |
| 90 | =head1 Deprecations |
| 91 | |
| 92 | XXX Any deprecated features, syntax, modules etc. should be listed here. |
| 93 | In particular, deprecated modules should be listed here even if they are |
| 94 | listed as an updated module in the L</Modules and Pragmata> section. |
| 95 | |
| 96 | [ List each deprecation as a =head2 entry ] |
| 97 | |
| 98 | =head1 Performance Enhancements |
| 99 | |
| 100 | XXX Changes which enhance performance without changing behaviour go here. There |
| 101 | may well be none in a stable release. |
| 102 | |
| 103 | [ List each enhancement as a =item entry ] |
| 104 | |
| 105 | =over 4 |
| 106 | |
| 107 | =item * |
| 108 | |
| 109 | XXX |
| 110 | |
| 111 | =back |
| 112 | |
| 113 | =head1 Modules and Pragmata |
| 114 | |
| 115 | XXX All changes to installed files in F<cpan/>, F<dist/>, F<ext/> and F<lib/> |
| 116 | go here. If Module::CoreList is updated, generate an initial draft of the |
| 117 | following sections using F<Porting/corelist-perldelta.pl>, which prints stub |
| 118 | entries to STDOUT. Results can be pasted in place of the '=head2' entries |
| 119 | below. A paragraph summary for important changes should then be added by hand. |
| 120 | In an ideal world, dual-life modules would have a F<Changes> file that could be |
| 121 | cribbed. |
| 122 | |
| 123 | [ Within each section, list entries as a =item entry ] |
| 124 | |
| 125 | =head2 New Modules and Pragmata |
| 126 | |
| 127 | =over 4 |
| 128 | |
| 129 | =item * |
| 130 | |
| 131 | XXX |
| 132 | |
| 133 | =back |
| 134 | |
| 135 | =head2 Updated Modules and Pragmata |
| 136 | |
| 137 | =over 4 |
| 138 | |
| 139 | =item * |
| 140 | |
| 141 | L<AnyDBM_File> has been upgraded from version 1.00 to version 1.01. |
| 142 | |
| 143 | This is only a minor documentation update. |
| 144 | |
| 145 | =item * |
| 146 | |
| 147 | L<Archive::Extract> has been upgraded from version 0.52 to version 0.56. |
| 148 | |
| 149 | Resolved an issue where C<unzip> executable was present in C<PATH> on MSWin32 |
| 150 | |
| 151 | =item * |
| 152 | |
| 153 | L<Archive::Tar> has been upgraded from version 1.76 to version 1.78. |
| 154 | |
| 155 | =item * |
| 156 | |
| 157 | L<CPANPLUS> has been upgraded from version 0.9109 to version 0.9110. |
| 158 | |
| 159 | =item * |
| 160 | |
| 161 | L<CPANPLUS::Dist::Build> has been upgraded from version 0.56 to version 0.58. |
| 162 | |
| 163 | =item * |
| 164 | |
| 165 | L<diagnostics> has been upgraded from version 1.24 to version 1.25. |
| 166 | |
| 167 | It now strips out C<SZ<><...>> formatting codes before displaying |
| 168 | descriptions [perl #94488]. |
| 169 | |
| 170 | =item * |
| 171 | |
| 172 | L<Data::Dumper> has been upgraded from version 2.133 to version 2.134. |
| 173 | |
| 174 | The XS code for sorting hash keys has been simplified slightly. |
| 175 | |
| 176 | =item * |
| 177 | |
| 178 | L<ExtUtils::ParseXS> has been upgraded from version 3.04_03 to version 3.04_04. |
| 179 | |
| 180 | The handling of C<dVAR> in the generated XS code has been simplified. |
| 181 | |
| 182 | =item * |
| 183 | |
| 184 | L<Locale::Codes> has been upgraded from version 3.17 to version 3.18. |
| 185 | |
| 186 | The CIA world added non-standard values, so this is no longer used as a source |
| 187 | of data. |
| 188 | |
| 189 | =item * |
| 190 | |
| 191 | L<File::Glob> has been upgraded from version 1.12 to version 1.13. |
| 192 | |
| 193 | See L</Security>. |
| 194 | |
| 195 | =item * |
| 196 | |
| 197 | L<Filter::Simple> has been upgrade from version 0.87 to 0.88. |
| 198 | |
| 199 | It is now better at detecting the end of a pod section. It always checks |
| 200 | for =cut, instead of checking for =end (if the pod begins with =begin) or |
| 201 | the end of the paragraph (if the pod begins with =for) [perl #92436]. |
| 202 | |
| 203 | =item * |
| 204 | |
| 205 | L<Math::BigRat> has been upgraded from version 0.2602 to version 0.2603. |
| 206 | |
| 207 | C<int()> on a Math::BigRat object containing -1/2 now creates a |
| 208 | Math::BigInt containing 0, rather than -0. L<Math::BigInt> does not even |
| 209 | support negative zero, so the resulting object was actually malformed |
| 210 | [perl #95530]. |
| 211 | |
| 212 | =item * |
| 213 | |
| 214 | L<Module::Metadata> has been upgraded from version 1.000005_01 to version 1.000007. |
| 215 | |
| 216 | =item * |
| 217 | |
| 218 | L<Module::Load::Conditional> has been upgraded from version 0.44 to version 0.46. |
| 219 | |
| 220 | =item * |
| 221 | |
| 222 | L<ODBM_File> has been upgraded from version 1.11 to version 1.12. |
| 223 | |
| 224 | This is only a minor refactoring of the XS code to bring it closer to the |
| 225 | other C<?DBM_File> modules. |
| 226 | |
| 227 | =item * |
| 228 | |
| 229 | L<perlfaq> has been upgraded from version 5.01500302 to version 5.0150033. |
| 230 | |
| 231 | =item * |
| 232 | |
| 233 | L<Pod::Simple> has been upgraded from version 3.18 to version 3.19. |
| 234 | |
| 235 | =item * |
| 236 | |
| 237 | L<POSIX> has been upgraded from version 1.24 to version 1.25. |
| 238 | |
| 239 | L<POSIX> no longer uses L<AutoLoader>. Any code which was relying on this |
| 240 | implementation detail was buggy, and may fail as a result of this change. |
| 241 | The module's Perl code has been considerably simplified, roughly halving |
| 242 | the number of lines, with no change in functionality. |
| 243 | |
| 244 | =back |
| 245 | |
| 246 | =head2 Removed Modules and Pragmata |
| 247 | |
| 248 | =over 4 |
| 249 | |
| 250 | =item * |
| 251 | |
| 252 | XXX |
| 253 | |
| 254 | =back |
| 255 | |
| 256 | =head1 Documentation |
| 257 | |
| 258 | XXX Changes to files in F<pod/> go here. Consider grouping entries by |
| 259 | file and be sure to link to the appropriate page, e.g. L<perlfunc>. |
| 260 | |
| 261 | =head2 New Documentation |
| 262 | |
| 263 | =head3 L<perlootut> |
| 264 | |
| 265 | This a new OO tutorial. It focuses on basic OO concepts, and then recommends |
| 266 | that readers choose an OO framework from CPAN. |
| 267 | |
| 268 | =head2 Changes to Existing Documentation |
| 269 | |
| 270 | =head3 L<perlobj> |
| 271 | |
| 272 | =over 4 |
| 273 | |
| 274 | =item * |
| 275 | |
| 276 | This document has been rewritten from scratch, and its coverage of various OO |
| 277 | concepts has been expanded. |
| 278 | |
| 279 | =back |
| 280 | |
| 281 | =head2 Removed Documentation |
| 282 | |
| 283 | =head3 Old OO Documentation |
| 284 | |
| 285 | All the old OO tutorials, perltoot, perltooc, and perlboot, have been |
| 286 | removed. The perlbot (bag of object tricks) document has been removed as well. |
| 287 | |
| 288 | =head1 Diagnostics |
| 289 | |
| 290 | The following additions or changes have been made to diagnostic output, |
| 291 | including warnings and fatal error messages. For the complete list of |
| 292 | diagnostic messages, see L<perldiag>. |
| 293 | |
| 294 | XXX New or changed warnings emitted by the core's C<C> code go here. Also |
| 295 | include any changes in L<perldiag> that reconcile it to the C<C> code. |
| 296 | |
| 297 | [ Within each section, list entries as a =item entry that links to perldiag, |
| 298 | e.g. |
| 299 | |
| 300 | =item * |
| 301 | |
| 302 | L<Invalid version object|perldiag/"Invalid version object"> |
| 303 | ] |
| 304 | |
| 305 | =head2 New Diagnostics |
| 306 | |
| 307 | XXX Newly added diagnostic messages go here |
| 308 | |
| 309 | =head3 New Errors |
| 310 | |
| 311 | =over 4 |
| 312 | |
| 313 | =item * |
| 314 | |
| 315 | XXX L<message|perldiag/"message"> |
| 316 | |
| 317 | =back |
| 318 | |
| 319 | =head3 New Warnings |
| 320 | |
| 321 | =over 4 |
| 322 | |
| 323 | =item * |
| 324 | |
| 325 | XXX L<message|perldiag/"message"> |
| 326 | |
| 327 | =back |
| 328 | |
| 329 | =head2 Changes to Existing Diagnostics |
| 330 | |
| 331 | XXX Changes (i.e. rewording) of diagnostic messages go here |
| 332 | |
| 333 | =over 4 |
| 334 | |
| 335 | =item * |
| 336 | |
| 337 | XXX Describe change here |
| 338 | |
| 339 | =back |
| 340 | |
| 341 | =head1 Utility Changes |
| 342 | |
| 343 | XXX Changes to installed programs such as F<perlbug> and F<xsubpp> go |
| 344 | here. Most of these are built within the directories F<utils> and F<x2p>. |
| 345 | |
| 346 | [ List utility changes as a =head3 entry for each utility and =item |
| 347 | entries for each change |
| 348 | Use L<XXX> with program names to get proper documentation linking. ] |
| 349 | |
| 350 | =head3 L<XXX> |
| 351 | |
| 352 | =over 4 |
| 353 | |
| 354 | =item * |
| 355 | |
| 356 | XXX |
| 357 | |
| 358 | =back |
| 359 | |
| 360 | =head1 Configuration and Compilation |
| 361 | |
| 362 | XXX Changes to F<Configure>, F<installperl>, F<installman>, and analogous tools |
| 363 | go here. Any other changes to the Perl build process should be listed here. |
| 364 | However, any platform-specific changes should be listed in the |
| 365 | L</Platform Support> section, instead. |
| 366 | |
| 367 | [ List changes as a =item entry ]. |
| 368 | |
| 369 | =over 4 |
| 370 | |
| 371 | =item * |
| 372 | |
| 373 | The file F<global.sym> is no longer needed, and has been removed. It |
| 374 | contained a list of all exported functions, one of the files generated by |
| 375 | F<regen/embed.pl> from data in F<embed.fnc> and F<regen/opcodes>. The code |
| 376 | has been refactored so that the only user of F<global.sym>, F<makedef.pl>, |
| 377 | now reads F<embed.fnc> and F<regen/opcodes> directly, removing the need to |
| 378 | store the list of exported functions in an intermediate file. |
| 379 | |
| 380 | As F<global.sym> was never installed, this change will not be visible |
| 381 | outside the build process. |
| 382 | |
| 383 | =back |
| 384 | |
| 385 | =head1 Testing |
| 386 | |
| 387 | XXX Any significant changes to the testing of a freshly built perl should be |
| 388 | listed here. Changes which create B<new> files in F<t/> go here as do any |
| 389 | large changes to the testing harness (e.g. when parallel testing was added). |
| 390 | Changes to existing files in F<t/> aren't worth summarising, although the bugs |
| 391 | that they represent may be covered elsewhere. |
| 392 | |
| 393 | [ List each test improvement as a =item entry ] |
| 394 | |
| 395 | =over 4 |
| 396 | |
| 397 | =item * |
| 398 | |
| 399 | F<t/porting/globvar.t> has been added, to run a sanity check on F<globar.sym>. |
| 400 | F<globar.sym> is not needed on most *nix platforms, but is for Win32, hence |
| 401 | previously was it was possible to inadvertently commit changes that worked |
| 402 | perfectly locally, but broke the build on Win32. |
| 403 | |
| 404 | =item * |
| 405 | |
| 406 | F<t/op/unlink.t> has been added to test the C<unlink> function. |
| 407 | |
| 408 | =back |
| 409 | |
| 410 | =head1 Platform Support |
| 411 | |
| 412 | XXX Any changes to platform support should be listed in the sections below. |
| 413 | |
| 414 | [ Within the sections, list each platform as a =item entry with specific |
| 415 | changes as paragraphs below it. ] |
| 416 | |
| 417 | =head2 New Platforms |
| 418 | |
| 419 | XXX List any platforms that this version of perl compiles on, that previous |
| 420 | versions did not. These will either be enabled by new files in the F<hints/> |
| 421 | directories, or new subdirectories and F<README> files at the top level of the |
| 422 | source tree. |
| 423 | |
| 424 | =over 4 |
| 425 | |
| 426 | =item XXX-some-platform |
| 427 | |
| 428 | XXX |
| 429 | |
| 430 | =back |
| 431 | |
| 432 | =head2 Discontinued Platforms |
| 433 | |
| 434 | XXX List any platforms that this version of perl no longer compiles on. |
| 435 | |
| 436 | =over 4 |
| 437 | |
| 438 | =item XXX-some-platform |
| 439 | |
| 440 | XXX |
| 441 | |
| 442 | =back |
| 443 | |
| 444 | =head2 Platform-Specific Notes |
| 445 | |
| 446 | XXX List any changes for specific platforms. This could include configuration |
| 447 | and compilation changes or changes in portability/compatibility. However, |
| 448 | changes within modules for platforms should generally be listed in the |
| 449 | L</Modules and Pragmata> section. |
| 450 | |
| 451 | =over 4 |
| 452 | |
| 453 | =item XXX-some-platform |
| 454 | |
| 455 | XXX |
| 456 | |
| 457 | =back |
| 458 | |
| 459 | =head1 Internal Changes |
| 460 | |
| 461 | XXX Changes which affect the interface available to C<XS> code go here. |
| 462 | Other significant internal changes for future core maintainers should |
| 463 | be noted as well. |
| 464 | |
| 465 | [ List each change as a =item entry ] |
| 466 | |
| 467 | =over 4 |
| 468 | |
| 469 | =item * |
| 470 | |
| 471 | XXX |
| 472 | |
| 473 | =back |
| 474 | |
| 475 | =head1 Selected Bug Fixes |
| 476 | |
| 477 | XXX Important bug fixes in the core language are summarised here. |
| 478 | Bug fixes in files in F<ext/> and F<lib/> are best summarised in |
| 479 | L</Modules and Pragmata>. |
| 480 | |
| 481 | [ List each fix as a =item entry ] |
| 482 | |
| 483 | =over 4 |
| 484 | |
| 485 | =item * |
| 486 | |
| 487 | In Perl 5.15.0 C<defined(${'$'})> stopped returning true if the C<$$> |
| 488 | variable had not been used yet. This has been fixed. |
| 489 | |
| 490 | =item * |
| 491 | |
| 492 | C<defined(${"..."})>, C<defined(*{"..."})>, etc., used to |
| 493 | return true for most, but not all built-in variables, if |
| 494 | they had not been used yet. Many times that new built-in |
| 495 | variables were added in past versions, this construct was |
| 496 | not taken into account, so this affected C<${^GLOBAL_PHASE}> and |
| 497 | C<${^UTF8CACHE}>, among others. It also used to return false if the |
| 498 | package name was given as well (C<${"::!"}>) and for subroutines in the |
| 499 | CORE package [perl #97978] [perl #97492] [perl #97484]. |
| 500 | |
| 501 | =item * |
| 502 | |
| 503 | Perl 5.10.0 introduced a similar bug: C<defined(*{"foo"})> where "foo" |
| 504 | represents the name of a built-in global variable used to return false if |
| 505 | the variable had never been used before, but only on the I<first> call. |
| 506 | This, too, has been fixed. |
| 507 | |
| 508 | =item * |
| 509 | |
| 510 | Various functions that take a filehandle argument in rvalue context |
| 511 | (C<close>, C<readline>, etc.) used to call C<FETCH> multiple times, if it |
| 512 | was a tied variable, and warn twice, if it was C<undef> [perl #97482]. |
| 513 | |
| 514 | =item * |
| 515 | |
| 516 | C<close> and similar filehandle functions, when called on built-in global |
| 517 | variables (like C<$+>), used to die if the variable happened to hold the |
| 518 | undefined value, instead of producing the usual "Use of uninitialized |
| 519 | value" warning. |
| 520 | |
| 521 | =item * |
| 522 | |
| 523 | When autovivified file handles were introduced in Perl 5.6.0, C<readline> |
| 524 | was inadvertently made to autovivify when called as C<readline($foo)> (but |
| 525 | not as C<< <$foo> >>). It has now been fixed never to autovivify. |
| 526 | |
| 527 | =item * |
| 528 | |
| 529 | C<defined ${ $tied_variable }> used to call C<FETCH> multiple times, but |
| 530 | now calls it just once. |
| 531 | |
| 532 | =item * |
| 533 | |
| 534 | Some cases of dereferencing a complex expression, such as |
| 535 | C<${ (), $tied } = 1>, used to call C<FETCH> multiple times, but now call |
| 536 | it once. |
| 537 | |
| 538 | =item * |
| 539 | |
| 540 | For a tied variable returning a package name, C<< $tied->method >> used to |
| 541 | call C<FETCH> multiple times (even up to six!), and sometimes would |
| 542 | fail to call the method, due to memory corruption. |
| 543 | |
| 544 | =item * |
| 545 | |
| 546 | Calling an undefined anonymous subroutine (e.g., what $x holds after |
| 547 | C<undef &{$x = sub{}}>) used to cause a "Not a CODE reference" error, which |
| 548 | has been corrected to "Undefined subroutine called" [perl #71154]. |
| 549 | |
| 550 | =item * |
| 551 | |
| 552 | Causing C<@DB::args> to be freed between uses of C<caller> no longer |
| 553 | results in a crash [perl #93320]. |
| 554 | |
| 555 | =item * |
| 556 | |
| 557 | Since 5.6.0, C<*{ ... }> has been inconsistent in how it treats undefined |
| 558 | values. It would die in strict mode or lvalue context for most undefined |
| 559 | values, but would be treated as the empty string (with a warning) for the |
| 560 | specific scalar return by C<undef()> (C<&PL_sv_undef> internally). This |
| 561 | has been corrected. C<undef()> is now treated like other undefined |
| 562 | scalars, as in Perl 5.005. |
| 563 | |
| 564 | =item * |
| 565 | |
| 566 | It used to be possible to free the typeglob of a localised array or hash |
| 567 | (e.g., C<local @{"x"}; delete $::{x}>), resulting in a crash on scope exit. |
| 568 | |
| 569 | =item * |
| 570 | |
| 571 | C<setpgrp($foo)> used to be equivalent to C<($foo, setpgrp)>, because |
| 572 | C<setpgrp> was ignoring its argument if there was just one. Now it is |
| 573 | equivalent to C<setpgrp($foo,0)>. |
| 574 | |
| 575 | =item * |
| 576 | |
| 577 | Assignments like C<*$tied = \&{"..."}> and C<*glob = $tied> now call FETCH |
| 578 | only once. |
| 579 | |
| 580 | =item * |
| 581 | |
| 582 | C<chdir>, C<chmod> and C<chown> now always call FETCH if passed a tied |
| 583 | variable as the last argument. They used to ignore tiedness if the last |
| 584 | thing return from or assigned to the variable was a typeglob or reference |
| 585 | to a typeglob. |
| 586 | |
| 587 | =back |
| 588 | |
| 589 | =head1 Known Problems |
| 590 | |
| 591 | XXX Descriptions of platform agnostic bugs we know we can't fix go here. Any |
| 592 | tests that had to be C<TODO>ed for the release would be noted here, unless |
| 593 | they were specific to a particular platform (see below). |
| 594 | |
| 595 | This is a list of some significant unfixed bugs, which are regressions |
| 596 | from either 5.XXX.XXX or 5.XXX.XXX. |
| 597 | |
| 598 | [ List each fix as a =item entry ] |
| 599 | |
| 600 | =over 4 |
| 601 | |
| 602 | =item * |
| 603 | |
| 604 | XXX |
| 605 | |
| 606 | =back |
| 607 | |
| 608 | =head1 Obituary |
| 609 | |
| 610 | XXX If any significant core contributor has died, we've added a short obituary |
| 611 | here. |
| 612 | |
| 613 | =head1 Acknowledgements |
| 614 | |
| 615 | XXX Generate this with: |
| 616 | |
| 617 | perl Porting/acknowledgements.pl v5.15.2..HEAD |
| 618 | |
| 619 | =head1 Reporting Bugs |
| 620 | |
| 621 | If you find what you think is a bug, you might check the articles |
| 622 | recently posted to the comp.lang.perl.misc newsgroup and the perl |
| 623 | bug database at http://rt.perl.org/perlbug/ . There may also be |
| 624 | information at http://www.perl.org/ , the Perl Home Page. |
| 625 | |
| 626 | If you believe you have an unreported bug, please run the L<perlbug> |
| 627 | program included with your release. Be sure to trim your bug down |
| 628 | to a tiny but sufficient test case. Your bug report, along with the |
| 629 | output of C<perl -V>, will be sent off to perlbug@perl.org to be |
| 630 | analysed by the Perl porting team. |
| 631 | |
| 632 | If the bug you are reporting has security implications, which make it |
| 633 | inappropriate to send to a publicly archived mailing list, then please send |
| 634 | it to perl5-security-report@perl.org. This points to a closed subscription |
| 635 | unarchived mailing list, which includes |
| 636 | all the core committers, who will be able |
| 637 | to help assess the impact of issues, figure out a resolution, and help |
| 638 | co-ordinate the release of patches to mitigate or fix the problem across all |
| 639 | platforms on which Perl is supported. Please only use this address for |
| 640 | security issues in the Perl core, not for modules independently |
| 641 | distributed on CPAN. |
| 642 | |
| 643 | =head1 SEE ALSO |
| 644 | |
| 645 | The F<Changes> file for an explanation of how to view exhaustive details |
| 646 | on what changed. |
| 647 | |
| 648 | The F<INSTALL> file for how to build Perl. |
| 649 | |
| 650 | The F<README> file for general stuff. |
| 651 | |
| 652 | The F<Artistic> and F<Copying> files for copyright information. |
| 653 | |
| 654 | =cut |