5 perl5190delta - what is new for perl v5.19.0
9 This document describes differences between the 5.18.0 release and the 5.19.0
12 If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.17.0, first read
13 L<perl5180delta>, which describes differences between 5.17.0 and 5.18.0.
17 In v5.18.0, quite a few modules were marked for removal. They have now been
18 removed. See L<Removed Modules and Pragmata>, below.
20 =head1 Modules and Pragmata
22 =head2 Updated Modules and Pragmata
28 L<Getopt::Std> has been upgraded from version 1.07 to 1.08.
32 L<Module::CoreList> has been upgraded from version 2.90 to 2.91.
36 L<Storable> has been upgraded from version 2.41 to 2.42.
40 L<feature> has been upgraded from version 1.32 to 1.33.
44 L<utf8> has been upgraded from version 1.10 to 1.11.
48 =head2 Removed Modules and Pragmata
50 The distributions below have been removed from the core, but are still
51 available on the CPAN. In many cases, the named distribution includes
52 multiple modules, which are not listed individually. For a
53 comprehensive list of removals, consult:
55 $ corelist --dif 5.18.0 5.19.0 | grep absent
69 =item Module-Pluggable
81 =head1 Acknowledgements
83 Perl 5.19.0 represents approximately 0.2857142857 weeks of development
84 since Perl 5.18.0 and contains approximately 52,000 lines of changes
85 across 310 files from 6 authors.
87 Perl continues to flourish into its third decade thanks to a vibrant
88 community of users and developers. The following people are known to
89 have contributed the improvements that became Perl 5.19.0:
91 Brian Fraser, Chris 'BinGOs' Williams, Karl Williamson, Nicholas Clark,
92 Reuben Thomas, Ricardo Signes.
94 The list above is almost certainly incomplete as it is automatically
95 generated from version control history. In particular, it does not
96 include the names of the (very much appreciated) contributors who
97 reported issues to the Perl bug tracker.
99 Many of the changes included in this version are the removal of modules
100 no longer shipped with Perl's core. We thank those modules for their
101 service and wish them luck in their future endeavors.
103 For a more complete list of all of Perl's historical contributors,
104 please see the F<AUTHORS> file in the Perl source distribution.
106 =head1 Reporting Bugs
108 If you find what you think is a bug, you might check the articles recently
109 posted to the comp.lang.perl.misc newsgroup and the perl bug database at
110 http://rt.perl.org/perlbug/ . There may also be information at
111 http://www.perl.org/ , the Perl Home Page.
113 If you believe you have an unreported bug, please run the L<perlbug> program
114 included with your release. Be sure to trim your bug down to a tiny but
115 sufficient test case. Your bug report, along with the output of C<perl -V>,
116 will be sent off to perlbug@perl.org to be analysed by the Perl porting team.
118 If the bug you are reporting has security implications, which make it
119 inappropriate to send to a publicly archived mailing list, then please send it
120 to perl5-security-report@perl.org. This points to a closed subscription
121 unarchived mailing list, which includes all the core committers, who will be
122 able to help assess the impact of issues, figure out a resolution, and help
123 co-ordinate the release of patches to mitigate or fix the problem across all
124 platforms on which Perl is supported. Please only use this address for
125 security issues in the Perl core, not for modules independently distributed on
130 The F<Changes> file for an explanation of how to view exhaustive details on
133 The F<INSTALL> file for how to build Perl.
135 The F<README> file for general stuff.
137 The F<Artistic> and F<Copying> files for copyright information.