5 perldelta - what is new for perl v5.25.11
9 This document describes differences between the 5.25.10 release and the 5.25.11
12 If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.25.9, first read
13 L<perl52510delta>, which describes differences between 5.25.9 and 5.25.10.
17 This release includes two important updates:
21 =item * Turning on the removal of C<.> in C<@INC>
23 =item * Providing a warning when C<do> is used on a file in C<.>
29 =head2 Remove current dir (C<.>) from C<@INC>
31 For security reasons, C<@INC> no longer contains the default directory
34 =head1 Modules and Pragmata
36 =head2 Updated Modules and Pragmata
42 L<Compress::Raw::Bzip2> has been upgraded from version 2.070 to 2.074.
46 L<Compress::Raw::Zlib> has been upgraded from version 2.070 to 2.074.
50 L<Config::Perl::V> has been upgraded from version 0.27 to 0.28.
54 L<ExtUtils::ParseXS> has been upgraded from version 3.33 to 3.34.
58 L<ExtUtils::Typemaps> has been upgraded from version 3.33 to 3.34.
62 L<File::Spec> has been upgraded from version 3.66 to 3.67.
66 L<Module::CoreList> has been upgraded from version 5.20170220 to 5.20170320.
70 L<Pod::Perldoc> has been upgraded from version 3.27 to 3.28.
74 L<Test::Harness> has been upgraded from version 3.36_01 to 3.38.
78 L<threads> has been upgraded from version 2.13 to 2.15.
82 L<threads::shared> has been upgraded from version 1.54 to 1.55.
86 L<VMS::Stdio> has been upgraded from version 2.42 to 2.41.
92 =head2 New Diagnostics
100 Since C<.> is removed from C<@INC>, C<do> will now trigger a warning
101 recommending on fixing the C<do> statement.
103 L<do "%s" failed, '.' is no longer in @INC|perldiag/"do "%s" failed, '.' is no longer in @INC">
107 =head1 Configuration and Compilation
113 C<DEFAULT_INC_EXCLUDES_DOT> has been turned on as default.
117 =head1 Selected Bug Fixes
123 C< $-{$name} > would leak an C<AV> on each access if the regular
124 expression had no named captures. The same applies to access to any
125 hash tied with L<Tie::Hash::NamedCapture> and C<< all =E<gt> 1 >>. [perl
132 It is with great sadness we note that Kip Hampton passed away. Probably
133 best known as the author of the Perl & XML column on XML.com, he was a
134 core contributor to AxKit, ab XML server platform that became an Apache
135 Foundation project. He was a frequent speaker in the early days at
136 OSCON, and most recently at YAPC::NA in Madison. He was frequently on
137 irc.perl.org as `ubu`, generally in the #axkit-dahut community, the
138 group responsible for YAPC::NA Asheville in 2011.
140 Kip and his constant contributions to the community will be greatly missed.
142 =head1 Acknowledgements
145 Perl 5.25.11 represents approximately 4 weeks of development since Perl 5.25.10
146 and contains approximately 4,900 lines of changes across 240 files from 21
149 Excluding auto-generated files, documentation and release tools, there were
150 approximately 2,200 lines of changes to 170 .pm, .t, .c and .h files.
152 Perl continues to flourish into its third decade thanks to a vibrant community
153 of users and developers. The following people are known to have contributed the
154 improvements that became Perl 5.25.11:
156 Aaron Crane, Andy Lester, Chris 'BinGOs' Williams, Craig A. Berry, Dave Cross,
157 David Golden, David Mitchell, Dominic Hargreaves, H.Merijn Brand, Hugo van der
158 Sanden, James E Keenan, Jarkko Hietaniemi, Jerry D. Hedden, Karl Williamson,
159 Leon Timmermans, Matthew Horsfall, Renee Baecker, Sawyer X, Shlomi Fish, Steve
162 The list above is almost certainly incomplete as it is automatically generated
163 from version control history. In particular, it does not include the names of
164 the (very much appreciated) contributors who reported issues to the Perl bug
167 Many of the changes included in this version originated in the CPAN modules
168 included in Perl's core. We're grateful to the entire CPAN community for
169 helping Perl to flourish.
171 For a more complete list of all of Perl's historical contributors, please see
172 the F<AUTHORS> file in the Perl source distribution.
174 =head1 Reporting Bugs
176 If you find what you think is a bug, you might check the perl bug database
177 at L<https://rt.perl.org/> . There may also be information at
178 L<http://www.perl.org/> , the Perl Home Page.
180 If you believe you have an unreported bug, please run the L<perlbug> program
181 included with your release. Be sure to trim your bug down to a tiny but
182 sufficient test case. Your bug report, along with the output of C<perl -V>,
183 will be sent off to perlbug@perl.org to be analysed by the Perl porting team.
185 If the bug you are reporting has security implications which make it
186 inappropriate to send to a publicly archived mailing list, then see
187 L<perlsec/SECURITY VULNERABILITY CONTACT INFORMATION>
188 for details of how to report the issue.
192 The F<Changes> file for an explanation of how to view exhaustive details on
195 The F<INSTALL> file for how to build Perl.
197 The F<README> file for general stuff.
199 The F<Artistic> and F<Copying> files for copyright information.