[ this is a template for a new perldelta file. Any text flagged as
XXX needs to be processed before release. ]
-perldelta - what is new for perl v5.15.3
+perldelta - what is new for perl v5.15.4
=head1 DESCRIPTION
-This document describes differences between the 5.15.2 release and
-the 5.15.3 release.
+This document describes differences between the 5.15.3 release and
+the 5.15.4 release.
-If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.15.1, first read
-L<perl5152delta>, which describes differences between 5.15.1 and
-5.15.2.
+If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.15.3, first read
+L<perl5153delta>, which describes differences between 5.15.3 and
+5.15.4.
=head1 Notice
=head1 Core Enhancements
-XXX New core language features go here. Summarise user-visible core language
-enhancements. Particularly prominent performance optimisations could go
-here, but most should go in the L</Performance Enhancements> section.
+=head2 $^X converted to an absolute path on FreeBSD, OS X and Solaris
-[ List each enhancement as a =head2 entry ]
+C<$^X> is now converted to an absolute path on OS X, FreeBSD (without
+needing F</proc> mounted) and Solaris 10 and 11. This augments the
+previous approach of using F</proc> on Linux, FreeBSD and NetBSD
+(in all cases, where mounted).
+
+This makes relocatable perl installations more useful on these platforms.
+(See "Relocatable @INC" in F<INSTALL>)
=head1 Security
=head1 Incompatible Changes
-=head2 User-defined case changing operations.
-
-This feature was deprecated in Perl 5.14, and has now been removed.
-The CPAN module L<Unicode::Casing> provides better functionality without
-the drawbacks that this feature had, as are detailed in the 5.14
-documentation:
-L<http://perldoc.perl.org/5.14.0/perlunicode.html#User-Defined-Case-Mappings-%28for-serious-hackers-only%29>
+XXX For a release on a stable branch, this section aspires to be:
-=head2 XSUBs are now 'static'
+ There are no changes intentionally incompatible with 5.XXX.XXX
+ If any exist, they are bugs and reports are welcome.
-XSUB C functions are now 'static', that is, they are not visible from
-outside the compilation unit. For the exceedingly rare case where
-this is not desired, a new public macro C<XS_EXTERNAL(name)> can be
-used in place of C<XS(name)>. C<ExtUtils::ParseXS> (C<xsubpp>)
-can be made to declare XSUBs with C<XS_EXTERNAL> using the
-C<EXPORT_XSUB_SYMBOLS> keyword, see L<perlxs> for details.
+[ List each incompatible change as a =head2 entry ]
=head1 Deprecations
=item *
-L<Archive::Extract> has been upgraded from version 0.52 to version 0.54
-
-Resolved an issue where C<unzip> executable was present in C<PATH> on MSWin32
+L<perlfaq> has been upgraded from version 5.0150034 to version 5.0150035.
=item *
-L<Math::BigRat> has been upgraded from version 0.2602 to 0.2603.
-
-C<int()> on a Math::BigRat object containing -1/2 now creates a
-Math::BigInt containing 0, rather than -0. L<Math::BigInt> does not even
-support negative zero, so the resulting object was actually malformed
-[perl #95530].
-
-=item *
-
-L<Pod::Simple> has been upgraded from version 3.18 to 3.19.
+L<ExtUtils::MakeMaker> has been upgraded from version 6.59 to version 6.61_01.
=back
=item *
-XXX
+F<t/porting/checkcfgvar.t> now tests that all config.sh-style files are
+complete. These are used by the various non-*nix to generate their
+F<config.h>, and an incomplete input file will generate invalid output.
=back
=item *
-F<t/porting/globvar.t> has been added, to run a sanity check on F<globar.sym>.
-F<globar.sym> is not needed on most *nix platforms, but is for Win32, hence
-previously was it was possible to inadvertently commit changes that worked
-perfectly locally, but broke the build on Win32.
+XXX
=back
XXX Generate this with:
- perl Porting/acknowledgements.pl v5.15.2..HEAD
+ perl Porting/acknowledgements.pl v5.15.3..HEAD
=head1 Reporting Bugs
https://perl5.git.perl.org / perl5.git / blobdiff