[ 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.XXX.XXX
+perldelta - what is new for perl v5.tXXX.cXXX
=head1 DESCRIPTION
-This document describes differences between the 5.XXX.XXX release and
-the 5.XXX.XXX release.
+This document describes differences between the 5.sXXX.bXXX release and
+the 5.tXXX.cXXX release.
-If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.YYY.YYY, first read
-L<perl5YYYdelta>, which describes differences between 5.ZZZ.ZZZ and
-5.YYY.YYY.
+If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.rXXX.aXXX, first read
+L<perl5XXXdelta>, which describes differences between 5.rXXX.aXXX and
+5.sXXX.bXXX.
=head1 Notice
XXX For a release on a stable branch, this section aspires to be:
- There are no changes intentionally incompatible with 5.XXX.XXX. If any
- exist, they are bugs and reports are welcome.
+ There are no changes intentionally incompatible with 5.XXX.XXX
+ If any exist, they are bugs, and we request that you submit a
+ report. See L</Reporting Bugs> below.
[ List each incompatible change as a =head2 entry ]
=item *
-XXX
+L<XXX> has been upgraded from version 0.69 to version 0.70.
=back
XXX New or changed warnings emitted by the core's C<C> code go here. Also
include any changes in L<perldiag> that reconcile it to the C<C> code.
-[ Within each section, list entries as a =item entry ]
+[ Within each section, list entries as a =item entry that links to perldiag,
+ e.g.
+
+ =item *
+
+ L<Invalid version object|perldiag/"Invalid version object">
+]
=head2 New Diagnostics
XXX Newly added diagnostic messages go here
+=head3 New Errors
+
=over 4
=item *
-XXX
+XXX L<message|perldiag/"message">
+
+=back
+
+=head3 New Warnings
+
+=over 4
+
+=item *
+
+XXX L<message|perldiag/"message">
=back
=item *
-XXX
+XXX Describe change here
=back
Other significant internal changes for future core maintainers should
be noted as well.
-[ List each test improvement as a =item entry ]
+[ List each change as a =item entry ]
=over 4
=head1 Known Problems
XXX Descriptions of platform agnostic bugs we know we can't fix go here. Any
-tests that had to be C<TODO>ed for the release would be noted here, unless
-they were specific to a particular platform (see below).
-
-This is a list of some significant unfixed bugs, which are regressions
-from either 5.XXX.XXX or 5.XXX.XXX.
+tests that had to be C<TODO>ed for the release would be noted here. Unfixed
+platform specific bugs also go here.
[ List each fix as a =item entry ]
=head1 Acknowledgements
-XXX The list of people to thank goes here.
+XXX Generate this with:
+
+ perl Porting/acknowledgements.pl v5.17.3..HEAD
=head1 Reporting Bugs
bug database at http://rt.perl.org/perlbug/ . There may also be
information at http://www.perl.org/ , the Perl Home Page.
-If you believe you have an unreported bug, please run the
B<perlbug>
+If you believe you have an unreported bug, please run the
L<perlbug>
program included with your release. Be sure to trim your bug down
to a tiny but sufficient test case. Your bug report, along with the
output of C<perl -V>, will be sent off to perlbug@perl.org to be
If the bug you are reporting has security implications, which make it
inappropriate to send to a publicly archived mailing list, then please send
it to perl5-security-report@perl.org. This points to a closed subscription
-unarchived mailing list, which includes all the core committers, who be able
+unarchived mailing list, which includes
+all the core committers, who will be able
to help assess the impact of issues, figure out a resolution, and help
co-ordinate the release of patches to mitigate or fix the problem across all
platforms on which Perl is supported. Please only use this address for
https://perl5.git.perl.org / perl5.git / blobdiff