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diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod
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+++ b/pod/perldelta.pod
@@ -5,16 +5,16 @@
 [ 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 v5.15.6
+perldelta - what is new for perl v5.15.8
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
-This document describes differences between the 5.15.5 release and
-the 5.15.6 release.
+This document describes differences between the 5.15.7 release and
+the 5.15.8 release.
 
-If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.15.4, first read
-L<perl5155delta>, which describes differences between 5.15.4 and
-5.15.5.
+If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.15.6, first read
+L<perl5157delta>, which describes differences between 5.15.6 and
+5.15.7.
 
 =head1 Notice
 
@@ -28,6 +28,22 @@ here, but most should go in the L</Performance Enhancements> section.
 
 [ List each enhancement as a =head2 entry ]
 
+=head2 Improved ability to mix locales and Unicode, including UTF-8 locales
+
+An optional parameter has been added to C<use locale>
+
+ use locale ':not_characters';
+
+which tells Perl to use all but the C<LC_CTYPE> and C<LC_COLLATE>
+portions of the current locale.  Instead, the character set is assumed
+to be Unicode.  This allows locales and Unicode to be seamlessly mixed,
+including the increasingly frequent UTF-8 locales.  When using this
+hybrid form of locales, the C<:locale> layer to the L<open> pragma can
+be used to interface with the file system, and there are CPAN modules
+available for ARGV and environment variable conversions.
+
+Full details are in L<perllocale>.
+
 =head1 Security
 
 XXX Any security-related notices go here.  In particular, any security
@@ -41,7 +57,8 @@ L</Selected Bug Fixes> section.
 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.
+    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 ]
 
@@ -96,47 +113,7 @@ XXX
 
 =item *
 
-L<Archive::Tar> has been upgraded from version 1.80 to version 1.82.
-
-Adjustments to handle files >8gb (>0777777777777 octal) and a feature to
-return the MD5SUM of files in the archive.
-
-=item *
-
-L<AutoLoader> has been upgraded from version 5.71 to version 5.72.
-
-=item *
-
-L<B::Debug> has been upgraded from version 1.16 to version 1.17.
-
-=item *
-
-L<Compress::Raw::Zlib> has been upgraded from version 2.042 to version 2.043.
-
-=item *
-
-L<Compress::Raw::Bzip2> has been upgraded from version 2.042 to version 2.043.
-
-=item *
-
-L<IO::Compress::Base> has been upgraded from version 2.042 to version 2.043.
-
-=item *
-
-L<Pod::LaTeX> has been upgraded from version 0.59 to version 0.60.
-
-Added another LaTeX escape: --- => -{}-{}-
-
-Pod::LaTeX doesn't handle -- in PODs specially, passing it directly to
-LaTeX, which then proceeds to replace it with a single -. This patch
-replaces ----- with -{}-{}-{}-{}-
-
-=item *
-
-L<Unicode::Collate> has been upgraded from version 0.85 to version 0.86.
-
-Tailored compatibility ideographs as well as unified ideographs for
-the locales: ja, ko, zh__big5han, zh__gb2312han, zh__pinyin, zh__stroke.
+L<Pod::Parser> has been upgraded from version 1.37 to version 1.50.
 
 =back
 
@@ -395,7 +372,7 @@ here.
 
 XXX Generate this with:
 
-  perl Porting/acknowledgements.pl v5.15.5..HEAD
+  perl Porting/acknowledgements.pl v5.15.7..HEAD
 
 =head1 Reporting Bugs