[ 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 v5.15.7
=head1 DESCRIPTION
-This document describes differences between the 5.15.5 release and
-the 5.15.6 release.
+This document describes differences between the 5.15.6 release and
+the 5.15.7 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 5.15.5, first read
+L<perl5156delta>, which describes differences between 5.15.5 and
+5.15.6.
=head1 Notice
[ List each enhancement as a =head2 entry ]
+=head2 C<use charnames> no longer needed for C<\N{I<name>}>
+
+The C<charnames> module is now automatically loaded when needed as if
+the C<:full> and C<:short> options had been specified. See
+L<charnames>.
+
=head1 Security
XXX Any security-related notices go here. In particular, any security
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 ]
=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 2.045.
-
-=item *
-
-L<Compress::Raw::Bzip2> has been upgraded from version 2.042 to version 2.045.
-
-=item *
-
-L<ExtUtils::ParseXS> has been upgraded from version 3.05 to version 3.07.
-
-=item *
-
-L<IO::Compress::Base> has been upgraded from version 2.042 to version 2.045.
-
-Added zipdetails utility.
-
-=item *
-
-L<Locale::Codes> has been upgraded from version 3.18 to version 3.20.
-
-The code2XXX, XXX2code, all_XXX_codes, and all_XXX_names functions now support retired codes.
-All codesets may be specified by a constant or by their name now. Previously,
-they were specified only by a constant.
-The alias_code function exists for backward compatibility. It has been replaced by rename_country_code.
-The alias_code function will be removed sometime after September, 2013.
-All work is now done in the central module (Locale::Codes). Previously, some was still done in the
-wrapper modules (Locale::Codes::*) but that is gone now.
-Added Language Family codes (langfam) as defined in ISO 639-5.
-
-=item *
-
-L<Module::Loaded> has been uprgaded from version 0.06 to version 0.08.
-
-=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 0.87.
-
-Tailored compatibility ideographs as well as unified ideographs for
-the locales: ja, ko, zh__big5han, zh__gb2312han, zh__pinyin, zh__stroke.
-
-Now Locale/*.pl files are searched in @INC.
+L<XXX> has been upgraded from version 0.69 to version 0.70.
=back
entries for each change
Use L<XXX> with program names to get proper documentation linking. ]
-=head3 L<zipdetails>
+=head3 L<XXX>
=over 4
=item *
-L<zipdetails> displays information about the internal record structure of the zip file.
-It is not concerned with displaying any details of the compressed data stored in the zip file.
+XXX
=back
=item *
-F<pod/roffitall> is now build by F<pod/buildtoc>, instead of being shipped
-with the distribution. Its list of manpages is now generated (and therefore
-current). See also RT #103202 for an unresolved related issue.
+XXX
=back
XXX Generate this with:
- perl Porting/acknowledgements.pl v5.15.5..HEAD
+ perl Porting/acknowledgements.pl v5.15.6..HEAD
=head1 Reporting Bugs
https://perl5.git.perl.org / perl5.git / blobdiff