=item * Acknowledgement
All contributors are credited (by name and email address) in the
-AUTHORS file, which is part of the perl distribution.
+AUTHORS file, which is part of the perl distribution, as well as the
+Git commit history.
If you don’t want to be included in the AUTHORS file, just let us
know. Otherwise we will take your submission of a patch as permission
all the relevant system and configuration information.
To browse existing Perl bugs and patches, you can use the web interface
-at L<http://rt.perl.org/>.
+at L<https://rt.perl.org/>.
Please check the archive of the perl5-porters list (see below) and/or
the bug tracking system before submitting a bug report. Often, you'll
"porters".
A searchable archive of the list is available at
-L<http://markmail.org/search/?q=perl5-porters>. There is also an archive at
-L<http://archive.develooper.com/perl5-porters@perl.org/>.
+L<https://markmail.org/search/?q=perl5-porters>. There is also an archive at
+L<https://archive.develooper.com/perl5-porters@perl.org/>.
=head2 perl-changes mailing list
The perl5-changes mailing list receives a copy of each patch that gets
submitted to the maintenance and development branches of the perl
-repository. See L<http://lists.perl.org/list/perl5-changes.html> for
+repository. See L<https://lists.perl.org/list/perl5-changes.html> for
subscription and archive information.
=head2 #p5p on IRC
If you cannot use the git protocol for firewall reasons, you can also
clone via http, though this is much slower:
- % git clone http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git perl
+ % git clone https://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git perl
=head2 Read access via the web
You may access the repository over the web. This allows you to browse
the tree, see recent commits, subscribe to RSS feeds for the changes,
search for particular commits and more. You may access it at
-L<http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git>. A mirror of the repository is
+L<https://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git>. A mirror of the repository is
found at L<https://github.com/Perl/perl5>.
=head2 Read access via rsync
features as possible.
If you write your own test, use the L<Test Anything
-Protocol|http://testanything.org>.
+Protocol|https://testanything.org>.
=over 4
Gisle Aas's "illustrated perlguts", also known as I<illguts>, has very
helpful pictures:
-L<http://search.cpan.org/dist/illguts/>
+L<https://search.cpan.org/dist/illguts/>
=item * L<perlxstut> and L<perlxs>
=head1 CPAN TESTERS AND PERL SMOKERS
-The CPAN testers ( L<http://testers.cpan.org/> ) are a group of volunteers
+The CPAN testers ( L<http://cpantesters.org/> ) are a group of volunteers
who test CPAN modules on a variety of platforms.
-Perl Smokers ( L<http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.daily-build/> and
-L<http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.daily-build.reports/> )
+Perl Smokers ( L<https://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.daily-build/> and
+L<https://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.daily-build.reports/> )
automatically test Perl source releases on platforms with various
configurations.
Both efforts welcome volunteers. In order to get involved in smoke
testing of the perl itself visit
-L<http://search.cpan.org/dist/Test-Smoke/>. In order to start smoke
+L<https://search.cpan.org/dist/Test-Smoke/>. In order to start smoke
testing CPAN modules visit
-L<http://search.cpan.org/dist/CPANPLUS-YACSmoke/> or
-L<http://search.cpan.org/dist/minismokebox/> or
-L<http://search.cpan.org/dist/CPAN-Reporter/>.
+L<https://search.cpan.org/dist/CPANPLUS-YACSmoke/> or
+L<https://search.cpan.org/dist/minismokebox/> or
+L<https://search.cpan.org/dist/CPAN-Reporter/>.
=head1 WHAT NEXT?