Regen known_pod_issues.dat

[perl5.git] / pod / perldelta.pod

diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod
index b20eaf4..b0e3d24 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perldelta.pod
+++ 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 v5.15.7
+perldelta - what is new for perl v5.15.8
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
-This document describes differences between the 5.15.6 release and
-the 5.15.7 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 5.15.5, first read
-L<perl5156delta>, which describes differences between 5.15.5 and
-5.15.6.
+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
 
@@ -28,11 +28,23 @@ here, but most should go in the L</Performance Enhancements> section.
 
 [ List each enhancement as a =head2 entry ]
 
-=head2 C<use charnames> no longer needed for C<\N{I<name>}>
+=head2 Improved ability to mix locales and Unicode, including UTF-8 locales
 
-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>.
+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>.
+
+>>>>>>> Add :not_characters parameter to 'use locale'
 
 =head1 Security
 
@@ -103,15 +115,7 @@ XXX
 
 =item *
 
-L<CPANPLUS> has been upgraded from version 0.9113 to version 0.9115.
-
-=item *
-
-L<Term::UI> has been upgraded from version 0.26 to version 0.30.
-
-=item *
-
-L<Tie::File> has been upgraded from version 0.96 to version 0.98.
+L<Pod::Parser> has been upgraded from version 1.37 to version 1.50.
 
 =back
 
@@ -257,11 +261,7 @@ that they represent may be covered elsewhere.
 
 =item *
 
-F<t/porting/utils.t> now tests that various utility scripts compile cleanly.
-During development, this avoids the embarrassment of inadvertently pushing a
-commit which breaks code which isn't otherwise tested by the regression test
-suite. For example, F<installperl> and F<installman>, needed by
-C<make install>, are tested here.
+XXX
 
 =back
 
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ here.
 
 XXX Generate this with:
 
-  perl Porting/acknowledgements.pl v5.15.6..HEAD
+  perl Porting/acknowledgements.pl v5.15.7..HEAD
 
 =head1 Reporting Bugs