Create new perldelta for 5.21.12 (although it's unlikely to happen)

[perl5.git] / pod / perldelta.pod

diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod
index 674109a..ec4c0ed 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perldelta.pod
+++ b/pod/perldelta.pod
@@ -5,15 +5,15 @@
 [ 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 v5.21.9
+perldelta - what is new for perl v5.21.12
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
-This document describes differences between the 5.21.8 release and the 5.21.9
+This document describes differences between the 5.21.11 release and the 5.21.12
 release.
 
-If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.21.7, first read
-L<perl5218delta>, which describes differences between 5.21.7 and 5.21.8.
+If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.21.10, first read
+L<perl52111delta>, which describes differences between 5.21.10 and 5.21.11.
 
 =head1 Notice
 
@@ -119,51 +119,7 @@ XXX
 
 =item *
 
-L<B> has been upgraded from version 1.55 to 1.56.
-
-=item *
-
-L<bigint>, L<bignum>, L<bigrat> have been upgraded to version 0.39.
-
-Document in CAVEATS that using strings as numbers won't always invoke
-the big number overloading, and how to invoke it.  [perl #123064]
-
-=item *
-
-L<Devel::Peek> has been upgraded from version 1.21 to 1.22.
-
-=item *
-
-L<Encode> has been upgraded from version 2.67 to 2.68.
-
-Building in C++ mode on Windows now works.
-
-=item *
-
-L<Opcode> has been upgraded from version 1.31 to 1.32.
-
-=item *
-
-L<PerlIO::scalar> has been upgraded from version 0.21 to 0.22.
-
-Attempting to write at file positions impossible for the platform now
-fail early rather than wrapping at 4GB.
-
-=item *
-
-L<Win32> has been upgraded from version 0.49 to 0.51.
-
-GetOSName() now supports Windows 8.1, and building in C++ mode now works.
-
-=item *
-
-L<Win32API::File> has been upgraded from version 0.1201 to 0.1202
-
-Building in C++ mode now works.
-
-=item *
-
-L<POSIX> has been upgraded from version 1.49 to 1.50.
+L<XXX> has been upgraded from version A.xx to B.yy.
 
 =back
 
@@ -206,16 +162,6 @@ XXX Description of the change here
 
 =back
 
-=head3 L<perlfaq>
-
-=over 4
-
-=item *
-
-L<perlfaq> has been synchronized with version 5.021009 from CPAN.
-
-=back
-
 =head1 Diagnostics
 
 The following additions or changes have been made to diagnostic output,
@@ -359,10 +305,9 @@ L</Modules and Pragmata> section.
 
 =over 4
 
-=item Windows
+=item XXX-some-platform
 
-Perl can now be built in C++ mode on Windows by setting the makefile macro
-C<USE_CPLUSPLUS> to the value "define".
+XXX
 
 =back
 
@@ -393,11 +338,7 @@ files in F<ext/> and F<lib/> are best summarized in L</Modules and Pragmata>.
 
 =item *
 
-The original visible value of C<$/> is now preserved when it is set to
-an invalid value.  Previously if you set C<$/> to a reference to an
-array, for example, perl would produce a runtime error and not set
-C<PL_rs>, but perl code that checked C<$/> would see the array
-reference.  [perl #123218]
+XXX
 
 =back
 
@@ -437,7 +378,7 @@ here.
 
 XXX Generate this with:
 
-  perl Porting/acknowledgements.pl v5.21.8..HEAD
+  perl Porting/acknowledgements.pl v5.21.11..HEAD
 
 =head1 Reporting Bugs