Integrate:

[ 20124]
Time travel noticed by Enache.

[ 20127]
Be vague enough.
p4raw-link: @20127 on //depot/perl: f61b605bd1c8a7ceeaceb06f66d2a4ccbaa7feaf
p4raw-link: @20124 on //depot/perl: d1fb9eca98e578e9c42948537d809edc995cb125

p4raw-id: //depot/maint-5.8/perl@20128
p4raw-integrated: from //depot/perl@20126 'copy in' pod/perldata.pod
	(@20104..) pod/perlhist.pod (@20120..) 'ignore' embedvar.h
	(@20114..)

diff --git a/pod/perldata.pod b/pod/perldata.pod
index a2c54a8..5ff97d4 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perldata.pod
+++ b/pod/perldata.pod
@@ -342,8 +342,9 @@ an expression.
 =head3 Version Strings
 
 B<Note:> Version Strings (v-strings) have been deprecated.  They will
-not be available after Perl 5.8.  The marginal benefits of v-strings
-were greatly outweighed by the potential for Surprise and Confusion.
+be removed in some future release after Perl 5.8.1.  The marginal
+benefits of v-strings were greatly outweighed by the potential for
+Surprise and Confusion.
 
 A literal of the form C<v1.20.300.4000> is parsed as a string composed
 of characters with the specified ordinals.  This form, known as

diff --git a/pod/perlhist.pod b/pod/perlhist.pod
index 4c09bb4..71e4930 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlhist.pod
+++ b/pod/perlhist.pod
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ the strings?).
           5.8.0-RC3     2002-Jul-13
           5.8.0         2002-Jul-18
           5.8.1-RC1     2003-Jul-10
-          5.8.1-RC2     2002-Jul-11
+          5.8.1-RC2     2003-Jul-11
 
 =head2 SELECTED RELEASE SIZES