=head1 Modules and Pragmata
-XXX All changes to installed files in F<cpan/>, F<dist/>, F<ext/> and F<lib/>
-go here. If Module::CoreList is updated, generate an initial draft of the
-following sections using F<Porting/corelist-perldelta.pl>, which prints stub
-entries to STDOUT. Results can be pasted in place of the '=head2' entries
-below. A paragraph summary for important changes should then be added by hand.
-In an ideal world, dual-life modules would have a F<Changes> file that could be
-cribbed.
-
-[ Within each section, list entries as a =item entry ]
-
=head2 New Modules and Pragmata
=over 4
=item *
+L<Archive::Extract> has been upgraded from version 0.62 to 0.68.
+
+NOTE: L<Archive::Extract> is deprecated and may be removed from a future version of Perl.
+
+=item *
+
+L<Attribute::Handlers> has been upgraded from version 0.93 to 0.94.
+
+=item *
+
+L<B::Lint> has been upgraded from version 1.14 to 1.17.
+
+NOTE: L<B::Lint> is deprecated and may be removed from a future version of Perl.
+
+=item *
+
L<Benchmark> has been upgraded from version 1.13 to 1.14.
The "too few iterations" message is now a warning on STDERR
=item *
+L<bignum> has been upgraded from version 0.31 to 0.32.
+
+=item *
+
+L<CPAN> has been upgraded from version 1.99_51 to 2.00.
+
+=item *
+
+L<CPANPLUS> has been upgraded from version 0.9133 to 0.9135.
+
+NOTE: L<CPANPLUS> is deprecated and may be removed from a future version of Perl.
+
+=item *
+
+L<CPANPLUS::Dist::Build> has been upgraded from version 0.68 to 0.70.
+
+NOTE: L<CPANPLUS::Dist::Build> is deprecated and may be removed from a future version of Perl.
+
+=item *
+
L<Data::Dumper> has been upgraded from version 2.141 to 2.142.
Additional tests were added in order to improve statement, branch, condition
=item *
+L<DBM_Filter> has been upgraded from version 0.04 to 0.05.
+
+=item *
+
+L<Digest::SHA> has been upgraded from version 5.81 to 5.82.
+
+=item *
+
+L<Encode> has been upgraded from version 2.47 to 2.48.
+
+=item *
+
+L<ExtUtils::Manifest> has been upgraded from version 1.62 to 1.63.
+
+=item *
+
+L<File::CheckTree> has been upgraded from version 4.41 to 4.42.
+
+=item *
+
+L<File::DosGlob> has been upgraded from version 1.09 to 1.10.
+
+=item *
+
L<File::Temp> has been upgraded from version 0.22 to 0.22_90
Fixes various bugs involving directory removal. Defers unlinking tempfiles if
=item *
+L<Filter::Simple> has been upgraded from version 0.88 to 0.89.
+
+=item *
+
+L<IO> has been upgraded from version 1.26 to 1.27.
+
+=item *
+
+L<Log::Message> has been upgraded from version 0.04 to 0.06.
+
+NOTE: L<Log::Message> is deprecated and may be removed from a future version of Perl.
+
+=item *
+
+L<Log::Message::Simple> has been upgraded from version 0.08 to 0.10.
+
+NOTE: L<Log::Message::Simple> is deprecated and may be removed from a future version of Perl.
+
+=item *
+
+L<Math::BigInt> has been upgraded from version 1.998 to 1.999.
+
+=item *
+
+L<Module::CoreList> has been upgraded from version 2.80 to 2.82.
+
+=item *
+
+L<Module::Load> has been upgraded from version 0.22 to 0.24.
+
+=item *
+
+L<Module::Pluggable> has been upgraded from version 4.5 to 4.6.
+
+NOTE: L<Module::Pluggable> is deprecated and may be removed from a future version of Perl.
+
+=item *
+
+L<Object::Accessor> has been upgraded from version 0.44 to 0.46.
+
+NOTE: L<Object::Accessor> is deprecated and may be removed from a future version of Perl.
+
+=item *
+
+L<overload> has been upgraded from version 1.20 to 1.21.
+
+=item *
+
L<PerlIO::scalar> has been upgraded from version 0.15 to 0.16.
The buffer scalar supplied may now only contain code pounts 0xFF or
lower. [perl #109828]
+=item *
+
+L<Pod::Checker> has been upgraded from version 1.51 to 1.60.
+
+=item *
+
+L<Pod::Html> has been upgraded from version 1.17 to 1.18.
+
+=item *
+
+L<Pod::Parser> has been upgraded from version 1.51 to 1.60.
+
+=item *
+
+L<Pod::Perldoc> has been upgraded from version 3.17 to 3.19.
+
+=item *
+
+L<Pod::Usage> has been upgraded from version 1.51 to 1.61.
+
+=item *
+
+L<SelfLoader> has been upgraded from version 1.20 to 1.21.
+
+=item *
+
+L<Term::UI> has been upgraded from version 0.32 to 0.34.
+
+NOTE: L<Term::UI> is deprecated and may be removed from a future version of Perl.
+
+=item *
+
+L<Test::Harness> has been upgraded from version 3.25_01 to 3.26.
+
+=item *
+
+L<Text::Soundex> has been upgraded from version 3.03_01 to 3.04.
+
+=item *
+
+L<Thread::Queue> has been upgraded from version 3.01 to 3.02.
+
+=item *
+
+L<Unicode::UCD> has been upgraded from version 0.47 to 0.50.
+
+=item *
+
+L<warnings> has been upgraded from version 1.16 to 1.17.
+
+=item *
+
+L<Win32> has been upgraded from version 0.45 to 0.46.
+
+=item *
+
+L<Win32API::File> has been upgraded from version 0.1200 to 0.1201.
+
=back
=head1 Documentation
of users and developers. The following people are known to have contributed the
improvements that became Perl 5.17.9:
-!, Aaron Crane, Alan Haggai Alavi, Alexandr Ciornii, Andy Dougherty, Brad
+Aaron Crane, Alan Haggai Alavi, Alexandr Ciornii, Andy Dougherty, Brad
Gilbert, Chris 'BinGOs' Williams, Christian Hansen, Craig A. Berry, Dagfinn
Ilmari Mannsåker, Daniel Dragan, Dave Rolsky, David Golden, David Mitchell,
Father Chrysostomos, H.Merijn Brand, James E Keenan, Jan Dubois, Jerry D.