-If you want to report a bug in Perl, you must use the F<perlbug> command
-line tool. This tool will ensure that your bug report includes all the
-relevant system and configuration information.
+If you want to report a bug in Perl, you must use the F<perlbug>
+command line tool. This tool will ensure that your bug report includes
+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/>.
To browse existing Perl bugs and patches, you can use the web interface
at L<http://rt.perl.org/>.
The perl5-porters (p5p) mailing list is where the Perl standard
distribution is maintained and developed. The people who maintain Perl
The perl5-porters (p5p) mailing list is where the Perl standard
distribution is maintained and developed. The people who maintain Perl
A searchable archive of the list is available at
L<http://www.xray.mpe.mpg.de/mailing-lists/perl5-porters/>. There is
A searchable archive of the list is available at
L<http://www.xray.mpe.mpg.de/mailing-lists/perl5-porters/>. There is
information on reporting bugs and submitting patches.
In most cases, patches to modules in F<cpan/> should be sent upstream
information on reporting bugs and submitting patches.
In most cases, patches to modules in F<cpan/> should be sent upstream
-and should not be applied to the Perl core individually. If a patch
-to a file in F<cpan/> absolutely cannot wait for the fix to be made
+and should not be applied to the Perl core individually. If a patch to
+a file in F<cpan/> absolutely cannot wait for the fix to be made
upstream, released to CPAN and copied to blead, you must add (or
update) a C<CUSTOMIZED> entry in the F<"Porting/Maintainers.pl"> file
to flag that a local modification has been made. See
upstream, released to CPAN and copied to blead, you must add (or
update) a C<CUSTOMIZED> entry in the F<"Porting/Maintainers.pl"> file
to flag that a local modification has been made. See
-Run all the usual tests and some extra tests. As of Perl 5.8.0, the only
-extra tests are Abigail's JAPHs, F<t/japh/abigail.t>.
+Run all the usual tests and some extra tests. As of Perl 5.8.0, the
+only extra tests are Abigail's JAPHs, F<t/japh/abigail.t>.
non-conflicting test scripts itself, and there is no standard interface
to C<make> utilities to interact with their job schedulers.
non-conflicting test scripts itself, and there is no standard interface
to C<make> utilities to interact with their job schedulers.
-Note that currently some test scripts may fail when run in parallel (most
-notably F<ext/IO/t/io_dir.t>). If necessary, run just the failing scripts
-again sequentially and see if the failures go away.
+Note that currently some test scripts may fail when run in parallel
+(most notably F<ext/IO/t/io_dir.t>). If necessary, run just the failing
+scripts again sequentially and see if the failures go away.
-You can run part of the test suite by hand by using one of the following
-commands from the F<t/> directory:
+You can run part of the test suite by hand by using one of the
+following commands from the F<t/> directory:
-If you use C<harness> for testing, you have several command line options
-available to you. The arguments are as follows, and are in the order
-that they must appear if used together.
+If you use C<harness> for testing, you have several command line
+options available to you. The arguments are as follows, and are in the
+order that they must appear if used together.
harness -v -torture -re=pattern LIST OF FILES TO TEST
harness -v -torture -re LIST OF PATTERNS TO MATCH
harness -v -torture -re=pattern LIST OF FILES TO TEST
harness -v -torture -re LIST OF PATTERNS TO MATCH
-with a few others here and there) begin with an epigrammatic inscription
-that alludes, indirectly and metaphorically, to the material you're
-about to read.
+with a few others here and there) begin with an epigrammatic
+inscription that alludes, indirectly and metaphorically, to the
+material you're about to read.
Quotations are taken from writings of J.R.R. Tolkien pertaining to his
Legendarium, almost always from I<The Lord of the Rings>. Chapters and
Quotations are taken from writings of J.R.R. Tolkien pertaining to his
Legendarium, almost always from I<The Lord of the Rings>. Chapters and