Make perldelta easier to parse

Now that all module entries in perldelta look pretty much the same, parsing
those sections is much easier, allowing us to write tools automating things.

diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod
index 3120d2e..71a3cf0 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perldelta.pod
+++ b/pod/perldelta.pod
@@ -1215,7 +1215,7 @@ A bug was fixed regarding the exit code of extract_archive.
 
 =item *
 
-C<ptar> has a new option to allow safe
+The C<ptar> utility has a new option to allow safe
 creation of tarballs without world-writable files on Windows, allowing those
 archives to be uploaded to CPAN.
 
@@ -1590,8 +1590,13 @@ is a core module as of perl 5.8.7.
 
 =item *
 
-C<NDBM_File> and C<ODBM_File> have been upgraded from 1.08 to 1.11, and
-from 1.08 to 1.09, respectively.
+C<NDBM_File> has been upgraded from version 1.08 to 1.11.
+
+This fixes a memory leak when DBM filters are used.
+
+=item *
+
+C<ODBM_File> have been upgraded from version 1.08 to 1.09.
 
 This fixes a memory leak when DBM filters are used.
 
@@ -1798,11 +1803,14 @@ work when exported (5.12.1).
 
 =item *
 
-C<warnings> and C<warnings::register> have been upgraded from version 1.09
-to 1.11 and from version 1.01 to 1.02 respectively.
+C<warnings> has been upgraded from version 1.09 to 1.11.
 
 Calling C<use warnings> without arguments is now significantly more efficient.
 
+=item *
+
+C<warnings::register> have been upgraded from version 1.01 to 1.02.
+
 It is now possible to register warning categories other than the names of
 packages using C<warnings::register>.  See L<perllexwarn> for more information.
 
@@ -1839,11 +1847,17 @@ needed should be installed from CPAN instead.
 
 =over
 
-=item C<Class::ISA>
+=item *
+
+C<Class::ISA> has been removed from the Perl core. Prior version was 0.36.
 
-=item C<Pod::Plainer>
+=item *
+
+C<Pod::Plainer> has been removed from the Perl core. Prior version was 1.02.
+
+=item *
 
-=item C<Switch>
+C<Switch> has been removed from the Perl core. Prior version was 2.16.
 
 =back