[ List each incompatible change as a =head2 entry ]
+=head2 C<UNIVERSAL::VERSION> now returns $VERSION
+
+C<UNIVERSAL::VERSION> now return whatever is in $VERSION, instead of
+returning $VERSION converted to a version object and then to a string.
+As a result, it no longer parses the version when called without arguments,
+so it no longer dies in that case for malformed versions. This allows
+custom version number parsers to use C<< ->VERSION >> to retrieve the
+version number, as was the case in Perl 5.8 [perl #95544].
+
=head1 Deprecations
XXX Any deprecated features, syntax, modules etc. should be listed here.
=item *
+L<IPC::Open3> has been upgraded from version 1.11 to 1.12.
+
+C<open3> with "-" for the program name works once more. This was broken in
+version 1.06 (and hence in Perl 5.14.0) [perl #95748].
+
+=item *
+
L<Module::Build> has been upgraded from version 0.3800 to version 0.39_01.
Pod to HTML internals changed to support revisions to Pod::Html in core.