From 3e7fd5e86434e6902988abc13b5f3d2977f641b6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Golden Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 09:58:24 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] perl5133delta.pod: Removed most XXX and boilerplate --- pod/perl5133delta.pod | 187 -------------------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 187 deletions(-) diff --git a/pod/perl5133delta.pod b/pod/perl5133delta.pod index 2b494f5..1636703 100644 --- a/pod/perl5133delta.pod +++ b/pod/perl5133delta.pod @@ -2,9 +2,6 @@ =head1 NAME -[ this is a template for a new perldelta file. Any text flagged as -XXX needs to be processed before release. ] - perldelta - what is new for perl v5.13.3 =head1 DESCRIPTION @@ -16,18 +13,8 @@ If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.13.1, first read L, which describes differences between 5.13.1 and 5.13.2. -=head1 Notice - -XXX Any important notices here - =head1 Core Enhancements -XXX New core language features go here. Summarise user-visible core language -enhancements. Particularly prominent performance optimisations could go -here, but most should go in the L section. - -[ List each enhancement as a =head2 entry ] - =head2 \o{...} The escape sequence C<"\o"> in double-quotish contexts is now defined. It @@ -65,23 +52,8 @@ See L for details on all these changes. Literals may now use either C<0X...> or C<0B...> in addition to C<0x...> and C<0b...> prefixes. (RT#76296) (a674e8d) -=head1 Security - -XXX Any security-related notices go here. In particular, any security -vulnerabilities closed should be noted here rather than in the -L section. - -[ List each security issue as a =head2 entry ] - =head1 Incompatible Changes -XXX For a release on a stable branch, this section aspires to be: - - There are no changes intentionally incompatible with 5.XXX.XXX. If any - exist, they are bugs and reports are welcome. - -[ List each incompatible change as a =head2 entry ] - =head2 \400 - \777 Use of C<\400> - C<\777> in regexes in certain circumstances has given different, @@ -96,12 +68,6 @@ to represent characters in octal. =head1 Deprecations -XXX Any deprecated features, syntax, modules etc. should be listed here. -In particular, deprecated modules should be listed here even if they are -listed as an updated module in the L section. - -[ List each deprecation as a =head2 entry ] - =head2 Omitting a space between regular expression and subsequent word Omitting a space between a regex pattern or pattern modifiers and the @@ -121,11 +87,6 @@ course, does not generate the warning. (0111154) =head1 Performance Enhancements -XXX Changes which enhance performance without changing behaviour go here. There -may well be none in a stable release. - -[ List each enhancement as a =item entry ] - =over 4 =item * @@ -136,26 +97,6 @@ There are several small optimizations to improve CPU cache performance =head1 Modules and Pragmata -XXX All changes to installed files in F, F, F and F -go here. If Module::CoreList is updated, generate an initial draft of the -following sections using F, 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 file that could be -cribbed. - -[ Within each section, list entries as a =item entry ] - -=head2 New Modules and Pragmata - -=over 4 - -=item * - -XXX - -=back - =head2 Updated Modules and Pragmata XXX Make sure these get sorted, are phrased similarly and all version @@ -294,37 +235,16 @@ Unicode-Normalize updated to CPAN release 1.06 (a96160d) =back -=head2 Removed Modules and Pragmata - -=over 4 - -=item * - -XXX - -=back - =head1 Documentation -XXX Changes to files in F go here. Consider grouping entries by -file and be sure to link to the appropriate page, e.g. L. - -[ Within each section, list entries as a =item entry ] - =head2 New Documentation -XXX Changes which create B files in F go here. - =head3 L The Perl 5.12.1 perldelta file was added from the Perl maintenance branch =head2 Changes to Existing Documentation -XXX Changes which significantly change existing files in F go here. -However, any changes to F should go in the L -section. - =head3 General changes =over @@ -413,46 +333,8 @@ Some examples updated for modern Perl style (67d00dd) =back -=head1 Diagnostics - -The following additions or changes have been made to diagnostic output, -including warnings and fatal error messages. For the complete list of -diagnostic messages, see L. - -XXX New or changed warnings emitted by the core's C code go here. Also -include any changes in L that reconcile it to the C code. - -[ Within each section, list entries as a =item entry ] - -=head2 New Diagnostics - -XXX Newly added diagnostic messages go here - -=over 4 - -=item * - -XXX - -=back - -=head2 Changes to Existing Diagnostics - -XXX Changes (i.e. rewording) of diagnostic messages go here - -=over 4 - -=item * - -XXX - -=back - =head1 Utility Changes -XXX Changes to installed programs such as F and F go -here. Most of these are built within the directories F and F. - =head3 L =over @@ -468,16 +350,8 @@ Uses the less pager path from Config instead of searching for it (bf320d6) =back - =head1 Configuration and Compilation -XXX Changes to F, F, F, and analogous tools -go here. Any other changes to the Perl build process should be listed here. -However, any platform-specific changes should be listed in the -L section, instead. - -[ List changes as a =item entry ]. - =over 4 =item * @@ -488,14 +362,6 @@ Adjusts 'make test.valgrind' to account for cpan/dist/ext separation. (e07ce2e) =head1 Testing -XXX Any significant changes to the testing of a freshly built perl should be -listed here. Changes which create B files in F go here as do any -large changes to the testing harness (e.g. when parallel testing was added). -Changes to existing files in F aren't worth summarising, although the bugs -that they represent may be covered elsewhere. - -[ List each test improvement as a =item entry ] - =over 4 =item * @@ -514,30 +380,8 @@ Several test files have been modernized to use Test::More =head1 Platform Support -XXX Any changes to platform support should be listed in the sections below. - -[ Within the sections, list each platform as a =item entry with specific -changes as paragraphs below it. ] - -=head2 New Platforms - -XXX List any platforms that this version of perl compiles on, that previous -versions did not. These will either be enabled by new files in the F -directories, or new subdirectories and F files at the top level of the -source tree. - -=over 4 - -=item XXX-some-platform - -XXX - -=back - =head2 Discontinued Platforms -XXX List any platforms that this version of perl no longer compiles on. - =over 4 =item MacOS Classic @@ -550,11 +394,6 @@ from other core modules as well. =head2 Platform-Specific Notes -XXX List any changes for specific platforms. This could include configuration -and compilation changes or changes in portability/compatibility. However, -changes within modules for platforms should generally be listed in the -L section. - =over 4 =item Win32 @@ -566,12 +405,6 @@ robustness. (5732108) =head1 Internal Changes -XXX Changes which affect the interface available to C code go here. -Other significant internal changes for future core maintainers should -be noted as well. - -[ List each improvement as a =item entry ] - =over 4 =item * @@ -609,12 +442,6 @@ variants that allow us to control this. (0d7d409) =head1 Selected Bug Fixes -XXX Important bug fixes in the core language are summarised here. -Bug fixes in files in F and F are best summarised in -L. - -[ List each fix as a =item entry ] - =over 4 =item * @@ -689,15 +516,6 @@ Fix pthread include error for Time::Piece (e9f284c) =head1 Known Problems -XXX Descriptions of platform agnostic bugs we know we can't fix go here. Any -tests that had to be Ced for the release would be noted here, unless -they were specific to a particular platform (see below). - -This is a list of some significant unfixed bugs, which are regressions -from either 5.XXX.XXX or 5.XXX.XXX. - -[ List each fix as a =item entry ] - =over 4 =item * @@ -723,11 +541,6 @@ which was excluded in the original release (d1e2db0) =back -=head1 Obituary - -XXX If any significant core contributor has died, we've added a short obituary -here. - =head1 Acknowledgements XXX The list of people to thank goes here. -- 2.7.4