From c7d4febadfe3e997518ca1e69c82a56fa6908199 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Zefram Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 22:36:10 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] remove most placeholders from perldelta --- pod/perldelta.pod | 237 +----------------------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 236 deletions(-) diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod index f28ad3c..62d969a 100644 --- a/pod/perldelta.pod +++ b/pod/perldelta.pod @@ -1,13 +1,7 @@ =encoding utf8 -=for comment -This has been completed up to c6537db3. - =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 v5.15.1 =head1 DESCRIPTION @@ -19,18 +13,8 @@ If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.14.0, first read L, which describes differences between 5.14.0 and 5.15.0. -=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 C doesn't warn when truncating You can now limit the size of an array using C without @@ -69,38 +53,8 @@ run time, destruct time. Many new functions have been added to the API for manipulating lexical pads. See L for more information. -=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 ] - -=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 ] - =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 * @@ -133,16 +87,6 @@ memory. =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 @@ -355,13 +299,8 @@ again from C on CPAN. =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. - =head2 New Documentation -XXX Changes which create B files in F go here. - =head3 L L describes Perl's DTrace support, listing the provided probes @@ -373,20 +312,10 @@ The delta file for Perl 5.14.1 has been copied to blead. =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 L - =over 4 =item * -XXX Description of the change here - -=item * - L was extended with documentation on inline typemaps. =item * @@ -418,45 +347,8 @@ 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 that links to perldiag, - e.g. - - =item * - - L -] - -=head2 New Diagnostics - -XXX Newly added diagnostic messages go here - -=head3 New Errors - -=over 4 - -=item * - -XXX L - -=back - -=head3 New Warnings - -=over 4 - -=item * - -XXX L - -=back - =head2 Changes to Existing Diagnostics -XXX Changes (i.e. rewording) of diagnostic messages go here - =over 4 =item * @@ -484,52 +376,8 @@ handlers, rather than the raw UTF8 bytes. =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. - -[ List utility changes as a =head3 entry for each utility and =item -entries for each change -Use L with program names to get proper documentation linking. ] - -=head3 L - -=over 4 - -=item * - -XXX - -=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 * - -XXX - -=back - =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 * @@ -559,45 +407,8 @@ be quickly detected. =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 XXX-some-platform - -XXX - -=back - =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. - =head3 Windows =over @@ -613,24 +424,8 @@ L. =back -=head3 XXX-some-platform - -=over - -=item * - -XXX - -=back - =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 change as a =item entry ] - =over 4 =item * @@ -647,12 +442,6 @@ experimental. =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 * @@ -776,33 +565,9 @@ fixed-string nodes with inconvenient contents. =back -=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 * - -XXX - -=back - -=head1 Obituary - -XXX If any significant core contributor has died, we've added a short obituary -here. - =head1 Acknowledgements -Generate this with: +XXX Generate this with: perl Porting/acknowledgements.pl v5.15.0..HEAD -- 2.7.4