Create perldelta for 5.14.4

11 files changed, 533 insertions, 148 deletions

diff --git a/MANIFEST b/MANIFEST
index c834b7976d..9bb6df9075 100644
--- a/MANIFEST
+++ b/MANIFEST
@@ -4325,6 +4325,7 @@ pod/perl5139delta.pod		Perl changes in version 5.13.9
 pod/perl5140delta.pod		Perl changes in version 5.14.0
 pod/perl5141delta.pod		Perl changes in version 5.14.1
 pod/perl5142delta.pod		Perl changes in version 5.14.2
+pod/perl5143delta.pod		Perl changes in version 5.14.3
 pod/perl561delta.pod		Perl changes in version 5.6.1
 pod/perl56delta.pod		Perl changes in version 5.6
 pod/perl570delta.pod		Perl changes in version 5.7.0
diff --git a/Makefile.SH b/Makefile.SH
index 85b238d0aa..e14e4a8e77 100755
--- a/Makefile.SH
+++ b/Makefile.SH
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ mini_obj = $(minindt_obj) $(MINIDTRACE_O)
 ndt_obj = $(obj0) $(obj1) $(obj2) $(obj3) $(ARCHOBJS)
 obj = $(ndt_obj) $(DTRACE_O)
 
-perltoc_pod_prereqs = extra.pods pod/perl5143delta.pod pod/perlapi.pod pod/perlintern.pod pod/perlmodlib.pod pod/perluniprops.pod
+perltoc_pod_prereqs = extra.pods pod/perl5144delta.pod pod/perlapi.pod pod/perlintern.pod pod/perlmodlib.pod pod/perluniprops.pod
 generated_pods = pod/perltoc.pod $(perltoc_pod_prereqs)
 
 Icwd = -Idist/Cwd -Idist/Cwd/lib
@@ -1020,8 +1020,8 @@ pod/perlintern.pod: $(MINIPERL_EXE) autodoc.pl embed.fnc
 pod/perlmodlib.pod: $(MINIPERL_EXE) pod/perlmodlib.PL MANIFEST
 	$(MINIPERL) $(Icwd) pod/perlmodlib.PL -q
 
-pod/perl5143delta.pod: pod/perldelta.pod
-	$(LNS) perldelta.pod pod/perl5143delta.pod
+pod/perl5144delta.pod: pod/perldelta.pod
+	$(LNS) perldelta.pod pod/perl5144delta.pod
 
 extra.pods: $(MINIPERL_EXE)
 	-@test ! -f extra.pods || rm -f `cat extra.pods`
diff --git a/pod.lst b/pod.lst
index 3b3deb96af..01fda04a69 100644
--- a/pod.lst
+++ b/pod.lst
@@ -141,7 +141,8 @@ h Miscellaneous
 
   perlhist		Perl history records
 D perldelta		Perl changes since previous version
-d perl5143delta		Perl changes in version 5.14.3
+d perl5144delta		Perl changes in version 5.14.4
+  perl5143delta		Perl changes in version 5.14.3
   perl5142delta		Perl changes in version 5.14.2
   perl5141delta		Perl changes in version 5.14.1
   perl5140delta		Perl changes in version 5.14.0
diff --git a/pod/.gitignore b/pod/.gitignore
index 3d81cbb3f5..52b836675d 100644
--- a/pod/.gitignore
+++ b/pod/.gitignore
@@ -58,6 +58,6 @@
 /podselect.bat
 
 # generated
-/perl5143delta.pod
+/perl5144delta.pod
 /perlapi.pod
 /perlintern.pod
diff --git a/pod/perl.pod b/pod/perl.pod
index 56c4088b33..01e5d00334 100644
--- a/pod/perl.pod
+++ b/pod/perl.pod
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ For ease of access, the Perl manual has been split up into several sections.
 
     perlhist		Perl history records
     perldelta		Perl changes since previous version
+    perl5143delta	Perl changes in version 5.14.3
     perl5142delta	Perl changes in version 5.14.2
     perl5141delta	Perl changes in version 5.14.1
     perl5140delta	Perl changes in version 5.14.0
diff --git a/pod/perl5143delta.pod b/pod/perl5143delta.pod
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..093b6272dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pod/perl5143delta.pod
@@ -0,0 +1,291 @@
+=encoding utf8
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+perl5143delta - what is new for perl v5.14.3
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+This document describes differences between the 5.14.2 release and
+the 5.14.3 release.
+
+If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.12.0, first read
+L<perl5140delta>, which describes differences between 5.12.0 and
+5.14.0.
+
+=head1 Core Enhancements
+
+No changes since 5.14.0.
+
+=head1 Security
+
+=head2 C<Digest> unsafe use of eval (CVE-2011-3597)
+
+The C<Digest-E<gt>new()> function did not properly sanitize input before
+using it in an eval() call, which could lead to the injection of arbitrary
+Perl code.
+
+In order to exploit this flaw, the attacker would need to be able to set
+the algorithm name used, or be able to execute arbitrary Perl code already.
+
+This problem has been fixed.
+
+=head2 Heap buffer overrun in 'x' string repeat operator (CVE-2012-5195)
+
+Poorly written perl code that allows an attacker to specify the count to
+perl's 'x' string repeat operator can already cause a memory exhaustion
+denial-of-service attack. A flaw in versions of perl before 5.15.5 can
+escalate that into a heap buffer overrun; coupled with versions of glibc
+before 2.16, it possibly allows the execution of arbitrary code.
+
+This problem has been fixed.
+
+=head1 Incompatible Changes
+
+There are no changes intentionally incompatible with 5.14.0. If any
+exist, they are bugs and reports are welcome.
+
+=head1 Deprecations
+
+There have been no deprecations since 5.14.0.
+
+=head1 Modules and Pragmata
+
+=head2 New Modules and Pragmata
+
+None
+
+=head2 Updated Modules and Pragmata
+
+=over 4
+
+=item *
+
+L<PerlIO::scalar> was updated to fix a bug in which opening a filehandle to
+a glob copy caused assertion failures (under debugging) or hangs or other
+erratic behaviour without debugging.
+
+=item *
+
+L<ODBM_File> and L<NDBM_File> were updated to allow building on GNU/Hurd.
+
+=item *
+
+L<IPC::Open3> has been updated to fix a regression introduced in perl
+5.12, which broke C<IPC::Open3::open3($in, $out, $err, '-')>.
+[perl #95748]
+
+=item *
+
+L<Digest> has been upgraded from version 1.16 to 1.16_01.
+
+See L</Security>.
+
+=item *
+
+L<Module::CoreList> has been updated to version 2.49_04 to add data for
+this release.
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Removed Modules and Pragmata
+
+None
+
+=head1 Documentation
+
+=head2 New Documentation
+
+None
+
+=head2 Changes to Existing Documentation
+
+=head3 L<perlcheat>
+
+=over 4
+
+=item *
+
+L<perlcheat> was updated to 5.14.
+
+=back
+
+=head1 Configuration and Compilation
+
+=over 4
+
+=item *
+
+h2ph was updated to search correctly gcc include directories on platforms
+such as Debian with multi-architecture support.
+
+=item *
+
+In Configure, the test for procselfexe was refactored into a loop.
+
+=back
+
+=head1 Platform Support
+
+=head2 New Platforms
+
+None
+
+=head2 Discontinued Platforms
+
+None
+
+=head2 Platform-Specific Notes
+
+=over 4
+
+=item FreeBSD
+
+The FreeBSD hints file was corrected to be compatible with FreeBSD 10.0.
+
+=item Solaris and NetBSD
+
+Configure was updated for "procselfexe" support on Solaris and NetBSD.
+
+=item HP-UX
+
+README.hpux was updated to note the existence of a broken header in
+HP-UX 11.00.
+
+=item Linux
+
+libutil is no longer used when compiling on Linux platforms, which avoids
+warnings being emitted.
+
+The system gcc (rather than any other gcc which might be in the compiling
+user's path) is now used when searching for libraries such as C<-lm>.
+
+=item Mac OS X
+
+The locale tests were updated to reflect the behaviour of locales in
+Mountain Lion.
+
+=item GNU/Hurd
+
+Various build and test fixes were included for GNU/Hurd.
+
+LFS support was enabled in GNU/Hurd.
+
+=item NetBSD
+
+The NetBSD hints file was corrected to be compatible with NetBSD 6.*
+
+=back
+
+=head1 Bug Fixes
+
+=over 4
+
+=item *
+
+A regression has been fixed that was introduced in 5.14, in C</i>
+regular expression matching, in which a match improperly fails if the
+pattern is in UTF-8, the target string is not, and a Latin-1 character
+precedes a character in the string that should match the pattern.  [perl
+#101710]
+
+=item *
+
+In case-insensitive regular expression pattern matching, no longer on
+UTF-8 encoded strings does the scan for the start of match only look at
+the first possible position.  This caused matches such as
+C<"f\x{FB00}" =~ /ff/i> to fail.
+
+=item *
+
+The sitecustomize support was made relocatableinc aware, so that
+-Dusesitecustomize and -Duserelocatableinc may be used together.
+
+=item *
+
+The smartmatch operator (C<~~>) was changed so that the right-hand side
+takes precedence during C<Any ~~ Object> operations.
+
+=item *
+
+A bug has been fixed in the tainting support, in which an C<index()>
+operation on a tainted constant would cause all other constants to become
+tainted.  [perl #64804]
+
+=item *
+
+A regression has been fixed that was introduced in perl 5.12, whereby
+tainting errors were not correctly propagated through C<die()>.
+[perl #111654]
+
+=item *
+
+A regression has been fixed that was introduced in perl 5.14, in which
+C</[[:lower:]]/i> and C</[[:upper:]]/i> no longer matched the opposite case.
+[perl #101970]
+
+=back
+
+=head1 Acknowledgements
+
+Perl 5.14.3 represents approximately 12 months of development since Perl 5.14.2
+and contains approximately 2,300 lines of changes across 64 files from 22
+authors.
+
+Perl continues to flourish into its third decade thanks to a vibrant community
+of users and developers. The following people are known to have contributed the
+improvements that became Perl 5.14.3:
+
+Abigail, Andy Dougherty, Carl Hayter, Chris 'BinGOs' Williams, Dave Rolsky,
+David Mitchell, Dominic Hargreaves, Father Chrysostomos, Florian Ragwitz,
+H.Merijn Brand, Jilles Tjoelker, Karl Williamson, Leon Timmermans, Michael G
+Schwern, Nicholas Clark, Niko Tyni, Pino Toscano, Ricardo Signes, Salvador
+Fandiño, Samuel Thibault, Steve Hay, Tony Cook.
+
+The list above is almost certainly incomplete as it is automatically generated
+from version control history. In particular, it does not include the names of
+the (very much appreciated) contributors who reported issues to the Perl bug
+tracker.
+
+Many of the changes included in this version originated in the CPAN modules
+included in Perl's core. We're grateful to the entire CPAN community for
+helping Perl to flourish.
+
+For a more complete list of all of Perl's historical contributors, please see
+the F<AUTHORS> file in the Perl source distribution.
+
+=head1 Reporting Bugs
+
+If you find what you think is a bug, you might check the articles
+recently posted to the comp.lang.perl.misc newsgroup and the perl
+bug database at http://rt.perl.org/perlbug/ .  There may also be
+information at http://www.perl.org/ , the Perl Home Page.
+
+If you believe you have an unreported bug, please run the L<perlbug>
+program included with your release.  Be sure to trim your bug down
+to a tiny but sufficient test case.  Your bug report, along with the
+output of C<perl -V>, will be sent off to perlbug@perl.org to be
+analysed by the Perl porting team.
+
+If the bug you are reporting has security implications, which make it
+inappropriate to send to a publicly archived mailing list, then please send
+it to perl5-security-report@perl.org. This points to a closed subscription
+unarchived mailing list, which includes all the core committers, who be able
+to help assess the impact of issues, figure out a resolution, and help
+co-ordinate the release of patches to mitigate or fix the problem across all
+platforms on which Perl is supported. Please only use this address for
+security issues in the Perl core, not for modules independently
+distributed on CPAN.
+
+=head1 SEE ALSO
+
+The F<Changes> file for an explanation of how to view exhaustive details
+on what changed.
+
+The F<INSTALL> file for how to build Perl.
+
+The F<README> file for general stuff.
+
+The F<Artistic> and F<Copying> files for copyright information.
+
+=cut
diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod
index 367ce2729f..dc6d86637a 100644
--- a/pod/perldelta.pod
+++ b/pod/perldelta.pod
@@ -2,257 +2,340 @@
 
 =head1 NAME
 
-perldelta - what is new for perl v5.14.3
+[ 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 v5.14.4
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
-This document describes differences between the 5.14.2 release and
-the 5.14.3 release.
+This document describes differences between the 5.14.3 release and
+the 5.14.4 release.
 
 If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.12.0, first read
 L<perl5140delta>, which describes differences between 5.12.0 and
 5.14.0.
 
-=head1 Core Enhancements
+=head1 Notice
 
-No changes since 5.14.0.
+XXX Any important notices here
 
-=head1 Security
+=head1 Core Enhancements
 
-=head2 C<Digest> unsafe use of eval (CVE-2011-3597)
+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</Performance Enhancements> section.
 
-The C<Digest-E<gt>new()> function did not properly sanitize input before
-using it in an eval() call, which could lead to the injection of arbitrary
-Perl code.
+[ List each enhancement as a =head2 entry ]
 
-In order to exploit this flaw, the attacker would need to be able to set
-the algorithm name used, or be able to execute arbitrary Perl code already.
+=head1 Security
 
-This problem has been fixed.
+XXX Any security-related notices go here.  In particular, any security
+vulnerabilities closed should be noted here rather than in the
+L</Selected Bug Fixes> section.
 
-=head2 Heap buffer overrun in 'x' string repeat operator (CVE-2012-5195)
+[ List each security issue as a =head2 entry ]
 
-Poorly written perl code that allows an attacker to specify the count to
-perl's 'x' string repeat operator can already cause a memory exhaustion
-denial-of-service attack. A flaw in versions of perl before 5.15.5 can
-escalate that into a heap buffer overrun; coupled with versions of glibc
-before 2.16, it possibly allows the execution of arbitrary code.
+=head1 Incompatible Changes
 
-This problem has been fixed.
+XXX For a release on a stable branch, this section aspires to be:
 
-=head1 Incompatible Changes
+    There are no changes intentionally incompatible with 5.XXX.XXX. If any
+    exist, they are bugs and reports are welcome.
 
-There are no changes intentionally incompatible with 5.14.0. If any
-exist, they are bugs and reports are welcome.
+[ List each incompatible change as a =head2 entry ]
 
 =head1 Deprecations
 
-There have been no deprecations since 5.14.0.
+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</Modules and Pragmata> section.
 
-=head1 Modules and Pragmata
+[ List each deprecation as a =head2 entry ]
 
-=head2 New Modules and Pragmata
+=head1 Performance Enhancements
 
-None
+XXX Changes which enhance performance without changing behaviour go here. There
+may well be none in a stable release.
 
-=head2 Updated Modules and Pragmata
+[ List each enhancement as a =item entry ]
 
 =over 4
 
 =item *
 
-L<PerlIO::scalar> was updated to fix a bug in which opening a filehandle to
-a glob copy caused assertion failures (under debugging) or hangs or other
-erratic behaviour without debugging.
+XXX
 
-=item *
+=back
 
-L<ODBM_File> and L<NDBM_File> were updated to allow building on GNU/Hurd.
+=head1 Modules and Pragmata
 
-=item *
+XXX All changes to installed files in F<cpan/>, F<dist/>, F<ext/> and F<lib/>
+go here.  If Module::CoreList is updated, generate an initial draft of the
+following sections using F<Porting/corelist-perldelta.pl>, 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<Changes> file that could be
+cribbed.
+
+[ Within each section, list entries as a =item entry ]
+
+=head2 New Modules and Pragmata
 
-L<IPC::Open3> has been updated to fix a regression introduced in perl
-5.12, which broke C<IPC::Open3::open3($in, $out, $err, '-')>.
-[perl #95748]
+=over 4
 
 =item *
 
-L<Digest> has been upgraded from version 1.16 to 1.16_01.
+XXX
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Updated Modules and Pragmata
 
-See L</Security>.
+=over 4
 
 =item *
 
-L<Module::CoreList> has been updated to version 2.49_04 to add data for
-this release.
+XXX
 
 =back
 
 =head2 Removed Modules and Pragmata
 
-None
+=over 4
+
+=item *
+
+XXX
+
+=back
 
 =head1 Documentation
 
+XXX Changes to files in F<pod/> go here.  Consider grouping entries by
+file and be sure to link to the appropriate page, e.g. L<perlfunc>.
+
 =head2 New Documentation
 
-None
+XXX Changes which create B<new> files in F<pod/> go here.
+
+=head3 L<XXX>
+
+XXX Description of the purpose of the new file here
 
 =head2 Changes to Existing Documentation
 
-=head3 L<perlcheat>
+XXX Changes which significantly change existing files in F<pod/> go here.
+However, any changes to F<pod/perldiag.pod> should go in the L</Diagnostics>
+section.
+
+=head3 L<XXX>
 
 =over 4
 
 =item *
 
-L<perlcheat> was updated to 5.14.
+XXX Description of the change here
 
 =back
 
-=head1 Configuration and Compilation
+=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<perldiag>.
+
+XXX New or changed warnings emitted by the core's C<C> code go here. Also
+include any changes in L<perldiag> that reconcile it to the C<C> code.
+
+[ Within each section, list entries as a =item entry ]
+
+=head2 New Diagnostics
+
+XXX Newly added diagnostic messages go here
 
 =over 4
 
 =item *
 
-h2ph was updated to search correctly gcc include directories on platforms
-such as Debian with multi-architecture support.
+XXX
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Changes to Existing Diagnostics
+
+XXX Changes (i.e. rewording) of diagnostic messages go here
+
+=over 4
 
 =item *
 
-In Configure, the test for procselfexe was refactored into a loop.
+XXX
 
 =back
 
-=head1 Platform Support
+=head1 Utility Changes
 
-=head2 New Platforms
+XXX Changes to installed programs such as F<perlbug> and F<xsubpp> go
+here. Most of these are built within the directories F<utils> and F<x2p>.
 
-None
+[ List utility changes as a =head3 entry for each utility and =item
+entries for each change
+Use L<XXX> with program names to get proper documentation linking. ]
 
-=head2 Discontinued Platforms
+=head3 L<XXX>
 
-None
+=over 4
 
-=head2 Platform-Specific Notes
+=item *
+
+XXX
+
+=back
+
+=head1 Configuration and Compilation
+
+XXX Changes to F<Configure>, F<installperl>, F<installman>, 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</Platform Support> section, instead.
+
+[ List changes as a =item entry ].
 
 =over 4
 
-=item FreeBSD
+=item *
 
-The FreeBSD hints file was corrected to be compatible with FreeBSD 10.0.
+XXX
 
-=item Solaris and NetBSD
+=back
 
-Configure was updated for "procselfexe" support on Solaris and NetBSD.
+=head1 Testing
 
-=item HP-UX
+XXX Any significant changes to the testing of a freshly built perl should be
+listed here.  Changes which create B<new> files in F<t/> go here as do any
+large changes to the testing harness (e.g. when parallel testing was added).
+Changes to existing files in F<t/> aren't worth summarising, although the bugs
+that they represent may be covered elsewhere.
 
-README.hpux was updated to note the existence of a broken header in
-HP-UX 11.00.
+[ List each test improvement as a =item entry ]
 
-=item Linux
+=over 4
 
-libutil is no longer used when compiling on Linux platforms, which avoids
-warnings being emitted.
+=item *
 
-The system gcc (rather than any other gcc which might be in the compiling
-user's path) is now used when searching for libraries such as C<-lm>.
+XXX
 
-=item Mac OS X
+=back
 
-The locale tests were updated to reflect the behaviour of locales in
-Mountain Lion.
+=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. ]
 
-=item GNU/Hurd
+=head2 New Platforms
 
-Various build and test fixes were included for GNU/Hurd.
+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<hints/>
+directories, or new subdirectories and F<README> files at the top level of the
+source tree.
 
-LFS support was enabled in GNU/Hurd.
+=over 4
 
-=item NetBSD
+=item XXX-some-platform
 
-The NetBSD hints file was corrected to be compatible with NetBSD 6.*
+XXX
 
 =back
 
-=head1 Bug Fixes
+=head2 Discontinued Platforms
+
+XXX List any platforms that this version of perl no longer compiles on.
 
 =over 4
 
-=item *
+=item XXX-some-platform
 
-A regression has been fixed that was introduced in 5.14, in C</i>
-regular expression matching, in which a match improperly fails if the
-pattern is in UTF-8, the target string is not, and a Latin-1 character
-precedes a character in the string that should match the pattern.  [perl
-#101710]
+XXX
 
-=item *
+=back
 
-In case-insensitive regular expression pattern matching, no longer on
-UTF-8 encoded strings does the scan for the start of match only look at
-the first possible position.  This caused matches such as
-C<"f\x{FB00}" =~ /ff/i> to fail.
+=head2 Platform-Specific Notes
 
-=item *
+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</Modules and Pragmata> section.
 
-The sitecustomize support was made relocatableinc aware, so that
--Dusesitecustomize and -Duserelocatableinc may be used together.
+=over 4
 
-=item *
+=item XXX-some-platform
 
-The smartmatch operator (C<~~>) was changed so that the right-hand side
-takes precedence during C<Any ~~ Object> operations.
+XXX
 
-=item *
+=back
 
-A bug has been fixed in the tainting support, in which an C<index()>
-operation on a tainted constant would cause all other constants to become
-tainted.  [perl #64804]
+=head1 Internal Changes
+
+XXX Changes which affect the interface available to C<XS> code go here.
+Other significant internal changes for future core maintainers should
+be noted as well.
+
+[ List each test improvement as a =item entry ]
+
+=over 4
 
 =item *
 
-A regression has been fixed that was introduced in perl 5.12, whereby
-tainting errors were not correctly propagated through C<die()>.
-[perl #111654]
+XXX
+
+=back
+
+=head1 Selected Bug Fixes
+
+XXX Important bug fixes in the core language are summarised here.
+Bug fixes in files in F<ext/> and F<lib/> are best summarised in
+L</Modules and Pragmata>.
+
+[ List each fix as a =item entry ]
+
+=over 4
 
 =item *
 
-A regression has been fixed that was introduced in perl 5.14, in which
-C</[[:lower:]]/i> and C</[[:upper:]]/i> no longer matched the opposite case.
-[perl #101970]
+XXX
 
 =back
 
-=head1 Acknowledgements
+=head1 Known Problems
+
+XXX Descriptions of platform agnostic bugs we know we can't fix go here. Any
+tests that had to be C<TODO>ed 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 ]
 
-Perl 5.14.3 represents approximately 12 months of development since Perl 5.14.2
-and contains approximately 2,300 lines of changes across 64 files from 22
-authors.
+=over 4
+
+=item *
 
-Perl continues to flourish into its third decade thanks to a vibrant community
-of users and developers. The following people are known to have contributed the
-improvements that became Perl 5.14.3:
+XXX
 
-Abigail, Andy Dougherty, Carl Hayter, Chris 'BinGOs' Williams, Dave Rolsky,
-David Mitchell, Dominic Hargreaves, Father Chrysostomos, Florian Ragwitz,
-H.Merijn Brand, Jilles Tjoelker, Karl Williamson, Leon Timmermans, Michael G
-Schwern, Nicholas Clark, Niko Tyni, Pino Toscano, Ricardo Signes, Salvador
-Fandiño, Samuel Thibault, Steve Hay, Tony Cook.
+=back
+
+=head1 Obituary
 
-The list above is almost certainly incomplete as it is automatically generated
-from version control history. In particular, it does not include the names of
-the (very much appreciated) contributors who reported issues to the Perl bug
-tracker.
+XXX If any significant core contributor has died, we've added a short obituary
+here.
 
-Many of the changes included in this version originated in the CPAN modules
-included in Perl's core. We're grateful to the entire CPAN community for
-helping Perl to flourish.
+=head1 Acknowledgements
 
-For a more complete list of all of Perl's historical contributors, please see
-the F<AUTHORS> file in the Perl source distribution.
+XXX The list of people to thank goes here.
 
 =head1 Reporting Bugs
 
diff --git a/vms/descrip_mms.template b/vms/descrip_mms.template
index 739177c793..b987a254f6 100644
--- a/vms/descrip_mms.template
+++ b/vms/descrip_mms.template
@@ -403,20 +403,20 @@ pod2 = [.lib.pods]perl5115delta.pod [.lib.pods]perl5120delta.pod [.lib.pods]perl
 pod3 = [.lib.pods]perl5130delta.pod [.lib.pods]perl51310delta.pod [.lib.pods]perl51311delta.pod [.lib.pods]perl5131delta.pod [.lib.pods]perl5132delta.pod
 pod4 = [.lib.pods]perl5133delta.pod [.lib.pods]perl5134delta.pod [.lib.pods]perl5135delta.pod [.lib.pods]perl5136delta.pod [.lib.pods]perl5137delta.pod
 pod5 = [.lib.pods]perl5138delta.pod [.lib.pods]perl5139delta.pod [.lib.pods]perl5140delta.pod [.lib.pods]perl5141delta.pod [.lib.pods]perl5142delta.pod
-pod6 = [.lib.pods]perl5143delta.pod [.lib.pods]perl561delta.pod [.lib.pods]perl56delta.pod [.lib.pods]perl570delta.pod [.lib.pods]perl571delta.pod
-pod7 = [.lib.pods]perl572delta.pod [.lib.pods]perl573delta.pod [.lib.pods]perl581delta.pod [.lib.pods]perl582delta.pod [.lib.pods]perl583delta.pod
-pod8 = [.lib.pods]perl584delta.pod [.lib.pods]perl585delta.pod [.lib.pods]perl586delta.pod [.lib.pods]perl587delta.pod [.lib.pods]perl588delta.pod
-pod9 = [.lib.pods]perl589delta.pod [.lib.pods]perl58delta.pod [.lib.pods]perl590delta.pod [.lib.pods]perl591delta.pod [.lib.pods]perl592delta.pod
-pod10 = [.lib.pods]perl593delta.pod [.lib.pods]perl594delta.pod [.lib.pods]perl595delta.pod [.lib.pods]perlaix.pod [.lib.pods]perlamiga.pod
-pod11 = [.lib.pods]perlapi.pod [.lib.pods]perlapio.pod [.lib.pods]perlartistic.pod [.lib.pods]perlbeos.pod [.lib.pods]perlbook.pod [.lib.pods]perlboot.pod
-pod12 = [.lib.pods]perlbot.pod [.lib.pods]perlbs2000.pod [.lib.pods]perlcall.pod [.lib.pods]perlce.pod [.lib.pods]perlcheat.pod [.lib.pods]perlclib.pod
-pod13 = [.lib.pods]perlcn.pod [.lib.pods]perlcommunity.pod [.lib.pods]perlcompile.pod [.lib.pods]perlcygwin.pod [.lib.pods]perldata.pod
-pod14 = [.lib.pods]perldbmfilter.pod [.lib.pods]perldebguts.pod [.lib.pods]perldebtut.pod [.lib.pods]perldebug.pod [.lib.pods]perldelta.pod
-pod15 = [.lib.pods]perldgux.pod [.lib.pods]perldiag.pod [.lib.pods]perldoc.pod [.lib.pods]perldos.pod [.lib.pods]perldsc.pod [.lib.pods]perlebcdic.pod
-pod16 = [.lib.pods]perlembed.pod [.lib.pods]perlepoc.pod [.lib.pods]perlfaq.pod [.lib.pods]perlfaq1.pod [.lib.pods]perlfaq2.pod [.lib.pods]perlfaq3.pod
-pod17 = [.lib.pods]perlfaq4.pod [.lib.pods]perlfaq5.pod [.lib.pods]perlfaq6.pod [.lib.pods]perlfaq7.pod [.lib.pods]perlfaq8.pod [.lib.pods]perlfaq9.pod
-pod18 = [.lib.pods]perlfilter.pod [.lib.pods]perlfork.pod [.lib.pods]perlform.pod [.lib.pods]perlfreebsd.pod [.lib.pods]perlfunc.pod [.lib.pods]perlgit.pod
-pod19 = [.lib.pods]perlglossary.pod [.lib.pods]perlgpl.pod [.lib.pods]perlguts.pod [.lib.pods]perlhack.pod [.lib.pods]perlhacktips.pod
+pod6 = [.lib.pods]perl5143delta.pod [.lib.pods]perl5144delta.pod [.lib.pods]perl561delta.pod [.lib.pods]perl56delta.pod [.lib.pods]perl570delta.pod
+pod7 = [.lib.pods]perl571delta.pod [.lib.pods]perl572delta.pod [.lib.pods]perl573delta.pod [.lib.pods]perl581delta.pod [.lib.pods]perl582delta.pod
+pod8 = [.lib.pods]perl583delta.pod [.lib.pods]perl584delta.pod [.lib.pods]perl585delta.pod [.lib.pods]perl586delta.pod [.lib.pods]perl587delta.pod
+pod9 = [.lib.pods]perl588delta.pod [.lib.pods]perl589delta.pod [.lib.pods]perl58delta.pod [.lib.pods]perl590delta.pod [.lib.pods]perl591delta.pod
+pod10 = [.lib.pods]perl592delta.pod [.lib.pods]perl593delta.pod [.lib.pods]perl594delta.pod [.lib.pods]perl595delta.pod [.lib.pods]perlaix.pod
+pod11 = [.lib.pods]perlamiga.pod [.lib.pods]perlapi.pod [.lib.pods]perlapio.pod [.lib.pods]perlartistic.pod [.lib.pods]perlbeos.pod [.lib.pods]perlbook.pod
+pod12 = [.lib.pods]perlboot.pod [.lib.pods]perlbot.pod [.lib.pods]perlbs2000.pod [.lib.pods]perlcall.pod [.lib.pods]perlce.pod [.lib.pods]perlcheat.pod
+pod13 = [.lib.pods]perlclib.pod [.lib.pods]perlcn.pod [.lib.pods]perlcommunity.pod [.lib.pods]perlcompile.pod [.lib.pods]perlcygwin.pod
+pod14 = [.lib.pods]perldata.pod [.lib.pods]perldbmfilter.pod [.lib.pods]perldebguts.pod [.lib.pods]perldebtut.pod [.lib.pods]perldebug.pod
+pod15 = [.lib.pods]perldelta.pod [.lib.pods]perldgux.pod [.lib.pods]perldiag.pod [.lib.pods]perldoc.pod [.lib.pods]perldos.pod [.lib.pods]perldsc.pod
+pod16 = [.lib.pods]perlebcdic.pod [.lib.pods]perlembed.pod [.lib.pods]perlepoc.pod [.lib.pods]perlfaq.pod [.lib.pods]perlfaq1.pod [.lib.pods]perlfaq2.pod
+pod17 = [.lib.pods]perlfaq3.pod [.lib.pods]perlfaq4.pod [.lib.pods]perlfaq5.pod [.lib.pods]perlfaq6.pod [.lib.pods]perlfaq7.pod [.lib.pods]perlfaq8.pod
+pod18 = [.lib.pods]perlfaq9.pod [.lib.pods]perlfilter.pod [.lib.pods]perlfork.pod [.lib.pods]perlform.pod [.lib.pods]perlfreebsd.pod [.lib.pods]perlfunc.pod
+pod19 = [.lib.pods]perlgit.pod [.lib.pods]perlglossary.pod [.lib.pods]perlgpl.pod [.lib.pods]perlguts.pod [.lib.pods]perlhack.pod [.lib.pods]perlhacktips.pod
 pod20 = [.lib.pods]perlhacktut.pod [.lib.pods]perlhaiku.pod [.lib.pods]perlhist.pod [.lib.pods]perlhpux.pod [.lib.pods]perlhurd.pod [.lib.pods]perlintern.pod
 pod21 = [.lib.pods]perlinterp.pod [.lib.pods]perlintro.pod [.lib.pods]perliol.pod [.lib.pods]perlipc.pod [.lib.pods]perlirix.pod [.lib.pods]perljp.pod
 pod22 = [.lib.pods]perlko.pod [.lib.pods]perllexwarn.pod [.lib.pods]perllinux.pod [.lib.pods]perllocale.pod [.lib.pods]perllol.pod [.lib.pods]perlmacos.pod
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ pod34 = [.lib.pods]perlunitut.pod [.lib.pods]perlutil.pod [.lib.pods]perluts.pod
 pod35 = [.lib.pods]perlvos.pod [.lib.pods]perlwin32.pod [.lib.pods]perlxs.pod [.lib.pods]perlxstut.pod
 pod = $(pod0) $(pod1) $(pod2) $(pod3) $(pod4) $(pod5) $(pod6) $(pod7) $(pod8) $(pod9) $(pod10) $(pod11) $(pod12) $(pod13) $(pod14) $(pod15) $(pod16) $(pod17) $(pod18) $(pod19) $(pod20) $(pod21) $(pod22) $(pod23) $(pod24) $(pod25) $(pod26) $(pod27) $(pod28) $(pod29) $(pod30) $(pod31) $(pod32) $(pod33) $(pod34) $(pod35)
 
-PERLDELTA_CURRENT = [.pod]perl5143delta.pod
+PERLDELTA_CURRENT = [.pod]perl5144delta.pod
 
 $(PERLDELTA_CURRENT) : [.pod]perldelta.pod
 	Copy/NoConfirm/Log $(MMS$SOURCE) $(MMS$TARGET)
@@ -827,6 +827,10 @@ makeppport : $(MINIPERL_EXE) $(ARCHDIR)Config.pm nonxsext
 	@ If F$Search("[.lib]pods.dir").eqs."" Then Create/Directory [.lib.pods]
 	Copy/NoConfirm/Log $(MMS$SOURCE) [.lib.pods]
 
+[.lib.pods]perl5144delta.pod : [.pod]perl5144delta.pod
+	@ If F$Search("[.lib]pods.dir").eqs."" Then Create/Directory [.lib.pods]
+	Copy/NoConfirm/Log $(MMS$SOURCE) [.lib.pods]
+
 [.lib.pods]perl561delta.pod : [.pod]perl561delta.pod
 	@ If F$Search("[.lib]pods.dir").eqs."" Then Create/Directory [.lib.pods]
 	Copy/NoConfirm/Log $(MMS$SOURCE) [.lib.pods]
diff --git a/win32/Makefile b/win32/Makefile
index dcddcf2e39..bf095de9a0 100644
--- a/win32/Makefile
+++ b/win32/Makefile
@@ -1069,7 +1069,7 @@ utils: $(PERLEXE) $(X2P)
 	copy ..\README.vmesa    ..\pod\perlvmesa.pod
 	copy ..\README.vos      ..\pod\perlvos.pod
 	copy ..\README.win32    ..\pod\perlwin32.pod
-	copy ..\pod\perldelta.pod ..\pod\perl5143delta.pod
+	copy ..\pod\perldelta.pod ..\pod\perl5144delta.pod
 	cd ..\win32
 	$(PERLEXE) $(PL2BAT) $(UTILS)
 	$(PERLEXE) $(ICWD) ..\autodoc.pl ..
@@ -1162,7 +1162,7 @@ distclean: realclean
 	-if exist $(LIBDIR)\XS rmdir /s /q $(LIBDIR)\XS
 	-if exist $(LIBDIR)\Win32API rmdir /s /q $(LIBDIR)\Win32API
 	-cd $(PODDIR) && del /f *.html *.bat \
-	    perl5143delta.pod perlaix.pod perlamiga.pod perlapi.pod \
+	    perl5144delta.pod perlaix.pod perlamiga.pod perlapi.pod \
 	    perlbeos.pod perlbs2000.pod perlce.pod perlcn.pod \
 	    perlcygwin.pod perldgux.pod perldos.pod perlepoc.pod \
 	    perlfreebsd.pod perlhaiku.pod perlhpux.pod perlhurd.pod \
diff --git a/win32/makefile.mk b/win32/makefile.mk
index 07814167dc..038710b9cf 100644
--- a/win32/makefile.mk
+++ b/win32/makefile.mk
@@ -1456,7 +1456,7 @@ utils: $(PERLEXE) $(X2P)
 	copy ..\README.vmesa    ..\pod\perlvmesa.pod
 	copy ..\README.vos      ..\pod\perlvos.pod
 	copy ..\README.win32    ..\pod\perlwin32.pod
-	copy ..\pod\perldelta.pod ..\pod\perl5143delta.pod
+	copy ..\pod\perldelta.pod ..\pod\perl5144delta.pod
 	$(PERLEXE) $(PL2BAT) $(UTILS)
 	$(PERLEXE) $(ICWD) ..\autodoc.pl ..
 	$(PERLEXE) $(ICWD) ..\pod\perlmodlib.pl -q
@@ -1548,7 +1548,7 @@ distclean: realclean
 	-if exist $(LIBDIR)\XS rmdir /s /q $(LIBDIR)\XS
 	-if exist $(LIBDIR)\Win32API rmdir /s /q $(LIBDIR)\Win32API
 	-cd $(PODDIR) && del /f *.html *.bat \
-	    perl5143delta.pod perlaix.pod perlamiga.pod perlapi.pod \
+	    perl5144delta.pod perlaix.pod perlamiga.pod perlapi.pod \
 	    perlbeos.pod perlbs2000.pod perlce.pod perlcn.pod \
 	    perlcygwin.pod perldgux.pod perldos.pod perlepoc.pod \
 	    perlfreebsd.pod perlhaiku.pod perlhpux.pod perlhurd.pod \
diff --git a/win32/pod.mak b/win32/pod.mak
index 739f3dd94b..c2cd0549db 100644
--- a/win32/pod.mak
+++ b/win32/pod.mak
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ POD = \
 	perl5141delta.pod	\
 	perl5142delta.pod	\
 	perl5143delta.pod	\
+	perl5144delta.pod	\
 	perl561delta.pod	\
 	perl56delta.pod	\
 	perl570delta.pod	\
@@ -205,6 +206,7 @@ MAN = \
 	perl5141delta.man	\
 	perl5142delta.man	\
 	perl5143delta.man	\
+	perl5144delta.man	\
 	perl561delta.man	\
 	perl56delta.man	\
 	perl570delta.man	\
@@ -363,6 +365,7 @@ HTML = \
 	perl5141delta.html	\
 	perl5142delta.html	\
 	perl5143delta.html	\
+	perl5144delta.html	\
 	perl561delta.html	\
 	perl56delta.html	\
 	perl570delta.html	\
@@ -521,6 +524,7 @@ TEX = \
 	perl5141delta.tex	\
 	perl5142delta.tex	\
 	perl5143delta.tex	\
+	perl5144delta.tex	\
 	perl561delta.tex	\
 	perl56delta.tex	\
 	perl570delta.tex	\