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author | Zak B. Elep <zakame@zakame.net> | 2019-03-21 01:39:33 +0800 |
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committer | Zak B. Elep <zakame@zakame.net> | 2019-03-21 02:28:58 +0800 |
commit | 9409f5322965a89512242363469d4c2ba8ef4a23 (patch) | |
tree | 99c527c4ba25b80ee05ab06dff705dd31267c61d | |
parent | d104af67af35520a6c347b8918e8d96e6001f4f9 (diff) | |
download | perl-9409f5322965a89512242363469d4c2ba8ef4a23.tar.gz |
Update perldelta for 5.29.9 release
-rw-r--r-- | pod/perldelta.pod | 350 |
1 files changed, 33 insertions, 317 deletions
diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod index be98f52421..910ab58b79 100644 --- a/pod/perldelta.pod +++ b/pod/perldelta.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 v5.29.9 =head1 DESCRIPTION @@ -15,18 +12,8 @@ release. If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.29.7, first read L<perl5298delta>, which describes differences between 5.29.7 and 5.29.8. -=head1 Notice - -XXX Any important notices here - =head1 Core Enhancements -XXX New core language features go here. Summarize user-visible core language -enhancements. Particularly prominent performance optimisations could go -here, but most should go in the L</Performance Enhancements> section. - -[ List each enhancement as a =head2 entry ] - =head2 Wildcards in Unicode property value specifications are now partially supported @@ -69,12 +56,6 @@ to your F<Configure> flags. =head1 Security -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. - -[ List each security issue as a =head2 entry ] - =head2 Variable length lookbehind in regular expression pattern matching is now experimentally supported @@ -89,14 +70,6 @@ See L<perlre/(?<=pattern)> and L<perlre/(?<!pattern)>. =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 we request that you submit a - report. See L</Reporting Bugs> below. - -[ List each incompatible change as a =head2 entry ] - =head2 C<pack()> no longer can return malformed UTF-8 It croaks if it would otherwise return a UTF-8 string that contains @@ -117,83 +90,31 @@ bug fix and an incompatibility. [perl #133547] All digits in a run still have to come from the same set of ten digits. -=head1 Deprecations - -XXX Any deprecated features, syntax, modules etc. should be listed here. - -=head2 Module removals - -XXX Remove this section if not applicable. - -The following modules will be removed from the core distribution in a -future release, and will at that time need to be installed from CPAN. -Distributions on CPAN which require these modules will need to list them as -prerequisites. - -The core versions of these modules will now issue C<"deprecated">-category -warnings to alert you to this fact. To silence these deprecation warnings, -install the modules in question from CPAN. - -Note that these are (with rare exceptions) fine modules that you are encouraged -to continue to use. Their disinclusion from core primarily hinges on their -necessity to bootstrapping a fully functional, CPAN-capable Perl installation, -not usually on concerns over their design. - -=over - -=item XXX - -XXX Note that deprecated modules should be listed here even if they are listed -as an updated module in the L</Modules and Pragmata> section. - -=back - -[ List each other 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. +=head1 Modules and Pragmata -[ List each enhancement as an =item entry ] +=head2 Updated Modules and Pragmata =over 4 =item * -XXX - -=back - -=head1 Modules and Pragmata - -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>. 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. +L<Devel::PPPort> has been upgraded from version 3.44 to 3.45. -The list of new and updated modules is modified automatically as part of -preparing a Perl release, so the only reason to manually add entries here is if -you're summarising the important changes in the module update. (Also, if the -manually-added details don't match the automatically-generated ones, the -release manager will have to investigate the situation carefully.) +=item * -[ Within each section, list entries as an =item entry ] +L<Encode> has been upgraded from version 3.00 to 3.01. -=head2 New Modules and Pragmata +=item * -=over 4 +L<ExtUtils::Manifest> has been upgraded from version 1.71 to 1.72. =item * -XXX Remove this section if not applicable. - -=back +L<JSON::PP> has been upgraded from version 4.00 to 4.02. -=head2 Updated Modules and Pragmata +=item * -=over 4 +L<Module::CoreList> has been upgraded from version 5.20190220 to 5.20190320. =item * @@ -202,10 +123,6 @@ L<perl5db.pl> has been upgraded from version 1.54 to 1.55. Debugging threaded code no longer deadlocks in C<DB::sub> nor C<DB::lsub>. - =item * - - L<Devel::PPPort> has been upgraded from version 3.44 to 3.45. - =item * L<PerlIO::encoding> has been upgraded from version 0.26 to 0.27. @@ -221,50 +138,13 @@ L<threads::shared> has been upgraded from version 1.59 to 1.60. Added support for extra tracing of locking, this requires a C<-DDEBUGGING> and extra compilation flags. -=back - -=head2 Removed Modules and Pragmata - -=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 - -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 - -We have attempted to update the documentation to reflect the changes -listed in this document. If you find any we have missed, send email -to L<perlbug@perl.org|mailto:perlbug@perl.org>. - -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. - -Additionally, the following selected changes have been made: - -=head3 L<XXX> - -=over 4 +L<utf8> has been upgraded from version 1.21 to 1.22. =item * -XXX Description of the change here +L<warnings> has been upgraded from version 1.43 to 1.44. =back @@ -274,38 +154,8 @@ 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<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. - -=head2 New Diagnostics - -XXX Newly added diagnostic messages go under here, separated into New Errors -and New Warnings - -=head3 New Errors - -=over 4 - -=item * - -XXX L<message|perldiag/"message"> - -=back - -=head3 New Warnings - -=over 4 - -=item * - -XXX L<message|perldiag/"message"> - -=back - =head2 Changes to Existing Diagnostics -XXX Changes (i.e. rewording) of diagnostic messages go here - =over 4 =item * @@ -327,128 +177,8 @@ a NUL character. =back -=head1 Utility Changes - -XXX Changes to installed programs such as F<perlbug> and F<xsubpp> go here. -Most of these are built within the directory F<utils>. - -[ List utility changes as a =head2 entry for each utility and =item -entries for each change -Use L<XXX> with program names to get proper documentation linking. ] - -=head2 L<XXX> - -=over 4 - -=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 an =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<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 summarizing, although the bugs -that they represent may be covered elsewhere. - -XXX If there were no significant test changes, say this: - -Tests were added and changed to reflect the other additions and changes -in this release. - -XXX If instead there were significant changes, say this: - -Tests were added and changed to reflect the other additions and -changes in this release. Furthermore, these significant changes were -made: - -[ List each test improvement as an =item entry ] - -=over 4 - -=item * - -XXX - -=back - -=head1 Platform Support - -XXX Any changes to platform support should be listed in the sections below. - -[ Within the sections, list each platform as an =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<hints/> -directories, or new subdirectories and F<README> 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</Modules and Pragmata> section. - -=over 4 - -=item XXX-some-platform - -XXX - -=back - =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 change as an =item entry ] - =over 4 =item * @@ -460,11 +190,6 @@ the source. [perl #132964] =head1 Selected Bug Fixes -XXX Important bug fixes in the core language are summarized here. Bug fixes in -files in F<ext/> and F<lib/> are best summarized in L</Modules and Pragmata>. - -[ List each fix as an =item entry ] - =over 4 =item * @@ -480,43 +205,34 @@ of another script>. =back -=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. Unfixed -platform specific bugs also go here. - -[ List each fix as an =item entry ] - -=over 4 - -=item * - -XXX - -=back - -=head1 Errata From Previous Releases - -=over 4 - -=item * +=head1 Acknowledgements -XXX Add anything here that we forgot to add, or were mistaken about, in -the perldelta of a previous release. +Perl 5.29.9 represents approximately 4 weeks of development since Perl +5.29.8 and contains approximately 47,000 lines of changes across 210 files +from 11 authors. -=back +Excluding auto-generated files, documentation and release tools, there were +approximately 38,000 lines of changes to 71 .pm, .t, .c and .h files. -=head1 Obituary +Perl continues to flourish into its fourth decade thanks to a vibrant +community of users and developers. The following people are known to have +contributed the improvements that became Perl 5.29.9: -XXX If any significant core contributor or member of the CPAN community has -died, add a short obituary here. +Chris 'BinGOs' Williams, Craig A. Berry, Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker, Dan +Kogai, David Mitchell, Karen Etheridge, Karl Williamson, Nicolas R., Pali, +Tony Cook, Unicode Consortium. -=head1 Acknowledgements +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 Generate this with: +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. - perl Porting/acknowledgements.pl v5.29.8..HEAD +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 |