In perl.git, the branch blead has been updated

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commit 8b8cdb3af135a75c41bb19ee20a85445163f4cff
Author: David Mitchell <[email protected]>
Date:   Fri Jul 24 15:57:32 2009 +0100

    bump-perl-version missed "perl5.10.0" style strings
    ("perl-5.10.0" was matched, but without the "-", it failed)

M       Porting/bump-perl-version

commit dc0a62a1fb49c5436d458316262c2453e0848f7f
Author: David Mitchell <[email protected]>
Date:   Fri Jul 24 15:55:27 2009 +0100

    minor tweaks to release_managers_guide.pod

M       Porting/release_managers_guide.pod
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Summary of changes:
 Porting/bump-perl-version          |    5 +++--
 Porting/release_managers_guide.pod |   17 ++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Porting/bump-perl-version b/Porting/bump-perl-version
index 4d4df83..c84d18d 100755
--- a/Porting/bump-perl-version
+++ b/Porting/bump-perl-version
@@ -162,14 +162,14 @@ my @maps =  (
     ],
     # 5.8.9
     [
-       qr{\b $oldx\.$oldy\.$oldz \b}x,
+       qr{ $oldx\.$oldy\.$oldz \b}x,
        sub {"", "$newx.$newy.$newz"},
        undef,
     ],
 
     # 5.008009
     [
-       qr{\b $old_decimal \b}x,
+       qr{ $old_decimal \b}x,
        sub {"", sprintf "%d.%03d%03d", $newx, $newy, $newz },
        undef,
     ],
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ my %SKIP_FILES = map { ($_ => 1) } qw(
     Changes
     MANIFEST
     Porting/how_to_write_a_perldelta.pod
+    Porting/bump-perl-version
     Porting/mergelog
     Porting/mergelog-tool
     pod.lst
diff --git a/Porting/release_managers_guide.pod 
b/Porting/release_managers_guide.pod
index f418197..09b9e07 100644
--- a/Porting/release_managers_guide.pod
+++ b/Porting/release_managers_guide.pod
@@ -279,6 +279,12 @@ README.vms needs special handling:
 
     rename perl-5^.10^.1.dir perl-5_10_1.dir
 
+
+=item *
+
+Review and update INSTALL to account for the change in version number;
+in particular, the "Coexistence with earlier versions of perl 5" section.
+
 =item *
 
 Update the F<Changes> file to contain the git log command which would show
@@ -293,6 +299,7 @@ correct incantation: replace the not-yet-created tag with 
C<HEAD> and see
 if git log produces roughly the right number of commits across roughly the
 right time period.
 
+
 =item *
 
 Check some more build configurations, e.g.
@@ -329,7 +336,9 @@ with git and a lack of Changes files.
 =head2  Building a release candidate
 
 (At this point you should already have performed the actions described in
-L</"Actions prior to the first release candidate">.)
+L</"Actions prior to the first release candidate">.) You should review
+that section to ensure that everything there has done, and to see whether
+any of those actions (such as consistency checks) need to be repeated.
 
 =over 4
 
@@ -502,6 +511,12 @@ on the previous filename to look for suitable candidates.
 
 =item *
 
+If this was a maintenance release, then edit F<Porting/mergelog> to change
+all the C<d> (deferred) flags to C<.> (needs review).
+
+
+=item *
+
 If this was a major release, then
 
 =over

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