In perl.git, the branch blead has been updated <http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/0865247fee6a3b07e9b17ec10a45c3426d101b56?hp=7720cfb228a3063e9c4516012cd689ae4713389b>
- Log ----------------------------------------------------------------- commit 0865247fee6a3b07e9b17ec10a45c3426d101b56 Author: Karl Williamson <[email protected]> Date: Thu Jan 24 09:59:47 2013 -0700 Porting/todo.pod: Add task to clean up pods ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary of changes: Porting/todo.pod | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/Porting/todo.pod b/Porting/todo.pod index cce90df..64f8267 100644 --- a/Porting/todo.pod +++ b/Porting/todo.pod @@ -23,6 +23,20 @@ not, but if your patch is incorporated, then we'll add your name to the F<AUTHORS> file, which ships in the official distribution. How many other programming languages offer you 1 line of immortality? +=head1 Tasks that need only a little Perl knowledge + +=head2 Fix POD errors in Perl documentation + +Perl documentation is furnished in POD (Plain Old Documentation); see +L<perlpod>. We also have a utility that checks for various errors in +this documentation: F<t/porting/podcheck.t>. Unfortunately many files +have errors in them, and there is a database of known problems, kept in +F<t/porting/known_pod_issues.dat>. The most prevalent errors are lines +too wide to fit in a standard terminal window, but there are more +serious problems as well; and there are items listed there that are not +in fact errors. The task would be to go through and clean up the +documentation. This would be a good way to learn more about Perl. + =head1 Tasks that only need Perl knowledge =head2 Migrate t/ from custom TAP generation -- Perl5 Master Repository
