In perl.git, the branch blead has been updated

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- Log -----------------------------------------------------------------
commit b658dbbe904f8096ba013d6614c5c2d04b467237
Merge: 8be8179 846dac6
Author: Max Maischein <[email protected]>
Date:   Sat Dec 20 18:38:50 2014 +0100

    Merge branch 'release-5.21.7' into blead

commit 846dac6786c1ada87b95d0268c0a9772a4bd04fc
Author: Max Maischein <[email protected]>
Date:   Sat Dec 20 15:52:25 2014 +0100

    add new release to perlhist

M       pod/perlhist.pod

commit 60dde9d3b9b1296d69723baf1dbe439cd63a1c20
Author: Max Maischein <[email protected]>
Date:   Sat Dec 20 15:52:16 2014 +0100

    Update perldelta

M       pod/perldelta.pod

commit e544daaa5a83562ae477105c5170d971332f4dd6
Author: Max Maischein <[email protected]>
Date:   Sat Dec 20 15:01:57 2014 +0100

    Update Module::CoreList for 5.21.7

M       dist/Module-CoreList/Changes
M       dist/Module-CoreList/lib/Module/CoreList.pm
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

Summary of changes:
 dist/Module-CoreList/Changes                |   3 +
 dist/Module-CoreList/lib/Module/CoreList.pm | 205 +++++++++++++++-
 pod/perldelta.pod                           | 360 ++++++++++------------------
 pod/perlhist.pod                            |   1 +
 4 files changed, 329 insertions(+), 240 deletions(-)

diff --git a/dist/Module-CoreList/Changes b/dist/Module-CoreList/Changes
index 241f0eb..6c53efa 100644
--- a/dist/Module-CoreList/Changes
+++ b/dist/Module-CoreList/Changes
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+5.20141220
+  - Updated for v5.21.7
+
 5.20141120
   - Updated for v5.21.6
 
diff --git a/dist/Module-CoreList/lib/Module/CoreList.pm 
b/dist/Module-CoreList/lib/Module/CoreList.pm
index dbbc444..084a47c 100644
--- a/dist/Module-CoreList/lib/Module/CoreList.pm
+++ b/dist/Module-CoreList/lib/Module/CoreList.pm
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ sub changes_between {
     5.021004 => '2014-09-20',
     5.021005 => '2014-10-20',
     5.021006 => '2014-11-20',
-    5.021007 => '????-??-??',
+    5.021007 => '2014-12-20',
   );
 
 for my $version ( sort { $a <=> $b } keys %released ) {
@@ -10664,11 +10664,196 @@ for my $version ( sort { $a <=> $b } keys %released 
) {
     5.021007 => {
         delta_from => 5.021006,
         changed => {
+            'Archive::Tar'          => '2.04',
+            'Archive::Tar::Constant'=> '2.04',
+            'Archive::Tar::File'    => '2.04',
+            'B'                     => '1.54',
+            'B::Concise'            => '0.996',
+            'B::Deparse'            => '1.31',
             'B::Op_private'         => '5.021007',
+            'B::Showlex'            => '1.05',
+            'Compress::Raw::Bzip2'  => '2.067',
+            'Compress::Raw::Zlib'   => '2.067',
+            'Compress::Zlib'        => '2.067',
             'Config'                => '5.021007',
+            'Cwd'                   => '3.54',
+            'DB_File'               => '1.834',
+            'Data::Dumper'          => '2.155',
+            'Devel::PPPort'         => '3.25',
+            'Devel::Peek'           => '1.20',
+            'DynaLoader'            => '1.29',
+            'Encode'                => '2.67',
+            'Errno'                 => '1.22',
+            'ExtUtils::CBuilder'    => '0.280221',
+            'ExtUtils::CBuilder::Base'=> '0.280221',
+            'ExtUtils::CBuilder::Platform::Unix'=> '0.280221',
+            'ExtUtils::CBuilder::Platform::VMS'=> '0.280221',
+            'ExtUtils::CBuilder::Platform::Windows'=> '0.280221',
+            'ExtUtils::CBuilder::Platform::aix'=> '0.280221',
+            'ExtUtils::CBuilder::Platform::android'=> '0.280221',
+            'ExtUtils::CBuilder::Platform::cygwin'=> '0.280221',
+            'ExtUtils::CBuilder::Platform::darwin'=> '0.280221',
+            'ExtUtils::CBuilder::Platform::dec_osf'=> '0.280221',
+            'ExtUtils::CBuilder::Platform::os2'=> '0.280221',
+            'ExtUtils::Command::MM' => '7.04',
+            'ExtUtils::Liblist'     => '7.04',
+            'ExtUtils::Liblist::Kid'=> '7.04',
+            'ExtUtils::MM'          => '7.04',
+            'ExtUtils::MM_AIX'      => '7.04',
+            'ExtUtils::MM_Any'      => '7.04',
+            'ExtUtils::MM_BeOS'     => '7.04',
+            'ExtUtils::MM_Cygwin'   => '7.04',
+            'ExtUtils::MM_DOS'      => '7.04',
+            'ExtUtils::MM_Darwin'   => '7.04',
+            'ExtUtils::MM_MacOS'    => '7.04',
+            'ExtUtils::MM_NW5'      => '7.04',
+            'ExtUtils::MM_OS2'      => '7.04',
+            'ExtUtils::MM_QNX'      => '7.04',
+            'ExtUtils::MM_UWIN'     => '7.04',
+            'ExtUtils::MM_Unix'     => '7.04',
+            'ExtUtils::MM_VMS'      => '7.04',
+            'ExtUtils::MM_VOS'      => '7.04',
+            'ExtUtils::MM_Win32'    => '7.04',
+            'ExtUtils::MM_Win95'    => '7.04',
+            'ExtUtils::MY'          => '7.04',
+            'ExtUtils::MakeMaker'   => '7.04',
+            'ExtUtils::MakeMaker::Config'=> '7.04',
+            'ExtUtils::MakeMaker::Locale'=> '7.04',
+            'ExtUtils::MakeMaker::version'=> '7.04',
+            'ExtUtils::MakeMaker::version::regex'=> '7.04',
+            'ExtUtils::MakeMaker::version::vpp'=> '7.04',
+            'ExtUtils::Mkbootstrap' => '7.04',
+            'ExtUtils::Mksymlists'  => '7.04',
+            'ExtUtils::ParseXS'     => '3.27',
+            'ExtUtils::ParseXS::Constants'=> '3.27',
+            'ExtUtils::ParseXS::CountLines'=> '3.27',
+            'ExtUtils::ParseXS::Eval'=> '3.27',
+            'ExtUtils::ParseXS::Utilities'=> '3.27',
+            'ExtUtils::testlib'     => '7.04',
+            'File::Spec'            => '3.53',
+            'File::Spec::Cygwin'    => '3.54',
+            'File::Spec::Epoc'      => '3.54',
+            'File::Spec::Functions' => '3.54',
+            'File::Spec::Mac'       => '3.54',
+            'File::Spec::OS2'       => '3.54',
+            'File::Spec::Unix'      => '3.54',
+            'File::Spec::VMS'       => '3.54',
+            'File::Spec::Win32'     => '3.54',
+            'Filter::Util::Call'    => '1.51',
+            'HTTP::Tiny'            => '0.053',
+            'IO'                    => '1.35',
+            'IO::Compress::Adapter::Bzip2'=> '2.067',
+            'IO::Compress::Adapter::Deflate'=> '2.067',
+            'IO::Compress::Adapter::Identity'=> '2.067',
+            'IO::Compress::Base'    => '2.067',
+            'IO::Compress::Base::Common'=> '2.067',
+            'IO::Compress::Bzip2'   => '2.067',
+            'IO::Compress::Deflate' => '2.067',
+            'IO::Compress::Gzip'    => '2.067',
+            'IO::Compress::Gzip::Constants'=> '2.067',
+            'IO::Compress::RawDeflate'=> '2.067',
+            'IO::Compress::Zip'     => '2.067',
+            'IO::Compress::Zip::Constants'=> '2.067',
+            'IO::Compress::Zlib::Constants'=> '2.067',
+            'IO::Compress::Zlib::Extra'=> '2.067',
+            'IO::Socket::IP'        => '0.34',
+            'IO::Uncompress::Adapter::Bunzip2'=> '2.067',
+            'IO::Uncompress::Adapter::Identity'=> '2.067',
+            'IO::Uncompress::Adapter::Inflate'=> '2.067',
+            'IO::Uncompress::AnyInflate'=> '2.067',
+            'IO::Uncompress::AnyUncompress'=> '2.067',
+            'IO::Uncompress::Base'  => '2.067',
+            'IO::Uncompress::Bunzip2'=> '2.067',
+            'IO::Uncompress::Gunzip'=> '2.067',
+            'IO::Uncompress::Inflate'=> '2.067',
+            'IO::Uncompress::RawInflate'=> '2.067',
+            'IO::Uncompress::Unzip' => '2.067',
+            'Locale::Codes'         => '3.33',
+            'Locale::Codes::Constants'=> '3.33',
+            'Locale::Codes::Country'=> '3.33',
+            'Locale::Codes::Country_Codes'=> '3.33',
+            'Locale::Codes::Country_Retired'=> '3.33',
+            'Locale::Codes::Currency'=> '3.33',
+            'Locale::Codes::Currency_Codes'=> '3.33',
+            'Locale::Codes::Currency_Retired'=> '3.33',
+            'Locale::Codes::LangExt'=> '3.33',
+            'Locale::Codes::LangExt_Codes'=> '3.33',
+            'Locale::Codes::LangExt_Retired'=> '3.33',
+            'Locale::Codes::LangFam'=> '3.33',
+            'Locale::Codes::LangFam_Codes'=> '3.33',
+            'Locale::Codes::LangFam_Retired'=> '3.33',
+            'Locale::Codes::LangVar'=> '3.33',
+            'Locale::Codes::LangVar_Codes'=> '3.33',
+            'Locale::Codes::LangVar_Retired'=> '3.33',
+            'Locale::Codes::Language'=> '3.33',
+            'Locale::Codes::Language_Codes'=> '3.33',
+            'Locale::Codes::Language_Retired'=> '3.33',
+            'Locale::Codes::Script' => '3.33',
+            'Locale::Codes::Script_Codes'=> '3.33',
+            'Locale::Codes::Script_Retired'=> '3.33',
+            'Locale::Country'       => '3.33',
+            'Locale::Currency'      => '3.33',
+            'Locale::Language'      => '3.33',
+            'Locale::Maketext'      => '1.26',
+            'Locale::Script'        => '3.33',
             'Module::CoreList'      => '5.20141220',
             'Module::CoreList::TieHashDelta'=> '5.20141220',
             'Module::CoreList::Utils'=> '5.20141220',
+            'NDBM_File'             => '1.14',
+            'Net::Cmd'              => '3.04',
+            'Net::Config'           => '3.04',
+            'Net::Domain'           => '3.04',
+            'Net::FTP'              => '3.04',
+            'Net::FTP::A'           => '3.04',
+            'Net::FTP::E'           => '3.04',
+            'Net::FTP::I'           => '3.04',
+            'Net::FTP::L'           => '3.04',
+            'Net::FTP::dataconn'    => '3.04',
+            'Net::NNTP'             => '3.04',
+            'Net::Netrc'            => '3.04',
+            'Net::POP3'             => '3.04',
+            'Net::SMTP'             => '3.04',
+            'Net::Time'             => '3.04',
+            'Opcode'                => '1.30',
+            'POSIX'                 => '1.48',
+            'PerlIO::scalar'        => '0.21',
+            'Pod::Escapes'          => '1.07',
+            'SDBM_File'             => '1.12',
+            'Storable'              => '2.52',
+            'Sys::Hostname'         => '1.20',
+            'Test::Builder'         => '1.301001_090',
+            'Test::Builder::Module' => '1.301001_090',
+            'Test::Builder::Tester' => '1.301001_090',
+            'Test::Builder::Tester::Color'=> '1.301001_090',
+            'Test::CanFork'         => undef,
+            'Test::CanThread'       => undef,
+            'Test::More'            => '1.301001_090',
+            'Test::Simple'          => '1.301001_090',
+            'Test::Stream'          => '1.301001_090',
+            'Test::Stream::API'     => undef,
+            'Test::Stream::ForceExit'=> undef,
+            'Test::Stream::Subtest' => undef,
+            'Test::Tester'          => '1.301001_090',
+            'Test::use::ok'         => '1.301001_090',
+            'Unicode::Collate'      => '1.09',
+            'Unicode::Collate::CJK::Big5'=> '1.09',
+            'Unicode::Collate::CJK::GB2312'=> '1.09',
+            'Unicode::Collate::CJK::JISX0208'=> '1.09',
+            'Unicode::Collate::CJK::Korean'=> '1.09',
+            'Unicode::Collate::CJK::Pinyin'=> '1.09',
+            'Unicode::Collate::CJK::Stroke'=> '1.09',
+            'Unicode::Collate::CJK::Zhuyin'=> '1.09',
+            'Unicode::Collate::Locale'=> '1.09',
+            'XS::APItest'           => '0.69',
+            'XSLoader'              => '0.20',
+            '_charnames'            => '1.43',
+            'arybase'               => '0.09',
+            'charnames'             => '1.43',
+            'feature'               => '1.39',
+            'mro'                   => '1.17',
+            'ok'                    => '1.301001_090',
+            'strict'                => '1.09',
+            'threads'               => '1.96_001',
         },
         removed => {
         }
@@ -11512,6 +11697,8 @@ for my $version (sort { $a <=> $b } keys %deprecated) {
     'Test::Builder::Module' => 'cpan',
     'Test::Builder::Tester' => 'cpan',
     'Test::Builder::Tester::Color'=> 'cpan',
+    'Test::CanFork'         => 'cpan',
+    'Test::CanThread'       => 'cpan',
     'Test::Harness'         => 'cpan',
     'Test::More'            => 'cpan',
     'Test::More::DeepCheck' => 'cpan',
@@ -11521,6 +11708,7 @@ for my $version (sort { $a <=> $b } keys %deprecated) {
     'Test::MostlyLike'      => 'cpan',
     'Test::Simple'          => 'cpan',
     'Test::Stream'          => 'cpan',
+    'Test::Stream::API'     => 'cpan',
     'Test::Stream::ArrayBase'=> 'cpan',
     'Test::Stream::ArrayBase::Meta'=> 'cpan',
     'Test::Stream::Carp'    => 'cpan',
@@ -11538,9 +11726,11 @@ for my $version (sort { $a <=> $b } keys %deprecated) {
     'Test::Stream::ExitMagic::Context'=> 'cpan',
     'Test::Stream::Exporter'=> 'cpan',
     'Test::Stream::Exporter::Meta'=> 'cpan',
+    'Test::Stream::ForceExit'=> 'cpan',
     'Test::Stream::IOSets'  => 'cpan',
     'Test::Stream::Meta'    => 'cpan',
     'Test::Stream::PackageUtil'=> 'cpan',
+    'Test::Stream::Subtest' => 'cpan',
     'Test::Stream::Tester'  => 'cpan',
     'Test::Stream::Tester::Checks'=> 'cpan',
     'Test::Stream::Tester::Checks::Event'=> 'cpan',
@@ -11943,6 +12133,8 @@ for my $version (sort { $a <=> $b } keys %deprecated) {
     'Test::Builder::Module' => 'http://github.com/Test-More/test-more/issues/',
     'Test::Builder::Tester' => 'http://github.com/Test-More/test-more/issues/',
     'Test::Builder::Tester::Color'=> 
'http://github.com/Test-More/test-more/issues/',
+    'Test::CanFork'         => undef,
+    'Test::CanThread'       => undef,
     'Test::Harness'         => 
'http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=Test-Harness',
     'Test::More'            => 'http://github.com/Test-More/test-more/issues/',
     'Test::More::DeepCheck' => undef,
@@ -11952,6 +12144,7 @@ for my $version (sort { $a <=> $b } keys %deprecated) {
     'Test::MostlyLike'      => undef,
     'Test::Simple'          => 'http://github.com/Test-More/test-more/issues/',
     'Test::Stream'          => undef,
+    'Test::Stream::API'     => undef,
     'Test::Stream::ArrayBase'=> undef,
     'Test::Stream::ArrayBase::Meta'=> undef,
     'Test::Stream::Carp'    => undef,
@@ -11969,9 +12162,11 @@ for my $version (sort { $a <=> $b } keys %deprecated) {
     'Test::Stream::ExitMagic::Context'=> undef,
     'Test::Stream::Exporter'=> undef,
     'Test::Stream::Exporter::Meta'=> undef,
+    'Test::Stream::ForceExit'=> undef,
     'Test::Stream::IOSets'  => undef,
     'Test::Stream::Meta'    => undef,
     'Test::Stream::PackageUtil'=> undef,
+    'Test::Stream::Subtest' => undef,
     'Test::Stream::Tester'  => undef,
     'Test::Stream::Tester::Checks'=> undef,
     'Test::Stream::Tester::Checks::Event'=> undef,
@@ -11981,9 +12176,9 @@ for my $version (sort { $a <=> $b } keys %deprecated) {
     'Test::Stream::Threads' => undef,
     'Test::Stream::Toolset' => undef,
     'Test::Stream::Util'    => undef,
-    'Test::Tester'          => undef,
-    'Test::Tester::Capture' => undef,
-    'Test::use::ok'         => undef,
+    'Test::Tester'          => 'http://github.com/Test-More/test-more/issues/',
+    'Test::Tester::Capture' => 'http://github.com/Test-More/test-more/issues/',
+    'Test::use::ok'         => 'http://github.com/Test-More/test-more/issues/',
     'Text::Balanced'        => undef,
     'Text::ParseWords'      => undef,
     'Text::Tabs'            => undef,
@@ -12017,7 +12212,7 @@ for my $version (sort { $a <=> $b } keys %deprecated) {
     'encoding'              => undef,
     'encoding::warnings'    => undef,
     'experimental'          => 
'http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=experimental',
-    'ok'                    => undef,
+    'ok'                    => 'http://github.com/Test-More/test-more/issues/',
     'parent'                => undef,
     'perlfaq'               => 
'https://github.com/perl-doc-cats/perlfaq/issues',
     'version'               => undef,
diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod
index 92d8174..a4fcfaf 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 v5.21.7
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
@@ -15,18 +12,8 @@ release.
 If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.21.5, first read
 L<perl5216delta>, which describes differences between 5.21.5 and 5.21.6.
 
-=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 faster array and hash lookups
 
 Array and hash lookups (especially nested ones) that use only constants
@@ -45,24 +32,8 @@ indicate that the operation is not supported.
 Currently, this uses either a C<dd_fd> member in the OS C<DIR>
 structure, or a dirfd(3) function as specified by POSIX.1-2008.
 
-=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 ]
-
 =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<&> and C<\&> prototypes accepts only subs
 
 The C<&> prototype character now accepts only anonymous subs (C<sub {...}>)
@@ -88,37 +59,6 @@ list if all indices fell outside the original list.  [perl 
#114498]
 
 =head1 Deprecations
 
-XXX Any deprecated features, syntax, modules etc. should be listed here.
-
-=head2 Module removals
-
-XXX Remove this section if inapplicable.
-
-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 ]
-
 =head2 Setting C<${^ENCODING}> to anything but C<undef>
 
 This variable allows Perl scripts to be written in a non-ASCII,
@@ -129,11 +69,6 @@ with the L<encoding> pragma.
 
 =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 *
@@ -153,27 +88,23 @@ run time.
 
 =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.
-
-[ Within each section, list entries as a =item entry ]
-
-=head2 New Modules and Pragmata
+=head2 Updated Modules and Pragmata
 
 =over 4
 
 =item *
 
-XXX
+The PathTools module collection has been upgraded from 3.52 to 3.53.
 
-=back
+Don't turn leading C<//> into C</> on Cygwin. [perl #122635]
 
-=head2 Updated Modules and Pragmata
+=item *
 
-=over 4
+L<Archive::Tar> has been upgraded from version 2.02 to 2.04.
+
+=item *
+
+L<arybase> has been upgraded from version 0.08 to 0.09.
 
 =item *
 
@@ -192,6 +123,10 @@ Two new classes, B::PADNAME and B::PADNAMELIST, have been 
introduced.
 
 =item *
 
+L<B::Concise> has been upgraded from version 0.995 to 0.996.
+
+=item *
+
 L<B::Deparse> has been upgraded from version 1.30 to 1.31.
 
 BEGIN blocks at the end of the enclosing scope are now deparsed in the
@@ -209,7 +144,7 @@ C<Anything =~ y///r> with C</r> no longer omits the 
left-hand operand.
 
 The op trees that make up regexp code blocks are now deparsed for real.
 Formerly, the original string that made up the regular expression was used.
-That caused problems with C<qr/(?{<<heredoc})/> and multiline code blocks,
+That caused problems with C<qr/(?{E<lt>E<lt>heredoc})/> and multiline code 
blocks,
 which were deparsed incorrectly.  [perl #123217] [perl #115256]
 
 C<$;> at the end of a statement no longer loses its semicolon.
@@ -252,226 +187,197 @@ the array.)
 C<system> and C<exec> followed by a block are now deparsed correctly.
 Formerly there was an erroneous C<do> before the block.
 
-C<use constant QR => qr/.../flags> followed by C<"" =~ QR> is no longer
+C<< use constant QR =E<gt> qr/.../flags >> followed by C<"" =~ QR> is no longer
 without the flags.
 
 =item *
 
-L<ExtUtils::ParseXS> has been upgraded from version 3.26 to 3.27.
-
-Only declare C<file> unused if we actually define it.
-
-Improve generated C<RETVAL> code generation to avoid repeated
-references to C<ST(0)>.  [perl #123278]
-
-Broaden and document the C</OBJ$/> to C</REF$/> typemap optimization
-for the C<DESTROY> method.  [perl #123418]
+L<charnames> has been upgraded from version 1.41 to 1.43.
 
 =item *
 
-L<Locale::Maketext> has been upgraded from version 1.25 to 1.26.
+L<Compress::Raw::Bzip2> has been upgraded from version 2.066 to 2.067.
 
 =item *
 
-The PathTools module collection has been upgraded from 3.52 to 3.53.
-
-Don't turn leading C<//> into C</> on Cygwin. [perl #122635]
+L<Compress::Raw::Zlib> has been upgraded from version 2.066 to 2.067.
 
 =item *
 
-L<PerlIO::scalar> has been upgraded from version 0.20 to 0.21.
-
-Reading from a position well past the end of the scalar now correctly
-returns end of file.  [perl #123443]
+L<Data::Dumper> has been upgraded from version 2.154 to 2.155.
 
-Seeking to a negative position still fails, but no longer leaves the
-file position set to a negation location.
+=item *
 
-C<eof()> on a C<PerlIO::scalar> handle now properly returns true when
-the file position is past the 2GB mark on 32-bit systems.
+L<DB_File> has been upgraded from version 1.831 to 1.834.
 
 =item *
 
-L<XSLoader> has been upgraded from version 0.19 to 0.20
+L<Devel::Peek> has been upgraded from version 1.19 to 1.20.
 
-Don't test twice for bootstrap file.
+=item *
 
-=back
+L<Devel::PPPort> has been upgraded from version 3.24 to 3.25.
 
-=head2 Removed Modules and Pragmata
+=item *
 
-=over 4
+L<DynaLoader> has been upgraded from version 1.28 to 1.29.
 
 =item *
 
-XXX
+L<Encode> has been upgraded from version 2.64 to 2.67.
 
-=back
+=item *
 
-=head1 Documentation
+L<Errno> has been upgraded from version 1.21 to 1.22.
 
-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>.
+=item *
 
-=head2 New Documentation
+L<ExtUtils::CBuilder> has been upgraded from version 0.280220 to 0.280221.
 
-XXX Changes which create B<new> files in F<pod/> go here.
+=item *
 
-=head3 L<XXX>
+L<ExtUtils::MakeMaker> has been upgraded from version 7.02 to 7.04.
 
-XXX Description of the purpose of the new file here
+=item *
 
-=head2 Changes to Existing Documentation
+L<ExtUtils::ParseXS> has been upgraded from version 3.26 to 3.27.
 
-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.
+Only declare C<file> unused if we actually define it.
 
-=head3 L<XXX>
+Improve generated C<RETVAL> code generation to avoid repeated
+references to C<ST(0)>.  [perl #123278]
 
-=over 4
+Broaden and document the C</OBJ$/> to C</REF$/> typemap optimization
+for the C<DESTROY> method.  [perl #123418]
 
 =item *
 
-XXX Description of the change here
-
-=back
-
-=head1 Diagnostics
+L<feature> has been upgraded from version 1.38 to 1.39.
 
-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>.
+=item *
 
-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.
+L<File::Spec> has been upgraded from version 3.51 to 3.54.
 
-=head2 New Diagnostics
+=item *
 
-XXX Newly added diagnostic messages go under here, separated into New Errors
-and New Warnings
+L<Filter::Util::Call> has been upgraded from version 1.49 to 1.51.
 
-=head3 New Errors
+=item *
 
-=over 4
+L<HTTP::Tiny> has been upgraded from version 0.051 to 0.053.
 
 =item *
 
-XXX L<message|perldiag/"message">
-
-=back
+L<IO> has been upgraded from version 1.34 to 1.35.
 
-=head3 New Warnings
+=item *
 
-=over 4
+The IO::Compress module collection has been upgraded from version 2.066 to 
2.067.
 
 =item *
 
-XXX L<message|perldiag/"message">
+L<IO::Socket::IP> has been upgraded from version 0.32 to 0.34.
 
-=back
+=item *
 
-=head2 Changes to Existing Diagnostics
+L<Locale::Codes> has been upgraded from version 3.32 to 3.33.
 
-XXX Changes (i.e. rewording) of diagnostic messages go here
+=item *
 
-=over 4
+L<Locale::Maketext> has been upgraded from version 1.25 to 1.26.
 
 =item *
 
-"Variable %s will not stay shared" has been changed to say "Subroutine"
-when it is actually a lexical sub that will not stay shared.
+L<Module::CoreList> has been upgraded from version 5.20141120 to 5.20141220.
 
-=back
+=item *
 
-=head1 Utility Changes
+L<mro> has been upgraded from version 1.16 to 1.17.
 
-XXX Changes to installed programs such as F<perlbug> and F<xsubpp> go here.
-Most of these are built within the directory F<utils>.
+=item *
 
-[ 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. ]
+L<NDBM_File> has been upgraded from version 1.13 to 1.14.
 
-=head2 L<XXX>
+=item *
 
-=over 4
+L<Opcode> has been upgraded from version 1.29 to 1.30.
 
 =item *
 
-XXX
+L<PerlIO::scalar> has been upgraded from version 0.20 to 0.21.
 
-=back
+Reading from a position well past the end of the scalar now correctly
+returns end of file.  [perl #123443]
 
-=head1 Configuration and Compilation
+Seeking to a negative position still fails, but no longer leaves the
+file position set to a negation location.
 
-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.
+C<eof()> on a C<PerlIO::scalar> handle now properly returns true when
+the file position is past the 2GB mark on 32-bit systems.
 
-[ List changes as a =item entry ].
+=item *
 
-=over 4
+L<Pod::Escapes> has been upgraded from version 1.06 to 1.07.
 
 =item *
 
-XXX
+L<POSIX> has been upgraded from version 1.46 to 1.48.
 
-=back
+=item *
 
-=head1 Testing
+L<SDBM_File> has been upgraded from version 1.11 to 1.12.
 
-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.
+=item *
 
-[ List each test improvement as a =item entry ]
+L<Storable> has been upgraded from version 2.51 to 2.52.
 
-=over 4
+=item *
+
+L<strict> has been upgraded from version 1.08 to 1.09.
 
 =item *
 
-XXX
+L<Sys::Hostname> has been upgraded from version 1.19 to 1.20.
 
-=back
+=item *
 
-=head1 Platform Support
+L<Test::Simple> has been upgraded from version 1.301001_075 to 1.301001_090.
 
-XXX Any changes to platform support should be listed in the sections below.
+=item *
 
-[ Within the sections, list each platform as a =item entry with specific
-changes as paragraphs below it. ]
+L<threads> has been upgraded from version 1.96 to 1.96_001.
 
-=head2 New Platforms
+=item *
 
-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.
+L<Unicode::Collate> has been upgraded from version 1.07 to 1.09.
 
-=over 4
+=item *
 
-=item XXX-some-platform
+L<XSLoader> has been upgraded from version 0.19 to 0.20
 
-XXX
+Don't test twice for bootstrap file.
 
 =back
 
-=head2 Discontinued Platforms
+=head1 Diagnostics
 
-XXX List any platforms that this version of perl no longer compiles on.
+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>.
+
+=head2 Changes to Existing Diagnostics
 
 =over 4
 
-=item XXX-some-platform
+=item *
 
-XXX
+"Variable %s will not stay shared" has been changed to say "Subroutine"
+when it is actually a lexical sub that will not stay shared.
 
 =back
 
+=head1 Platform Support
+
 =head2 Platform-Specific Notes
 
 =head3 Win32
@@ -486,12 +392,6 @@ Intel C builds are now always built with C99 mode on.
 
 =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 a =item entry ]
-
 =over 4
 
 =item *
@@ -535,11 +435,6 @@ index is still done using C<aelemfast>.
 
 =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 a =item entry ]
-
 =over 4
 
 =item *
@@ -613,43 +508,38 @@ argument, instead of the context the current sub was 
called in.
 
 =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 a =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 5.21.7 represents approximately 4 weeks of development since Perl 5.21.6
+and contains approximately 97,000 lines of changes across 640 files from 30
+authors.
 
-=back
+Excluding auto-generated files, documentation and release tools, there were
+approximately 26,000 lines of changes to 400 .pm, .t, .c and .h files.
 
-=head1 Obituary
+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 5.21.7:
 
-XXX If any significant core contributor has died, we've added a short obituary
-here.
+Aaron Crane, Aristotle Pagaltzis, Chad Granum, Chris 'BinGOs' Williams, Craig
+A. Berry, Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker, Daniel Dragan, David Mitchell, Eric
+Herman, Father Chrysostomos, H.Merijn Brand, Hugo van der Sanden, James
+Raspass, Jarkko Hietaniemi, Jim Cromie, Karen Etheridge, Karl Williamson, kmx,
+Lukas Mai, Matthew Horsfall, Max Maischein, Petr Písař, Ricardo Signes,
+Shlomi Fish, Steffen M├╝ller, Steve Hay, Sullivan Beck, syber, Todd 
Rinaldo,
+Tony Cook.
 
-=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 v5.21.6..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
 
diff --git a/pod/perlhist.pod b/pod/perlhist.pod
index a425ed0..9f01589 100644
--- a/pod/perlhist.pod
+++ b/pod/perlhist.pod
@@ -546,6 +546,7 @@ the strings?).
  Steve     5.21.4       2014-Sep-20
  Abigail   5.21.5       2014-Oct-20
  BinGOs    5.21.6       2014-Nov-20
+ Max M     5.21.7       2014-Dec-20
 
 =head2 SELECTED RELEASE SIZES
 

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