In perl.git, the branch blead has been updated <http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/b658dbbe904f8096ba013d6614c5c2d04b467237?hp=8be81792ba44d3a753941b9e3168c3b0ab0da96c>
- 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 MannsâÃker, 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 Pâ¡saâ¼Ã, Ricardo Signes, +Shlomi Fish, Steffen Mââller, 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 -- Perl5 Master Repository
