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commit b912808c57c4dd8f57efd441416886c2674ab4cd
Author: Stevan Little <ste...@cpan.org>
Date: Tue Sep 20 14:59:00 2016 +0200
add new release to perlhist
M pod/perlhist.pod
commit 1a21f19eaa1d047fa46f36b94b7ca8c561532a85
Author: Stevan Little <ste...@cpan.org>
Date: Tue Sep 20 14:54:37 2016 +0200
finalize the perldelta
M pod/perldelta.pod
commit 7852d856ec5cd5467301a50edd43da5340bfe0a2
Author: Stevan Little <ste...@cpan.org>
Date: Tue Sep 20 14:34:02 2016 +0200
Update Module::CoreList for 5.25.5
M dist/Module-CoreList/lib/Module/CoreList.pm
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Summary of changes:
dist/Module-CoreList/lib/Module/CoreList.pm | 80 ++++++-
pod/perldelta.pod | 353 ++++------------------------
pod/perlhist.pod | 1 +
3 files changed, 124 insertions(+), 310 deletions(-)
diff --git a/dist/Module-CoreList/lib/Module/CoreList.pm
b/dist/Module-CoreList/lib/Module/CoreList.pm
index cf21182..80db559 100644
--- a/dist/Module-CoreList/lib/Module/CoreList.pm
+++ b/dist/Module-CoreList/lib/Module/CoreList.pm
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ sub changes_between {
5.025002 => '2016-06-20',
5.025003 => '2016-07-20',
5.025004 => '2016-08-20',
- 5.025005 => '????-??-??',
+ 5.025005 => '2016-09-20',
);
for my $version ( sort { $a <=> $b } keys %released ) {
@@ -13091,9 +13091,87 @@ for my $version ( sort { $a <=> $b } keys %released ) {
changed => {
'B::Op_private' => '5.025005',
'Config' => '5.025005',
+ 'Filter::Simple' => '0.93',
+ 'Locale::Codes' => '3.40',
+ 'Locale::Codes::Constants'=> '3.40',
+ 'Locale::Codes::Country'=> '3.40',
+ 'Locale::Codes::Country_Codes'=> '3.40',
+ 'Locale::Codes::Country_Retired'=> '3.40',
+ 'Locale::Codes::Currency'=> '3.40',
+ 'Locale::Codes::Currency_Codes'=> '3.40',
+ 'Locale::Codes::Currency_Retired'=> '3.40',
+ 'Locale::Codes::LangExt'=> '3.40',
+ 'Locale::Codes::LangExt_Codes'=> '3.40',
+ 'Locale::Codes::LangExt_Retired'=> '3.40',
+ 'Locale::Codes::LangFam'=> '3.40',
+ 'Locale::Codes::LangFam_Codes'=> '3.40',
+ 'Locale::Codes::LangFam_Retired'=> '3.40',
+ 'Locale::Codes::LangVar'=> '3.40',
+ 'Locale::Codes::LangVar_Codes'=> '3.40',
+ 'Locale::Codes::LangVar_Retired'=> '3.40',
+ 'Locale::Codes::Language'=> '3.40',
+ 'Locale::Codes::Language_Codes'=> '3.40',
+ 'Locale::Codes::Language_Retired'=> '3.40',
+ 'Locale::Codes::Script' => '3.40',
+ 'Locale::Codes::Script_Codes'=> '3.40',
+ 'Locale::Codes::Script_Retired'=> '3.40',
+ 'Locale::Country' => '3.40',
+ 'Locale::Currency' => '3.40',
+ 'Locale::Language' => '3.40',
+ 'Locale::Script' => '3.40',
'Module::CoreList' => '5.20160920',
'Module::CoreList::TieHashDelta'=> '5.20160920',
'Module::CoreList::Utils'=> '5.20160920',
+ 'POSIX' => '1.72',
+ 'Sys::Syslog' => '0.35',
+ 'Test2' => '1.302056',
+ 'Test2::API' => '1.302056',
+ 'Test2::API::Breakage' => '1.302056',
+ 'Test2::API::Context' => '1.302056',
+ 'Test2::API::Instance' => '1.302056',
+ 'Test2::API::Stack' => '1.302056',
+ 'Test2::Event' => '1.302056',
+ 'Test2::Event::Bail' => '1.302056',
+ 'Test2::Event::Diag' => '1.302056',
+ 'Test2::Event::Exception'=> '1.302056',
+ 'Test2::Event::Generic' => '1.302056',
+ 'Test2::Event::Info' => '1.302056',
+ 'Test2::Event::Note' => '1.302056',
+ 'Test2::Event::Ok' => '1.302056',
+ 'Test2::Event::Plan' => '1.302056',
+ 'Test2::Event::Skip' => '1.302056',
+ 'Test2::Event::Subtest' => '1.302056',
+ 'Test2::Event::Waiting' => '1.302056',
+ 'Test2::Formatter' => '1.302056',
+ 'Test2::Formatter::TAP' => '1.302056',
+ 'Test2::Hub' => '1.302056',
+ 'Test2::Hub::Interceptor'=> '1.302056',
+ 'Test2::Hub::Interceptor::Terminator'=> '1.302056',
+ 'Test2::Hub::Subtest' => '1.302056',
+ 'Test2::IPC' => '1.302056',
+ 'Test2::IPC::Driver' => '1.302056',
+ 'Test2::IPC::Driver::Files'=> '1.302056',
+ 'Test2::Util' => '1.302056',
+ 'Test2::Util::ExternalMeta'=> '1.302056',
+ 'Test2::Util::HashBase' => '1.302056',
+ 'Test2::Util::Trace' => '1.302056',
+ 'Test::Builder' => '1.302056',
+ 'Test::Builder::Formatter'=> '1.302056',
+ 'Test::Builder::Module' => '1.302056',
+ 'Test::Builder::Tester' => '1.302056',
+ 'Test::Builder::Tester::Color'=> '1.302056',
+ 'Test::Builder::TodoDiag'=> '1.302056',
+ 'Test::More' => '1.302056',
+ 'Test::Simple' => '1.302056',
+ 'Test::Tester' => '1.302056',
+ 'Test::Tester::Capture' => '1.302056',
+ 'Test::Tester::CaptureRunner'=> '1.302056',
+ 'Test::Tester::Delegate'=> '1.302056',
+ 'Test::use::ok' => '1.302056',
+ 'Thread::Semaphore' => '2.13',
+ 'XS::APItest' => '0.84',
+ 'XSLoader' => '0.24',
+ 'ok' => '1.302056',
},
removed => {
}
diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod
index c7b6e3c..d0568dc 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 v5.25.5
=head1 DESCRIPTION
@@ -15,24 +12,8 @@ release.
If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.25.3, first read
L<perl5254delta>, which describes differences between 5.25.3 and 5.25.4.
-=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 ]
-
=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.
-
=head2 "Escaped" colons and relative paths in PATH
On Unix systems, Perl treats any relative paths in the PATH environment
@@ -42,84 +23,8 @@ allowing relative paths to be considered safe if the PATH
was set to
something like C</\:.>. The check has been fixed to treat C<.> as tainted
in that example.
-=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 ]
-
-=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 ]
-
-=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 *
-
-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.
-
-[ Within each section, list entries as a =item entry ]
-
-=head2 New Modules and Pragmata
-
-=over 4
-
-=item *
-
-XXX
-
-=back
-
=head2 Updated Modules and Pragmata
=over 4
@@ -133,57 +38,40 @@ end-of-file. [perl #107726]
=item *
-L<Thread::Semaphore> has been upgraded from 2.12 to 2.13.
-
-Added the C<down_timed> method.
+L<Locale::Codes> has been upgraded from 3.39 to 3.40.
=item *
-L<Sys::Syslog> has been upgraded from version 0.34 to 0.35.
+L<Module::CoreList> has been upgraded from version 5.20160820 to 5.20160920.
=item *
-L<XSLoader> has been upgraded from version 0.22 to 0.24.
+L<POSIX> has been upgraded from version 1.71 to 1.72.
=item *
-L<Locale::Codes> has been upgraded from 3.39 to 3.40.
+L<Sys::Syslog> has been upgraded from version 0.34_01 to 0.35.
=item *
-L<Test::Simple> has been upgraded from version 1.302052 to 1.302056
+L<Test::Simple> has been upgraded from version 1.302052 to 1.302056.
-=back
+=item *
-=head2 Removed Modules and Pragmata
+L<Thread::Semaphore> has been upgraded from 2.12 to 2.13.
-=over 4
+Added the C<down_timed> method.
=item *
-XXX
+L<XSLoader> has been upgraded from version 0.22 to 0.24.
=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
-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.
-
=head3 L<perlinterp>
=over 4
@@ -195,98 +83,8 @@ hunt around in the parser for how a given operator is
handled.
=back
-=head1 Diagnostics
-
-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 *
-
-XXX Describe change here
-
-=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 a =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.
-
-[ List each test improvement as a =item entry ]
-
=over 4
=item *
@@ -299,45 +97,8 @@ the string.
=head1 Platform Support
-XXX Any changes to platform support should be listed in the sections below.
-
-[ Within the sections, list each platform as a =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 VMS
@@ -377,12 +138,6 @@ the uninit CCTYPE var. Also fix else vs .ELSE in
makefile.mk
=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 *
@@ -402,11 +157,6 @@ C<my_strlcat()> instead.
=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 *
@@ -475,12 +225,11 @@ result. [perl #129287]
=item *
-check C<pack_sockaddr_un()>'s return value
-
-C<pack_sockaddr_un()> silently truncates the supplied path if it won't
-fit into the C<sun_path> member of C<sockaddr_un>. This may change in
-the future, but for now check the path in theC<sockaddr> matches the
-desired path, and skip if it doesn't. [perl #128095]
+Check C<pack_sockaddr_un()>'s return value because C<pack_sockaddr_un()>
+silently truncates the supplied path if it won't fit into the C<sun_path>
+member of C<sockaddr_un>. This may change in the future, but for now
+check the path in theC<sockaddr> matches the desired path, and skip if
+it doesn't. [perl #128095]
=item *
@@ -491,23 +240,10 @@ cases this is used in building error messages. [perl
#128988]
Check for null PL_curcop in IN_LC() [perl #129106]
-or, rather, in macros that it calls.
-
-When exiting a string eval, the current cop may be freed, so PL_curcop
-gets set to null. With the -DC option, we may end up printfing NVs
-during scope exit, so the locale macros used to make sure that the
-locale is sane before converting the numbers to strings need to make
-sure not to read PL_curcop->cop_hints when PL_curcop is null.
-
-This used to crash with: ./miniperl -DC -e'eval "l/A"'
-
-Iâm not sure how to write a test for this, or even whether itâs worth
-writing a test for -D, which often changes behaviour depending on
-portersâ whims.
-
=item *
-fix errror handling for ':attr(foo' with no ')'
+Fixed the parser error handling for an 'C<:attr(foo>' that does not have
+an ending 'C<)>'.
=item *
@@ -521,33 +257,6 @@ prevent possible string overrun with invalid len in gv.c
=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 *
-
-XXX Add anything here that we forgot to add, or were mistaken about, in
-the perldelta of a previous release.
-
-=back
-
=head1 Obituary
Jon Portnoy (AVENJ), a prolific Perl author and admired Gentoo community
@@ -557,9 +266,35 @@ intellect, wit, and spirit.
=head1 Acknowledgements
-XXX Generate this with:
+Perl 5.25.5 represents approximately 4 weeks of development since Perl 5.25.4
+and contains approximately 67,000 lines of changes across 230 files from 25
+authors.
+
+Excluding auto-generated files, documentation and release tools, there were
+approximately 62,000 lines of changes to 160 .pm, .t, .c and .h files.
+
+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 5.25.5:
+
+Aaron Crane, Aristotle Pagaltzis, Chris 'BinGOs' Williams, Craig A. Berry,
+Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker, Dan Collins, Daniel Dragan, Dave Cross, David
+Mitchell, E. Choroba, Father Chrysostomos, James E Keenan, Jerry D. Hedden,
+Karl Williamson, Lukas Mai, Ricardo Signes, Rick Delaney, Sawyer X, Stevan
+Little, Steve Hay, Sullivan Beck, Theo Buehler, Tony Cook, Yaroslav Kuzmin,
+Yves Orton.
+
+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.
+
+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 v5.25.4..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 840b04f..2e4e90a 100644
--- a/pod/perlhist.pod
+++ b/pod/perlhist.pod
@@ -597,6 +597,7 @@ the strings?).
Matthew 5.25.2 2016-Jun-20
Steve 5.25.3 2016-Jul-20
BinGOs 5.25.4 2016-Aug-20
+ Stevan 5.25.5 2016-Sep-20
=head2 SELECTED RELEASE SIZES
--
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