In perl.git, the branch blead has been updated

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- Log -----------------------------------------------------------------
commit 28988dce93a735de38b874bd0f3087b9bd4aad0f
Author: Chad Granum <[email protected]>
Date:   Sun Nov 20 12:10:44 2016 -0800

    update t/porting/known_pod_issues.dat

M       t/porting/known_pod_issues.dat

commit 9f072db7f42644b83fa15438811d9a2e3a176043
Author: Chad Granum <[email protected]>
Date:   Sun Nov 20 11:21:53 2016 -0800

    Update perlhist.pod for 5.25.7

M       pod/perlhist.pod

commit 55a729d387b308ec6114bbbc8668efe50242d745
Author: Chad Granum <[email protected]>
Date:   Sun Nov 20 11:17:09 2016 -0800

    Finalize perldelta for 5.25.7
    
    Following release manager doc

M       pod/perldelta.pod

commit b1b49d101cbb74f02521651b56118e30d8f86bc6
Author: Chad Granum <[email protected]>
Date:   Sun Nov 20 10:51:39 2016 -0800

    Update Module::CoreLiast for 5.25.7

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

commit c49a7ab0702a9b94f98889e74b9255a6ad8f681d
Author: Chad Granum <[email protected]>
Date:   Sun Nov 20 10:49:18 2016 -0800

    Fix Module-CoreList version info for 5.25.7

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

commit a07f61121282359b58c04939bb2ee5048ce5192d
Author: Chad Granum <[email protected]>
Date:   Sun Nov 20 07:52:19 2016 -0800

    Final manual updates to perldelta
    
    This will still likeyl get minor changes in the rest of the release
    process, but the pre-release editing is done.

M       pod/perldelta.pod
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

Summary of changes:
 dist/Module-CoreList/lib/Module/CoreList.pm | 113 +++++++-
 pod/perldelta.pod                           | 423 +++++++---------------------
 pod/perlhist.pod                            |   3 +-
 t/porting/known_pod_issues.dat              |   4 +-
 4 files changed, 211 insertions(+), 332 deletions(-)

diff --git a/dist/Module-CoreList/lib/Module/CoreList.pm 
b/dist/Module-CoreList/lib/Module/CoreList.pm
index e4e0d64..1b99a21 100644
--- a/dist/Module-CoreList/lib/Module/CoreList.pm
+++ b/dist/Module-CoreList/lib/Module/CoreList.pm
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use strict;
 use vars qw/$VERSION %released %version %families %upstream
            %bug_tracker %deprecated %delta/;
 use version;
-$VERSION = '5.2016120';
+$VERSION = '5.20161120';
 
 sub _undelta {
     my ($delta) = @_;
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ sub changes_between {
     5.025004 => '2016-08-20',
     5.025005 => '2016-09-20',
     5.025006 => '2016-10-20',
-    5.025007 => '????-??-??',
+    5.025007 => '2016-11-20',
   );
 
 for my $version ( sort { $a <=> $b } keys %released ) {
@@ -13270,8 +13270,113 @@ for my $version ( sort { $a <=> $b } keys %released ) 
{
     5.025007 => {
         delta_from => 5.025006,
         changed => {
+            'Archive::Tar'          => '2.18',
+            'Archive::Tar::Constant'=> '2.18',
+            'Archive::Tar::File'    => '2.18',
+            'B'                     => '1.65',
             'B::Op_private'         => '5.025007',
             'Config'                => '5.025007',
+            'Cwd'                   => '3.66',
+            'Data::Dumper'          => '2.165',
+            'Devel::Peek'           => '1.26',
+            'DynaLoader'            => '1.40',
+            'Errno'                 => '1.27',
+            'ExtUtils::ParseXS::Utilities'=> '3.34',
+            'File::Spec'            => '3.66',
+            'File::Spec::AmigaOS'   => '3.66',
+            'File::Spec::Cygwin'    => '3.66',
+            'File::Spec::Epoc'      => '3.66',
+            'File::Spec::Functions' => '3.66',
+            'File::Spec::Mac'       => '3.66',
+            'File::Spec::OS2'       => '3.66',
+            'File::Spec::Unix'      => '3.66',
+            'File::Spec::VMS'       => '3.66',
+            'File::Spec::Win32'     => '3.66',
+            'Hash::Util'            => '0.22',
+            'JSON::PP'              => '2.27400_02',
+            'List::Util'            => '1.46_02',
+            'List::Util::XS'        => '1.46_02',
+            'Math::BigFloat'        => '1.999727',
+            'Math::BigInt'          => '1.999727',
+            'Math::BigInt::Calc'    => '1.999727',
+            'Math::BigInt::CalcEmu' => '1.999727',
+            'Math::Complex'         => '1.5901',
+            'Module::CoreList'      => '5.20161120',
+            'Module::CoreList::TieHashDelta'=> '5.20161120',
+            'Module::CoreList::Utils'=> '5.20161120',
+            'Net::Ping'             => '2.55',
+            'Opcode'                => '1.39',
+            'POSIX'                 => '1.75',
+            'Pod::Man'              => '4.09',
+            'Pod::ParseLink'        => '4.09',
+            'Pod::Text'             => '4.09',
+            'Pod::Text::Color'      => '4.09',
+            'Pod::Text::Overstrike' => '4.09',
+            'Pod::Text::Termcap'    => '4.09',
+            'Scalar::Util'          => '1.46_02',
+            'Storable'              => '2.59',
+            'Sub::Util'             => '1.46_02',
+            'Term::ANSIColor'       => '4.06',
+            'Test2'                 => '1.302062',
+            'Test2::API'            => '1.302062',
+            'Test2::API::Breakage'  => '1.302062',
+            'Test2::API::Context'   => '1.302062',
+            'Test2::API::Instance'  => '1.302062',
+            'Test2::API::Stack'     => '1.302062',
+            'Test2::Event'          => '1.302062',
+            'Test2::Event::Bail'    => '1.302062',
+            'Test2::Event::Diag'    => '1.302062',
+            'Test2::Event::Exception'=> '1.302062',
+            'Test2::Event::Generic' => '1.302062',
+            'Test2::Event::Info'    => '1.302062',
+            'Test2::Event::Note'    => '1.302062',
+            'Test2::Event::Ok'      => '1.302062',
+            'Test2::Event::Plan'    => '1.302062',
+            'Test2::Event::Skip'    => '1.302062',
+            'Test2::Event::Subtest' => '1.302062',
+            'Test2::Event::Waiting' => '1.302062',
+            'Test2::Formatter'      => '1.302062',
+            'Test2::Formatter::TAP' => '1.302062',
+            'Test2::Hub'            => '1.302062',
+            'Test2::Hub::Interceptor'=> '1.302062',
+            'Test2::Hub::Interceptor::Terminator'=> '1.302062',
+            'Test2::Hub::Subtest'   => '1.302062',
+            'Test2::IPC'            => '1.302062',
+            'Test2::IPC::Driver'    => '1.302062',
+            'Test2::IPC::Driver::Files'=> '1.302062',
+            'Test2::Util'           => '1.302062',
+            'Test2::Util::ExternalMeta'=> '1.302062',
+            'Test2::Util::HashBase' => '1.302062',
+            'Test2::Util::Trace'    => '1.302062',
+            'Test::Builder'         => '1.302062',
+            'Test::Builder::Formatter'=> '1.302062',
+            'Test::Builder::Module' => '1.302062',
+            'Test::Builder::Tester' => '1.302062',
+            'Test::Builder::Tester::Color'=> '1.302062',
+            'Test::Builder::TodoDiag'=> '1.302062',
+            'Test::More'            => '1.302062',
+            'Test::Simple'          => '1.302062',
+            'Test::Tester'          => '1.302062',
+            'Test::Tester::Capture' => '1.302062',
+            'Test::Tester::CaptureRunner'=> '1.302062',
+            'Test::Tester::Delegate'=> '1.302062',
+            'Test::use::ok'         => '1.302062',
+            'Time::HiRes'           => '1.9740_03',
+            'Unicode::Collate'      => '1.18',
+            'Unicode::Collate::CJK::Big5'=> '1.18',
+            'Unicode::Collate::CJK::GB2312'=> '1.18',
+            'Unicode::Collate::CJK::JISX0208'=> '1.18',
+            'Unicode::Collate::CJK::Korean'=> '1.18',
+            'Unicode::Collate::CJK::Pinyin'=> '1.18',
+            'Unicode::Collate::CJK::Stroke'=> '1.18',
+            'Unicode::Collate::CJK::Zhuyin'=> '1.18',
+            'Unicode::Collate::Locale'=> '1.18',
+            'Unicode::UCD'          => '0.67',
+            'XS::APItest'           => '0.87',
+            'XS::Typemap'           => '0.15',
+            'mro'                   => '1.20',
+            'ok'                    => '1.302062',
+            'threads'               => '2.10',
         },
         removed => {
         }
@@ -14398,7 +14503,6 @@ sub is_core
     'Unicode::Collate::CJK::Stroke'=> 'cpan',
     'Unicode::Collate::CJK::Zhuyin'=> 'cpan',
     'Unicode::Collate::Locale'=> 'cpan',
-    'Unicode::Normalize'    => 'cpan',
     'Win32'                 => 'cpan',
     'Win32API::File'        => 'cpan',
     'Win32API::File::inc::ExtUtils::Myconst2perl'=> 'cpan',
@@ -14823,7 +14927,7 @@ sub is_core
     'Text::Tabs'            => undef,
     'Text::Wrap'            => undef,
     'Tie::RefHash'          => undef,
-    'Time::Local'           => 
'http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=Time-Local',
+    'Time::Local'           => 
'https://github.com/houseabsolute/Time-Local/issues',
     'Time::Piece'           => undef,
     'Time::Seconds'         => undef,
     'Unicode::Collate'      => undef,
@@ -14835,7 +14939,6 @@ sub is_core
     'Unicode::Collate::CJK::Stroke'=> undef,
     'Unicode::Collate::CJK::Zhuyin'=> undef,
     'Unicode::Collate::Locale'=> undef,
-    'Unicode::Normalize'    => 
'https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=Unicode-Normalize',
     'Win32'                 => undef,
     'Win32API::File'        => undef,
     'Win32API::File::inc::ExtUtils::Myconst2perl'=> undef,
diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod
index f49a5f1..4656c56 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 v5.25.7
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
@@ -17,12 +14,6 @@ L<perl5256delta>, which describes differences between 5.25.5 
and 5.25.6.
 
 =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 Indented Here-documents
 
 This adds a new modifier '~' to here-docs that tells the parser
@@ -87,11 +78,6 @@ ${^CAPTURE}[0].
 
 %{^CAPTURE_ALL} is the equivalent to %- (ie all named captures).
 
-=head2 hv.h: rework HEK_FLAGS to a proper member in struct hek
-
-Move the store of HEK_FLAGS off the end of the allocated hek_key into the hek
-struct, simplifying access and providing clarity to the code.
-
 =head2 op.c: silence compiler warning in fold_constants()
 
     op.c: In function ‘S_fold_constants’:
@@ -101,106 +87,8 @@ struct, simplifying access and providing clarity to the 
code.
 
 This warning has been silenced.
 
-=head2 White space changed to avoid C++ deprecation warning
-
-C++11 requires space between the end of a string literal and a macro, so that a
-feature can unambiguously be added to the language.  Starting in g++ 6.2, the
-compiler emits a warning when there isn't a space (presumably so that future
-versions can support C++11)
-
-=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 Eliminate OPpRUNTIME private PMOP flag
-
-This flag was added in 5.004 and even then it didn't seem to be used for
-anything. It gets set and unset in various places, but is never tested.
-
-=head2 Eliminate SVpbm_VALID flag
-
-This flag is set on an SV to indicate that it has PERL_MAGIC_bm (fast
-Boyer-Moore) magic attached. Instead just directly check whether it has such
-magic.
-
-=head2 Eliminate SVpbm_TAIL/SvTAIL_on()/SvTAIL_off()
-
-This flag is only set on SVs that have Boyer-Moore magic attached. Such SVs
-already re-purpose the unused IVX slot of that  SV to store BmUSEFUL. This
-commit repurposes the unused NVX slot to store this boolean value instead.
-
-=head2 Eliminate SVrepl_EVAL and SvEVALED()
-
-This flag is only used to indicate that the SV holding the text of the
-replacement part of a s/// has seen at least one /e.  Instead, set the IVX
-field in the SV to a true value. (We already set the NVX field on that SV to
-indicate a multi-src-line substitution).
-
-=head2 metaconfig.h
-
-Document that symbols should be removed from metaconfig.h
-
-Remove almost-all symbols from metaconfig.h
-
-=head2 Change hv_fetch(…, "…", …, …) to hv_fetchs(…, "…", …)
-
-The dual-life dists all use Devel::PPPort, so they can use this function even
-though it was only added in 5.10.
-
-=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 *
@@ -226,7 +114,7 @@ Reduce the number of odd special cases for the SvSCREAM 
flag.
 
 =item *
 
-Aavoid sv_catpvn() in do_vop() when unneeded.
+Avoid sv_catpvn() in do_vop() when unneeded.
 
 =item *
 
@@ -244,47 +132,57 @@ Better optimise array and hash assignment
 
 =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.
+=head2 Updated Modules and Pragmata
+
+=over 4
+
+=item *
 
-[ Within each section, list entries as a =item entry ]
+L<podlators> has been upgraded from version 4.08 to 4.09.
 
-=head2 New Modules and Pragmata
+=item *
 
-=over 4
+L<Archive::Tar> has been upgraded from version 2.14 to 2.18.
 
 =item *
 
-XXX
+L<B> has been upgraded from version 1.64 to 1.65.
 
-=back
+=item *
 
-=head2 Updated Modules and Pragmata
+L<Data::Dumper> has been upgraded from version 2.162 to 2.165.
 
-=over 4
+The XS implementation now supports Deparse.
 
 =item *
 
-L<Time::HiRes> has been updated to use clockid_t.
+L<Devel::Peek> has been upgraded from version 1.25 to 1.26.
 
 =item *
 
-L<Data::Dumper> the XS implementation now supports Deparse.
+L<DynaLoader> has been upgraded from version 1.39 to 1.40.
 
 =item *
 
-L<Unicode::Normalize> is now maintained by p5p and has been moved to dist/
+L<Errno> has been upgraded from version 1.26 to 1.27.
+
+Document that using C<%!> loads Errno for you.
 
 =item *
 
-L<Errno> Document that using C<%!> loads Errno for you.
+L<File::Spec> has been upgraded from version 3.65 to 3.66.
 
 =item *
 
-L<Unicode::Collate> has been upgraded from version 1.14 to 1.18.
+L<Hash::Util> has been upgraded from version 0.21 to 0.22.
+
+=item *
+
+L<JSON::PP> has been upgraded from version 2.27400_01 to 2.27400_02.
+
+=item *
+
+L<List::Util> has been upgraded from version 1.46 to 1.46_02.
 
 =item *
 
@@ -294,21 +192,21 @@ There have also been some core customizations.
 
 =item *
 
-L<podlators> has been upgraded from version 4.08 to 4.09.
+L<Math::Complex> has been upgraded from version 1.59 to 1.5901.
 
 =item *
 
-L<Archive::Tar> has been upgraded from version 2.16 to 2.18.
+L<Module::CoreList> has been upgraded from version 5.20161020 to 5.20161120.
 
-Capture STDERR when necessary.
+=item *
 
-Several minor updates.
+L<mro> has been upgraded from version 1.19 to 1.20.
 
 =item *
 
-L<Net::Ping> remove sudo from 500_ping_icmp.t.
+L<Net::Ping> has been upgraded from version 2.51 to 2.55.
 
-Upgrade from version 2.51 to 2.55.
+Remove sudo from 500_ping_icmp.t.
 
 Avoid stderr noise in tests
 
@@ -316,70 +214,60 @@ Check for echo in new Net::Ping tests.
 
 =item *
 
-L<Test::Simple> has been upgraded from version 1.302059 to 1.302062.
+L<Opcode> has been upgraded from version 1.38 to 1.39.
 
 =item *
 
-L<Term::ANSIColor> has been upgraded from version 4.05 to 4.06.
+L<POSIX> has been upgraded from version 1.73 to 1.75.
 
 =item *
 
-L<Scalar::Utils> and L<List::Utils> have been customized in core.
+L<Scalar::Util> has been upgraded from version 1.46 to 1.46_02.
 
 =item *
 
-L<Math::Complex> has been customized in core.
+L<Storable> has been upgraded from version 2.58 to 2.59.
 
 =item *
 
-L<JSON::PP> Customized in core.
+L<Term::ANSIColor> has been upgraded from version 4.05 to 4.06.
 
 =item *
 
-L<POSIX> Version Bump
+L<Test::Simple> has been upgraded from version 1.302059 to 1.302062.
 
 =item *
 
-L<Unicode::UCD> has had its documentation updated to give a recipe for
-using it to get the information contained in F<unicore/Name.pl>.  It has
-long been deprecated to use any file from F<unicore/>, and their
-contents or even existence may change at any time without notice.
+L<threads> has been upgraded from version 2.09 to 2.10.
 
 =item *
 
-L<XXX> has been upgraded from version A.xx to B.yy.
+L<Time::HiRes> has been upgraded from version 1.9740_01 to 1.9740_03.
 
-=back
+Now uses clockid_t.
 
-=head2 Removed Modules and Pragmata
+=item *
 
-=over 4
+L<Unicode::Collate> has been upgraded from version 1.14 to 1.18.
 
 =item *
 
-XXX
-
-=back
+L<Unicode::Normalize> is now maintained by p5p and has been moved to dist/
 
-=head1 Documentation
+=item *
 
-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>.
+L<Unicode::UCD> has been upgraded from version 0.66 to 0.67.
 
-=head2 New Documentation
+=item *
 
-XXX Changes which create B<new> files in F<pod/> go here.
+L<XS::Typemap> has been upgraded from version 0.14 to 0.15.
 
-=head3 L<XXX>
+=back
 
-XXX Description of the purpose of the new file here
+=head1 Documentation
 
 =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<perlfunc>
 
 =over 4
@@ -500,23 +388,7 @@ Document Tab VS Space.
 
 =item *
 
-Don't impugn the stability of all (?…) constructs.
-
-=item *
-
-Summarise full syntax for (?(cond)then|else) constructs.
-
-=item *
-
-Minor tweaks and formatting changes.
-
-=item *
-
-perlre: regularise list items
-
-=item *
-
-Document the package for C<$REGMARK> and C<$REGERROR>.
+Several minor enhancements to the documentation.
 
 =back
 
@@ -526,38 +398,8 @@ 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 *
@@ -579,15 +421,6 @@ warnings were under 'deprecated' previously.
 
 =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 *
@@ -626,13 +459,6 @@ Avoid infinite loop for enums.
 
 =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 *
@@ -663,17 +489,14 @@ Configure: signbit scan was assuming too much, stop 
assuming negative 0.
 
 Various compiler warnings have been silenced.
 
-=back
+=item *
 
-=head1 Testing
+Several smaller changes have been made to remove impediments to compiling under
+C++11.
 
-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.
+=back
 
-[ List each test improvement as a =item entry ]
+=head1 Testing
 
 =over 4
 
@@ -689,24 +512,10 @@ Tests for locales were erroneously using locales 
incompatible with Perl.
 
 =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.
+=head2 Platform-Specific Notes
 
 =over 4
 
-=item XXX-some-platform
-
-XXX
-
 =item Darwin
 
 don't treat -Dprefix=/usr as special, instead require an extra option
@@ -718,7 +527,7 @@ Finish removing POSIX deprecated functions.
 
 =item OS X
 
-OS X El Capitan doesn't implement the clock_gettime() or clock_getrez() APIs,
+OS X El Capitan doesn't implement the clock_gettime() or clock_getres() APIs,
 emulate them as necessary.
 
 =item macOS
@@ -738,6 +547,10 @@ L<Net::Ping> UDP test is skipped on HP-UX.
 Move _pDEPTH and _aDEPTH after config.h otherwise DEBUGGING may not be defined
 yet.
 
+VAXC has not been a possibility for a good long while, and the versions of the
+DEC/Compaq/HP/VSI C compiler that report themselves as "DEC" in a listing file
+are 15 years or more out-of-date and can be safely desupported.
+
 =item VMS And Win32
 
 Fix some breakage, add 'undef' value for default_inc_excludes_dot in build
@@ -768,62 +581,28 @@ t/uni/overload.t: Skip hanging test on FreeBSD.
 
 =back
 
-=head2 Discontinued Platforms
-
-XXX List any platforms that this version of perl no longer compiles on.
-
-=over 4
-
-=item VMS
-
-VAXC has not been a possibility for a good long while, and the versions of the
-DEC/Compaq/HP/VSI C compiler that report themselves as "DEC" in a listing file
-are 15 years or more out-of-date and can be safely desupported.
-
-=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.
+=head1 Internal Changes
 
 =over 4
 
-=item XXX-some-platform
-
-XXX
-
-=back
-
-=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.
+=item *
 
-[ List each change as a =item entry ]
+The meanings of some internal SV flags have been changed
 
-=over 4
+OPpRUNTIME, SVpbm_VALID, SVpbm_TAIL, SvTAIL_on, SvTAIL_off, SVrepl_EVAL,
+SvEVALED
 
 =item *
 
-XXX
+Change C<hv_fetch(…, "…", …, …)> to C<hv_fetchs(…, "…", …)>
+
+The dual-life dists all use Devel::PPPort, so they can use this function even
+though it was only added in 5.10.
 
 =back
 
 =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 *
@@ -849,7 +628,7 @@ List assignment in list context where the LHS contained 
aggregates and
 where there were not enough RHS elements, used to skip scalar lvalues.
 Previously, C<(($a,$b,@c,$d) = (1))> in list context returned C<($a)>; now
 it returns C<($a,$b,$d)>. C<(($a,$b,$c) = (1))> is unchanged: it still
-returns <($a,$b,$c)>. This can be seen in the following:
+returns C<($a,$b,$c)>. This can be seen in the following:
 
     sub inc { $_++ for @_ }
     inc(($a,$b,@c,$d) = (10))
@@ -892,43 +671,37 @@ short UTF-8 character at the end.
 
 =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
+=head1 Acknowledgements
 
-=item *
+Perl 5.25.7 represents approximately 4 weeks of development since Perl 5.25.6
+and contains approximately 83,000 lines of changes across 630 files from 26
+authors.
 
-XXX Add anything here that we forgot to add, or were mistaken about, in
-the perldelta of a previous release.
+Excluding auto-generated files, documentation and release tools, there were
+approximately 13,000 lines of changes to 340 .pm, .t, .c and .h files.
 
-=back
+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 5.25.7:
 
-=head1 Obituary
+Aaron Crane, Abigail, Andrew Fresh, Andy Lester, Aristotle Pagaltzis, Chad
+Granum, Chris 'BinGOs' Williams, Craig A. Berry, Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker, Dan
+Collins, Dave Rolsky, David Mitchell, Hauke D, H.Merijn Brand, Hugo van der
+Sanden, James E Keenan, Jarkko Hietaniemi, Karl Williamson, Lukas Mai, Matthew
+Horsfall, Nicolas R., Stefan Seifert, Steve Hay, Todd Rinaldo, Tony Cook, Yves
+Orton.
 
-XXX If any significant core contributor has died, we've added a short obituary
-here.
-
-=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 v5.25.5..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 b72a0ae..69547a0 100644
--- a/pod/perlhist.pod
+++ b/pod/perlhist.pod
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Matt S Trout, David Golden, Florian Ragwitz, Tatsuhiko 
Miyagawa,
 Chris C<BinGOs> Williams, Zefram, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Stevan
 Little, Dave Rolsky, Max Maischein, Abigail, Jesse Luehrs, Tony Cook,
 Dominic Hargreaves, Aaron Crane, Aristotle Pagaltzis, Matthew Horsfall,
-Peter Martini, and Sawyer X.
+Peter Martini, Sawyer X, and Chad 'Exodist' Granum.
 
 =head2 PUMPKIN?
 
@@ -601,6 +601,7 @@ the strings?).
  BinGOs    5.25.4       2016-Aug-20
  Stevan    5.25.5       2016-Sep-20
  Aaron     5.25.6       2016-Oct-20
+ Chad      5.25.7       2016-Nov-20
 
 =head2 SELECTED RELEASE SIZES
 
diff --git a/t/porting/known_pod_issues.dat b/t/porting/known_pod_issues.dat
index 2871cb5..cd7b4c3 100644
--- a/t/porting/known_pod_issues.dat
+++ b/t/porting/known_pod_issues.dat
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# This file is the data file for porting/podcheck.t.
+# This file is the data file for t/porting/podcheck.t.
 # There are three types of lines.
 # Comment lines are white-space only or begin with a '#', like this one.  Any
 #   changes you make to the comment lines will be lost when the file is
@@ -339,6 +339,8 @@ pod/perlbook.pod    Verbatim line length including indents 
exceeds 79 by    1
 pod/perlce.pod Verbatim line length including indents exceeds 79 by    3
 pod/perldebguts.pod    Verbatim line length including indents exceeds 79 by    
27
 pod/perldebtut.pod     Verbatim line length including indents exceeds 79 by    
3
+pod/perldelta.pod      Apparent broken link    1
+pod/perldelta.pod      Verbatim line length including indents exceeds 79 by    
1
 pod/perldtrace.pod     Verbatim line length including indents exceeds 79 by    
7
 pod/perlgit.pod        ? Should you be using F<...> or maybe L<...> instead of 
1
 pod/perlgit.pod        Verbatim line length including indents exceeds 79 by    
1

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