=head1 NAME
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perldelta - what is new for perl v5.XXX.XXX
=head1 DESCRIPTION
This document describes differences between the 5.XXX.XXX release and
the 5.XXX.XXX release.
If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.XXX.XXX, first read
the L<perl5XXXdelta>, which describes differences between 5.XXX.XXX and
5.10.0
=head1 Notice
XXX Any important notices here
=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 reports are welcome.
=head1 Core Enhancements
XXX New core language features go here. Summarise user-visible core language
enhancements. Particularly prominent performance optimisations could go
here, but most should go in the L</Performance Enhancements> section.
=head1 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.
=head1 Modules and Pragmata
XXX All changes to installed files in F<cpan/>, F<dist/>, F<ext/> and F<lib/>
go here, in a list ordered by distribution name. Minimally it should be the
module version, but it's more useful to the end user to give a paragraph's
summary of the module's changes. In an ideal world, dual-life modules would
have a F<Changes> file that could be cribbed.
=head2 New Modules and Pragmata
=over 4
=item C<XXX>
XXX
=back
=head2 Pragmata Changes
=over 4
=item C<XXX>
XXX
=back
=head2 Updated Modules
XXX If Module::CoreList is updated, generate this section using
F<Porting/corelist-perldelta.pl>
=over 4
=item C<XXX>
XXX
=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 directories F<utils> and F<x2p>.
=over 4
=item F<XXX>
XXX
=back
=head1 New Documentation
XXX Changes which create B<new> files in F<pod/> go here.
=over 4
=item L<XXX>
XXX
=back
=head1 Changes to Existing Documentation
XXX Changes which significantly change existing files in F<pod/> go here.
Any changes to F<pod/perldiag.pod> should go in L</New or Changed Diagnostics>.
=head1 Performance Enhancements
XXX Changes which enhance performance without changing behaviour go here. There
may well be none in a stable release.
=over 4
=item *
XXX
=back
=head1 Installation and Configuration Improvements
XXX Changes to F<Configure>, F<installperl>, F<installman>, and analogous tools
go here.
=head2 Configuration improvements
XXX
=head2 Compilation improvements
XXX
=head2 Platform Specific Changes
=over 4
=item XXX-some-platform
XXX
=back
=head1 Selected Bug Fixes
XXX Important bug fixes in the core language are summarised here.
Bug fixes in files in F<ext/> and F<lib/> are best summarised in
L</Modules and Pragmata>.
=over 4
=item *
XXX
=back
=head1 New or Changed Diagnostics
XXX New or changed warnings emitted by the core's C<C> code go here.
=over 4
=item C<XXX>
XXX
=back
=head1 Changed Internals
XXX Changes which affect the interface available to C<XS> code go here.
=over 4
=item *
XXX
=back
=head1 New Tests
XXX Changes which create B<new> files in F<t/> go here. Changes to
existing files in F<t/> aren't worth summarising, although the bugs that
they represent may be.
=over 4
=item F<XXX>
XXX
=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, unless
they were specific to a particular platform (see below).
This is a list of some significant unfixed bugs, which are regressions
from either 5.XXX.XXX or 5.XXX.XXX.
=over 4
=item *
XXX
=back
=head1 Deprecations
XXX Add any new known deprecations here.
The following items are now deprecated.
=over 4
=item *
XXX
=back
=head1 Platform Specific Notes
XXX Any changes specific to a particular platform. VMS and Win32 are the usual
stars here. It's probably best to group changes under the same section layout
as the main perldelta
=head1 Obituary
XXX If any significant core contributor has died, we've added a short obituary
here.
=head1 Acknowledgements
XXX The list of people to thank goes here.
=head1 Reporting Bugs
If you find what you think is a bug, you might check the articles
recently posted to the comp.lang.perl.misc newsgroup and the perl
bug database at http://rt.perl.org/perlbug/ . There may also be
information at http://www.perl.org/ , the Perl Home Page.
If you believe you have an unreported bug, please run the B<perlbug>
program included with your release. Be sure to trim your bug down
to a tiny but sufficient test case. Your bug report, along with the
output of C<perl -V>, will be sent off to perlbug@perl.org to be
analysed by the Perl porting team.
If the bug you are reporting has security implications, which make it
inappropriate to send to a publicly archived mailing list, then please send
it to perl5-security-report@perl.org. This points to a closed subscription
unarchived mailing list, which includes all the core committers, who be able
to help assess the impact of issues, figure out a resolution, and help
co-ordinate the release of patches to mitigate or fix the problem across all
platforms on which Perl is supported. Please only use this address for
security issues in the Perl core, not for modules independently
distributed on CPAN.
=head1 SEE ALSO
The F<Changes> file for an explanation of how to view exhaustive details
on what changed.
The F<INSTALL> file for how to build Perl.
The F<README> file for general stuff.
The F<Artistic> and F<Copying> files for copyright information.
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