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Subject:    [perl.git]  branch release-5.21.6, updated. v5.21.5-564-g21b0218
From:       Chris 'Bingos' Williams <chris () bingosnet ! co ! uk>
Date:       2014-11-20 19:40:39
Message-ID: E1XrXap-0007yu-Rf () camel-001 ! ams6 ! corp ! booking ! com
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In perl.git, the branch release-5.21.6 has been updated

<http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/21b021873fe717b8db2583af12310d7eb4fe8f1e?hp=b907e848c200047115c6d9ded5c73601208ea87b>


- Log -----------------------------------------------------------------
commit 21b021873fe717b8db2583af12310d7eb4fe8f1e
Author: Chris 'BinGOs' Williams <chris@bingosnet.co.uk>
Date:   Thu Nov 20 19:36:36 2014 +0000

    Finalise perldelta

M	pod/perldelta.pod

commit 20f5d8f81175153f6bcb5227dce4372e42cddf9b
Author: Chris 'BinGOs' Williams <chris@bingosnet.co.uk>
Date:   Thu Nov 20 19:10:04 2014 +0000

    Update Module::CoreList for v5.21.6

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

Summary of changes:
 dist/Module-CoreList/Changes                |   5 +-
 dist/Module-CoreList/lib/Module/CoreList.pm | 268 +++++++++++++++++++++-
 pod/perldelta.pod                           | 338 ++++++++++------------------
 3 files changed, 387 insertions(+), 224 deletions(-)

diff --git a/dist/Module-CoreList/Changes b/dist/Module-CoreList/Changes
index 8a96333..241f0eb 100644
--- a/dist/Module-CoreList/Changes
+++ b/dist/Module-CoreList/Changes
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
+5.20141120
+  - Updated for v5.21.6
+
 5.20141020
-  - Prepared for v5.21.5
+  - Updated for v5.21.5
 
 5.20141002
   - Updated for v5.18.3 and v5.18.4
diff --git a/dist/Module-CoreList/lib/Module/CoreList.pm \
b/dist/Module-CoreList/lib/Module/CoreList.pm index b2485a9..854841e 100644
--- a/dist/Module-CoreList/lib/Module/CoreList.pm
+++ b/dist/Module-CoreList/lib/Module/CoreList.pm
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ sub changes_between {
     5.020001 => '2014-09-14',
     5.021004 => '2014-09-20',
     5.021005 => '2014-10-20',
-    5.021006 => '????-??-??',
+    5.021006 => '2014-11-20',
   );
 
 for my $version ( sort { $a <=> $b } keys %released ) {
@@ -10487,11 +10487,178 @@ for my $version ( sort { $a <=> $b } keys %released ) {
         }
     },
     5.021006 => {
-        delta_from => 5.021004,
-        changed => {
+        delta_from => 5.021005,
+        changed => {
+            'App::Prove'            => '3.34',
+            'App::Prove::State'     => '3.34',
+            'App::Prove::State::Result'=> '3.34',
+            'App::Prove::State::Result::Test'=> '3.34',
+            'B'                     => '1.53',
+            'B::Concise'            => '0.995',
+            'B::Deparse'            => '1.30',
+            'B::Op_private'         => '5.021006',
+            'CPAN::Meta'            => '2.143240',
+            'CPAN::Meta::Converter' => '2.143240',
+            'CPAN::Meta::Feature'   => '2.143240',
+            'CPAN::Meta::History'   => '2.143240',
+            'CPAN::Meta::Merge'     => '2.143240',
+            'CPAN::Meta::Prereqs'   => '2.143240',
+            'CPAN::Meta::Requirements'=> '2.130',
+            'CPAN::Meta::Spec'      => '2.143240',
+            'CPAN::Meta::Validator' => '2.143240',
+            'Config'                => '5.021006',
+            'Devel::Peek'           => '1.19',
+            'Digest::SHA'           => '5.93',
+            'DynaLoader'            => '1.28',
+            'Encode'                => '2.64',
+            'Exporter'              => '5.72',
+            'Exporter::Heavy'       => '5.72',
+            'ExtUtils::Command::MM' => '7.02',
+            'ExtUtils::Liblist'     => '7.02',
+            'ExtUtils::Liblist::Kid'=> '7.02',
+            'ExtUtils::MM'          => '7.02',
+            'ExtUtils::MM_AIX'      => '7.02',
+            'ExtUtils::MM_Any'      => '7.02',
+            'ExtUtils::MM_BeOS'     => '7.02',
+            'ExtUtils::MM_Cygwin'   => '7.02',
+            'ExtUtils::MM_DOS'      => '7.02',
+            'ExtUtils::MM_Darwin'   => '7.02',
+            'ExtUtils::MM_MacOS'    => '7.02',
+            'ExtUtils::MM_NW5'      => '7.02',
+            'ExtUtils::MM_OS2'      => '7.02',
+            'ExtUtils::MM_QNX'      => '7.02',
+            'ExtUtils::MM_UWIN'     => '7.02',
+            'ExtUtils::MM_Unix'     => '7.02',
+            'ExtUtils::MM_VMS'      => '7.02',
+            'ExtUtils::MM_VOS'      => '7.02',
+            'ExtUtils::MM_Win32'    => '7.02',
+            'ExtUtils::MM_Win95'    => '7.02',
+            'ExtUtils::MY'          => '7.02',
+            'ExtUtils::MakeMaker'   => '7.02',
+            'ExtUtils::MakeMaker::Config'=> '7.02',
+            'ExtUtils::MakeMaker::Locale'=> '7.02',
+            'ExtUtils::MakeMaker::version'=> '7.02',
+            'ExtUtils::MakeMaker::version::regex'=> '7.02',
+            'ExtUtils::MakeMaker::version::vpp'=> '7.02',
+            'ExtUtils::Manifest'    => '1.69',
+            'ExtUtils::Mkbootstrap' => '7.02',
+            'ExtUtils::Mksymlists'  => '7.02',
+            'ExtUtils::ParseXS'     => '3.26',
+            'ExtUtils::ParseXS::Constants'=> '3.26',
+            'ExtUtils::ParseXS::CountLines'=> '3.26',
+            'ExtUtils::ParseXS::Eval'=> '3.26',
+            'ExtUtils::ParseXS::Utilities'=> '3.26',
+            'ExtUtils::testlib'     => '7.02',
+            'File::Spec::VMS'       => '3.52',
+            'HTTP::Tiny'            => '0.051',
+            'I18N::Langinfo'        => '0.12',
+            'IO::Socket'            => '1.38',
+            'Module::CoreList'      => '5.20141120',
+            'Module::CoreList::TieHashDelta'=> '5.20141120',
+            'Module::CoreList::Utils'=> '5.20141120',
+            'POSIX'                 => '1.46',
+            'PerlIO::encoding'      => '0.20',
+            'PerlIO::scalar'        => '0.20',
+            'TAP::Base'             => '3.34',
+            'TAP::Formatter::Base'  => '3.34',
+            'TAP::Formatter::Color' => '3.34',
+            'TAP::Formatter::Console'=> '3.34',
+            'TAP::Formatter::Console::ParallelSession'=> '3.34',
+            'TAP::Formatter::Console::Session'=> '3.34',
+            'TAP::Formatter::File'  => '3.34',
+            'TAP::Formatter::File::Session'=> '3.34',
+            'TAP::Formatter::Session'=> '3.34',
+            'TAP::Harness'          => '3.34',
+            'TAP::Harness::Env'     => '3.34',
+            'TAP::Object'           => '3.34',
+            'TAP::Parser'           => '3.34',
+            'TAP::Parser::Aggregator'=> '3.34',
+            'TAP::Parser::Grammar'  => '3.34',
+            'TAP::Parser::Iterator' => '3.34',
+            'TAP::Parser::Iterator::Array'=> '3.34',
+            'TAP::Parser::Iterator::Process'=> '3.34',
+            'TAP::Parser::Iterator::Stream'=> '3.34',
+            'TAP::Parser::IteratorFactory'=> '3.34',
+            'TAP::Parser::Multiplexer'=> '3.34',
+            'TAP::Parser::Result'   => '3.34',
+            'TAP::Parser::Result::Bailout'=> '3.34',
+            'TAP::Parser::Result::Comment'=> '3.34',
+            'TAP::Parser::Result::Plan'=> '3.34',
+            'TAP::Parser::Result::Pragma'=> '3.34',
+            'TAP::Parser::Result::Test'=> '3.34',
+            'TAP::Parser::Result::Unknown'=> '3.34',
+            'TAP::Parser::Result::Version'=> '3.34',
+            'TAP::Parser::Result::YAML'=> '3.34',
+            'TAP::Parser::ResultFactory'=> '3.34',
+            'TAP::Parser::Scheduler'=> '3.34',
+            'TAP::Parser::Scheduler::Job'=> '3.34',
+            'TAP::Parser::Scheduler::Spinner'=> '3.34',
+            'TAP::Parser::Source'   => '3.34',
+            'TAP::Parser::SourceHandler'=> '3.34',
+            'TAP::Parser::SourceHandler::Executable'=> '3.34',
+            'TAP::Parser::SourceHandler::File'=> '3.34',
+            'TAP::Parser::SourceHandler::Handle'=> '3.34',
+            'TAP::Parser::SourceHandler::Perl'=> '3.34',
+            'TAP::Parser::SourceHandler::RawTAP'=> '3.34',
+            'TAP::Parser::YAMLish::Reader'=> '3.34',
+            'TAP::Parser::YAMLish::Writer'=> '3.34',
+            'Test::Builder'         => '1.301001_075',
+            'Test::Builder::Module' => '1.301001_075',
+            'Test::Builder::Tester' => '1.301001_075',
+            'Test::Builder::Tester::Color'=> '1.301001_075',
+            'Test::Harness'         => '3.34',
+            'Test::More'            => '1.301001_075',
+            'Test::More::DeepCheck' => undef,
+            'Test::More::DeepCheck::Strict'=> undef,
+            'Test::More::DeepCheck::Tolerant'=> undef,
+            'Test::More::Tools'     => undef,
+            'Test::MostlyLike'      => undef,
+            'Test::Simple'          => '1.301001_075',
+            'Test::Stream'          => '1.301001_075',
+            'Test::Stream::ArrayBase'=> undef,
+            'Test::Stream::ArrayBase::Meta'=> undef,
+            'Test::Stream::Carp'    => undef,
+            'Test::Stream::Context' => undef,
+            'Test::Stream::Event'   => undef,
+            'Test::Stream::Event::Bail'=> undef,
+            'Test::Stream::Event::Child'=> undef,
+            'Test::Stream::Event::Diag'=> undef,
+            'Test::Stream::Event::Finish'=> undef,
+            'Test::Stream::Event::Note'=> undef,
+            'Test::Stream::Event::Ok'=> undef,
+            'Test::Stream::Event::Plan'=> undef,
+            'Test::Stream::Event::Subtest'=> undef,
+            'Test::Stream::ExitMagic'=> undef,
+            'Test::Stream::ExitMagic::Context'=> undef,
+            'Test::Stream::Exporter'=> undef,
+            'Test::Stream::Exporter::Meta'=> undef,
+            'Test::Stream::IOSets'  => undef,
+            'Test::Stream::Meta'    => undef,
+            'Test::Stream::PackageUtil'=> undef,
+            'Test::Stream::Tester'  => undef,
+            'Test::Stream::Tester::Checks'=> undef,
+            'Test::Stream::Tester::Checks::Event'=> undef,
+            'Test::Stream::Tester::Events'=> undef,
+            'Test::Stream::Tester::Events::Event'=> undef,
+            'Test::Stream::Tester::Grab'=> undef,
+            'Test::Stream::Threads' => undef,
+            'Test::Stream::Toolset' => undef,
+            'Test::Stream::Util'    => undef,
+            'Test::Tester'          => '1.301001_075',
+            'Test::Tester::Capture' => undef,
+            'Test::use::ok'         => '1.301001_075',
+            'Unicode::UCD'          => '0.59',
+            'XS::APItest'           => '0.68',
+            'XSLoader'              => '0.19',
+            'experimental'          => '0.013',
+            'locale'                => '1.05',
+            'ok'                    => '1.301001_075',
+            'overload'              => '1.24',
+            're'                    => '0.28',
+            'warnings'              => '1.29',
         },
         removed => {
-        },
+        }
     },
 );
 
@@ -10957,6 +11124,13 @@ for my $version (sort { $a <=> $b } keys %delta) {
         removed => {
         }
     },
+    5.021006 => {
+        delta_from => 5.021005,
+        changed => {
+        },
+        removed => {
+        }
+    },
 );
 
 for my $version (sort { $a <=> $b } keys %deprecated) {
@@ -11088,6 +11262,10 @@ for my $version (sort { $a <=> $b } keys %deprecated) {
     'ExtUtils::MY'          => 'cpan',
     'ExtUtils::MakeMaker'   => 'cpan',
     'ExtUtils::MakeMaker::Config'=> 'cpan',
+    'ExtUtils::MakeMaker::Locale'=> 'cpan',
+    'ExtUtils::MakeMaker::version'=> 'cpan',
+    'ExtUtils::MakeMaker::version::regex'=> 'cpan',
+    'ExtUtils::MakeMaker::version::vpp'=> 'cpan',
     'ExtUtils::Manifest'    => 'cpan',
     'ExtUtils::Mkbootstrap' => 'cpan',
     'ExtUtils::Mksymlists'  => 'cpan',
@@ -11316,7 +11494,45 @@ for my $version (sort { $a <=> $b } keys %deprecated) {
     'Test::Builder::Tester::Color'=> 'cpan',
     'Test::Harness'         => 'cpan',
     'Test::More'            => 'cpan',
+    'Test::More::DeepCheck' => 'cpan',
+    'Test::More::DeepCheck::Strict'=> 'cpan',
+    'Test::More::DeepCheck::Tolerant'=> 'cpan',
+    'Test::More::Tools'     => 'cpan',
+    'Test::MostlyLike'      => 'cpan',
     'Test::Simple'          => 'cpan',
+    'Test::Stream'          => 'cpan',
+    'Test::Stream::ArrayBase'=> 'cpan',
+    'Test::Stream::ArrayBase::Meta'=> 'cpan',
+    'Test::Stream::Carp'    => 'cpan',
+    'Test::Stream::Context' => 'cpan',
+    'Test::Stream::Event'   => 'cpan',
+    'Test::Stream::Event::Bail'=> 'cpan',
+    'Test::Stream::Event::Child'=> 'cpan',
+    'Test::Stream::Event::Diag'=> 'cpan',
+    'Test::Stream::Event::Finish'=> 'cpan',
+    'Test::Stream::Event::Note'=> 'cpan',
+    'Test::Stream::Event::Ok'=> 'cpan',
+    'Test::Stream::Event::Plan'=> 'cpan',
+    'Test::Stream::Event::Subtest'=> 'cpan',
+    'Test::Stream::ExitMagic'=> 'cpan',
+    'Test::Stream::ExitMagic::Context'=> 'cpan',
+    'Test::Stream::Exporter'=> 'cpan',
+    'Test::Stream::Exporter::Meta'=> 'cpan',
+    'Test::Stream::IOSets'  => 'cpan',
+    'Test::Stream::Meta'    => 'cpan',
+    'Test::Stream::PackageUtil'=> 'cpan',
+    'Test::Stream::Tester'  => 'cpan',
+    'Test::Stream::Tester::Checks'=> 'cpan',
+    'Test::Stream::Tester::Checks::Event'=> 'cpan',
+    'Test::Stream::Tester::Events'=> 'cpan',
+    'Test::Stream::Tester::Events::Event'=> 'cpan',
+    'Test::Stream::Tester::Grab'=> 'cpan',
+    'Test::Stream::Threads' => 'cpan',
+    'Test::Stream::Toolset' => 'cpan',
+    'Test::Stream::Util'    => 'cpan',
+    'Test::Tester'          => 'cpan',
+    'Test::Tester::Capture' => 'cpan',
+    'Test::use::ok'         => 'cpan',
     'Text::Balanced'        => 'cpan',
     'Text::ParseWords'      => 'cpan',
     'Text::Tabs'            => 'cpan',
@@ -11350,6 +11566,7 @@ for my $version (sort { $a <=> $b } keys %deprecated) {
     'encoding'              => 'cpan',
     'encoding::warnings'    => 'cpan',
     'experimental'          => 'cpan',
+    'ok'                    => 'cpan',
     'parent'                => 'cpan',
     'perlfaq'               => 'cpan',
     'version'               => 'cpan',
@@ -11476,6 +11693,10 @@ for my $version (sort { $a <=> $b } keys %deprecated) {
     'ExtUtils::MY'          => \
                'http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=ExtUtils-MakeMaker',
     'ExtUtils::MakeMaker'   => \
                'http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=ExtUtils-MakeMaker',
     'ExtUtils::MakeMaker::Config'=> \
'http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=ExtUtils-MakeMaker', +    \
'ExtUtils::MakeMaker::Locale'=> \
'http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=ExtUtils-MakeMaker', +    \
'ExtUtils::MakeMaker::version'=> \
'http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=ExtUtils-MakeMaker', +    \
'ExtUtils::MakeMaker::version::regex'=> \
'http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=ExtUtils-MakeMaker', +    \
'ExtUtils::MakeMaker::version::vpp'=> \
                'http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=ExtUtils-MakeMaker',
     'ExtUtils::Manifest'    => \
                'http://github.com/Perl-Toolchain-Gang/ExtUtils-Manifest/issues',
     'ExtUtils::Mkbootstrap' => \
                'http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=ExtUtils-MakeMaker',
     'ExtUtils::Mksymlists'  => \
'http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=ExtUtils-MakeMaker', @@ -11704,7 +11925,45 \
                @@ for my $version (sort { $a <=> $b } keys %deprecated) {
     'Test::Builder::Tester::Color'=> \
                'http://github.com/Test-More/test-more/issues/',
     '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,
+    'Test::More::DeepCheck::Strict'=> undef,
+    'Test::More::DeepCheck::Tolerant'=> undef,
+    'Test::More::Tools'     => undef,
+    'Test::MostlyLike'      => undef,
     'Test::Simple'          => 'http://github.com/Test-More/test-more/issues/',
+    'Test::Stream'          => undef,
+    'Test::Stream::ArrayBase'=> undef,
+    'Test::Stream::ArrayBase::Meta'=> undef,
+    'Test::Stream::Carp'    => undef,
+    'Test::Stream::Context' => undef,
+    'Test::Stream::Event'   => undef,
+    'Test::Stream::Event::Bail'=> undef,
+    'Test::Stream::Event::Child'=> undef,
+    'Test::Stream::Event::Diag'=> undef,
+    'Test::Stream::Event::Finish'=> undef,
+    'Test::Stream::Event::Note'=> undef,
+    'Test::Stream::Event::Ok'=> undef,
+    'Test::Stream::Event::Plan'=> undef,
+    'Test::Stream::Event::Subtest'=> undef,
+    'Test::Stream::ExitMagic'=> undef,
+    'Test::Stream::ExitMagic::Context'=> undef,
+    'Test::Stream::Exporter'=> undef,
+    'Test::Stream::Exporter::Meta'=> undef,
+    'Test::Stream::IOSets'  => undef,
+    'Test::Stream::Meta'    => undef,
+    'Test::Stream::PackageUtil'=> undef,
+    'Test::Stream::Tester'  => undef,
+    'Test::Stream::Tester::Checks'=> undef,
+    'Test::Stream::Tester::Checks::Event'=> undef,
+    'Test::Stream::Tester::Events'=> undef,
+    'Test::Stream::Tester::Events::Event'=> undef,
+    'Test::Stream::Tester::Grab'=> undef,
+    'Test::Stream::Threads' => undef,
+    'Test::Stream::Toolset' => undef,
+    'Test::Stream::Util'    => undef,
+    'Test::Tester'          => undef,
+    'Test::Tester::Capture' => undef,
+    'Test::use::ok'         => undef,
     'Text::Balanced'        => undef,
     'Text::ParseWords'      => undef,
     'Text::Tabs'            => undef,
@@ -11738,6 +11997,7 @@ 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,  'parent'                => undef,
     'perlfaq'               => 'https://github.com/perl-doc-cats/perlfaq/issues',
     'version'               => undef,
diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod
index 07d0a07..2166eed 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 v5.21.6
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
@@ -15,18 +12,8 @@ release.
 If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.21.4, first read
 L<perl5215delta>, which describes differences between 5.21.4 and 5.21.5.
 
-=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 List form of pipe open implemented for Win32
 
 The list form of pipe:
@@ -51,57 +38,10 @@ value of C<$!> would be untouched by C<close>, so the common \
convention of  writing C<close $fh or die $!> did not work reliably.  Now the handle
 records the value of C<$!>, too, and C<close> restores it.
 
-=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 ]
-
 =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 Use of non-graphic characters in single-character variable names
 
 The syntax for single-character variable names is more lenient than
@@ -158,11 +98,6 @@ elsewhere.  Such cases should be rare.
 
 =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 *
@@ -202,27 +137,17 @@ used to sometimes.
 
 =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
+L<B> has been upgraded from version 1.52 to 1.53.
 
-=back
-
-=head2 Updated Modules and Pragmata
+=item *
 
-=over 4
+L<B::Concise> has been upgraded from version 0.994 to 0.995.
 
 =item *
 
@@ -252,80 +177,135 @@ particular private flag.
 
 =item *
 
+L<CPAN::Meta> has been upgraded from version 2.142690 to 2.143240.
+
+=item *
+
+L<CPAN::Meta::Requirements> has been upgraded from version 2.128 to 2.130.
+
+=item *
+
+L<Devel::Peek> has been upgraded from version 1.18 to 1.19.
+
+=item *
+
+L<Digest::SHA> has been upgraded from version 5.92 to 5.93.
+
+=item *
+
 L<DynaLoader> has been upgraded from version 1.27 to 1.28.
 
 =item *
 
+L<Encode> has been upgraded from version 2.62 to 2.64.
+
+=item *
+
+L<experimental> has been upgraded from version 0.012 to 0.013.
+
+=item *
+
+L<Exporter> has been upgraded from version 5.71 to 5.72.
+
+=item *
+
+L<ExtUtils::MakeMaker> has been upgraded from version 6.98 to 7.02.
+
+=item *
+
+L<ExtUtils::Manifest> has been upgraded from version 1.68 to 1.69.
+
+=item *
+
+L<ExtUtils::ParseXS> has been upgraded from version 3.25 to 3.26.
+
+=item *
+
+L<HTTP::Tiny> has been upgraded from version 0.050 to 0.051.
+
+=item *
+
+L<I18N::Langinfo> has been upgraded from version 0.11 to 0.12.
+
+=item *
+
 L<IO::Socket> has been upgraded from version 1.37 to 1.38.
 
 Document the limitations of the isconnected() method.  [perl #123096]
 
-=back
+=item *
 
-=head2 Removed Modules and Pragmata
+L<locale> has been upgraded from version 1.04 to 1.05.
 
-=over 4
+=item *
+
+L<Module::CoreList> has been upgraded from version 5.20141020 to 5.20141120.
 
 =item *
 
-XXX
+L<overload> has been upgraded from version 1.23 to 1.24.
 
-=back
+=item *
 
-=head1 Documentation
+L<PerlIO::encoding> has been upgraded from version 0.19 to 0.20.
 
-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<PerlIO::scalar> has been upgraded from version 0.19 to 0.20.
 
-XXX Changes which create B<new> files in F<pod/> go here.
+=item *
 
-=head3 L<XXX>
+L<POSIX> has been upgraded from version 1.45 to 1.46.
 
-XXX Description of the purpose of the new file here
+=item *
 
-=head2 Changes to Existing Documentation
+L<re> has been upgraded from version 0.27 to 0.28.
+
+=item *
 
-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.
+L<Test::Harness> has been upgraded from version 3.33 to 3.34.
 
-=head3 L<perldata/Identifier parsing>
+=item *
 
-=over 4
+L<Test::Simple> has been upgraded from version 1.001008 to 1.301001_075.
 
 =item *
 
-The syntax of single-character variable names has been brought
-up-to-date and more fully explained.
+L<Unicode::UCD> has been upgraded from version 0.58 to 0.59.
 
-=back
+=item *
 
-=head1 Diagnostics
+L<warnings> has been upgraded from version 1.28 to 1.29.
 
-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<XSLoader> has been upgraded from version 0.18 to 0.19.
 
-=head2 New Diagnostics
+=back
+
+=head1 Documentation
 
-XXX Newly added diagnostic messages go under here, separated into New Errors
-and New Warnings
+=head2 Changes to Existing Documentation
 
-=head3 New Errors
+=head3 L<perldata/Identifier parsing>
 
 =over 4
 
 =item *
 
-XXX L<message|perldiag/"message">
+The syntax of single-character variable names has been brought
+up-to-date and more fully explained.
 
 =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>.
+
+=head2 New Diagnostics
+
 =head3 New Warnings
 
 =over 4
@@ -369,8 +349,6 @@ L<Replacement list is longer than search \
list|perldiag/Replacement list is longe  
 =head2 Changes to Existing Diagnostics
 
-XXX Changes (i.e. rewording) of diagnostic messages go here
-
 =over 4
 
 =item *
@@ -389,34 +367,8 @@ This warning is now a default warning, like other deprecation \
warnings.  
 =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 *
@@ -425,73 +377,18 @@ F<Configure> with C<-Dmksymlinks> should now be faster. [perl \
#122002]  
 =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 *
 
-XXX
+As well as the gzip and bzip2 tarballs, this release has been made available as an \
xz utils compressed tarball.  
 =back
 
 =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 XXX-some-platform
-
-XXX
-
-=back
-
 =head3 Win32
 
 =over 4
@@ -513,12 +410,6 @@ use long doubles to give more accuracy and range for floating \
point numbers.  
 =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 *
@@ -547,11 +438,6 @@ perl can't know whether the custom magic will modify the SV or \
not.  
 =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 *
@@ -693,7 +579,7 @@ contrary to the documentation,  Now C<return> always prevents \
inlining.  On some systems, such as VMS, C<crypt> can return a non-ASCII string.  If \
a  scalar assigned to had contained a UTF8 string previously, then C<crypt>
 would not turn off the UTF8 flag, thus corrupting the return value.  This
-would happen with C<$lexical = crypt ...>. 
+would happen with C<$lexical = crypt ...>.
 
 =item *
 
@@ -714,12 +600,6 @@ builds. [perl #108276]
 
 =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 *
@@ -758,16 +638,36 @@ were not noticed till now.
 
 =back
 
-=head1 Obituary
+=head1 Acknowledgements
 
-XXX If any significant core contributor has died, we've added a short obituary
-here.
+Perl 5.21.6 represents approximately 4 weeks of development since Perl 5.21.5
+and contains approximately 60,000 lines of changes across 920 files from 25
+authors.
 
-=head1 Acknowledgements
+Excluding auto-generated files, documentation and release tools, there were
+approximately 48,000 lines of changes to 630 .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 5.21.6:
+
+Aaron Crane, Abigail, Andrew Fresh, Andy Dougherty, Brian Fraser, Chad Granum,
+Chris 'BinGOs' Williams, Craig A. Berry, Daniel Dragan, David Mitchell, Doug
+Bell, Father Chrysostomos, Glenn D. Golden, James E Keenan, Jarkko Hietaniemi,
+Jim Cromie, Karen Etheridge, Karl Williamson, Lukas Mai, Ricardo Signes, Shlomi
+Fish, Slaven Rezic, Steve Hay, Tony Cook, Yaroslav Kuzmin.
+
+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 v5.21.5..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
 

--
Perl5 Master Repository


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