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1Please note: This file provides a complete, temporally ordered log of
2changes that went into every version of Perl. If you'd like more
3detailed information, please consult the comments in the individual
4patches posted to the perl5-porters mailing list. Patches for each
5individual change may also be obtained through ftp and rsync--see
6pod/perlhack.pod for the details.
7
8For information on what's new in this release, see pod/perldelta.pod.
9
10[The "CAST AND CREW" list has been moved to AUTHORS.]
11
12NOTE: Each change entry shows the change number; who checked it into the
13repository; when; description of the change; which branch the change
14happened in; and the affected files. The file lists have a short symbolic
15indicator:
16
17 ! modified
18 + added
19 - deleted
20 +> branched (from elsewhere)
21 !> merged changes (from elsewhere)
22
23The Message-Ids in the change entries refer to the email messages sent
24to the perl5-porters mailing list. You can retrieve the messages for
25example from http://www.xray.mpe.mpg.de/mailing-lists/perl5-porters/
26
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28Version v5.8.7 Maintenance release working toward v5.8.7
29--------------
30____________________________________________________________________________
31[ 24637] By: nicholas on 2005/05/30 20:52:19
32 Log: Danger, the emergency destruct system is now activated
33 Branch: maint-5.8/perl
34 ! pod/perlhist.pod
35____________________________________________________________________________
36[ 24636] By: nicholas on 2005/05/30 15:57:32
37 Log: Integrate:
38 [ 24623]
39 Subject: [PATCH] perlrun.pod -w description typo
40 From: Offer Kaye <[email protected]>
41 Date: Mon, 30 May 2005 11:27:38 +0300
42 Message-ID: <[email protected]>
43
44 [ 24624]
45 Minor grammar fix by Uri Guttman
46 Branch: maint-5.8/perl
47 !> pod/perlre.pod pod/perlrun.pod
48____________________________________________________________________________
49[ 24635] By: nicholas on 2005/05/30 13:51:00
50 Log: Revert change 24070 for now (-C on the #! line)
51 Branch: maint-5.8/perl
52 ! pod/perldiag.pod toke.c
53____________________________________________________________________________
54[ 24634] By: nicholas on 2005/05/30 13:01:42
55 Log: Integrate:
56 [ 24629]
57 Subject: [perl #36037] Perl 5.8.7-RC1 build problems on LynxOS
58 From: Olli Savia (via RT) <[email protected]>
59 Date: 30 May 2005 10:59:35 -0000
60 Message-ID: <[email protected]>
61 Branch: maint-5.8/perl
62 !> util.c
63____________________________________________________________________________
64[ 24632] By: nicholas on 2005/05/30 12:17:28
65 Log: Integrate:
66 [ 24618]
67 Subject: [PATCH configure.com] compiler awareness week
68 From: "Craig A. Berry" <[email protected]>
69 Date: Sun, 29 May 2005 12:43:09 -0500
70 Message-Id: <[email protected]>
71 Branch: maint-5.8/perl
72 !> configure.com
73____________________________________________________________________________
74[ 24620] By: nicholas on 2005/05/29 20:56:57
75 Log: Update Changes
76 Branch: maint-5.8/perl
77 ! Changes patchlevel.h
78____________________________________________________________________________
79[ 24616] By: nicholas on 2005/05/29 14:57:28
80 Log: Integrate:
81 [ 24615]
82 Teach buildtoc about README.openbsd, and regenerate various makefiles.
83 Branch: maint-5.8/perl
84 ! pod/perltoc.pod vms/descrip_mms.template win32/Makefile
85 ! win32/makefile.mk
86 !> pod.lst pod/perl.pod
87____________________________________________________________________________
88[ 24611] By: nicholas on 2005/05/27 22:23:55
89 Log: Due to integration ordering errors, README.openbsd was missing from
90 MANIFEST. Fixed.
91 Branch: maint-5.8/perl
92 ! MANIFEST
93____________________________________________________________________________
94[ 24604] By: nicholas on 2005/05/27 14:57:31
95 Log: Update perl587delta with the updated module versions.
96 Branch: maint-5.8/perl
97 ! pod/perl587delta.pod
98____________________________________________________________________________
99[ 24603] By: nicholas on 2005/05/27 14:55:04
100 Log: Update TOC and MANIFSET
101 Branch: maint-5.8/perl
102 ! MANIFEST pod/perltoc.pod
103____________________________________________________________________________
104[ 24602] By: nicholas on 2005/05/27 14:53:41
105 Log: This appears to be missing.
106 Branch: maint-5.8/perl
107 ! embedvar.h
108____________________________________________________________________________
109[ 24601] By: nicholas on 2005/05/27 12:35:55
110 Log: Update Changes
111 Branch: maint-5.8/perl
112 ! Changes patchlevel.h
113____________________________________________________________________________
114[ 24600] By: nicholas on 2005/05/27 11:20:03
115 Log: Integrate:
116 [ 24360]
117 Fix [perl #35162] $SIG{__DIE__} = 'IGNORE' is base.pm is illegal
118
119 [ 24585]
120 Subject: [PATCH] bytes.pm doesn't check undefined subroutine calling
121 From: SADAHIRO Tomoyuki <[email protected]>
122 Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 23:46:35 +0900
123 Message-Id: <[email protected]>
124 Branch: maint-5.8/perl
125 !> lib/base.pm lib/bytes.pm lib/bytes.t
126____________________________________________________________________________
127[ 24599] By: nicholas on 2005/05/27 11:04:31
128 Log: Integrate:
129 [ 24579]
130 Subject: [PATCH] MPE/iX has no lchown()
131 From: Jarkko Hietaniemi <[email protected]>
132 Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 08:36:19 +0300
133 Message-Id: <[email protected]>
134 Branch: maint-5.8/perl
135 !> hints/mpeix.sh
136____________________________________________________________________________
137[ 24598] By: nicholas on 2005/05/27 10:52:16
138 Log: Integrate:
139 [ 24541]
140 Subject: Re: [PATCH 5.8.7 RC1] lib/Carp.t todo for VMS
141 From: Michael G Schwern <[email protected]>
142 Date: May 20, 2005 10:09 PM
143 Message-ID: <[email protected]>
144 Branch: maint-5.8/perl
145 !> lib/Carp.t
146____________________________________________________________________________
147[ 24597] By: nicholas on 2005/05/27 10:38:37
148 Log: Integrate:
149 [ 24317]
150 Fix typo, noticed by Randal Schwartz
151
152 [ 24345]
153 Remove confusing punctuation
154 (spotted by David Rigaudiere)
155
156 [ 24354]
157 Subject: [PATCH] Small patch to perlport.pod
158 From: Sébastien Aperghis-Tramoni <[email protected]>
159 Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 02:24:04 +0200
160 Message-Id: <[email protected]>
161
162 [ 24368]
163 Clarify the definition of the 'w' pack format, as suggested by
164 Alexey Toptygin.
165
166 [ 24381]
167 document the internals of exception handling
168
169 [ 24383]
170 Subject: [PATCH] perlvar.pod verbatim paragraph first line does not start with a space
171 From: Offer Kaye <[email protected]>
172 Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 15:10:37 +0300
173 Message-Id: <[email protected]>
174
175 [ 24429]
176 Update the comment describing arenas.
177
178 [ 24430]
179 Fix typo (bug #35368)
180
181 [ 24437]
182 Subject: [PATCH] perlop.pod nit
183 From: Steve Peters <[email protected]>
184 Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 09:41:01 -0500
185 Message-Id: <[email protected]>
186