perl5162delta1
What is new for perl v5.16.2
Overview
This document describes differences between the 5.16.1 release and the 5.16.2 release.
If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.16.0, first read perl5161delta, which describes differences between 5.16.0 and 5.16.1.
Incompatible Changes
There are no changes intentionally incompatible with 5.16.0 If any exist, they are bugs, and we request that you submit a report. See "Reporting Bugs" below.
Modules and Pragmata
Updated Modules and Pragmata
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Module::CoreList has been upgraded from version 2.70 to version 2.76.
Configuration and Compilation
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configuration should no longer be confused by ls colorization
Platform Support
Platform-Specific Notes
- AIX
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Configure now always adds -qlanglvl=extc99 to the CC flags on AIX when using xlC. This will make it easier to compile a number of XS-based modules that assume C99 [perl #113778].
Selected Bug Fixes
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fix /\h/ equivalence with /[\h]/
see [perl #114220]
Known Problems
There are no new known problems.
Acknowledgements
Perl 5.16.2 represents approximately 2 months of development since Perl 5.16.1 and contains approximately 740 lines of changes across 20 files from 9 authors.
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 5.16.2:
Andy Dougherty, Craig A. Berry, Darin McBride, Dominic Hargreaves, Karen Etheridge, Karl Williamson, Peter Martini, Ricardo Signes, Tony Cook.
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.
For a more complete list of all of Perl's historical contributors, please see the AUTHORS file in the Perl source distribution.
Releases
6 releases since Debian 8 (Jessie); the text changed 5 times.