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.IX Title "PERL5302DELTA 1"
.TH PERL5302DELTA 1 "2023-11-25" "perl v5.36.0" "Perl Programmers Reference Guide"
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perl5302delta \- what is new for perl v5.30.2
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This document describes differences between the 5.30.1 release and the 5.30.2
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to <https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues>.
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\&\fBprintf()\fR or \fBsprintf()\fR with the \f(CW%n\fR format no longer cause a panic on
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[\s-1GH\s0 #17218 <https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues/17218>]
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.SH "Acknowledgements"
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Perl 5.30.2 represents approximately 4 months of development since Perl 5.30.1
and contains approximately 2,100 lines of changes across 110 files from 15
authors.
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Excluding auto-generated files, documentation and release tools, there were
approximately 920 lines of changes to 30 .pm, .t, .c and .h files.
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Perl continues to flourish into its fourth decade thanks to a vibrant community
of users and developers. The following people are known to have contributed
the improvements that became Perl 5.30.2:
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Chris 'BinGOs' Williams, Dan Book, David Mitchell, Hugo van der Sanden, Karen
Etheridge, Karl Williamson, Matthew Horsfall, Nicolas R., Petr Písař, Renee
Baecker, Sawyer X, Steve Hay, Tomasz Konojacki, Tony Cook, Yves Orton.
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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.
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Many of the changes included in this version originated in the \s-1CPAN\s0 modules
included in Perl's core. We're grateful to the entire \s-1CPAN\s0 community for
helping Perl to flourish.
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For a more complete list of all of Perl's historical contributors, please see
the \fI\s-1AUTHORS\s0\fR file in the Perl source distribution.
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If you find what you think is a bug, you might check the perl bug database at
<https://rt.perl.org/>. There may also be information at
<http://www.perl.org/>, the Perl Home Page.
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<https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues>. Be sure to trim your bug down to a
tiny but sufficient test case.
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inappropriate to send to a public issue tracker, then see \*(L"\s-1SECURITY
VULNERABILITY CONTACT INFORMATION\*(R"\s0 in perlsec for details of how to report the issue.
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This will send an email to the Perl 5 Porters list with your show of thanks.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
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The \fIChanges\fR file for an explanation of how to view exhaustive details on
what changed.
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The \fI\s-1INSTALL\s0\fR file for how to build Perl.
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The \fI\s-1README\s0\fR file for general stuff.
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The \fIArtistic\fR and \fICopying\fR files for copyright information.
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