[inseparable changes from patch to perl 5.004_04]

[p5sagit/p5-mst-13.2.git] / Porting / pumpkin.pod

diff --git a/Porting/pumpkin.pod b/Porting/pumpkin.pod
index 5260e65..6706c6c 100644 (file)
--- a/Porting/pumpkin.pod
+++ b/Porting/pumpkin.pod
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ Subscribe by sending the message (in the body of your letter)
 
 to perl5-porters-request@perl.org .
 
+Archives of the list are held at:
+
+    http://www.rosat.mpe-garching.mpg.de/mailing-lists/perl-porters/
+
 =head1 How are Perl Releases Numbered?
 
 Perl version numbers are floating point numbers, such as 5.004.
@@ -73,9 +77,10 @@ In addition, there may be "developer" sub-versions available.  These
 are not official releases.  They may contain unstable experimental
 features, and are subject to rapid change.  Such developer
 sub-versions are numbered with sub-version numbers.  For example,
-version 5.004_04 is the 4'th developer version built on top of
-5.004.  It might include the _01, _02, and _03 changes, but it
-also might not.  Sub-versions are allowed to be subversive.
+version 5.003_04 is the 4'th developer version built on top of
+5.003.  It might include the _01, _02, and _03 changes, but it
+also might not.  Sub-versions are allowed to be subversive. (But see
+the next section for recent changes.)
 
 These sub-versions can also be used as floating point numbers, so
 you can do things such as
@@ -100,6 +105,11 @@ way to distribute important bug fixes without waiting for the
 developers to untangle all the other problems in the current
 developer's release.
 
+Trial releases of bug-fix maintenance releases are announced on
+perl5-porters. Trial releases use the new subversion number (to avoid
+testers installing it over the previous release) and include a 'local
+patch' entry in patchlevel.h.
+
 Watch for announcements of maintenance subversions in
 comp.lang.perl.announce.
 
@@ -1157,14 +1167,14 @@ and/or fcntl() file locking.  It's a mess.
 
 =back
 
-=head1 AUTHOR
-
-Andy Dougherty <doughera@lafcol.lafayette.edu>.
+=head1 AUTHORS
 
-Additions by Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>.
+Original author:  Andy Dougherty doughera@lafcol.lafayette.edu .
+Additions by Chip Salzenberg chip@perl.com and 
+Tim Bunce Tim.Bunce@ig.co.uk .
 
 All opinions expressed herein are those of the authorZ<>(s).
 
 =head1 LAST MODIFIED
 
-$Id: pumpkin.pod,v 1.10.1.1 1997/06/10 20:46:47 timbo Exp $
+$Id: pumpkin.pod,v 1.13 1997/08/28 18:26:40 doughera Released $