From: Gurusamy Sarathy Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 03:13:37 +0000 (+0000) Subject: mention ftp/rsync access to repository in perlhack X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=2be4c08b6f13de9eea531f8a8a2229b3bd245b1a;p=p5sagit%2Fp5-mst-13.2.git mention ftp/rsync access to repository in perlhack p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5387 --- diff --git a/Changes b/Changes index 85b6ce9..97ae151 100644 --- a/Changes +++ b/Changes @@ -95,6 +95,439 @@ Version v5.5.670 Development release working toward v5.6 ---------------- ____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 5386] By: gsar on 2000/03/01 03:04:54 + Log: support kill(0,$pid) on Windows to test if process exists + Branch: perl + ! README.win32 pod/perldelta.pod pod/perlport.pod win32/win32.c +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 5385] By: gsar on 2000/03/01 02:10:01 + Log: integrate cfgperl changes into mainline + Branch: perl + !> Configure Porting/Glossary Porting/config.sh Porting/config_H + !> config_h.SH epoc/config.sh hints/dec_osf.sh hints/solaris_2.sh + !> perl.h vms/subconfigure.com vos/config.def win32/config.bc + !> win32/config.gc win32/config.vc +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 5384] By: gsar on 2000/03/01 01:47:55 + Log: oops, change#5382 didn't really fix the typo + Branch: perl + ! ext/DynaLoader/dl_dlopen.xs +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 5383] By: gsar on 2000/03/01 01:38:25 + Log: avoid warning on type-mismatch + Branch: perl + ! ext/DynaLoader/dlutils.c +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 5382] By: gsar on 2000/03/01 01:33:42 + Log: fix bug in change#5381 + Branch: perl + ! ext/DynaLoader/dl_dlopen.xs +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 5381] By: gsar on 2000/03/01 00:46:44 + Log: unload extension shared objects when exiting, implemented + only for dl_dlopen.xs (from Alan Burlison) + Branch: perl + ! ext/DynaLoader/DynaLoader_pm.PL ext/DynaLoader/Makefile.PL + ! ext/DynaLoader/dl_dlopen.xs ext/DynaLoader/dlutils.c +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 5380] By: gsar on 2000/03/01 00:34:10 + Log: add perlnumber.pod (from Ilya Zakharevich); substantially edited + prose + Branch: perl + + pod/perlnumber.pod + ! MANIFEST pod/Makefile pod/buildtoc pod/perl.pod + ! pod/perltoc.pod pod/roffitall +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 5379] By: jhi on 2000/02/29 23:37:01 + Log: Be understanding. + Branch: cfgperl + ! Configure config_h.SH + Branch: metaconfig/U/perl + ! use64bits.U uselfs.U +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 5378] By: gsar on 2000/02/29 23:35:50 + Log: VMS fixups (from Dan Sugalski); cosmetic tweaks + Branch: perl + ! lib/Test/Harness.pm vms/vms.c +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 5377] By: jhi on 2000/02/29 23:12:29 + Log: Tru64 hints fix from Spider Boardman; Tru64 hint for + d_Gconvert on long doubles to use sprintf %Lg. + Branch: cfgperl + ! hints/dec_osf.sh +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 5376] By: jhi on 2000/02/29 23:02:45 + Log: Integrate with Sarathy. + Branch: cfgperl + !> gv.c lib/Pod/Html.pm malloc.c pod/perlapi.pod pod/perlcall.pod + !> pod/perldiag.pod pod/perlembed.pod pod/perlfunc.pod + !> pod/perlguts.pod pod/perlop.pod +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 5375] By: gsar on 2000/02/29 23:02:34 + Log: fix File::Find::finddepth() bugs (from Helmut Jarausch) + Branch: perl + ! lib/File/Find.pm +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 5374] By: jhi on 2000/02/29 23:01:35 + Log: Add libsunmath (long double math library for Solaris, + SUNWspro cc only) awareness; fix various Solaris nits. + Branch: cfgperl + ! Configure Porting/Glossary Porting/config.sh Porting/config_H + ! config_h.SH epoc/config.sh hints/solaris_2.sh perl.h + ! vms/subconfigure.com vos/config.def win32/config.bc + ! win32/config.gc win32/config.vc + Branch: metaconfig + ! U/modified/libs.U + Branch: metaconfig/U/perl + + i_sunmath.U +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 5373] By: gsar on 2000/02/29 22:56:10 + Log: fix Pod::Html to recognize C<< > >> etc., and convert some pods + to the more readable form (from Robin Barker) + Branch: perl + ! lib/Pod/Html.pm pod/perlfunc.pod pod/perlop.pod +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 5372] By: gsar on 2000/02/29 22:52:27 + Log: better fix for malloc bug in change#5346 (from Dominic Dunlop) + Branch: perl + ! malloc.c +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 5371] By: gsar on 2000/02/29 22:29:36 + Log: fix pods to reflect newer canonical names for call_sv() etc. + Branch: perl + ! gv.c pod/perlapi.pod pod/perlcall.pod pod/perldiag.pod + ! pod/perlembed.pod pod/perlguts.pod +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 5370] By: jhi on 2000/02/29 22:08:26 + Log: Integrate with Sarathy. + Branch: cfgperl + !> perl.c perl.h win32/win32.c win32/win32.h +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 5369] By: gsar on 2000/02/29 21:37:10 + Log: remove bogus code that caused test failures on HP-UX + Branch: perl + ! perl.h +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 5368] By: gsar on 2000/02/29 20:45:01 + Log: change#5364 had a few problems + Branch: perl + ! perl.c win32/win32.c win32/win32.h +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 5367] By: gsar on 2000/02/29 18:19:04 + Log: integrate cfgperl changes into mainline + Branch: perl + !> Configure config_h.SH epoc/config.sh hints/hpux.sh + !> hints/solaris_2.sh regcomp.c vms/subconfigure.com + !> vos/config.def win32/config.bc win32/config.gc win32/config.vc +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 5366] By: jhi on 2000/02/29 18:15:09 + Log: Some compilers have problems with quad switch() controls. + Branch: cfgperl + ! regcomp.c +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 5365] By: jhi on 2000/02/29 18:14:30 + Log: Integrate with Sarathy. + Branch: cfgperl + !> perl.c win32/Makefile win32/makefile.mk win32/win32.c + !> win32/win32.h +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 5364] By: gsar on 2000/02/29 18:11:34 + Log: utf8-ize @ARGV when -C switch is used on Windows + Branch: perl + ! perl.c win32/Makefile win32/makefile.mk win32/win32.c + ! win32/win32.h +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 5363] By: jhi on 2000/02/29 17:47:48 + Log: HP-UX lddlflags were broken. + Branch: cfgperl + ! Configure config_h.SH + Branch: metaconfig/U/perl + ! dlsrc.U +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 5362] By: jhi on 2000/02/29 17:32:27 + Log: Make the failsafe question about socket address structure + sizes hopefully a bit less confusing. + Branch: cfgperl + ! Configure config_h.SH + Branch: metaconfig + ! U/protos/socksizetype.U +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 5361] By: jhi on 2000/02/29 17:17:10 + Log: Integrate with Sarathy. + Branch: cfgperl + !> malloc.c +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 5360] By: gsar on 2000/02/29 17:16:09 + Log: malloc "fix" in change#5346 coredumps on HP-UX, revert + Branch: perl + ! malloc.c +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 5359] By: jhi on 2000/02/29 17:06:12 + Log: Make the warning about preferring HP's ar more visible. + Branch: cfgperl + ! hints/hpux.sh +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 5358] By: jhi on 2000/02/29 17:04:36 + Log: The sprintf option was blithely printing long doubles as + doubles (spotted by Spider Boardman); dqgcvt() wasn't ever + being used; made the test more thorough. + Branch: cfgperl + ! Configure config_h.SH epoc/config.sh vms/subconfigure.com + ! vos/config.def win32/config.bc win32/config.gc win32/config.vc + Branch: metaconfig + ! U/compline/d_gconvert.U +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 5357] By: jhi on 2000/02/29 16:58:08 + Log: Make the warning about abandoning long doubles more visible. + Branch: cfgperl + ! Configure config_h.SH + Branch: metaconfig/U/perl + ! uselongdbl.U +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 5356] By: jhi on 2000/02/29 16:51:33 + Log: HP-UX gcc fix; detypo in use64bits. + Branch: cfgperl + ! Configure config_h.SH + Branch: metaconfig/U/perl + ! dlsrc.U use64bits.U +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 5355] By: jhi on 2000/02/29 16:31:17 + Log: Solaris 64-bitness hints saga continues. + Branch: cfgperl + ! hints/solaris_2.sh +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 5354] By: jhi on 2000/02/29 16:04:42 + Log: Integrate with Sarathy. + Branch: cfgperl + !> ext/Thread/Thread.xs perl.c perl.h +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 5353] By: jhi on 2000/02/29 15:54:10 + Log: Solaris hints tweak for 64-bitallness. + Branch: cfgperl + ! hints/solaris_2.sh +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 5352] By: jhi on 2000/02/29 15:35:13 + Log: Too many 64-bitness option combinations. + Branch: cfgperl + ! Configure config_h.SH + Branch: metaconfig/U/perl + ! use64bits.U +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 5351] By: gsar on 2000/02/29 15:31:56 + Log: more adjustments needed for change#5342 under use5005threads + Branch: perl + ! ext/Thread/Thread.xs perl.c perl.h +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 5350] By: jhi on 2000/02/29 15:24:59 + Log: Integrate with Sarathy. + Branch: cfgperl + +> pod/perlboot.pod + !> (integrate 40 files) +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 5349] By: gsar on 2000/02/29 08:13:56 + Log: more m//s and $ vs \z fixups (from Greg Bacon) + Branch: perl + ! lib/File/CheckTree.pm lib/File/Copy.pm lib/File/DosGlob.pm + ! lib/File/Path.pm lib/File/Spec/Mac.pm lib/File/Spec/OS2.pm + ! lib/File/Spec/Unix.pm lib/File/Spec/VMS.pm + ! lib/File/Spec/Win32.pm +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 5348] By: gsar on 2000/02/29 08:00:48 + Log: increase sleep to compensate for slow cpu (from Peter Haworth + ) + Branch: perl + ! t/io/pipe.t +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 5347] By: gsar on 2000/02/29 07:52:35 + Log: add OO tutorial for beginners (from Randal L. Schwartz + ) + Branch: perl + + pod/perlboot.pod + ! MANIFEST pod/Makefile pod/buildtoc pod/perl.pod + ! pod/perldelta.pod pod/perltoc.pod +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 5346] By: gsar on 2000/02/29 07:24:52 + Log: malloc bug fix and machten hints (from Dominic Dunlop + ) + Branch: perl + ! hints/machten.sh malloc.c +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 5345] By: gsar on 2000/02/29 06:32:56 + Log: integrate cfgperl contents into mainline + Branch: perl + !> Configure MANIFEST config_h.SH ext/DynaLoader/dl_aix.xs + !> ext/DynaLoader/hints/aix.pl ext/File/Glob/Makefile.PL + !> hints/aix.sh hints/hpux.sh hints/irix_6.sh hints/solaris_2.sh + !> mg.c perl.h pod/perldelta.pod pod/perlop.pod pp.c sv.c + !> t/lib/ipc_sysv.t t/op/64bit.t t/op/misc.t t/op/numconvert.t + !> win32/config.bc win32/config.gc win32/config.vc +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 5344] By: gsar on 2000/02/29 06:25:33 + Log: export list tweak + Branch: perl + ! makedef.pl +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 5343] By: gsar on 2000/02/29 06:01:22 + Log: various shenanigans in change#5342 + Branch: perl + ! makedef.pl thread.h util.c win32/Makefile win32/makefile.mk + ! win32/win32.h win32/win32thread.h +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 5342] By: gsar on 2000/02/29 04:53:00 + Log: support fetching current interpreter from TLS under useithreads + Branch: perl + ! embed.h embed.pl embedvar.h global.sym intrpvar.h makedef.pl + ! objXSUB.h perl.c perl.h perlapi.h perlvars.h pod/perldelta.pod + ! proto.h sv.c thread.h util.c win32/perlhost.h win32/perllib.c + ! win32/win32.h win32/win32thread.c win32/win32thread.h +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 5341] By: jhi on 2000/02/29 03:26:11 + Log: Don't know how to do large files using gcc in HP-UX. + Branch: cfgperl + ! hints/hpux.sh +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 5340] By: jhi on 2000/02/29 03:07:16 + Log: Added few more libs to scan. + Branch: cfgperl + ! Configure config_h.SH + Branch: metaconfig + ! U/modified/Myinit.U U/modified/libs.U +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 5339] By: jhi on 2000/02/29 01:37:43 + Log: Bigger warning on the changed behaviour of the unary ~. + Branch: cfgperl + ! pod/perldelta.pod +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 5338] By: jhi on 2000/02/29 01:17:07 + Log: IRIX 64-bitness fixes. + Branch: cfgperl + ! Configure config_h.SH hints/irix_6.sh + Branch: metaconfig + ! U/modified/Cppsym.U +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 5337] By: jhi on 2000/02/29 00:59:08 + Log: Userfriendliness. + Branch: cfgperl + ! Configure config_h.SH + Branch: metaconfig/U/perl + ! use64bits.U +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 5336] By: jhi on 2000/02/29 00:53:51 + Log: Undo the sv_2pv() change of #5329, caused numconvert.t + problems in IRIX 32-n32. + Branch: cfgperl + ! sv.c +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 5335] By: jhi on 2000/02/29 00:22:37 + Log: Fixes for building on HP-UX using gcc from Daniel S. Lewart. + Branch: cfgperl + ! Configure config_h.SH hints/hpux.sh + Branch: metaconfig/U/perl + ! dlsrc.U +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 5334] By: jhi on 2000/02/28 23:59:59 + Log: Do not cast pointers into I32s. + Branch: cfgperl + ! mg.c +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 5333] By: jhi on 2000/02/28 23:39:26 + Log: More AIX fixes from Steven Hirsch. + Branch: cfgperl + ! Configure config_h.SH ext/DynaLoader/dl_aix.xs + ! ext/DynaLoader/hints/aix.pl hints/aix.sh + Branch: metaconfig/U/perl + ! use64bits.U +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 5332] By: jhi on 2000/02/28 22:45:59 + Log: Detypo. + Branch: cfgperl + ! hints/irix_6.sh +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 5331] By: jhi on 2000/02/28 22:23:36 + Log: Regularize the call-back units (and fix a bug in #5330). + Branch: cfgperl + ! hints/aix.sh hints/hpux.sh hints/irix_6.sh hints/solaris_2.sh +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 5330] By: jhi on 2000/02/28 21:50:28 + Log: Don't be overeager to turn on 64-bitallness. + Branch: cfgperl + ! hints/solaris_2.sh +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 5329] By: jhi on 2000/02/28 20:32:53 + Log: Lift the 32-bit straightjacket from bit ops; + prefer IV/UV over NV in sv_2pv(). + Branch: cfgperl + ! pod/perldelta.pod pod/perlop.pod pp.c sv.c t/op/64bit.t + ! t/op/misc.t t/op/numconvert.t +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 5328] By: jhi on 2000/02/28 20:11:59 + Log: Do not add -Ae for gcc. + Branch: cfgperl + ! hints/hpux.sh +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 5327] By: jhi on 2000/02/28 17:35:39 + Log: Use the vendor file(1). + Branch: cfgperl + ! hints/hpux.sh hints/irix_6.sh hints/solaris_2.sh +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 5326] By: jhi on 2000/02/28 17:31:19 + Log: Put back madvise lost because of a typo. + Branch: cfgperl + ! Configure config_h.SH perl.h win32/config.bc win32/config.gc + ! win32/config.vc +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 5325] By: jhi on 2000/02/28 16:44:32 + Log: Tweak HP-UX libraries. + Branch: cfgperl + ! hints/hpux.sh +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 5324] By: jhi on 2000/02/28 16:37:43 + Log: Don't be overeager to turn on largefileness. + Branch: cfgperl + ! hints/solaris_2.sh +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 5323] By: jhi on 2000/02/28 16:23:15 + Log: AIX 64-bit patches from Steven Hirsch + The patch to File/Glob/Makefile.PL is inconvenient but at the + moment necessary: adding an ext/FIle/Glob/hints/aix.pl to turn + off the optimization ($self->{OPTIMIZE} = '') doesn't work, + the file is processed by MakeMaker but OPTIMIZE ends up as -O + in the resulting Makefile. A MakeMaker bug? + Branch: cfgperl + ! MANIFEST ext/DynaLoader/dl_aix.xs ext/File/Glob/Makefile.PL + ! hints/aix.sh t/lib/ipc_sysv.t +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 5322] By: jhi on 2000/02/28 16:17:33 + Log: Integrate with Sarathy. + Branch: cfgperl + !> (integrate 45 files) +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 5321] By: gsar on 2000/02/28 10:13:03 + Log: avoid warnings in legacy code (from David Dyck) + Branch: perl + ! lib/pwd.pl +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 5320] By: gsar on 2000/02/28 10:11:37 + Log: find2perl doc tweak (from David Dyck ) + Branch: perl + ! x2p/find2perl.PL +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 5319] By: gsar on 2000/02/28 10:07:00 + Log: fix outdated URLs (from Michael G Schwern) + Branch: perl + ! pod/perldelta.pod pod/perlfaq1.pod pod/perlfaq2.pod + ! pod/perlfaq3.pod pod/perlfaq4.pod pod/perlfaq8.pod + ! pod/perlfaq9.pod pod/perlmodinstall.pod pod/perlmodlib.pod + ! pod/perlopentut.pod pod/perlport.pod pod/perltoc.pod + ! pod/perlvar.pod pod/perlxs.pod +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 5318] By: gsar on 2000/02/28 10:04:57 + Log: update Changes, patchlevel etc. + Branch: perl + ! Changes patchlevel.h win32/Makefile win32/config.bc + ! win32/config.gc win32/config.vc win32/config_H.bc + ! win32/config_H.gc win32/config_H.vc win32/makefile.mk +____________________________________________________________________________ [ 5317] By: gsar on 2000/02/28 09:39:47 Log: make stringwise bitops work properly on utf8 strings Branch: perl diff --git a/pod/perlhack.pod b/pod/perlhack.pod index 5ecdf2c..3a84e95 100644 --- a/pod/perlhack.pod +++ b/pod/perlhack.pod @@ -200,8 +200,25 @@ currently the Perforce program, see http://perforce.com/). The pumpkings and a few others have access to the repository to check in changes. Periodically the pumpking for the development version of Perl will release a new version, so the rest of the porters can see what's -changed. Plans are underway for a repository viewer, and for -anonymous CVS access to the latest versions. +changed. The current state of the main trunk of repository, and patches +that describe the individual changes that have happened since the last +public release are available at this location: + + ftp://ftp.linux.activestate.com/pub/staff/gsar/APC/ + +Selective parts are also visible via the rsync protocol. To get all +the individual changes to the mainline since the last development +release, use the following command: + + rsync -avuz rsync://ftp.linux.activestate.com/perl-diffs perl-diffs + +Use this to get the latest source tree in full: + + rsync -avuz rsync://ftp.linux.activestate.com/perl-current perl-current + +Needless to say, the source code in perl-current is usually in a perpetual +state of evolution. You should expect it to be very buggy. Do B use +it for any purpose other than testing and development. Always submit patches to I. This lets other porters review your patch, which catches a surprising number of errors diff --git a/pod/perlhist.pod b/pod/perlhist.pod index 0e1df8a..4d9858e 100644 --- a/pod/perlhist.pod +++ b/pod/perlhist.pod @@ -335,6 +335,7 @@ the strings?). 5.5.640 2000-Feb-02 5.5.650 2000-Feb-08 5.6 beta1 5.5.660 2000-Feb-22 5.6 beta2 + 5.5.670 2000-Feb-29 5.6 beta3 =head2 SELECTED RELEASE SIZES