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== Scope ==
== Scope ==

Revision as of 14:43, 28 April 2022

Perl 5.36

Summary

A new perl 5.36 version brings a lot of changes done over a year of development. Perl 5.36 will be released in May 20th 2022. See 5.36.0 perldelta for more details about new release. https://metacpan.org/release/SHAY/perl-5.35.11/view/pod/perldelta.pod

Owner

Current status

  • Targeted release: Fedora Linux 37
  • Last updated: 2022-04-28
  • FESCo issue: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>
  • Tracker bug: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>
  • Release notes tracker: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>

Completed Items

Items in Progress

Items to Be Done

  • Get dedicated build-root from rel-engs (f37-perl)
  • Upstream to release Perl 5.34
  • Define perl_bootstrap in perl-srpm-macros
  • Rebase perl to 5.36.0
  • Rebuild dual-lived packages (otherwise dnf recommends --skip-broken and fails)
  • Rebuild packages needed for minimal build-root
  • Rebuild packages needed for building source packages from git repository
  • Rebuild other packages: Use Fedora::Rebuild dependency solver
  • Undefine perl_bootstrap
  • Rebuild packages having perl_bootstrap condition in spec file (127 packages)
  • Rebuild all updated packages
  • Final lists of results
  • Merge dedicated build-root to rawhide and remove the dedicated one by rel-engs
  • Synchronize packages upgraded in f37 build root
  • Rebuild Perl packages: 0 of 3249 done (0.00%)

Detailed Description

New perl is released every year and updates containing mainly bug fixes follow during the year. The 5.36.0 version is stable release this year.

Feedback

Benefit to Fedora

Up-to-date and latest perl release will be delivered to Fedora users.

Scope

  • Proposal owners:
  • Other developers:
  • Policies and guidelines: N/A (not needed for this Change)
  • Trademark approval: N/A (not needed for this Change)
  • Alignment with Objectives:

Upgrade/compatibility impact

How To Test

User Experience

Dependencies

Contingency Plan

  • Contingency mechanism: (What to do? Who will do it?) N/A (not a System Wide Change)
  • Contingency deadline: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
  • Blocks release? N/A (not a System Wide Change), Yes/No


Documentation

N/A (not a System Wide Change)

Release Notes

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