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  • And cherry-pick them!!! perlfaq is not updated, in Perl 5.16.3-RC1.
    Joaquin FerreroJoaquin Ferrero
    Mar 7, 2013 at 8:26 pm
    Mar 7, 2013 at 9:00 pm
  • Other new release of POD2::ES ------------------------------------------------------------------- Last Changes: 5.16.2.01 November 15, 2012 * Updated to v5.16.2 * Added the translation of ...
    Joaquín FerreroJoaquín Ferrero
    Nov 16, 2012 at 1:20 am
    Jan 7, 2013 at 10:59 pm
  • El 09/08/12 00:33, Ricardo Signes escribió: Er... ¿ What is the reason to not include the documentation patched ? perlrun, perlfaq7, perlcheat, perlocale, perlre, perl5140delta, perlbook, perlcall, ...
    Joaquín FerreroJoaquín Ferrero
    Aug 9, 2012 at 12:58 am
    Aug 9, 2012 at 12:58 am
  • Hello, I would like to report that the current documentation for the split command is erronerrous. http://perldoc.perl.org/functions/split.html says: -- In time-critical applications, it is ...
    Anša VernerováAnša Vernerová
    Jun 19, 2012 at 7:58 am
    Jun 19, 2012 at 12:57 pm
  • This is a problem for POD2::ES, also, because we want to publish POD2::ES v5.14.2.09 and POD2::ES v5.16.0.01 at the same time, mainly for to save the translated OOP pods into v5.14 branch (perlboot, ...
    Joaquin FerreroJoaquin Ferrero
    May 31, 2012 at 2:53 pm
    May 31, 2012 at 2:53 pm
  • Hi! Perl v5.16R0 links README[.](.*) docs from pod/perl$1.pod, but not for perlvms.pod, because perlvms.pod already exist. pod/perlvms.pod and README.vms are different docs. So, README.vms is not ...
    Joaquín FerreroJoaquín Ferrero
    May 15, 2012 at 1:12 am
    May 15, 2012 at 1:12 am
  • Hello, Last Changes of the project PerlDoc-ES: 49 pod files translated 19 README files translated 31 files in process The project is at 37.45% done (33.33% of core documentation) 55,585 segments ...
    Joaquin FerreroJoaquin Ferrero
    Apr 7, 2012 at 12:49 am
    Jul 3, 2012 at 12:18 am
  • Hi!. Today, I saw that Github render iso-8859-1 encoded pod pages with a double utf8 encoding bug. Example: https://github.com/zipf/perldoc-es/blob/master/pod/reviewed/perl.pod but, one pod utf8 ...
    Joaquin FerreroJoaquin Ferrero
    Mar 25, 2012 at 1:10 am
    Jun 15, 2012 at 9:26 am
  • Begin forwarded message: Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2012 20:00:32 +0200 From: Shlomi Fish <shlomif@shlomifish.org To: Perl in Israel <perl@perl.org.il Subject: Two Documents Restored from perl.net.au Hi all ...
    Shlomi FishShlomi Fish
    Mar 24, 2012 at 6:04 pm
    Mar 24, 2012 at 6:04 pm
  • The [official Perl 5 wiki](http://p3rl.org/wiki) has recently become unusable for its original purpose, see the [announcement](http://use.perl.org/~schwern/journal/33751). It is currently impossible ...
    Lars Dɪᴇᴄᴋᴏᴡ 迪拉斯Lars Dɪᴇᴄᴋᴏᴡ 迪拉斯
    Feb 13, 2012 at 3:05 pm
    Feb 13, 2012 at 4:31 pm
  • Hello, A new release of POD2::ES is now available on CPAN. Last Changes: 5.14.2.05 October 30, 2011 * Fixed typo and made other changes in perlpragma.pod 5.14.2.04 October 29, 2011 * Added the ...
    Joaquin FerreroJoaquin Ferrero
    Oct 30, 2011 at 2:21 am
    Sep 8, 2012 at 3:17 pm
  • I noticed that perldoc.perl.org does not list HTTP::Tiny and JSON::PP as core modules. I believe this is a documentation bug. 5.14 has been out for a while now. I have contacted Jon Allen a couple ...
    Naveed MassjouniNaveed Massjouni
    Sep 8, 2011 at 3:32 am
    Sep 8, 2011 at 3:32 am
  • Having a little debate over this on a Perl::Critic ticket. I'm not sure anyone is sure and the docs don't say. https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=69234 is it package foo { ... 1; } or package ...
    Caleb CushingCaleb Cushing
    Jul 2, 2011 at 4:00 am
    Jul 2, 2011 at 4:17 pm
  • Hi all, Can anyone here volunteer to write about Perl for http://perl.about.com/ ? It's been suffering from a lot of neglect, and my application for a writer there was rejected (see below). Regards, ...
    Shlomi FishShlomi Fish
    May 24, 2011 at 7:57 pm
    Sep 10, 2011 at 10:33 am
  • on page http://perldoc.perl.org/perlop.html#Shift-Operators shift should be explained as the next op below. if you like i can write a proposal cheesrs :)
    Herbert breunungHerbert breunung
    Mar 17, 2011 at 12:31 am
    Mar 17, 2011 at 11:02 am
  • Hi all, after I posted my series of patches to perlipc.pod , I saw that tchrist posted his version, which got accepted immediately. As a downside to that, I'll have to restart my work. However, I ...
    Shlomi FishShlomi Fish
    Dec 3, 2010 at 12:51 pm
    Dec 6, 2010 at 7:24 pm
  • of "Thu, 11 Nov 2010 01: 08:02 +0100." <AANLkTikY36YAudqj2=2RDrPKSRxKoUbPJnmHuXYkdfY4@mail.gmail.com References: <18061.1289240399@chthon <20101109060255.9378.qmail@lists-nntp.develooper.com ...
    Tom ChristiansenTom Christiansen
    Nov 11, 2010 at 12:51 am
    Nov 11, 2010 at 12:51 am
  • Fixed the other 3 as commit faa783aca54bc58966dd40234b2b711114f9ca60. Abigail
    AbigailAbigail
    Nov 9, 2010 at 2:56 pm
    Nov 11, 2010 at 12:08 am
  • Hi, I'm looking for help regarding the documentation of the new variable ${^GLOBAL_PHASE} in the perl core. All that variable will do is expose the current global interpreter phase to Perl space, ...
    Florian RagwitzFlorian Ragwitz
    Nov 1, 2010 at 6:15 am
    Nov 12, 2010 at 10:34 pm
  • I'm resending this patch because it was not applied yet. Please apply it, because I'd like to further patch perlipc.pod. More details below. Regards, Shlomi Fish Thanks to the git history, I can. ...
    Shlomi FishShlomi Fish
    Oct 23, 2010 at 9:44 am
    Oct 23, 2010 at 9:44 am
  • Hi all, Inspired by a message ot the perl documentation proejct, I started working on revamping perlipc.pod here: http://github.com/shlomif/perl/tree/perlipc-revamp What I did so far is convert all ...
    Shlomi FishShlomi Fish
    Sep 5, 2010 at 5:06 am
    Sep 15, 2010 at 1:13 am
  • G' Mornin' -- I have pushed patches for: X =~ Y X !~ Y X * Y X \ Y I am working on 'X % Y' at the moment. I am having difficulty coming up with reasonable verbiage for the cases where Y is negative. ...
    Bob goolsbyBob goolsby
    Aug 11, 2010 at 11:49 pm
    Aug 11, 2010 at 11:49 pm
  • Mornin' All -- I have made changes to the perlopquick.pod for the following \: ${X} ${X}[Y] ${X}{Y} @X %X ++X X++ --X X-- X ** Y !X ~X \X +X -X Most of the changes were cosmetic ('added spaces to ...
    Bob goolsbyBob goolsby
    Aug 7, 2010 at 11:53 pm
    Aug 7, 2010 at 11:53 pm
  • Dear doc jockeys! I joined this mailing list as a frustrated newbie. I have a rather short experience as a Perl user, less than a year and still far from _really_ mastering its art. During this last ...
    Meir GuttmanMeir Guttman
    Aug 7, 2010 at 5:51 pm
    Aug 8, 2010 at 9:43 pm
  • Hi, I read that you wanted to form a Perl 5 Documentation team. The mailing list archive shows a lot of activity at the beginning of July but since then nothing more occurred. Now several deadlines ...
    Maik HentscheMaik Hentsche
    Aug 7, 2010 at 8:24 am
    Aug 9, 2010 at 11:38 pm
  • I'm herbert breunung aka LICHTKIND and have some xp in writing and translating docs for WxPerl and Perl 6. maybe i do first what i can do very well: play stupid and will check how beginnerfriendly ...
    Herbert breunungHerbert breunung
    Jul 4, 2010 at 1:49 pm
    Jul 4, 2010 at 1:49 pm
  • This is the current assignments list. If you do not like the assignment you have been given or need help email me or the list. If you do not wish to be called by the name I have listed, please ...
    Chas. OwensChas. Owens
    Jul 2, 2010 at 5:10 pm
    Jul 6, 2010 at 9:23 am
  • * All documenting of documentation changes will happend in the current delta under =head1 Documentation * New documents are listed under =head2 New Documentation and contain a brief sentence or two ...
    Chas. OwensChas. Owens
    Jul 2, 2010 at 3:21 pm
    Jul 2, 2010 at 3:21 pm
  • 1 - Administriva 1.1 - I'm not subscribed - how do I subscribe? Send mail to <perl-documentation-subscribe@perl.org 1.2 - How do I unsubscribe? Send mail to <perl-documentation-unsubscribe@perl.org , ...
    Chas. OwensChas. Owens
    Jul 2, 2010 at 3:20 pm
    Jul 6, 2010 at 7:29 pm
  • This is a list of the short term goals for the Perl 5 Documentation Team, the tasks needed to make the goal a reality, and the deadlines for those tasks. Overall hard deadline: 1st quarter 2011 ...
    Chas. OwensChas. Owens
    Jul 2, 2010 at 3:19 pm
    Jul 2, 2010 at 7:51 pm
  • Proposed activites of the Perl 5 Documentation Team --------------------------------------------------- * read documentation to ensure it is friendly to new users Members will choose one or more ...
    Chas. OwensChas. Owens
    Jul 2, 2010 at 3:18 pm
    Jul 2, 2010 at 3:18 pm
  • I need to look through what is done today before I put up my version of the guidelines, but if you are already familiar with the way Pod is used in the existing documents, don't let me stand in the ...
    Chas. OwensChas. Owens
    Jul 2, 2010 at 3:17 pm
    Jul 2, 2010 at 6:21 pm
  • If you have a proposed logo and/or mascot for the Perl 5 Documentation Team, post it here for discussion. A choice, but possibly not the final choice, will be made by 2010-07-31. If no suitable logo ...
    Chas. OwensChas. Owens
    Jul 2, 2010 at 2:58 pm
    Jul 2, 2010 at 4:47 pm
  • If you want to sign up for the Perl 5 Documentation Team, leave an email here or email me directly. If you know what you want to work on mention it, otherwise I will assign you a task. -- Chas. Owens ...
    Chas. OwensChas. Owens
    Jul 2, 2010 at 2:03 pm
    Jul 2, 2010 at 8:22 pm
  • is there a current archive of this list somewhere? http://www.mail-archive.com/perl-documentation@perl.org/ does NOT show anything past 2009. -- Caleb Cushing http://xenoterracide.blogspot.com
    Caleb CushingCaleb Cushing
    Jul 2, 2010 at 1:46 pm
    Jul 2, 2010 at 2:01 pm
  • It's great that this is happening. And I hope that in general that changes that this team makes get the benefit of the doubt. It's somewhat important that everyone get a say and that every detail is ...
    Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
    Jul 1, 2010 at 9:29 pm
    Jul 6, 2010 at 2:15 pm
  • Hi all, after several emails, discussions and feedback with worldwide Perl translators (thank you to all), I'm very happy to announce pod2.perl.org site and pod2@perl.org mailing list. pod2.perl.org ...
    Enrico SorcinelliEnrico Sorcinelli
    Oct 6, 2009 at 7:46 pm
    Oct 6, 2009 at 7:46 pm
  • Hi all, the pod2it[1] team is proud to announce a new POD2::IT release available on CPAN[2] CHANGES FROM PREVIOUS VERSION + Added perlreftut.pod [larsen, polettix, bepi] + Added new() and pod_dirs() ...
    Enrico SorcinelliEnrico Sorcinelli
    Aug 27, 2009 at 12:30 pm
    Aug 27, 2009 at 12:30 pm
  • For one, please add it to the wiki on TPF and link to http://www.perlfoundation.org/perl5/index.cgi?mailing_lists Gabor
    Gabor SzaboGabor Szabo
    Jul 16, 2009 at 6:27 am
    Jul 16, 2009 at 6:27 am
  • Hello, I have just joined this list, and I hope that I have chosen the correct one for the kind of information I want. I'm looking for documentation or any information about the internal ...
    Edson Marquezani FilhoEdson Marquezani Filho
    May 21, 2009 at 2:23 pm
    May 21, 2009 at 9:05 pm
  • Hi, 2009/4/30 Alberto Simões <albie@alfarrabio.di.uminho.pt : IMHO, we've already one: perl-documentation. I used it in the past in order to announce new POD2::IT releases, to discuss about pods ...
    Enrico SorcinelliEnrico Sorcinelli
    May 1, 2009 at 12:07 am
    May 2, 2009 at 10:43 am
  • Not sure if this is the right list for this, but ... diff --git a/pod/perlfaq7.pod b/pod/perlfaq7.pod index 5f4e39c..f70b913 100644 --- a/pod/perlfaq7.pod +++ b/pod/perlfaq7.pod @@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ ...
    William PursellWilliam Pursell
    Nov 21, 2008 at 6:36 am
    Nov 21, 2008 at 6:36 am
  • This is automatically generated email about problems in a man page for which you appear to be responsible. If you are not the right person or list, tell me and I will attempt to correct my database. ...
    EsrEsr
    Jan 2, 2007 at 12:06 am
    Jan 4, 2007 at 7:41 pm
  • This is automatically generated email about problems in a man page for which you appear to be responsible. If you are not the right person or list, tell me and I will attempt to correct my database. ...
    EsrEsr
    Jan 2, 2007 at 12:05 am
    Jan 2, 2007 at 12:05 am
  • $ man perlpacktut|grep 235|sort -u|sed 2q 01/29/2001 Camel rides to tourists 235.00 01/29/2001 Camel rides to tourists 1235.00 Inconsistent. Might be tip of iceberg.
    Dan JacobsonDan Jacobson
    Nov 30, 2006 at 6:54 pm
    Nov 30, 2006 at 6:54 pm
  • In perlop, under "Constant Folding", please also mention if the ord in $Bank = chr( ord("A") + $Bank ); gets folded.
    Dan JacobsonDan Jacobson
    Nov 27, 2006 at 6:46 pm
    Nov 27, 2006 at 6:46 pm
  • Hi everybody, since this is my first post on this list it's probably a good thing to introduce myself first. My name is Joergen Lang. I currently live in Hamburg, Germany. Since 1996 I am programming ...
    Joergen W. LangJoergen W. Lang
    Oct 8, 2006 at 8:23 pm
    Oct 8, 2006 at 8:23 pm
  • I noticed this in perlpod yesterday: Or you can link to a web page: * "L<scheme:... " Links to an absolute URL. For example, "L<http://www.perl.org/ ". But note that there is no corresponding ...
    SimonSimon
    Sep 7, 2006 at 1:54 pm
    Sep 7, 2006 at 1:54 pm
  • G'day Perl Documenters, I recently stumbled across the pod-indexing wiki at http://pod-indexing.annocpan.org/ . Unfortunately, the page when I found it was a great big mass of spam[1], and digging ...
    Paul FenwickPaul Fenwick
    Jun 22, 2006 at 6:47 am
    Jul 24, 2006 at 2:21 pm
  • Hello, Most Perl functions have some sort of entry available for the user who learns how to type: perldoc -f func_name So perldoc -f sort (or map or grep) all return pretty useful information. I'm a ...
    SimonSimon
    May 18, 2006 at 12:37 pm
    Jun 22, 2006 at 4:08 pm
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