Change 34798: Add an acknowledgements section.

[nwc10+ (Nicholas Clark)]

Change 34798 by ***@nicholas-plum on 2008/11/10 18:10:51

Add an acknowledgements section.

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... //depot/maint-5.8/perl/pod/perl589delta.pod#33 edit

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--- perl/pod/perl589delta.pod#32~34795~ 2008-11-10 08:50:39.000000000 -0800
+++ perl/pod/perl589delta.pod 2008-11-10 10:10:51.000000000 -0800
@@ -2079,6 +2079,30 @@
modules, F<perlio.c> in the core, and 5.003_02 pumpking, died of a heart
attack on 25th September 2006. He will be missed.

+=head1 Acknowledgements
+
+Some of the work in this release was funded by a TPF grant.
+
+Steve Hay worked behind the scenes working out the causes of the differences
+between core modules, their CPAN releases, and previous core releases, and
+the best way to rectify them. He doesn't want to do it again. I know this
+feeling, and I'm very glad he did it this time, instead of me.
+
+Paul Fenwick assembled a team of 18 volunteers, who broke the back of writing
+this document. In particular, Bradley Dean, Eddy Tan, and Vincent Pit
+provided half the team's contribution.
+
+The crack Berlin-based QA team of Andreas KE<ouml>nig and Slaven ReziE<263>
+tirelessly re-build snapshots, tested most everything CPAN against
+them, and then identified the changes responsible for any module regressions,
+ensures that several show-stopper bugs were stomped before the first release
+candidate was cut.
+
+The other core committers contributed most of the changes, and applied most
+of the patches sent in by the hundreds of contributors listed in F<AUTHORS>.
+
+And obviously, Larry Wall, without whom we wouldn't have Perl.
+
=head1 Reporting Bugs

If you find what you think is a bug, you might check the articles
End of Patch.

[Paul Johnson]

Post by nwc10+ (Nicholas Clark)
Add an acknowledgements section.

Nice.

Post by nwc10+ (Nicholas Clark)
--- perl/pod/perl589delta.pod#32~34795~ 2008-11-10 08:50:39.000000000 -0800
+++ perl/pod/perl589delta.pod 2008-11-10 10:10:51.000000000 -0800
@@ -2079,6 +2079,30 @@
modules, F<perlio.c> in the core, and 5.003_02 pumpking, died of a heart
attack on 25th September 2006. He will be missed.
+=head1 Acknowledgements
+
+Some of the work in this release was funded by a TPF grant.
+
+Steve Hay worked behind the scenes working out the causes of the differences
+between core modules, their CPAN releases, and previous core releases, and
+the best way to rectify them. He doesn't want to do it again. I know this
+feeling, and I'm very glad he did it this time, instead of me.
+
+Paul Fenwick assembled a team of 18 volunteers, who broke the back of writing
+this document. In particular, Bradley Dean, Eddy Tan, and Vincent Pit
+provided half the team's contribution.
+
+The crack Berlin-based QA team of Andreas KE<ouml>nig and Slaven ReziE<263>
+tirelessly re-build snapshots, tested most everything CPAN against

rebuilt

everythng on CPAN

Post by nwc10+ (Nicholas Clark)
+them, and then identified the changes responsible for any module regressions,
+ensures that several show-stopper bugs were stomped before the first release

ensuring

Post by nwc10+ (Nicholas Clark)
+candidate was cut.