Perl 5.44.0-RC2 is now available

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Here lies a toppled god--
His fall was not a small one.
We did but build his pedestal,
A narrow and a tall one.
    -- Frank Herbert - Dune Messiah

We are pleased to announce version 5.44.0-RC2,
the second release candidate of version 5.44 of Perl.

You will soon be able to download Perl 5.44.0-RC2 from your
favorite CPAN mirror or find it at:

https://metacpan.org/release/LEONT/perl-5.44.0-RC2/

SHA256 digests for this release are:

 08971296934bd9d371d306e0279f33f759d7eae23b3c6cd64254d12cb17e1060
 perl-5.44.0-RC2.tar.gz
 56a5acb8e3f5508d1a9280962be6023e20b639809a714d0dfa64786f94c2248b
 perl-5.44.0-RC2.tar.xz

You can find a full list of changes in the file "perldelta.pod" located in
the "pod" directory inside the release and on the web at

https://metacpan.org/release/LEONT/perl-5.44.0-RC2/view/pod/perldelta.pod

Perl 5.44.0 represents approximately 12 months of development since Perl
5.42.0 and contains approximately 270,000 lines of changes across 1,300
files from 71 authors.

Excluding auto-generated files, documentation and release tools, there were
approximately 110,000 lines of changes to 860 .pm, .t, .c and .h files.

Perl continues to flourish into its fourth decade thanks to a vibrant
community of users and developers. The following people are known to have
contributed the improvements that became Perl 5.44.0:

Alexander Karelas, Aristotle Pagaltzis, Arne Johannessen, Bartosz Jarzyna,
Branislav Zahradn=C3=ADk, brian d foy, Chad Granum, Chris 'BinGOs' Williams=
,
Chris Prather, Christian Hansen, Craig A. Berry, Dagfinn Ilmari Manns=C3=A5=
ker,
Dan Book, Dan Church, Daniel Dragan, Daniel La=C3=BCgt, Daniel Tang, Dan Ko=
gai,
Dave Cross, David Mitchell, Dmitrii Kuvaiskii, E. Choroba, Ed J, Elvin
Aslanov, Eric Herman, Eugen Konkov, Graham Knop, Harald J=C3=B6rg, H.Merijn
Brand, Igor Todorovski, James Cook, James E Keenan, James Raspass, J=C3=B6r=
g
Thomas, Karen Etheridge, Karl Williamson, Leon Timmermans, Lukas Mai, Marc
Reisner, Masahiro Iuchi, Matthew Horsfall, Maxim Vuets, Max Maischein,
Nicolas R, Olaf Alders, Paul Evans, Paul Marquess, Peter John Acklam,
Philippe Bruhat (BooK), Ricardo Signes, Richard Leach, Robert Rothenberg,
Ryan Carsten Schmidt, Samuel Smith, Samuel Young, Scott Baker, Sevan
Janiyan, Shirakata Kentaro, Sisyphus, Stan Ulbrych, Stefan Adams, =C5=A0t=
=C4=9Bp=C3=A1n
N=C4=9Bmec, Steve Hay, TAKAI Kousuke, Thibault Duponchelle, Toby Inkster, T=
omasz
Konojacki, Tom Wyant, Tony Cook, Unicode Consortium, Yitzchak
Scott-Thoennes.

The list above is almost certainly incomplete as it is automatically
generated from version control history. In particular, it does not include
the names of the (very much appreciated) contributors who reported issues t=
o
the Perl bug tracker.

Many of the changes included in this version originated in the CPAN modules
included in Perl's core. We're grateful to the entire CPAN community for
helping Perl to flourish.

For a more complete list of all of Perl's historical contributors, please
see the F<AUTHORS> file in the Perl source distribution.

Support for the 5.40.x release series will end shortly.
Please refer to L<perlpolicy> for version support information.

We expect to release version 5.44.0 in the following weeks.

Leon

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  We did but build his pedestal,<br>
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T/perl-5.44.0-RC2/view/pod/perldelta.pod">https://metacpan.org/release/LEON=
T/perl-5.44.0-RC2/view/pod/perldelta.pod</a><br><br>Perl 5.44.0 represents =
approximately 12 months of development since Perl<br>5.42.0 and contains ap=
proximately 270,000 lines of changes across 1,300<br>files from 71 authors.=
<br><br>Excluding auto-generated files, documentation and release tools, th=
ere were<br>approximately 110,000 lines of changes to 860 .pm, .t, .c and .=
h files.<br><br>Perl continues to flourish into its fourth decade thanks to=
 a vibrant<br>community of users and developers. The following people are k=
nown to have<br>contributed the improvements that became Perl 5.44.0:<br><b=
r>Alexander Karelas, Aristotle Pagaltzis, Arne Johannessen, Bartosz Jarzyna=
,<br>Branislav Zahradn=C3=ADk, brian d foy, Chad Granum, Chris &#39;BinGOs&=
#39; Williams,<br>Chris Prather, Christian Hansen, Craig A. Berry, Dagfinn =
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=BCgt, Daniel Tang, Dan Kogai,<br>Dave Cross, David Mitchell, Dmitrii Kuvai=
skii, E. Choroba, Ed J, Elvin<br>Aslanov, Eric Herman, Eugen Konkov, Graham=
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mes E Keenan, James Raspass, J=C3=B6rg<br>Thomas, Karen Etheridge, Karl Wil=
liamson, Leon Timmermans, Lukas Mai, Marc<br>Reisner, Masahiro Iuchi, Matth=
ew Horsfall, Maxim Vuets, Max Maischein,<br>Nicolas R, Olaf Alders, Paul Ev=
ans, Paul Marquess, Peter John Acklam,<br>Philippe Bruhat (BooK), Ricardo S=
ignes, Richard Leach, Robert Rothenberg,<br>Ryan Carsten Schmidt, Samuel Sm=
ith, Samuel Young, Scott Baker, Sevan<br>Janiyan, Shirakata Kentaro, Sisyph=
us, Stan Ulbrych, Stefan Adams, =C5=A0t=C4=9Bp=C3=A1n<br>N=C4=9Bmec, Steve =
Hay, TAKAI Kousuke, Thibault Duponchelle, Toby Inkster, Tomasz<br>Konojacki=
, Tom Wyant, Tony Cook, Unicode Consortium, Yitzchak<br>Scott-Thoennes.<br>=
<br>The list above is almost certainly incomplete as it is automatically<br=
>generated from version control history. In particular, it does not include=
<br>the names of the (very much appreciated) contributors who reported issu=
es to<br>the Perl bug tracker.<br><br>Many of the changes included in this =
version originated in the CPAN modules<br>included in Perl&#39;s core. We&#=
39;re grateful to the entire CPAN community for<br>helping Perl to flourish=
.<br><br>For a more complete list of all of Perl&#39;s historical contribut=
ors, please<br>see the F&lt;AUTHORS&gt; file in the Perl source distributio=
n.<br><br>Support for the 5.40.x release series will end shortly.<br>Please=
 refer to L&lt;perlpolicy&gt; for version support information.<br><br>We ex=
pect to release version 5.44.0 in the following weeks.<br><br>Leon</div></d=
iv>

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