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478478release process.
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480480Read F<Porting/how_to_write_a_perldelta.pod>, and try to make sure that
481- every section it lists is, if necessary, populated and complete. Copy
482- edit the whole document.
481+ every section it lists is, if necessary, populated and complete.
482+
483+ In the case of a BLEAD-FINAL, all perldeltas from the 5.X series must be
484+ merged into F<pod/perldelta.pod>. The process starts with
485+
486+ ./perl -Ilib Porting/merge-deltas.pl
487+
488+ The resulting F<pod/perldelta.pod> will need to be edited. In particular,
489+ lists will need to be merged. Sections which were describe changes which
490+ were reverted will need to be removed. Some items may benefit from being
491+ merged into a new summary.
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484493You won't be able to automatically fill in the "Updated Modules" section until
485494after L<Module::CoreList> is updated (as described below in
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