The first release candidate of perl-5.16.2 is now available. You will soon be able to download perl-5.16.2-RC1 from your favorite CPAN mirror or find it at: https://metacpan.org/release/RJBS/perl-5.16.2-RC1/ SHA1 digests for this release are: 0fab030338f03dcd8a3687c8bd93518fd1d0df87 perl-5.16.2-RC1.tar.bz2 535ea2063ead749de92bb83b48f071550d1e1bc4 perl-5.16.2-RC1.tar.gz 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. Please report any problems with this release candidate immediately. One tiny known issue: perl-5.16.2 does not appear in its perlhist, but will be added before the final release. If no major problems are reported, perl 5.16.2 will be released on November 1, 2012. -- rjbsThread Next