Changes for version 5.20180605 - 2018-06-05

  • changed distribution $VERSION format, to 5.YYYYmmdd
  • updated guidance on SMTP over TLS (thanks, Michiel Beijen!)
  • removed defunct documentation links (thanks, J.Maslak!)
  • more details added to perlfaq1/Which version of Perl should I use? (thanks, J.Maslak!)
  • fixed the rounding sample code in perlfaq4 to properly demonstrate half-way-point alternation, rather than floating point errors (thanks, Denilson Sá Maia!)
  • we no longer recommend given/when in perlfaq7 (thanks, Tom Molesworth!)
  • change search.cpan.org links to metacpan.org (thanks, Leo Lapworth!)

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