diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index f1f89e40..345e4814 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,28 @@
+20201222
+
+* --pipe engine changed making --pipe alpha quality.
+
+* --results -.json outputs results as JSON objects on stdout (standard
+  output).
+
+* --delay 123auto will auto-adjust --delay. If jobs fail due to being
+  spawned too quickly, --delay will exponentially increase.
+
+* Bug fixes and man page updates.
+
+News about GNU Parallel:
+
+* Best practices for accelerating data migrations using AWS Snowball
+  Edge
+  https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/storage/best-practices-for-accelerating-data-migrations-using-aws-snowball-edge/
+
+* Pass the Output of a Command as an Argument for Another
+  https://www.baeldung.com/linux/pass-cmd-output-as-an-argument
+
+* Warwick RSE Drop-in - Workflow Management Part 2 - GNU Parallel
+  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_v2Otgt87g
+
+
 20201122
 
 * Bug fixes and man page updates.
diff --git a/doc/haikus b/doc/haikus
index f4ba24f4..d477bfdc 100644
--- a/doc/haikus
+++ b/doc/haikus
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 Quote of the month:
 
+  GNU Parallel is my single favourite tool for batch processing data
+  from the command line.
+    -- Jeff Wintersinger @jwintersinger
+
   Today I'm grateful for GNU parallel, especially with the --colsep and
   --jobs parameters #GiveThanks
-    Erin Young @ErinYoun
+    -- Erin Young @ErinYoun
 
   I also prefer gnu parallel. Mainly because it makes embarrassingly
   parallel tasks embarrassingly easy to run on the command line.
diff --git a/doc/release_new_version b/doc/release_new_version
index bc68a656..071201cd 100644
--- a/doc/release_new_version
+++ b/doc/release_new_version
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ from:tange@gnu.org
 to:parallel@gnu.org, bug-parallel@gnu.org
 stable-bcc: Jesse Alama <jessealama@fastmail.fm>
 
-Subject: GNU Parallel 20201222 ('Maradona/Yeager') released <<[stable]>>
+Subject: GNU Parallel 20201222 ('Vaccine/Maradona/Yeager/Le Carre') released <<[stable]>>
 
 GNU Parallel 20201222 ('') <<[stable]>> has been released. It is available for download at: http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/parallel/
 
@@ -206,16 +206,17 @@ Quote of the month:
   
 New in this release:
 <<>>
-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_v2Otgt87g
 
 
 * Bug fixes and man page updates.
 
 News about GNU Parallel:
 
-https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/storage/best-practices-for-accelerating-data-migrations-using-aws-snowball-edge/
+* Best practices for accelerating data migrations using AWS Snowball Edge https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/storage/best-practices-for-accelerating-data-migrations-using-aws-snowball-edge/
 
+* Pass the Output of a Command as an Argument for Another https://www.baeldung.com/linux/pass-cmd-output-as-an-argument
 
+* Warwick RSE Drop-in - Workflow Management Part 2 - GNU Parallel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_v2Otgt87g
 
 Get the book: GNU Parallel 2018 http://www.lulu.com/shop/ole-tange/gnu-parallel-2018/paperback/product-23558902.html
 
diff --git a/src/parallel b/src/parallel
index 685c489f..32978be5 100755
--- a/src/parallel
+++ b/src/parallel
@@ -1292,7 +1292,6 @@ sub nindex($$) {
 			$job->set_block($header_ref, $buffer_ref,
 					$endpos, $recstart, $recend);
 			$block_passed = 1;
-			$job->set_virgin(0);
 			$written += $job->non_blocking_write();
 			last;
 		    }
@@ -1355,7 +1354,7 @@ sub rindex64($@) {
     # Default: search from end
     $pos = defined $pos ? $pos : $strlen;
     # No point in doing extra work if we don't need to.
-    if($strlen < $block_size) {
+    if($strlen < $block_size or $] > 5.022) {
 	return rindex($$ref, $match, $pos);
     }
 
@@ -1433,42 +1432,8 @@ sub write_record_to_pipe($$$$$$) {
 	start_more_jobs();
     }
     my $job = shift @Global::virgin_jobs;
-    # Job is no longer virgin
-    $job->set_virgin(0);
-
-    if($opt::retries) {
-	# Copy $buffer[0..$endpos] to $job->{'block'}
-	# Remove rec_sep
-	# Run $job->add_transfersize
-	$job->set_block($header_ref, $buffer_ref, $endpos,
-			$recstart, $recend);
-	if(fork()) {
-	    # Skip
-	} else {
-	    $job->write($job->block_ref());
-	    close $job->fh(0,"w");
-	    exit(0);
-	}
-    } else {
-	# We ignore the removed rec_sep which is technically wrong.
-	$job->add_transfersize($endpos + length $$header_ref);
-	if(fork()) {
-	    # Skip
-	} else {
-	    # Chop of at $endpos as we do not know how many rec_sep will
-	    # be removed.
-	    substr($$buffer_ref,$endpos,length $$buffer_ref) = "";
-	    # Remove rec_sep
-	    if($opt::remove_rec_sep) {
-		Job::remove_rec_sep($buffer_ref, $recstart, $recend);
-	    }
-	    $job->write($header_ref);
-	    $job->write($buffer_ref);
-	    close $job->fh(0,"w");
-	    exit(0);
-	}
-    }
-    close $job->fh(0,"w");
+    $job->set_block($header_ref, $buffer_ref, $endpos, $recstart, $recend);
+    $job->write_block();
     return 1;
 }
 
@@ -2179,7 +2144,7 @@ sub check_invalid_option_combinations() {
 
 sub init_globals() {
     # Defaults:
-    $Global::version = 20201207;
+    $Global::version = 20201212;
     $Global::progname = 'parallel';
     $::name = "GNU Parallel";
     $Global::infinity = 2**31;
@@ -3455,15 +3420,7 @@ sub init_run_jobs() {
 			    push(@Global::virgin_jobs,$job);
 			} else {
 			    # Block already set: This is a retry
-			    if(fork()) {
-				::debug("pipe","\n\nWriting ",length ${$job->block_ref()},
-					" to ", $job->seq(),"\n");
-				close $job->fh(0,"w");
-			    } else {
-				$job->write($job->block_ref());
-				close $job->fh(0,"w");
-				exit(0);
-			    }
+			    $job->write_block();
 			}
 		    }
 		    debug("start", "Started as seq ", $job->seq(),
@@ -8468,8 +8425,6 @@ sub filter_through_compress($) {
     }
 }
 
-
-
 sub set_fh($$$$) {
     # Set file handle
     my ($self, $fd_no, $key, $fh) = @_;
@@ -8482,6 +8437,32 @@ sub fh($) {
     return $self->{'fd'}{$fd_no,$key};
 }
 
+sub write_block($) {
+    my $self = shift;
+    my $stdin_fh = $self->fh(0,"w");
+    if(fork()) {
+	# Close in parent
+	close $stdin_fh;
+    } else {
+	# If writing is to a closed pipe:
+	#   Do not call signal handler, but let nothing be written
+	local $SIG{PIPE} = undef;
+
+	for my $part (
+	    grep { defined $_ }
+	    $self->{'header'},$self->{'block'}) {
+	    # syswrite may not write all in one go,
+	    # so make sure everything is written.
+	    my $written;
+	    while($written = syswrite($stdin_fh,$$part)) {
+		substr($$part,0,$written) = "";
+	    }
+	}
+	close $stdin_fh;
+	exit(0);
+    }
+}
+
 sub write($) {
     my $self = shift;
     my $remaining_ref = shift;
@@ -8514,22 +8495,37 @@ sub set_block($$$$$$) {
     #   N/A
     my $self = shift;
     my ($header_ref,$buffer_ref,$endpos,$recstart,$recend) = @_;
-    $self->{'block'} = ($self->virgin() ? $$header_ref : "").
-	substr($$buffer_ref,0,$endpos);
-    if($opt::remove_rec_sep) {
-	remove_rec_sep(\$self->{'block'},$recstart,$recend);
+    $self->{'header'} = $header_ref;
+    if($opt::roundrobin or $opt::remove_rec_sep or $opt::retries) {
+	my $a = "";
+	if(($opt::roundrobin or $opt::retries) and $self->virgin()) {
+	    $a .= $$header_ref;
+	}
+	# Job is no longer virgin
+	$self->set_virgin(0);
+	# Make a full copy because $buffer will change
+	$a .= substr($$buffer_ref,0,$endpos);
+	$self->{'block'} = \$a;
+	if($opt::remove_rec_sep) {
+	    remove_rec_sep($self->{'block'},$recstart,$recend);
+	}
+	$self->{'block_length'} = length ${$self->{'block'}};
+    } else {
+	$self->set_virgin(0);
+	for(substr($$buffer_ref,0,$endpos)) {
+	    $self->{'block'} = \$_;
+	}
+	$self->{'block_length'} = $endpos + length ${$self->{'header'}};
     }
-    $self->{'block_length'} = length $self->{'block'};
     $self->{'block_pos'} = 0;
     $self->add_transfersize($self->{'block_length'});
 }
 
 sub block_ref($) {
     my $self = shift;
-    return \$self->{'block'};
+    return $self->{'block'};
 }
 
-
 sub block_length($) {
     my $self = shift;
     return $self->{'block_length'};
@@ -8564,7 +8560,7 @@ sub non_blocking_write($) {
 
     my $in = $self->fh(0,"w");
     my $rv = syswrite($in,
-		      substr($self->{'block'},$self->{'block_pos'}));
+		      substr(${$self->{'block'}},$self->{'block_pos'}));
     if (!defined($rv) && $! == ::EAGAIN()) {
 	# would block - but would have written
 	$something_written = 0;
diff --git a/testsuite/REQUIREMENTS b/testsuite/REQUIREMENTS
index dc120110..405ddc30 100644
--- a/testsuite/REQUIREMENTS
+++ b/testsuite/REQUIREMENTS
@@ -12,15 +12,14 @@ install_packages() {
     test_pkgs="$test_pkgs xterm libc6-i386 libcrypt1:i386"
     test_pkgs="$test_pkgs libtest-nowarnings-perl"
 
-    # DEBIAN package
+    # Debian package
     packaging_pkgs="dpkg-dev build-essential debhelper osc cvs automake-1.15"
     packaging_pkgs="$packaging_pkgs python3-m2crypto alien"
 
-    # SHEBANG TOOLS
+    # Shebang Tools
     shebang_pkgs="gnuplot octave ruby r-base-core"
-    # BUILD TOOLS
-    build_pkgs="bison"
-    # SQL TOOLS
+
+    # SQL Tools
     sql_pkgs="libdbd-pg-perl libdbd-sqlite3-perl libdbd-csv-perl"
     sql_pkgs="$sql_pkgs libdbd-mysql-perl rlwrap"
 
@@ -37,8 +36,8 @@ install_packages() {
     # Databases
     database_pkgs="postgresql mysql-server sqlite"
 
-    # Build packages
-    build_pkgs="libxxhash-dev libzstd-dev liblz4-dev libssl-dev"
+    # Build Tools
+    build_pkgs="bison libxxhash-dev libzstd-dev liblz4-dev libssl-dev"
     build_pkgs="$build_pkgs python3-cmarkgfm"
 
     sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386; sudo apt update
@@ -351,11 +350,13 @@ rsync_versions() {
 	 cd rsync-$1
 	 git reset --hard
 	 git checkout $1
+	 perl -i -pe 's/AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED.HAVE_REMSH, .HAVE_REMSH./AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(HAVE_REMSH, \$HAVE_REMSH,[dummy])/;
+	 s/AC_DEFINE.HAVE_ERRNO_DECL.,/AC_DEFINE(HAVE_ERRNO_DECL,[1],[dummy]),/;
+	 s/AC_DEFINE.HAVE_FNMATCH.,/AC_DEFINE(HAVE_FNMATCH,[1],[dummy]),/;' configure.in
          autoreconf --install -W gnu
-	 make proto
 	 # Make "lib/addrinfo.h" ?
 	 LDFLAGS=-static ./configure &&
-	     make -j2 &&
+	     (make proto; make -j2) &&
 	     sudo cp rsync /usr/local/bin/rsync-$1
      }
      export -f make_one
diff --git a/testsuite/tests-to-run/parallel-local-0.3s.sh b/testsuite/tests-to-run/parallel-local-0.3s.sh
index 0894945c..ada4be49 100644
--- a/testsuite/tests-to-run/parallel-local-0.3s.sh
+++ b/testsuite/tests-to-run/parallel-local-0.3s.sh
@@ -232,13 +232,17 @@ par_delimiter() {
 par_argfile() {
     echo '### Test -a and --arg-file: Read input from file instead of stdin'
 
-    seq 1 10 >/tmp/parallel_$$-1; parallel -k -a /tmp/parallel_$$-1 echo; rm /tmp/parallel_$$-1
-    seq 1 10 >/tmp/parallel_$$-2; parallel -k --arg-file /tmp/parallel_$$-2 echo; rm /tmp/parallel_$$-2
+    tmp=$(mktemp)
+    seq 1 10 >$tmp
+    parallel -k -a $tmp echo
+    parallel -k --arg-file $tmp echo
+    rm $tmp
 }
 
 par_pipe_unneeded_procs() {
     echo '### Test bug #34241: --pipe should not spawn unneeded processes'
-    seq 3 | parallel -j30 --pipe --block-size 10 cat\;echo o 2> >(grep -Ev 'Warning: Starting|Warning: Consider')
+    seq 3 |
+	parallel -j30 --pipe --block-size 10 cat\;echo o 2> >(grep -Ev 'Warning: Starting|Warning: Consider')
 }
 
 par_results_arg_256() {
@@ -257,21 +261,28 @@ par_pipe_to_func() {
     echo pipefunc and more OK | parallel --pipe 'myfunc {#};echo and more OK'
 }
 
+par_roundrobin_k() {
+    echo '### Test -k --round-robin'
+    seq 1000000 | parallel -j4 -k --round-robin --pipe wc
+}
+
 par_pipepart_roundrobin() {
     echo '### bug #45769: --round-robin --pipepart gives wrong results'
 
-    seq 10000 >/tmp/seq10000
-    parallel -j2 --pipepart -a /tmp/seq10000 --block 14 --round-robin wc | wc -l
-    rm /tmp/seq10000
+    tmp=$(mktemp)
+    seq 10000 >$tmp
+    parallel -j2 --pipepart -a $tmp --block 14 --round-robin wc | wc -l
+    rm $tmp
 }
 
 par_pipepart_header() {
     echo '### bug #44614: --pipepart --header off by one'
 
-    seq 10 >/tmp/parallel_44616
-    parallel --pipepart -a /tmp/parallel_44616 -k --block 5 'echo foo; cat'
-    parallel --pipepart -a /tmp/parallel_44616 -k --block 2 --regexp --recend 3'\n' 'echo foo; cat'
-    rm /tmp/parallel_44616
+    tmp=$(mktemp)
+    seq 10 >$tmp
+    parallel --pipepart -a $tmp -k --block 5 'echo foo; cat'
+    parallel --pipepart -a $tmp -k --block 2 --regexp --recend 3'\n' 'echo foo; cat'
+    rm $tmp
 }
 
 par_quote() {
@@ -297,9 +308,10 @@ par_read_from_stdin() {
 
 par_total_from_joblog() {
     echo 'bug #47086: [PATCH] Initialize total_completed from joblog'
-    rm -f /tmp/parallel-47086
-    parallel -j1 --joblog /tmp/parallel-47086 --halt now,fail=1          echo '{= $_=$Global::total_completed =};exit {}' ::: 0 0 0 1 0 0
-    parallel -j1 --joblog /tmp/parallel-47086 --halt now,fail=1 --resume echo '{= $_=$Global::total_completed =};exit {}' ::: 0 0 0 1 0 0
+    tmp=$(mktemp)
+    parallel -j1 --joblog $tmp --halt now,fail=1          echo '{= $_=$Global::total_completed =};exit {}' ::: 0 0 0 1 0 0
+    parallel -j1 --joblog $tmp --halt now,fail=1 --resume echo '{= $_=$Global::total_completed =};exit {}' ::: 0 0 0 1 0 0
+    rm $tmp
 }
 
 par_xapply() {
@@ -430,9 +442,11 @@ par_empty_line() {
 
 par_append_joblog() {
     echo '### can you append to a joblog using +'
-    parallel --joblog /tmp/parallel_append_joblog echo ::: 1
-    parallel --joblog +/tmp/parallel_append_joblog echo ::: 1
-    wc -l /tmp/parallel_append_joblog
+    tmp=$(mktemp)
+    parallel --joblog $tmp echo ::: 1
+    parallel --joblog +$tmp echo ::: 1
+    wc -l < $tmp
+    rm $tmp
 }
 
 par_file_ending_in_newline() {
@@ -441,7 +455,7 @@ par_file_ending_in_newline() {
     echo >/tmp/parallel_f2'
 '
     echo /tmp/parallel_f1 /tmp/parallel_f2 |
-    stdout parallel -kv --delimiter ' ' gzip
+	stdout parallel -kv --delimiter ' ' gzip
     rm /tmp/parallel_f*
 }
 
@@ -606,11 +620,12 @@ par_pipe_tag_v() {
 
 par_dryrun_append_joblog() {
     echo '--dry-run should not append to joblog'
-    rm -f /tmp/jl.$$
-    parallel -k --jl /tmp/jl.$$ echo ::: 1 2 3
-    parallel --dryrun -k --jl +/tmp/jl.$$ echo ::: 1 2 3 4
+    tmp=$(mktemp)
+    parallel -k --jl $tmp echo ::: 1 2 3
+    parallel --dryrun -k --jl +$tmp echo ::: 1 2 3 4
     # Job 4 should not show up: 3 lines + header = 4
-    wc -l < /tmp/jl.$$
+    wc -l < $tmp
+    rm $tmp
 }
 
 par_0_no_newline() {
@@ -660,8 +675,9 @@ par_slow_pipe_regexp() {
 
 par_results() {
     echo "### --results test.csv"
-    parallel -k --results /tmp/$$.csv echo ::: a b c
-    rm /tmp/$$.csv
+    tmp=$(mktemp)
+    parallel -k --results "$tmp"-dir echo ::: a b c
+    rm -r $tmp "$tmp"-dir
 }
 
 par_testquote() {
@@ -874,7 +890,7 @@ par_group-by_colsep_space() {
 }
 
 par_json() {
-    printf '"\t\\"' | parallel --results -.json echo :::: - ::: '"' '\\' |
+    printf '"\t\\"' | parallel -k --results -.json echo :::: - ::: '"' '\\' |
 	perl -pe 's/\d/0/g'
 }
 
diff --git a/testsuite/tests-to-run/parallel-local-race01.sh b/testsuite/tests-to-run/parallel-local-race01.sh
index 15889db5..0fa5a6bf 100755
--- a/testsuite/tests-to-run/parallel-local-race01.sh
+++ b/testsuite/tests-to-run/parallel-local-race01.sh
@@ -111,17 +111,17 @@ par_delay_Xauto() {
 	     exit $m;' $1;
     }
     export -f doit
-    #seq 1000 | ppar --jl - -v --delay 0.1auto -q doit "$tmp"
     before=`date +%s`
     out=$(seq 30 | parallel --delay 0.03 -q doit "$tmp")
     after=`date +%s`
-    normaldiff=$((after-before))
+    # Round to 5 seconds
+    normaldiff=$(( (after-before)/5 ))
     echo $normaldiff
     
     before=`date +%s`
     out=$(seq 30 | parallel --delay 0.03auto -q doit "$tmp")
     after=`date +%s`
-    autodiff=$((after-before))
+    autodiff=$(( (after-before)/5 ))
     echo $autodiff
     
     rm "$tmp"
diff --git a/testsuite/wanted-results/parallel-local-0.3s b/testsuite/wanted-results/parallel-local-0.3s
index d5042b01..e78dd711 100644
--- a/testsuite/wanted-results/parallel-local-0.3s
+++ b/testsuite/wanted-results/parallel-local-0.3s
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ par_X_eta_div_zero	0:local / 0 / 0
 par_append_joblog	### can you append to a joblog using +
 par_append_joblog	1
 par_append_joblog	1
-par_append_joblog	3 /tmp/parallel_append_joblog
+par_append_joblog	3
 par_argfile	### Test -a and --arg-file: Read input from file instead of stdin
 par_argfile	1
 par_argfile	2
@@ -828,6 +828,11 @@ par_retries_replacement_string	22
 par_retries_replacement_string	33
 par_retries_replacement_string	33
 par_retries_replacement_string	33
+par_roundrobin_k	### Test -k --round-robin
+par_roundrobin_k	 315464  315464 2097143
+par_roundrobin_k	 299592  299592 2097144
+par_roundrobin_k	 235148  235148 1646037
+par_roundrobin_k	 149796  149796 1048572
 par_rpl_that_is_substring_of_longer_rpl	### --rpl % that is a substring of longer --rpl %D
 par_rpl_that_is_substring_of_longer_rpl	a.b/c.d/e.f=a.b/c.d/e.f
 par_rpl_that_is_substring_of_longer_rpl	a.b/c.d=a.b/c.d
diff --git a/testsuite/wanted-results/parallel-local-race01 b/testsuite/wanted-results/parallel-local-race01
index b7c41b2a..d67c97d0 100644
--- a/testsuite/wanted-results/parallel-local-race01
+++ b/testsuite/wanted-results/parallel-local-race01
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ par_bug56403	1	job1b
 par_bug56403	2	job2cjob2d
 par_delay_Xauto	TODO: --retries for those that fail and --sshdelay
 par_delay_Xauto	### bug #58911: --delay Xauto
-par_delay_Xauto	1
-par_delay_Xauto	25
+par_delay_Xauto	0
+par_delay_Xauto	5
 par_distribute_input_by_ability	### bug #48290: round-robin does not distribute data based on business
 par_distribute_input_by_ability	### Distribute input to jobs that are ready
 par_distribute_input_by_ability	Job-slot n is 50% slower than n+1, so the order should be 1..7