5 perlhist - the Perl history records
9 This document aims to record the Perl source code releases.
13 Perl history in brief, by Larry Wall:
15 Perl 0 introduced Perl to my officemates.
16 Perl 1 introduced Perl to the world, and changed /\(...\|...\)/ to
17 /(...|...)/. \(Dan Faigin still hasn't forgiven me. :-\)
18 Perl 2 introduced Henry Spencer's regular expression package.
19 Perl 3 introduced the ability to handle binary data (embedded nulls).
20 Perl 4 introduced the first Camel book. Really. We mostly just
21 switched version numbers so the book could refer to 4.000.
22 Perl 5 introduced everything else, including the ability to
23 introduce everything else.
25 =head1 THE KEEPERS OF THE PUMPKIN
27 Larry Wall, Andy Dougherty, Tom Christiansen, Charles Bailey, Nick
28 Ing-Simmons, Chip Salzenberg, Tim Bunce, Malcolm Beattie, Gurusamy
29 Sarathy, Graham Barr, Jarkko Hietaniemi, Hugo van der Sanden,
30 Michael Schwern, Rafael Garcia-Suarez, Nicholas Clark, Richard Clamp,
31 Leon Brocard, Dave Mitchell, Jesse Vincent, Ricardo Signes, Steve Hay,
32 Matt S Trout, David Golden, Florian Ragwitz, Tatsuhiko Miyagawa,
33 Chris C<BinGOs> Williams, Zefram, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Stevan
34 Little, Dave Rolsky, Max Maischein, Abigail, Jesse Luehrs, Tony Cook,
35 Dominic Hargreaves, Aaron Crane, Aristotle Pagaltzis, Matthew Horsfall,
36 Peter Martini, Sawyer X, Chad 'Exodist' Granum, Renee Bäcker, Eric Herman,
37 John SJ Anderson, Karen Etheridge, Zak B. Elep, Tom Hukins, Richard Leach,
38 Neil Bowers, Yves Orton, Paul Evans, and Graham Knop.
42 [from Porting/pumpkin.pod in the Perl source code distribution]
44 =for disclaimer orking cows is hazardous, and not legal in all jurisdictions
46 Chip Salzenberg gets credit for that, with a nod to his cow orker,
47 David Croy. We had passed around various names (baton, token, hot
48 potato) but none caught on. Then, Chip asked:
52 Who has the patch pumpkin?
54 To explain: David Croy once told me that at a previous job,
55 there was one tape drive and multiple systems that used it for backups.
56 But instead of some high-tech exclusion software, they used a low-tech
57 method to prevent multiple simultaneous backups: a stuffed pumpkin.
58 No one was allowed to make backups unless they had the "backup pumpkin".
62 The name has stuck. The holder of the pumpkin is sometimes called
63 the pumpking (keeping the source afloat?) or the pumpkineer (pulling
68 Pump- Release Date Notes
73 ======================================================================
75 Larry 0 Classified. Don't ask.
77 Larry 1.000 1987-Dec-18
81 Schwern 1.0.15 2002-Dec-18 Modernization
82 Richard 1.0_16 2003-Dec-18
84 Larry 2.000 1988-Jun-05
88 Larry 3.000 1989-Oct-18
98 3.019..27 1990-Aug-10 User subs.
100 3.029..36 1990-Oct-17
104 3.042..43 1991-Jan-??
107 Larry 4.000 1991-Mar-21
112 4.011..18 1991-Nov-05
113 4.019 1991-Nov-11 Stable.
114 4.020..33 1992-Jun-08
117 Larry 4.036 1993-Feb-05 Very stable.
119 5.000alpha1 1993-Jul-31
120 5.000alpha2 1993-Aug-16
121 5.000alpha3 1993-Oct-10
122 5.000alpha4 1993-???-??
123 5.000alpha5 1993-???-??
124 5.000alpha6 1994-Mar-18
125 5.000alpha7 1994-Mar-25
126 Andy 5.000alpha8 1994-Apr-04
127 Larry 5.000alpha9 1994-May-05 ext appears.
128 5.000alpha10 1994-Jun-11
129 5.000alpha11 1994-Jul-01
130 Andy 5.000a11a 1994-Jul-07 To fit 14.
131 5.000a11b 1994-Jul-14
132 5.000a11c 1994-Jul-19
133 5.000a11d 1994-Jul-22
134 Larry 5.000alpha12 1994-Aug-04
135 Andy 5.000a12a 1994-Aug-08
136 5.000a12b 1994-Aug-15
137 5.000a12c 1994-Aug-22
138 5.000a12d 1994-Aug-22
139 5.000a12e 1994-Aug-22
140 5.000a12f 1994-Aug-24
141 5.000a12g 1994-Aug-24
142 5.000a12h 1994-Aug-24
143 Larry 5.000beta1 1994-Aug-30
144 Andy 5.000b1a 1994-Sep-06
145 Larry 5.000beta2 1994-Sep-14 Core slushified.
146 Andy 5.000b2a 1994-Sep-14
149 Larry 5.000beta3 1994-Sep-??
150 Andy 5.000b3a 1994-Sep-18
157 Andy 5.000b3h 1994-Oct-07
158 Larry? 5.000gamma 1994-Oct-13?
160 Larry 5.000 1994-Oct-17
162 Andy 5.000a 1994-Dec-19
178 Larry 5.001 1995-Mar-13
180 Andy 5.001a 1995-Mar-15
184 5.001e 1995-Apr-18 Stable.
191 5.001l 1995-Jun-06 Stable.
192 5.001m 1995-Jul-02 Very stable.
193 5.001n 1995-Oct-31 Very unstable.
194 5.002beta1 1995-Nov-21
201 Tom 5.002b1g 1995-Dec-21 Doc release.
202 Andy 5.002b1h 1996-Jan-05
204 Larry 5.002b3 1996-Feb-02
205 Andy 5.002gamma 1996-Feb-11
206 Larry 5.002delta 1996-Feb-27
208 Larry 5.002 1996-Feb-29 Prototypes.
210 Charles 5.002_01 1996-Mar-25
212 5.003 1996-Jun-25 Security release.
215 Nick 5.003_02 1996-Aug-10
216 Andy 5.003_03 1996-Aug-28
221 Chip 5.003_08 1996-Nov-19
242 5.003_90 1997-Feb-25 Ramping up to the 5.004 release.
249 5.003_97 1997-Apr-03 Fairly widely used.
250 5.003_97a 1997-Apr-05
251 5.003_97b 1997-Apr-08
252 5.003_97c 1997-Apr-10
253 5.003_97d 1997-Apr-13
254 5.003_97e 1997-Apr-15
255 5.003_97f 1997-Apr-17
256 5.003_97g 1997-Apr-18
257 5.003_97h 1997-Apr-24
258 5.003_97i 1997-Apr-25
259 5.003_97j 1997-Apr-28
262 5.003_99a 1997-May-09
263 p54rc1 1997-May-12 Release Candidates.
266 Chip 5.004 1997-May-15 A major maintenance release.
268 Tim 5.004_01-t1 1997-???-?? The 5.004 maintenance track.
269 5.004_01-t2 1997-Jun-11 aka perl5.004m1t2
271 5.004_01_01 1997-Jul-29 aka perl5.004m2t1
272 5.004_01_02 1997-Aug-01 aka perl5.004m2t2
273 5.004_01_03 1997-Aug-05 aka perl5.004m2t3
275 5.004_02_01 1997-Aug-12 aka perl5.004m3t1
276 5.004_03-t2 1997-Aug-13 aka perl5.004m3t2
278 5.004_04-t1 1997-Sep-19 aka perl5.004m4t1
279 5.004_04-t2 1997-Sep-23 aka perl5.004m4t2
280 5.004_04-t3 1997-Oct-10 aka perl5.004m4t3
281 5.004_04-t4 1997-Oct-14 aka perl5.004m4t4
283 5.004_04-m1 1998-Mar-04 (5.004m5t1) Maint. trials for
285 5.004_04-m2 1998-May-01
286 5.004_04-m3 1998-May-15
287 5.004_04-m4 1998-May-19
288 5.004_05-MT5 1998-Jul-21
289 5.004_05-MT6 1998-Oct-09
290 5.004_05-MT7 1998-Nov-22
291 5.004_05-MT8 1998-Dec-03
292 Chip 5.004_05-MT9 1999-Apr-26
295 Malcolm 5.004_50 1997-Sep-09 The 5.005 development track.
312 Sarathy 5.004_67 1998-Jun-15
319 5.004_74 1998-Jul-14 5.005 beta candidate.
320 5.004_75 1998-Jul-15 5.005 beta1.
321 5.004_76 1998-Jul-21 5.005 beta2.
323 Sarathy 5.005 1998-Jul-22 Oneperl.
325 Sarathy 5.005_01 1998-Jul-27 The 5.005 maintenance track.
326 5.005_02-T1 1998-Aug-02
327 5.005_02-T2 1998-Aug-05
329 Graham 5.005_03-MT1 1998-Nov-30
330 5.005_03-MT2 1999-Jan-04
331 5.005_03-MT3 1999-Jan-17
332 5.005_03-MT4 1999-Jan-26
333 5.005_03-MT5 1999-Jan-28
334 5.005_03-MT6 1999-Mar-05
336 Leon 5.005_04-RC1 2004-Feb-05
337 5.005_04-RC2 2004-Feb-18
339 5.005_05-RC1 2009-Feb-16
341 Sarathy 5.005_50 1998-Jul-26 The 5.6 development track.
356 5.5.650 2000-Feb-08 beta1
357 5.5.660 2000-Feb-22 beta2
358 5.5.670 2000-Feb-29 beta3
359 5.6.0-RC1 2000-Mar-09 Release candidate 1.
360 5.6.0-RC2 2000-Mar-14 Release candidate 2.
361 5.6.0-RC3 2000-Mar-21 Release candidate 3.
363 Sarathy 5.6.0 2000-Mar-22
365 Sarathy 5.6.1-TRIAL1 2000-Dec-18 The 5.6 maintenance track.
366 5.6.1-TRIAL2 2001-Jan-31
367 5.6.1-TRIAL3 2001-Mar-19
368 5.6.1-foolish 2001-Apr-01 The "fools-gold" release.
370 Rafael 5.6.2-RC1 2003-Nov-08
371 5.6.2 2003-Nov-15 Fix new build issues
373 Jarkko 5.7.0 2000-Sep-02 The 5.7 track: Development.
375 5.7.2 2001-Jul-13 Virtual release candidate 0.
377 5.8.0-RC1 2002-Jun-01
378 5.8.0-RC2 2002-Jun-21
379 5.8.0-RC3 2002-Jul-13
381 Jarkko 5.8.0 2002-Jul-18
383 Jarkko 5.8.1-RC1 2003-Jul-10 The 5.8 maintenance track
384 5.8.1-RC2 2003-Jul-11
385 5.8.1-RC3 2003-Jul-30
386 5.8.1-RC4 2003-Aug-01
387 5.8.1-RC5 2003-Sep-22
389 Nicholas 5.8.2-RC1 2003-Oct-27
390 5.8.2-RC2 2003-Nov-03
392 5.8.3-RC1 2004-Jan-07
394 5.8.4-RC1 2004-Apr-05
395 5.8.4-RC2 2004-Apr-15
397 5.8.5-RC1 2004-Jul-06
398 5.8.5-RC2 2004-Jul-08
400 5.8.6-RC1 2004-Nov-11
402 5.8.7-RC1 2005-May-18
404 5.8.8-RC1 2006-Jan-20
406 5.8.9-RC1 2008-Nov-10
407 5.8.9-RC2 2008-Dec-06
410 Hugo 5.9.0 2003-Oct-27 The 5.9 development track
411 Rafael 5.9.1 2004-Mar-16
416 5.10.0-RC1 2007-Nov-17
417 5.10.0-RC2 2007-Nov-25
419 Rafael 5.10.0 2007-Dec-18
421 David M 5.10.1-RC1 2009-Aug-06 The 5.10 maintenance track
422 5.10.1-RC2 2009-Aug-18
425 Jesse 5.11.0 2009-Oct-02 The 5.11 development track
427 Leon 5.11.2 2009-Nov-20
428 Jesse 5.11.3 2009-Dec-20
429 Ricardo 5.11.4 2010-Jan-20
430 Steve 5.11.5 2010-Feb-20
431 Jesse 5.12.0-RC0 2010-Mar-21
432 5.12.0-RC1 2010-Mar-29
433 5.12.0-RC2 2010-Apr-01
434 5.12.0-RC3 2010-Apr-02
435 5.12.0-RC4 2010-Apr-06
436 5.12.0-RC5 2010-Apr-09
438 Jesse 5.12.0 2010-Apr-12
440 Jesse 5.12.1-RC2 2010-May-13 The 5.12 maintenance track
441 5.12.1-RC1 2010-May-09
443 5.12.2-RC2 2010-Aug-31
445 Ricardo 5.12.3-RC1 2011-Jan-09
446 Ricardo 5.12.3-RC2 2011-Jan-14
447 Ricardo 5.12.3-RC3 2011-Jan-17
448 Ricardo 5.12.3 2011-Jan-21
449 Leon 5.12.4-RC1 2011-Jun-08
450 Leon 5.12.4 2011-Jun-20
451 Dominic 5.12.5 2012-Nov-10
453 Leon 5.13.0 2010-Apr-20 The 5.13 development track
454 Ricardo 5.13.1 2010-May-20
455 Matt 5.13.2 2010-Jun-22
456 David G 5.13.3 2010-Jul-20
457 Florian 5.13.4 2010-Aug-20
458 Steve 5.13.5 2010-Sep-19
459 Miyagawa 5.13.6 2010-Oct-20
460 BinGOs 5.13.7 2010-Nov-20
461 Zefram 5.13.8 2010-Dec-20
462 Jesse 5.13.9 2011-Jan-20
463 Ævar 5.13.10 2011-Feb-20
464 Florian 5.13.11 2011-Mar-20
465 Jesse 5.14.0RC1 2011-Apr-20
466 Jesse 5.14.0RC2 2011-May-04
467 Jesse 5.14.0RC3 2011-May-11
469 Jesse 5.14.0 2011-May-14 The 5.14 maintenance track
470 Jesse 5.14.1 2011-Jun-16
471 Florian 5.14.2-RC1 2011-Sep-19
473 Dominic 5.14.3 2012-Oct-12
474 David M 5.14.4-RC1 2013-Mar-05
475 David M 5.14.4-RC2 2013-Mar-07
476 David M 5.14.4 2013-Mar-10
478 David G 5.15.0 2011-Jun-20 The 5.15 development track
479 Zefram 5.15.1 2011-Jul-20
480 Ricardo 5.15.2 2011-Aug-20
481 Stevan 5.15.3 2011-Sep-20
482 Florian 5.15.4 2011-Oct-20
483 Steve 5.15.5 2011-Nov-20
484 Dave R 5.15.6 2011-Dec-20
485 BinGOs 5.15.7 2012-Jan-20
486 Max M 5.15.8 2012-Feb-20
487 Abigail 5.15.9 2012-Mar-20
488 Ricardo 5.16.0-RC0 2012-May-10
489 Ricardo 5.16.0-RC1 2012-May-14
490 Ricardo 5.16.0-RC2 2012-May-15
492 Ricardo 5.16.0 2012-May-20 The 5.16 maintenance track
493 Ricardo 5.16.1 2012-Aug-08
494 Ricardo 5.16.2 2012-Nov-01
495 Ricardo 5.16.3-RC1 2013-Mar-06
496 Ricardo 5.16.3 2013-Mar-11
498 Zefram 5.17.0 2012-May-26 The 5.17 development track
499 Jesse L 5.17.1 2012-Jun-20
500 TonyC 5.17.2 2012-Jul-20
501 Steve 5.17.3 2012-Aug-20
502 Florian 5.17.4 2012-Sep-20
503 Florian 5.17.5 2012-Oct-20
504 Ricardo 5.17.6 2012-Nov-20
505 Dave R 5.17.7 2012-Dec-18
506 Aaron 5.17.8 2013-Jan-20
507 BinGOs 5.17.9 2013-Feb-20
508 Max M 5.17.10 2013-Mar-21
509 Ricardo 5.17.11 2013-Apr-20
511 Ricardo 5.18.0-RC1 2013-May-11 The 5.18 maintenance track
512 Ricardo 5.18.0-RC2 2013-May-12
513 Ricardo 5.18.0-RC3 2013-May-13
514 Ricardo 5.18.0-RC4 2013-May-15
515 Ricardo 5.18.0 2013-May-18
516 Ricardo 5.18.1-RC1 2013-Aug-01
517 Ricardo 5.18.1-RC2 2013-Aug-03
518 Ricardo 5.18.1-RC3 2013-Aug-08
519 Ricardo 5.18.1 2013-Aug-12
520 Ricardo 5.18.2 2014-Jan-06
521 Ricardo 5.18.3-RC1 2014-Sep-17
522 Ricardo 5.18.3-RC2 2014-Sep-27
523 Ricardo 5.18.3 2014-Oct-01
524 Ricardo 5.18.4 2014-Oct-01
526 Ricardo 5.19.0 2013-May-20 The 5.19 development track
527 David G 5.19.1 2013-Jun-21
528 Aristotle 5.19.2 2013-Jul-22
529 Steve 5.19.3 2013-Aug-20
530 Steve 5.19.4 2013-Sep-20
531 Steve 5.19.5 2013-Oct-20
532 BinGOs 5.19.6 2013-Nov-20
533 Abigail 5.19.7 2013-Dec-20
534 Ricardo 5.19.8 2014-Jan-20
535 TonyC 5.19.9 2014-Feb-20
536 Aaron 5.19.10 2014-Mar-20
537 Steve 5.19.11 2014-Apr-20
539 Ricardo 5.20.0-RC1 2014-May-16 The 5.20 maintenance track
540 Ricardo 5.20.0 2014-May-27
541 Steve 5.20.1-RC1 2014-Aug-25
542 Steve 5.20.1-RC2 2014-Sep-07
543 Steve 5.20.1 2014-Sep-14
544 Steve 5.20.2-RC1 2015-Jan-31
545 Steve 5.20.2 2015-Feb-14
546 Steve 5.20.3-RC1 2015-Aug-22
547 Steve 5.20.3-RC2 2015-Aug-29
548 Steve 5.20.3 2015-Sep-12
550 Ricardo 5.21.0 2014-May-27 The 5.21 development track
551 Matthew H 5.21.1 2014-Jun-20
552 Abigail 5.21.2 2014-Jul-20
553 Peter 5.21.3 2014-Aug-20
554 Steve 5.21.4 2014-Sep-20
555 Abigail 5.21.5 2014-Oct-20
556 BinGOs 5.21.6 2014-Nov-20
557 Max M 5.21.7 2014-Dec-20
558 Matthew H 5.21.8 2015-Jan-20
559 Sawyer X 5.21.9 2015-Feb-20
560 Steve 5.21.10 2015-Mar-20
561 Steve 5.21.11 2015-Apr-20
563 Ricardo 5.22.0-RC1 2015-May-19 The 5.22 maintenance track
564 Ricardo 5.22.0-RC2 2015-May-21
565 Ricardo 5.22.0 2015-Jun-01
566 Steve 5.22.1-RC1 2015-Oct-31
567 Steve 5.22.1-RC2 2015-Nov-15
568 Steve 5.22.1-RC3 2015-Dec-02
569 Steve 5.22.1-RC4 2015-Dec-08
570 Steve 5.22.1 2015-Dec-13
571 Steve 5.22.2-RC1 2016-Apr-10
572 Steve 5.22.2 2016-Apr-29
573 Steve 5.22.3-RC1 2016-Jul-17
574 Steve 5.22.3-RC2 2016-Jul-25
575 Steve 5.22.3-RC3 2016-Aug-11
576 Steve 5.22.3-RC4 2016-Oct-12
577 Steve 5.22.3-RC5 2017-Jan-02
578 Steve 5.22.3 2017-Jan-14
579 Steve 5.22.4-RC1 2017-Jul-01
580 Steve 5.22.4 2017-Jul-15
582 Ricardo 5.23.0 2015-Jun-20 The 5.23 development track
583 Matthew H 5.23.1 2015-Jul-20
584 Matthew H 5.23.2 2015-Aug-20
585 Peter 5.23.3 2015-Sep-20
586 Steve 5.23.4 2015-Oct-20
587 Abigail 5.23.5 2015-Nov-20
588 David G 5.23.6 2015-Dec-21
589 Stevan 5.23.7 2016-Jan-20
590 Sawyer X 5.23.8 2016-Feb-20
591 Abigail 5.23.9 2016-Mar-20
593 Ricardo 5.24.0-RC1 2016-Apr-13 The 5.24 maintenance track
594 Ricardo 5.24.0-RC2 2016-Apr-23
595 Ricardo 5.24.0-RC3 2016-Apr-26
596 Ricardo 5.24.0-RC4 2016-May-02
597 Ricardo 5.24.0-RC5 2016-May-04
598 Ricardo 5.24.0 2016-May-09
599 Steve 5.24.1-RC1 2016-Jul-17
600 Steve 5.24.1-RC2 2016-Jul-25
601 Steve 5.24.1-RC3 2016-Aug-11
602 Steve 5.24.1-RC4 2016-Oct-12
603 Steve 5.24.1-RC5 2017-Jan-02
604 Steve 5.24.1 2017-Jan-14
605 Steve 5.24.2-RC1 2017-Jul-01
606 Steve 5.24.2 2017-Jul-15
607 Steve 5.24.3-RC1 2017-Sep-10
608 Steve 5.24.3 2017-Sep-22
609 Steve 5.24.4-RC1 2018-Mar-24
610 Steve 5.24.4 2018-Apr-14
612 Ricardo 5.25.0 2016-May-09 The 5.25 development track
613 Sawyer X 5.25.1 2016-May-20
614 Matthew H 5.25.2 2016-Jun-20
615 Steve 5.25.3 2016-Jul-20
616 BinGOs 5.25.4 2016-Aug-20
617 Stevan 5.25.5 2016-Sep-20
618 Aaron 5.25.6 2016-Oct-20
619 Chad 5.25.7 2016-Nov-20
620 Sawyer X 5.25.8 2016-Dec-20
621 Abigail 5.25.9 2017-Jan-20
622 Renee 5.25.10 2017-Feb-20
623 Sawyer X 5.25.11 2017-Mar-20
624 Sawyer X 5.25.12 2017-Apr-20
626 Sawyer X 5.26.0-RC1 2017-May-11 The 5.26 maintenance track
627 Sawyer X 5.26.0-RC2 2017-May-23
628 Sawyer X 5.26.0 2017-May-30
629 Steve 5.26.1-RC1 2017-Sep-10
630 Steve 5.26.1 2017-Sep-22
631 Steve 5.26.2-RC1 2018-Mar-24
632 Steve 5.26.2 2018-Apr-14
633 Steve 5.26.3-RC1 2018-Nov-08
634 Steve 5.26.3 2018-Nov-29
636 Sawyer X 5.27.0 2017-May-31 The 5.27 development track
637 Eric 5.27.1 2017-Jun-20
638 Aaron 5.27.2 2017-Jul-20
639 Matthew H 5.27.3 2017-Aug-21
640 John 5.27.4 2017-Sep-20
641 Steve 5.27.5 2017-Oct-20
642 Ether 5.27.6 2017-Nov-20
643 BinGOs 5.27.7 2017-Dec-20
644 Abigail 5.27.8 2018-Jan-20
645 Renee 5.27.9 2018-Feb-20
646 Todd 5.27.10 2018-Mar-20
647 Sawyer X 5.27.11 2018-Apr-20
649 Sawyer X 5.28.0-RC1 2018-May-21 The 5.28 maintenance track
650 Sawyer X 5.28.0-RC2 2018-Jun-06
651 Sawyer X 5.28.0-RC3 2018-Jun-18
652 Sawyer X 5.28.0-RC4 2018-Jun-19
653 Sawyer X 5.28.0 2018-Jun-22
654 Steve 5.28.1-RC1 2018-Nov-08
655 Steve 5.28.1 2018-Nov-29
656 Steve 5.28.2-RC1 2019-Apr-05
657 Steve 5.28.2 2019-Apr-19
658 Steve 5.28.3-RC1 2020-May-18
659 Steve 5.28.3 2020-Jun-01
661 Sawyer X 5.29.0 2018-Jun-26 The 5.29 development track
662 Steve 5.29.1 2018-Jul-20
663 BinGOs 5.29.2 2018-Aug-20
664 John 5.29.3 2018-Sep-20
665 Aaron 5.29.4 2018-Oct-20
666 Ether 5.29.5 2018-Nov-20
667 Abigail 5.29.6 2018-Dec-18
668 Abigail 5.29.7 2019-Jan-20
669 Nicolas R 5.29.8 2019-Feb-20
670 Zak Elep 5.29.9 2019-Mar-20
671 Sawyer X 5.29.10 2019-Apr-20
673 Sawyer X 5.30.0-RC1 2019-May-11 The 5.30 maintenance track
674 Sawyer X 5.30.0-RC2 2019-May-17
675 Sawyer X 5.30.0 2019-May-22
676 Steve 5.30.1-RC1 2019-Oct-27
677 Steve 5.30.1 2019-Nov-10
678 Steve 5.30.2-RC1 2020-Feb-29
679 Steve 5.30.2 2020-Mar-14
680 Steve 5.30.3-RC1 2020-May-18
681 Steve 5.30.3 2020-Jun-01
683 Sawyer X 5.31.0 2019-May-24 The 5.31 development track
684 Ether 5.31.1 2019-Jun-20
685 Steve 5.31.2 2019-Jul-20
686 Tom H 5.31.3 2019-Aug-20
687 Max M 5.31.4 2019-Sep-20
688 Steve 5.31.5 2019-Oct-20
689 BinGOs 5.31.6 2019-Nov-20
690 Nicolas R 5.31.7 2019-Dec-20
691 Matthew H 5.31.8 2020-Jan-20
692 Renee 5.31.9 2020-Feb-20
693 Sawyer X 5.31.10 2020-Mar-20
694 Sawyer X 5.31.11 2020-Apr-28
696 Sawyer X 5.32.0-RC0 2020-May-30 The 5.32 maintenance track
697 Sawyer X 5.32.0-RC1 2020-Jun-07
698 Sawyer X 5.32.0 2020-Jun-20
699 Steve 5.32.1-RC1 2021-Jan-09
700 Steve 5.32.1 2021-Jan-23
702 Sawyer X 5.33.0 2020-Jul-17 The 5.33 development track
703 Ether 5.33.1 2020-Aug-20
704 Sawyer X 5.33.2 2020-Sep-20
705 Steve 5.33.3 2020-Oct-20
706 Tom H 5.33.4 2020-Nov-20
707 Max M 5.33.5 2020-Dec-20
708 Richard L 5.33.6 2021-Jan-20
709 Renee 5.33.7 2021-Feb-20
710 Nicolas R 5.33.8 2021-Mar-20
711 Todd R 5.33.9 2021-Apr-20
713 Sawyer X 5.34.0-RC1 2021-May-04 The 5.34 maintenance track
714 Sawyer X 5.34.0-RC2 2021-May-15
715 Sawyer X 5.34.0 2021-May-20
716 Steve 5.34.1-RC1 2022-Feb-27
717 Steve 5.34.1-RC2 2022-Mar-06
718 Steve 5.34.1 2022-Mar-13
719 Paul E 5.34.2 2023-Nov-25
721 Ricardo 5.35.0 2021-May-20 The 5.35 development track
722 Max 5.35.1 2021-Jun-20
723 Neil B 5.35.2 2021-Jul-23
724 Ether 5.35.3 2021-Aug-20
725 Matthew H 5.35.4 2021-Sep-20
726 Leon T 5.35.5 2021-Oct-21
727 Richard L 5.35.6 2021-Nov-20
728 Neil B 5.35.7 2021-Dec-20
729 Nicolas R 5.35.8 2022-Jan-20
730 Renee 5.35.9 2022-Feb-20
731 Sawyer X 5.35.10 2022-Mar-20
732 Steve 5.35.11 2022-Apr-20
734 Ricardo 5.36.0-RC1 2022-May-20 The 5.36 maintenance track
735 Ricardo 5.36.0-RC2 2022-May-20
736 Ricardo 5.36.0-RC3 2022-May-22
737 Ricardo 5.36.0 2022-May-27
738 Steve 5.36.1-RC1 2023-Apr-10
739 Steve 5.36.1-RC2 2023-Apr-11
740 Steve 5.36.1-RC3 2023-Apr-16
741 Steve 5.36.1 2023-Apr-23
742 Paul E 5.36.2 2023-Nov-25
744 Ricardo 5.37.0 2022-May-27 The 5.37 development track
745 Matthew H 5.37.1 2022-Jun-20
746 Nicolas R 5.37.2 2022-Jul-20
747 Neil B 5.37.3 2022-Aug-20
748 Ether 5.37.4 2022-Sep-20
749 Todd R 5.37.5 2022-Oct-20
750 Max M 5.37.6 2022-Nov-20
751 Richard L 5.37.7 2022-Dec-20
752 Renee 5.37.8 2023-Jan-20
753 Ether 5.37.9 2023-Feb-20
754 Yves 5.37.10 2023-Mar-20
755 Steve 5.37.11 2023-Apr-20
757 Ricardo 5.38.0-RC1 2023-Jun-15 The 5.38 maintenance track
758 Ricardo 5.38.0-RC2 2023-Jun-23
759 Ricardo 5.38.0 2023-Jul-02
760 Paul E 5.38.1 2023-Nov-25
762 Ricardo 5.39.0 2023-Jun-30 The 5.39 development track
763 Steve 5.39.1 2023-Jul-20
764 Paul E 5.39.2 2023-Aug-20
765 Matthew H 5.39.3 2023-Sep-20
766 Graham K 5.39.4 2023-Oct-25
767 Ether 5.39.5 2023-Nov-20
769 =head2 SELECTED RELEASE SIZES
771 For example the notation "core: 212 29" in the release 1.000 means that
772 it had in the core 212 kilobytes, in 29 files. The "core".."doc" are
775 release core lib ext t doc
776 ======================================================================
778 1.000 212 29 - - - - 38 51 62 3
779 1.014 219 29 - - - - 39 52 68 4
780 2.000 309 31 2 3 - - 55 57 92 4
781 2.001 312 31 2 3 - - 55 57 94 4
782 3.000 508 36 24 11 - - 79 73 156 5
783 3.044 645 37 61 20 - - 90 74 190 6
784 4.000 635 37 59 20 - - 91 75 198 4
785 4.019 680 37 85 29 - - 98 76 199 4
786 4.036 709 37 89 30 - - 98 76 208 5
787 5.000alpha2 785 50 114 32 - - 112 86 209 5
788 5.000alpha3 801 50 117 33 - - 121 87 209 5
789 5.000alpha9 1022 56 149 43 116 29 125 90 217 6
790 5.000a12h 978 49 140 49 205 46 152 97 228 9
791 5.000b3h 1035 53 232 70 216 38 162 94 218 21
792 5.000 1038 53 250 76 216 38 154 92 536 62
793 5.001m 1071 54 388 82 240 38 159 95 544 29
794 5.002 1121 54 661 101 287 43 155 94 847 35
795 5.003 1129 54 680 102 291 43 166 100 853 35
796 5.003_07 1231 60 748 106 396 53 213 137 976 39
797 5.004 1351 60 1230 136 408 51 355 161 1587 55
798 5.004_01 1356 60 1258 138 410 51 358 161 1587 55
799 5.004_04 1375 60 1294 139 413 51 394 162 1629 55
800 5.004_05 1463 60 1435 150 394 50 445 175 1855 59
801 5.004_51 1401 61 1260 140 413 53 358 162 1594 56
802 5.004_53 1422 62 1295 141 438 70 394 162 1637 56
803 5.004_56 1501 66 1301 140 447 74 408 165 1648 57
804 5.004_59 1555 72 1317 142 448 74 424 171 1678 58
805 5.004_62 1602 77 1327 144 629 92 428 173 1674 58
806 5.004_65 1626 77 1358 146 615 92 446 179 1698 60
807 5.004_68 1856 74 1382 152 619 92 463 187 1784 60
808 5.004_70 1863 75 1456 154 675 92 494 194 1809 60
809 5.004_73 1874 76 1467 152 762 102 506 196 1883 61
810 5.004_75 1877 76 1467 152 770 103 508 196 1896 62
811 5.005 1896 76 1469 152 795 103 509 197 1945 63
812 5.005_03 1936 77 1541 153 813 104 551 201 2176 72
813 5.005_50 1969 78 1842 301 795 103 514 198 1948 63
814 5.005_53 1999 79 1885 303 806 104 602 224 2002 67
815 5.005_56 2086 79 1970 307 866 113 672 238 2221 75
816 5.6.0 2820 79 2626 364 1096 129 863 280 2840 93
817 5.6.1 2946 78 2921 430 1171 132 1024 304 3330 102
818 5.6.2 2947 78 3143 451 1247 127 1303 387 3406 102
819 5.7.0 2977 80 2801 425 1250 132 975 307 3206 100
820 5.7.1 3351 84 3442 455 1944 167 1334 357 3698 124
821 5.7.2 3491 87 4858 618 3290 298 1598 449 3910 139
822 5.7.3 3299 85 4295 537 2196 300 2176 626 4171 120
823 5.8.0 3489 87 4533 585 2437 331 2588 726 4368 125
824 5.8.1 3674 90 5104 623 2604 353 2983 836 4625 134
825 5.8.2 3633 90 5111 623 2623 357 3019 848 4634 135
826 5.8.3 3625 90 5141 624 2660 363 3083 869 4669 136
827 5.8.4 3653 90 5170 634 2684 368 3148 885 4689 137
828 5.8.5 3664 90 4260 303 2707 369 3208 898 4689 138
829 5.8.6 3690 90 4271 303 3141 396 3411 925 4709 139
830 5.8.7 3788 90 4322 307 3297 401 3485 964 4744 141
831 5.8.8 3895 90 4357 314 3409 431 3622 1017 4979 144
832 5.8.9 4132 93 5508 330 3826 529 4364 1234 5348 152
833 5.9.0 3657 90 4951 626 2603 354 3011 841 4609 135
834 5.9.1 3580 90 5196 634 2665 367 3186 889 4725 138
835 5.9.2 3863 90 4654 312 3283 403 3551 973 4800 142
836 5.9.3 4096 91 5318 381 4806 597 4272 1214 5139 147
837 5.9.4 4393 94 5718 415 4578 642 4646 1310 5335 153
838 5.9.5 4681 96 6849 479 4827 671 5155 1490 5572 159
839 5.10.0 4710 97 7050 486 4899 673 5275 1503 5673 160
840 5.10.1 4858 98 7440 519 6195 921 6147 1751 5151 163
841 5.12.0 4999 100 1146 121 15227 2176 6400 1843 5342 168
842 5.12.1 5000 100 1146 121 15283 2178 6407 1846 5354 169
843 5.12.2 5003 100 1146 121 15404 2178 6413 1846 5376 170
844 5.12.3 5004 100 1146 121 15529 2180 6417 1848 5391 171
845 5.14.0 5328 104 1100 114 17779 2479 7697 2130 5871 188
846 5.16.0 5562 109 1077 80 20504 2702 8750 2375 4815 152
847 5.18.0 5892 113 1088 79 20077 2760 9365 2439 4943 154
848 5.20.0 6243 115 1187 75 19499 2701 9620 2457 5145 159
849 5.22.0 7819 115 1284 77 19121 2635 9772 2434 5615 176
850 5.24.0 7922 113 1287 77 19535 2677 9994 2465 5702 177
851 5.26.0 9140 121 24925 1200 40643 3017 10514 2614 7854 211
852 5.28.0 13056 128 27267 1230 41745 3130 10952 2715 8185 218
853 5.30.0 13535 128 26294 1237 39643 3080 11083 2711 8252 222
854 5.32.0 14147 127 25562 1255 40869 3098 11334 2734 8407 225
855 5.34.0 14620 126 28150 1262 42711 3138 11535 2774 8791 228
856 5.36.0 15300 129 27899 1270 48275 3236 11899 2863 8858 224
857 5.38.0 15793 139 29070 1270 48250 3219 11950 2863 9129 239
859 The "core"..."doc" mean the following files from the Perl source code
860 distribution. The glob notation ** means recursively, (.) means
865 ext ext/**/*.{[hcyt],xs,pm} (for -5.10.1) or
866 {dist,ext,cpan}/**/*.{[hcyt],xs,pm} (for 5.12.0-)
867 t t/**/*(.) (for 1-5.005_56) or **/*.t (for 5.6.0-5.7.3)
868 doc {README*,INSTALL,*[_.]man{,.?},pod/**/*.pod}
870 Here are some statistics for the other subdirectories and one file in
871 the Perl source distribution for somewhat more selected releases.
873 ======================================================================
878 Configure 31 1 37 1 62 1
884 x2p 103 17 104 17 137 17
886 ======================================================================
890 atarist - - - - 113 31
891 Configure 73 1 83 1 86 1
894 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12
896 msdos 57 15 58 15 60 15
897 os2 81 29 81 29 113 31
899 x2p 147 18 152 19 154 19
901 ======================================================================
903 5.000a2 5.000a12h 5.000b3h 5.000 5.001m
905 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
906 atarist 113 31 113 31 - - - - - -
907 bench - - 0 1 - - - - - -
908 Bugs 2 5 26 1 - - - - - -
909 dlperl 40 5 - - - - - - - -
910 do 127 71 - - - - - - - -
911 Configure - - 153 1 159 1 160 1 180 1
912 Doc - - 26 1 75 7 11 1 11 1
913 eg 79 58 53 44 51 43 54 44 54 44
914 emacs 67 4 104 6 104 6 104 1 104 6
915 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
916 hints 11 56 12 46 18 48 18 48 44 56
917 msdos 60 15 60 15 - - - - - -
918 os2 113 31 113 31 - - - - - -
919 U - - 62 8 112 42 - - - -
920 usub 43 8 - - - - - - - -
921 vms - - 80 7 123 9 184 15 304 20
922 x2p 171 22 171 21 162 20 162 20 279 20
924 ======================================================================
928 Configure 201 1 201 1 217 1
930 emacs 108 1 108 1 143 1
931 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12
932 hints 73 59 77 60 90 62
933 os2 84 17 56 10 117 42
937 vms 500 24 475 26 505 27
938 x2p 280 20 280 20 280 19
940 ======================================================================
942 5.004 5.004_04 5.004_62 5.004_65 5.004_68
944 beos - - - - - - 1 1 1 1
945 Configure 225 1 225 1 240 1 248 1 256 1
946 cygwin32 23 5 23 5 23 5 24 5 24 5
947 djgpp - - - - 14 5 14 5 14 5
948 eg 81 62 81 62 81 62 81 62 81 62
949 emacs 194 1 204 1 212 2 212 2 212 2
950 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
951 hints 129 69 132 71 144 72 151 74 155 74
952 os2 121 42 127 42 127 44 129 44 129 44
953 plan9 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15
954 Porting 94 2 109 4 203 6 234 8 241 9
955 qnx 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2
956 utils 112 8 118 8 124 8 156 9 159 9
957 vms 518 34 524 34 538 34 569 34 569 34
958 win32 285 33 378 36 470 39 493 39 575 41
959 x2p 281 19 281 19 281 19 282 19 281 19
961 ======================================================================
963 5.004_70 5.004_73 5.004_75 5.005 5.005_03
965 apollo - - - - - - - - 0 1
966 beos 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
967 Configure 256 1 256 1 264 1 264 1 270 1
968 cygwin32 24 5 24 5 24 5 24 5 24 5
969 djgpp 14 5 14 5 14 5 14 5 15 5
970 eg 86 65 86 65 86 65 86 65 86 65
971 emacs 262 2 262 2 262 2 262 2 274 2
972 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
973 hints 157 74 157 74 159 74 160 74 179 77
974 mint - - - - - - - - 4 7
975 mpeix - - - - 5 3 5 3 5 3
976 os2 129 44 139 44 142 44 143 44 148 44
977 plan9 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15
978 Porting 241 9 253 9 259 10 264 12 272 13
979 qnx 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2
980 utils 160 9 160 9 160 9 160 9 164 9
981 vms 570 34 572 34 573 34 575 34 583 34
982 vos - - - - - - - - 156 10
983 win32 577 41 585 41 585 41 587 41 600 42
984 x2p 281 19 281 19 281 19 281 19 281 19
986 ======================================================================
988 5.6.0 5.6.1 5.6.2 5.7.3
990 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
992 Configure 346 1 361 1 363 1 394 1
993 Cross - - - - - - 4 2
994 djgpp 19 6 19 6 19 6 21 7
995 eg 112 71 112 71 112 71 - -
996 emacs 303 4 319 4 319 4 319 4
997 epoc 29 8 35 8 35 8 36 8
998 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15
999 hints 242 83 250 84 321 89 272 87
1000 mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9
1001 mpeix 9 4 9 4 9 4 9 4
1002 NetWare - - - - - - 423 57
1003 os2 214 59 224 60 224 60 357 66
1004 plan9 92 17 92 17 92 17 85 15
1005 Porting 361 15 390 16 390 16 425 21
1007 utils 228 12 221 11 222 11 267 13
1008 uts - - - - - - 12 3
1009 vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4
1010 vms 686 38 627 38 627 38 649 36
1011 vos 227 12 249 15 248 15 281 17
1012 win32 755 41 782 42 801 42 1006 50
1013 x2p 307 20 307 20 307 20 345 20
1015 ======================================================================
1017 5.8.0 5.8.1 5.8.2 5.8.3 5.8.4
1019 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
1020 beos 6 4 6 4 6 4 6 4 6 4
1021 Configure 472 1 493 1 493 1 493 1 494 1
1022 Cross 4 2 45 10 45 10 45 10 45 10
1023 djgpp 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7
1024 emacs 319 4 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4
1025 epoc 33 8 33 8 33 8 33 8 33 8
1026 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15
1027 hints 294 88 321 89 321 89 321 89 348 91
1028 mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9
1029 mpeix 24 5 25 5 25 5 25 5 25 5
1030 NetWare 488 61 490 61 490 61 490 61 488 61
1031 os2 361 66 445 67 450 67 488 67 488 67
1032 plan9 85 15 325 17 325 17 325 17 321 17
1033 Porting 479 22 537 32 538 32 539 32 538 33
1034 qnx 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3
1035 utils 275 15 258 16 258 16 263 19 263 19
1036 uts 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3
1037 vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4
1038 vms 648 36 654 36 654 36 656 36 656 36
1039 vos 330 20 335 20 335 20 335 20 335 20
1040 win32 1062 49 1125 49 1127 49 1126 49 1181 56
1041 x2p 347 20 348 20 348 20 348 20 348 20
1043 ======================================================================
1045 5.8.5 5.8.6 5.8.7 5.8.8 5.8.9
1047 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
1048 beos 6 4 6 4 8 4 8 4 8 4
1049 Configure 494 1 494 1 495 1 506 1 520 1
1050 Cross 45 10 45 10 45 10 45 10 46 10
1051 djgpp 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7
1052 emacs 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4 406 4
1053 epoc 33 8 33 8 33 8 34 8 35 8
1054 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15
1055 hints 350 91 352 91 355 94 360 94 387 99
1056 mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9
1057 mpeix 25 5 25 5 25 5 49 6 49 6
1058 NetWare 488 61 488 61 488 61 490 61 491 61
1059 os2 488 67 488 67 488 67 488 67 552 70
1060 plan9 321 17 321 17 321 17 322 17 324 17
1061 Porting 538 34 548 35 549 35 564 37 625 41
1062 qnx 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3
1063 utils 265 19 265 19 266 19 267 19 281 21
1064 uts 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3
1065 vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4
1066 vms 657 36 658 36 662 36 664 36 716 35
1067 vos 335 20 335 20 335 20 336 21 345 22
1068 win32 1183 56 1190 56 1199 56 1219 56 1484 68
1069 x2p 349 20 349 20 349 20 349 19 350 19
1071 ======================================================================
1073 5.9.0 5.9.1 5.9.2 5.9.3 5.9.4
1075 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
1076 beos 6 4 6 4 8 4 8 4 8 4
1077 Configure 493 1 493 1 495 1 508 1 512 1
1078 Cross 45 10 45 10 45 10 45 10 46 10
1079 djgpp 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7
1080 emacs 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4
1081 epoc 33 8 33 8 33 8 34 8 34 8
1082 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15
1083 hints 321 89 346 91 355 94 359 94 366 96
1084 mad - - - - - - - - 174 6
1085 mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9
1086 mpeix 25 5 25 5 25 5 49 6 49 6
1087 NetWare 489 61 487 61 487 61 489 61 489 61
1088 os2 444 67 488 67 488 67 488 67 488 67
1089 plan9 325 17 321 17 321 17 322 17 323 17
1090 Porting 537 32 536 33 549 36 564 38 576 38
1091 qnx 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3
1092 symbian - - - - - - 293 53 293 53
1093 utils 258 16 263 19 268 20 273 23 275 24
1094 uts 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3
1095 vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4
1096 vms 660 36 547 33 553 33 661 33 696 33
1097 vos 11 7 11 7 11 7 11 7 11 7
1098 win32 1120 49 1124 51 1191 56 1209 56 1719 90
1099 x2p 348 20 348 20 349 20 349 19 349 19
1101 ======================================================================
1103 5.9.5 5.10.0 5.10.1 5.12.0 5.12.1
1105 apollo 8 3 8 3 0 3 0 3 0 3
1106 beos 8 4 8 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
1107 Configure 518 1 518 1 533 1 536 1 536 1
1108 Cross 122 15 122 15 119 15 118 15 118 15
1109 djgpp 21 7 21 7 17 7 17 7 17 7
1110 emacs 329 4 406 4 402 4 402 4 402 4
1111 epoc 34 8 35 8 31 8 31 8 31 8
1112 h2pl 24 15 24 15 12 15 12 15 12 15
1113 hints 377 98 381 98 385 100 368 97 368 97
1114 mad 182 8 182 8 174 8 174 8 174 8
1115 mint 11 9 11 9 3 9 - - - -
1116 mpeix 49 6 49 6 45 6 45 6 45 6
1117 NetWare 489 61 489 61 465 61 466 61 466 61
1118 os2 552 70 552 70 507 70 507 70 507 70
1119 plan9 324 17 324 17 316 17 316 17 316 17
1120 Porting 627 40 632 40 933 53 749 54 749 54
1121 qnx 5 3 5 4 1 4 1 4 1 4
1122 symbian 300 54 300 54 290 54 288 54 288 54
1123 utils 260 26 264 27 268 27 269 27 269 27
1124 uts 12 3 12 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
1125 vmesa 25 4 25 4 21 4 21 4 21 4
1126 vms 690 32 722 32 693 30 645 18 645 18
1127 vos 19 8 19 8 16 8 16 8 16 8
1128 win32 1482 68 1485 68 1497 70 1841 73 1841 73
1129 x2p 349 19 349 19 345 19 345 19 345 19
1131 ======================================================================
1133 5.12.2 5.12.3 5.14.0 5.16.0 5.18.0
1135 apollo 0 3 0 3 - - - - - -
1136 beos 4 4 4 4 5 4 5 4 - -
1137 Configure 536 1 536 1 539 1 547 1 550 1
1138 Cross 118 15 118 15 118 15 118 15 118 15
1139 djgpp 17 7 17 7 18 7 18 7 18 7
1140 emacs 402 4 402 4 - - - - - -
1141 epoc 31 8 31 8 32 8 30 8 - -
1142 h2pl 12 15 12 15 15 15 15 15 13 15
1143 hints 368 97 368 97 370 96 371 96 354 91
1144 mad 174 8 174 8 176 8 176 8 174 8
1145 mpeix 45 6 45 6 46 6 46 6 - -
1146 NetWare 466 61 466 61 473 61 472 61 469 61
1147 os2 507 70 507 70 518 70 519 70 510 70
1148 plan9 316 17 316 17 319 17 319 17 318 17
1149 Porting 750 54 750 54 855 60 1093 69 1149 70
1150 qnx 1 4 1 4 2 4 2 4 1 4
1151 symbian 288 54 288 54 292 54 292 54 290 54
1152 utils 269 27 269 27 249 29 245 30 246 31
1153 uts 8 3 8 3 9 3 9 3 - -
1154 vmesa 21 4 21 4 22 4 22 4 - -
1155 vms 646 18 644 18 639 17 571 15 564 15
1156 vos 16 8 16 8 17 8 9 7 8 7
1157 win32 1841 73 1841 73 1833 72 1655 67 1157 62
1158 x2p 345 19 345 19 346 19 345 19 344 20
1160 ======================================================================
1162 5.20.0 5.22.0 5.24.0
1164 Configure 552 1 570 1 586 1
1165 Cross 118 15 118 15 118 15
1166 djgpp 18 7 17 7 17 7
1167 h2pl 13 15 13 15 13 15
1168 hints 355 90 356 87 362 87
1170 NetWare 467 61 466 61 467 61
1171 os2 510 70 510 70 510 70
1172 plan9 316 17 317 17 314 17
1173 Porting 1204 68 1393 71 1321 71
1175 symbian 290 54 291 54 292 54
1176 utils 241 27 242 27 679 53
1177 vms 538 12 532 12 524 12
1179 win32 1183 64 1201 64 1268 65
1182 ======================================================================
1184 5.26.0 5.28.0 5.30.0
1186 Configure 593 1 580 1 587 1
1187 Cross 122 15 125 15 126 15
1188 djgpp 21 7 21 7 21 7
1189 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15
1190 hints 376 87 364 85 372 86
1192 NetWare 499 61 493 61 493 61
1193 os2 552 70 552 70 552 70
1194 plan9 322 17 309 17 308 17
1195 Porting 1380 73 1462 75 1460 74
1197 symbian 315 54 315 54 315 54
1198 utils 578 50 584 50 587 50
1199 vms 527 12 526 12 526 12
1201 win32 1313 65 1326 65 1331 65
1204 5.32.0 5.34.0 5.36.0
1206 Configure 588 1 592 1 603 1
1207 Cross 126 15 126 15 122 15
1209 h2pl 24 15 24 15 13 15
1210 hints 363 86 364 86 359 84
1211 NetWare 484 61 533 61 - -
1212 os2 552 70 580 70 538 70
1213 plan9 308 17 325 20 318 20
1214 Porting 1482 75 1514 75 1559 78
1216 symbian 307 54 - - - -
1217 utils 583 52 597 52 607 52
1218 vms 527 12 549 12 545 12
1220 win32 1011 47 1001 46 966 45
1237 =head2 SELECTED PATCH SIZES
1239 The "diff lines kB" means that for example the patch 5.003_08, to be
1240 applied on top of the 5.003_07 (or whatever was before the 5.003_08)
1241 added lines for 110 kilobytes, it removed lines for 19 kilobytes, and
1242 changed lines for 424 kilobytes. Just the lines themselves are
1243 counted, not their context. The "+ - !" become from the diff(1)
1244 context diff output format.
1246 Pump- Release Date diff lines kB
1249 ======================================================================
1251 Chip 5.003_08 1996-Nov-19 110 19 424
1252 5.003_09 1996-Nov-26 38 9 248
1253 5.003_10 1996-Nov-29 29 2 27
1254 5.003_11 1996-Dec-06 73 12 165
1255 5.003_12 1996-Dec-19 275 6 436
1256 5.003_13 1996-Dec-20 95 1 56
1257 5.003_14 1996-Dec-23 23 7 333
1258 5.003_15 1996-Dec-23 0 0 1
1259 5.003_16 1996-Dec-24 12 3 50
1260 5.003_17 1996-Dec-27 19 1 14
1261 5.003_18 1996-Dec-31 21 1 32
1262 5.003_19 1997-Jan-04 80 3 85
1263 5.003_20 1997-Jan-07 18 1 146
1264 5.003_21 1997-Jan-15 38 10 221
1265 5.003_22 1997-Jan-16 4 0 18
1266 5.003_23 1997-Jan-25 71 15 119
1267 5.003_24 1997-Jan-29 426 1 20
1268 5.003_25 1997-Feb-04 21 8 169
1269 5.003_26 1997-Feb-10 16 1 15
1270 5.003_27 1997-Feb-18 32 10 38
1271 5.003_28 1997-Feb-21 58 4 66
1272 5.003_90 1997-Feb-25 22 2 34
1273 5.003_91 1997-Mar-01 37 1 39
1274 5.003_92 1997-Mar-06 16 3 69
1275 5.003_93 1997-Mar-10 12 3 15
1276 5.003_94 1997-Mar-22 407 7 200
1277 5.003_95 1997-Mar-25 41 1 37
1278 5.003_96 1997-Apr-01 283 5 261
1279 5.003_97 1997-Apr-03 13 2 34
1280 5.003_97a 1997-Apr-05 57 1 27
1281 5.003_97b 1997-Apr-08 14 1 20
1282 5.003_97c 1997-Apr-10 20 1 16
1283 5.003_97d 1997-Apr-13 8 0 16
1284 5.003_97e 1997-Apr-15 15 4 46
1285 5.003_97f 1997-Apr-17 7 1 33
1286 5.003_97g 1997-Apr-18 6 1 42
1287 5.003_97h 1997-Apr-24 23 3 68
1288 5.003_97i 1997-Apr-25 23 1 31
1289 5.003_97j 1997-Apr-28 36 1 49
1290 5.003_98 1997-Apr-30 171 12 539
1291 5.003_99 1997-May-01 6 0 7
1292 5.003_99a 1997-May-09 36 2 61
1293 p54rc1 1997-May-12 8 1 11
1294 p54rc2 1997-May-14 6 0 40
1296 5.004 1997-May-15 4 0 4
1298 Tim 5.004_01 1997-Jun-13 222 14 57
1299 5.004_02 1997-Aug-07 112 16 119
1300 5.004_03 1997-Sep-05 109 0 17
1301 5.004_04 1997-Oct-15 66 8 173
1303 =head3 The patch-free era
1305 In more modern times, named releases don't come as often, and as progress
1306 can be followed (nearly) instantly (with rsync, and since late 2008, git)
1307 patches between versions are no longer provided. However, that doesn't
1308 keep us from calculating how large a patch could have been. Which is
1309 shown in the table below. Unless noted otherwise, the size mentioned is
1310 the patch to bring version x.y.z to x.y.z+1.
1312 Sarathy 5.6.1 2001-Apr-08 531 44 651
1313 Rafael 5.6.2 2003-Nov-15 20 11 1819
1315 Jarkko 5.8.0 2002-Jul-18 1205 31 471 From 5.7.3
1317 5.8.1 2003-Sep-25 243 102 6162
1318 Nicholas 5.8.2 2003-Nov-05 10 50 788
1319 5.8.3 2004-Jan-14 31 13 360
1320 5.8.4 2004-Apr-21 33 8 299
1321 5.8.5 2004-Jul-19 11 19 255
1322 5.8.6 2004-Nov-27 35 3 192
1323 5.8.7 2005-May-30 75 34 778
1324 5.8.8 2006-Jan-31 131 42 1251
1325 5.8.9 2008-Dec-14 340 132 12988
1327 Hugo 5.9.0 2003-Oct-27 281 168 7132 From 5.8.0
1328 Rafael 5.9.1 2004-Mar-16 57 250 2107
1329 5.9.2 2005-Apr-01 720 57 858
1330 5.9.3 2006-Jan-28 1124 102 1906
1331 5.9.4 2006-Aug-15 896 60 862
1332 5.9.5 2007-Jul-07 1149 128 1062
1334 5.10.0 2007-Dec-18 50 31 13111 From 5.9.5
1337 =head1 THE KEEPERS OF THE RECORDS
1339 Jarkko Hietaniemi <F<jhi@iki.fi>>.
1341 Thanks to the collective memory of the Perlfolk. In addition to the
1342 Keepers of the Pumpkin also Alan Champion, Mark Dominus,
1343 Andreas KE<0xf6>nig, John Macdonald, Matthias Neeracher, Jeff Okamoto,
1344 Michael Peppler, Randal Schwartz, and Paul D. Smith sent corrections
1345 and additions. Abigail added file and patch size data for the 5.6.0 - 5.10