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 and Stevan
38 [from Porting/pumpkin.pod in the Perl source code distribution]
40 Chip Salzenberg gets credit for that, with a nod to his cow orker,
41 David Croy. We had passed around various names (baton, token, hot
42 potato) but none caught on. Then, Chip asked:
46 Who has the patch pumpkin?
48 To explain: David Croy once told me once that at a previous job,
49 there was one tape drive and multiple systems that used it for backups.
50 But instead of some high-tech exclusion software, they used a low-tech
51 method to prevent multiple simultaneous backups: a stuffed pumpkin.
52 No one was allowed to make backups unless they had the "backup pumpkin".
56 The name has stuck. The holder of the pumpkin is sometimes called
57 the pumpking (keeping the source afloat?) or the pumpkineer (pulling
62 Pump- Release Date Notes
67 ======================================================================
69 Larry 0 Classified. Don't ask.
71 Larry 1.000 1987-Dec-18
75 Schwern 1.0.15 2002-Dec-18 Modernization
76 Richard 1.0_16 2003-Dec-18
78 Larry 2.000 1988-Jun-05
82 Larry 3.000 1989-Oct-18
92 3.019..27 1990-Aug-10 User subs.
101 Larry 4.000 1991-Mar-21
106 4.011..18 1991-Nov-05
107 4.019 1991-Nov-11 Stable.
108 4.020..33 1992-Jun-08
111 Larry 4.036 1993-Feb-05 Very stable.
113 5.000alpha1 1993-Jul-31
114 5.000alpha2 1993-Aug-16
115 5.000alpha3 1993-Oct-10
116 5.000alpha4 1993-???-??
117 5.000alpha5 1993-???-??
118 5.000alpha6 1994-Mar-18
119 5.000alpha7 1994-Mar-25
120 Andy 5.000alpha8 1994-Apr-04
121 Larry 5.000alpha9 1994-May-05 ext appears.
122 5.000alpha10 1994-Jun-11
123 5.000alpha11 1994-Jul-01
124 Andy 5.000a11a 1994-Jul-07 To fit 14.
125 5.000a11b 1994-Jul-14
126 5.000a11c 1994-Jul-19
127 5.000a11d 1994-Jul-22
128 Larry 5.000alpha12 1994-Aug-04
129 Andy 5.000a12a 1994-Aug-08
130 5.000a12b 1994-Aug-15
131 5.000a12c 1994-Aug-22
132 5.000a12d 1994-Aug-22
133 5.000a12e 1994-Aug-22
134 5.000a12f 1994-Aug-24
135 5.000a12g 1994-Aug-24
136 5.000a12h 1994-Aug-24
137 Larry 5.000beta1 1994-Aug-30
138 Andy 5.000b1a 1994-Sep-06
139 Larry 5.000beta2 1994-Sep-14 Core slushified.
140 Andy 5.000b2a 1994-Sep-14
143 Larry 5.000beta3 1994-Sep-??
144 Andy 5.000b3a 1994-Sep-18
151 Andy 5.000b3h 1994-Oct-07
152 Larry? 5.000gamma 1994-Oct-13?
154 Larry 5.000 1994-Oct-17
156 Andy 5.000a 1994-Dec-19
172 Larry 5.001 1995-Mar-13
174 Andy 5.001a 1995-Mar-15
178 5.001e 1995-Apr-18 Stable.
185 5.001l 1995-Jun-06 Stable.
186 5.001m 1995-Jul-02 Very stable.
187 5.001n 1995-Oct-31 Very unstable.
188 5.002beta1 1995-Nov-21
195 Tom 5.002b1g 1995-Dec-21 Doc release.
196 Andy 5.002b1h 1996-Jan-05
198 Larry 5.002b3 1996-Feb-02
199 Andy 5.002gamma 1996-Feb-11
200 Larry 5.002delta 1996-Feb-27
202 Larry 5.002 1996-Feb-29 Prototypes.
204 Charles 5.002_01 1996-Mar-25
206 5.003 1996-Jun-25 Security release.
209 Nick 5.003_02 1996-Aug-10
210 Andy 5.003_03 1996-Aug-28
215 Chip 5.003_08 1996-Nov-19
236 5.003_90 1997-Feb-25 Ramping up to the 5.004 release.
243 5.003_97 1997-Apr-03 Fairly widely used.
244 5.003_97a 1997-Apr-05
245 5.003_97b 1997-Apr-08
246 5.003_97c 1997-Apr-10
247 5.003_97d 1997-Apr-13
248 5.003_97e 1997-Apr-15
249 5.003_97f 1997-Apr-17
250 5.003_97g 1997-Apr-18
251 5.003_97h 1997-Apr-24
252 5.003_97i 1997-Apr-25
253 5.003_97j 1997-Apr-28
256 5.003_99a 1997-May-09
257 p54rc1 1997-May-12 Release Candidates.
260 Chip 5.004 1997-May-15 A major maintenance release.
262 Tim 5.004_01-t1 1997-???-?? The 5.004 maintenance track.
263 5.004_01-t2 1997-Jun-11 aka perl5.004m1t2
265 5.004_01_01 1997-Jul-29 aka perl5.004m2t1
266 5.004_01_02 1997-Aug-01 aka perl5.004m2t2
267 5.004_01_03 1997-Aug-05 aka perl5.004m2t3
269 5.004_02_01 1997-Aug-12 aka perl5.004m3t1
270 5.004_03-t2 1997-Aug-13 aka perl5.004m3t2
272 5.004_04-t1 1997-Sep-19 aka perl5.004m4t1
273 5.004_04-t2 1997-Sep-23 aka perl5.004m4t2
274 5.004_04-t3 1997-Oct-10 aka perl5.004m4t3
275 5.004_04-t4 1997-Oct-14 aka perl5.004m4t4
277 5.004_04-m1 1998-Mar-04 (5.004m5t1) Maint. trials for 5.004_05.
278 5.004_04-m2 1998-May-01
279 5.004_04-m3 1998-May-15
280 5.004_04-m4 1998-May-19
281 5.004_05-MT5 1998-Jul-21
282 5.004_05-MT6 1998-Oct-09
283 5.004_05-MT7 1998-Nov-22
284 5.004_05-MT8 1998-Dec-03
285 Chip 5.004_05-MT9 1999-Apr-26
288 Malcolm 5.004_50 1997-Sep-09 The 5.005 development track.
305 Sarathy 5.004_67 1998-Jun-15
312 5.004_74 1998-Jul-14 5.005 beta candidate.
313 5.004_75 1998-Jul-15 5.005 beta1.
314 5.004_76 1998-Jul-21 5.005 beta2.
316 Sarathy 5.005 1998-Jul-22 Oneperl.
318 Sarathy 5.005_01 1998-Jul-27 The 5.005 maintenance track.
319 5.005_02-T1 1998-Aug-02
320 5.005_02-T2 1998-Aug-05
322 Graham 5.005_03-MT1 1998-Nov-30
323 5.005_03-MT2 1999-Jan-04
324 5.005_03-MT3 1999-Jan-17
325 5.005_03-MT4 1999-Jan-26
326 5.005_03-MT5 1999-Jan-28
327 5.005_03-MT6 1999-Mar-05
329 Leon 5.005_04-RC1 2004-Feb-05
330 5.005_04-RC2 2004-Feb-18
332 5.005_05-RC1 2009-Feb-16
334 Sarathy 5.005_50 1998-Jul-26 The 5.6 development track.
349 5.5.650 2000-Feb-08 beta1
350 5.5.660 2000-Feb-22 beta2
351 5.5.670 2000-Feb-29 beta3
352 5.6.0-RC1 2000-Mar-09 Release candidate 1.
353 5.6.0-RC2 2000-Mar-14 Release candidate 2.
354 5.6.0-RC3 2000-Mar-21 Release candidate 3.
356 Sarathy 5.6.0 2000-Mar-22
358 Sarathy 5.6.1-TRIAL1 2000-Dec-18 The 5.6 maintenance track.
359 5.6.1-TRIAL2 2001-Jan-31
360 5.6.1-TRIAL3 2001-Mar-19
361 5.6.1-foolish 2001-Apr-01 The "fools-gold" release.
363 Rafael 5.6.2-RC1 2003-Nov-08
364 5.6.2 2003-Nov-15 Fix new build issues
366 Jarkko 5.7.0 2000-Sep-02 The 5.7 track: Development.
368 5.7.2 2001-Jul-13 Virtual release candidate 0.
370 5.8.0-RC1 2002-Jun-01
371 5.8.0-RC2 2002-Jun-21
372 5.8.0-RC3 2002-Jul-13
374 Jarkko 5.8.0 2002-Jul-18
376 Jarkko 5.8.1-RC1 2003-Jul-10 The 5.8 maintenance track
377 5.8.1-RC2 2003-Jul-11
378 5.8.1-RC3 2003-Jul-30
379 5.8.1-RC4 2003-Aug-01
380 5.8.1-RC5 2003-Sep-22
382 Nicholas 5.8.2-RC1 2003-Oct-27
383 5.8.2-RC2 2003-Nov-03
385 5.8.3-RC1 2004-Jan-07
387 5.8.4-RC1 2004-Apr-05
388 5.8.4-RC2 2004-Apr-15
390 5.8.5-RC1 2004-Jul-06
391 5.8.5-RC2 2004-Jul-08
393 5.8.6-RC1 2004-Nov-11
395 5.8.7-RC1 2005-May-18
397 5.8.8-RC1 2006-Jan-20
399 5.8.9-RC1 2008-Nov-10
400 5.8.9-RC2 2008-Dec-06
403 Hugo 5.9.0 2003-Oct-27 The 5.9 development track
404 Rafael 5.9.1 2004-Mar-16
409 5.10.0-RC1 2007-Nov-17
410 5.10.0-RC2 2007-Nov-25
412 Rafael 5.10.0 2007-Dec-18
414 David M 5.10.1-RC1 2009-Aug-06 The 5.10 maintenance track
415 5.10.1-RC2 2009-Aug-18
418 Jesse 5.11.0 2009-Oct-02 The 5.11 development track
420 Leon 5.11.2 2009-Nov-20
421 Jesse 5.11.3 2009-Dec-20
422 Ricardo 5.11.4 2010-Jan-20
423 Steve 5.11.5 2010-Feb-20
424 Jesse 5.12.0-RC0 2010-Mar-21
425 5.12.0-RC1 2010-Mar-29
426 5.12.0-RC2 2010-Apr-01
427 5.12.0-RC3 2010-Apr-02
428 5.12.0-RC4 2010-Apr-06
429 5.12.0-RC5 2010-Apr-09
431 Jesse 5.12.0 2010-Apr-12
433 Jesse 5.12.1-RC2 2010-May-13 The 5.12 maintenance track
434 5.12.1-RC1 2010-May-09
436 5.12.2-RC2 2010-Aug-31
438 Ricardo 5.12.3-RC1 2011-Jan-09
439 Ricardo 5.12.3-RC2 2011-Jan-14
440 Ricardo 5.12.3-RC3 2011-Jan-17
441 Ricardo 5.12.3 2011-Jan-21
442 Leon 5.12.4-RC1 2011-Jun-08
443 Leon 5.12.4 2011-Jun-20
445 Leon 5.13.0 2010-Apr-20 The 5.13 development track
446 Ricardo 5.13.1 2010-May-20
447 Matt 5.13.2 2010-Jun-22
448 David G 5.13.3 2010-Jul-20
449 Florian 5.13.4 2010-Aug-20
450 Steve 5.13.5 2010-Sep-19
451 Miyagawa 5.13.6 2010-Oct-20
452 BinGOs 5.13.7 2010-Nov-20
453 Zefram 5.13.8 2010-Dec-20
454 Jesse 5.13.9 2011-Jan-20
455 Ævar 5.13.10 2011-Feb-20
456 Florian 5.13.11 2011-Mar-20
457 Jesse 5.14.0RC1 2011-Apr-20
458 Jesse 5.14.0RC2 2011-May-04
459 Jesse 5.14.0RC3 2011-May-11
461 Jesse 5.14.0 2011-May-14 The 5.14 maintenance track
462 Jesse 5.14.1 2011-Jun-16
463 Florian 5.14.2-RC1 2011-Sep-19
466 David G 5.15.0 2011-Jun-20 The 5.15 development track
467 Zefram 5.15.1 2011-Jul-20
468 Ricardo 5.15.2 2011-Aug-20
469 Stevan 5.15.3 2011-Sep-20
470 Florian 5.15.4 2011-Oct-20
471 Steve 5.15.5 2011-Nov-20
472 Dave R 5.15.6 2011-Dec-20
473 BinGOs 5.15.7 2012-Jan-20
474 Max M 5.15.8 2012-Feb-20
476 =head2 SELECTED RELEASE SIZES
478 For example the notation "core: 212 29" in the release 1.000 means that
479 it had in the core 212 kilobytes, in 29 files. The "core".."doc" are
482 release core lib ext t doc
483 ======================================================================
485 1.000 212 29 - - - - 38 51 62 3
486 1.014 219 29 - - - - 39 52 68 4
487 2.000 309 31 2 3 - - 55 57 92 4
488 2.001 312 31 2 3 - - 55 57 94 4
489 3.000 508 36 24 11 - - 79 73 156 5
490 3.044 645 37 61 20 - - 90 74 190 6
491 4.000 635 37 59 20 - - 91 75 198 4
492 4.019 680 37 85 29 - - 98 76 199 4
493 4.036 709 37 89 30 - - 98 76 208 5
494 5.000alpha2 785 50 114 32 - - 112 86 209 5
495 5.000alpha3 801 50 117 33 - - 121 87 209 5
496 5.000alpha9 1022 56 149 43 116 29 125 90 217 6
497 5.000a12h 978 49 140 49 205 46 152 97 228 9
498 5.000b3h 1035 53 232 70 216 38 162 94 218 21
499 5.000 1038 53 250 76 216 38 154 92 536 62
500 5.001m 1071 54 388 82 240 38 159 95 544 29
501 5.002 1121 54 661 101 287 43 155 94 847 35
502 5.003 1129 54 680 102 291 43 166 100 853 35
503 5.003_07 1231 60 748 106 396 53 213 137 976 39
504 5.004 1351 60 1230 136 408 51 355 161 1587 55
505 5.004_01 1356 60 1258 138 410 51 358 161 1587 55
506 5.004_04 1375 60 1294 139 413 51 394 162 1629 55
507 5.004_05 1463 60 1435 150 394 50 445 175 1855 59
508 5.004_51 1401 61 1260 140 413 53 358 162 1594 56
509 5.004_53 1422 62 1295 141 438 70 394 162 1637 56
510 5.004_56 1501 66 1301 140 447 74 408 165 1648 57
511 5.004_59 1555 72 1317 142 448 74 424 171 1678 58
512 5.004_62 1602 77 1327 144 629 92 428 173 1674 58
513 5.004_65 1626 77 1358 146 615 92 446 179 1698 60
514 5.004_68 1856 74 1382 152 619 92 463 187 1784 60
515 5.004_70 1863 75 1456 154 675 92 494 194 1809 60
516 5.004_73 1874 76 1467 152 762 102 506 196 1883 61
517 5.004_75 1877 76 1467 152 770 103 508 196 1896 62
518 5.005 1896 76 1469 152 795 103 509 197 1945 63
519 5.005_03 1936 77 1541 153 813 104 551 201 2176 72
520 5.005_50 1969 78 1842 301 795 103 514 198 1948 63
521 5.005_53 1999 79 1885 303 806 104 602 224 2002 67
522 5.005_56 2086 79 1970 307 866 113 672 238 2221 75
523 5.6.0 2820 79 2626 364 1096 129 863 280 2840 93
524 5.6.1 2946 78 2921 430 1171 132 1024 304 3330 102
525 5.6.2 2947 78 3143 451 1247 127 1303 387 3406 102
526 5.7.0 2977 80 2801 425 1250 132 975 307 3206 100
527 5.7.1 3351 84 3442 455 1944 167 1334 357 3698 124
528 5.7.2 3491 87 4858 618 3290 298 1598 449 3910 139
529 5.7.3 3299 85 4295 537 2196 300 2176 626 4171 120
530 5.8.0 3489 87 4533 585 2437 331 2588 726 4368 125
531 5.8.1 3674 90 5104 623 2604 353 2983 836 4625 134
532 5.8.2 3633 90 5111 623 2623 357 3019 848 4634 135
533 5.8.3 3625 90 5141 624 2660 363 3083 869 4669 136
534 5.8.4 3653 90 5170 634 2684 368 3148 885 4689 137
535 5.8.5 3664 90 4260 303 2707 369 3208 898 4689 138
536 5.8.6 3690 90 4271 303 3141 396 3411 925 4709 139
537 5.8.7 3788 90 4322 307 3297 401 3485 964 4744 141
538 5.8.8 3895 90 4357 314 3409 431 3622 1017 4979 144
539 5.8.9 4132 93 5508 330 3826 529 4364 1234 5348 152
540 5.9.0 3657 90 4951 626 2603 354 3011 841 4609 135
541 5.9.1 3580 90 5196 634 2665 367 3186 889 4725 138
542 5.9.2 3863 90 4654 312 3283 403 3551 973 4800 142
543 5.9.3 4096 91 5318 381 4806 597 4272 1214 5139 147
544 5.9.4 4393 94 5718 415 4578 642 4646 1310 5335 153
545 5.9.5 4681 96 6849 479 4827 671 5155 1490 5572 159
546 5.10.0 4710 97 7050 486 4899 673 5275 1503 5673 160
547 5.10.1 4858 98 7440 519 6195 921 6147 1751 5151 163
548 5.12.0 4999 100 1146 121 15227 2176 6400 1843 5342 168
549 5.12.1 5000 100 1146 121 15283 2178 6407 1846 5354 169
550 5.12.2 5003 100 1146 121 15404 2178 6413 1846 5376 170
551 5.12.3 5004 100 1146 121 15529 2180 6417 1848 5391 171
553 The "core"..."doc" mean the following files from the Perl source code
554 distribution. The glob notation ** means recursively, (.) means
559 ext ext/**/*.{[hcyt],xs,pm} (for -5.10.1) or
560 {dist,ext,cpan}/**/*.{[hcyt],xs,pm} (for 5.12.0-)
561 t t/**/*(.) (for 1-5.005_56) or **/*.t (for 5.6.0-5.7.3)
562 doc {README*,INSTALL,*[_.]man{,.?},pod/**/*.pod}
564 Here are some statistics for the other subdirectories and one file in
565 the Perl source distribution for somewhat more selected releases.
567 ======================================================================
572 Configure 31 1 37 1 62 1
578 x2p 103 17 104 17 137 17
580 ======================================================================
584 atarist - - - - 113 31
585 Configure 73 1 83 1 86 1
588 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12
590 msdos 57 15 58 15 60 15
591 os2 81 29 81 29 113 31
593 x2p 147 18 152 19 154 19
595 ======================================================================
597 5.000a2 5.000a12h 5.000b3h 5.000 5.001m
599 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
600 atarist 113 31 113 31 - - - - - -
601 bench - - 0 1 - - - - - -
602 Bugs 2 5 26 1 - - - - - -
603 dlperl 40 5 - - - - - - - -
604 do 127 71 - - - - - - - -
605 Configure - - 153 1 159 1 160 1 180 1
606 Doc - - 26 1 75 7 11 1 11 1
607 eg 79 58 53 44 51 43 54 44 54 44
608 emacs 67 4 104 6 104 6 104 1 104 6
609 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
610 hints 11 56 12 46 18 48 18 48 44 56
611 msdos 60 15 60 15 - - - - - -
612 os2 113 31 113 31 - - - - - -
613 U - - 62 8 112 42 - - - -
614 usub 43 8 - - - - - - - -
615 vms - - 80 7 123 9 184 15 304 20
616 x2p 171 22 171 21 162 20 162 20 279 20
618 ======================================================================
622 Configure 201 1 201 1 217 1
624 emacs 108 1 108 1 143 1
625 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12
626 hints 73 59 77 60 90 62
627 os2 84 17 56 10 117 42
631 vms 500 24 475 26 505 27
632 x2p 280 20 280 20 280 19
634 ======================================================================
636 5.004 5.004_04 5.004_62 5.004_65 5.004_68
638 beos - - - - - - 1 1 1 1
639 Configure 225 1 225 1 240 1 248 1 256 1
640 cygwin32 23 5 23 5 23 5 24 5 24 5
641 djgpp - - - - 14 5 14 5 14 5
642 eg 81 62 81 62 81 62 81 62 81 62
643 emacs 194 1 204 1 212 2 212 2 212 2
644 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
645 hints 129 69 132 71 144 72 151 74 155 74
646 os2 121 42 127 42 127 44 129 44 129 44
647 plan9 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15
648 Porting 94 2 109 4 203 6 234 8 241 9
649 qnx 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2
650 utils 112 8 118 8 124 8 156 9 159 9
651 vms 518 34 524 34 538 34 569 34 569 34
652 win32 285 33 378 36 470 39 493 39 575 41
653 x2p 281 19 281 19 281 19 282 19 281 19
655 ======================================================================
657 5.004_70 5.004_73 5.004_75 5.005 5.005_03
659 apollo - - - - - - - - 0 1
660 beos 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
661 Configure 256 1 256 1 264 1 264 1 270 1
662 cygwin32 24 5 24 5 24 5 24 5 24 5
663 djgpp 14 5 14 5 14 5 14 5 15 5
664 eg 86 65 86 65 86 65 86 65 86 65
665 emacs 262 2 262 2 262 2 262 2 274 2
666 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
667 hints 157 74 157 74 159 74 160 74 179 77
668 mint - - - - - - - - 4 7
669 mpeix - - - - 5 3 5 3 5 3
670 os2 129 44 139 44 142 44 143 44 148 44
671 plan9 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15
672 Porting 241 9 253 9 259 10 264 12 272 13
673 qnx 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2
674 utils 160 9 160 9 160 9 160 9 164 9
675 vms 570 34 572 34 573 34 575 34 583 34
676 vos - - - - - - - - 156 10
677 win32 577 41 585 41 585 41 587 41 600 42
678 x2p 281 19 281 19 281 19 281 19 281 19
680 ======================================================================
682 5.6.0 5.6.1 5.6.2 5.7.3
684 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
686 Configure 346 1 361 1 363 1 394 1
687 Cross - - - - - - 4 2
688 djgpp 19 6 19 6 19 6 21 7
689 eg 112 71 112 71 112 71 - -
690 emacs 303 4 319 4 319 4 319 4
691 epoc 29 8 35 8 35 8 36 8
692 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15
693 hints 242 83 250 84 321 89 272 87
694 mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9
695 mpeix 9 4 9 4 9 4 9 4
696 NetWare - - - - - - 423 57
697 os2 214 59 224 60 224 60 357 66
698 plan9 92 17 92 17 92 17 85 15
699 Porting 361 15 390 16 390 16 425 21
701 utils 228 12 221 11 222 11 267 13
703 vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4
704 vms 686 38 627 38 627 38 649 36
705 vos 227 12 249 15 248 15 281 17
706 win32 755 41 782 42 801 42 1006 50
707 x2p 307 20 307 20 307 20 345 20
709 ======================================================================
711 5.8.0 5.8.1 5.8.2 5.8.3 5.8.4
713 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
714 beos 6 4 6 4 6 4 6 4 6 4
715 Configure 472 1 493 1 493 1 493 1 494 1
716 Cross 4 2 45 10 45 10 45 10 45 10
717 djgpp 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7
718 emacs 319 4 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4
719 epoc 33 8 33 8 33 8 33 8 33 8
720 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15
721 hints 294 88 321 89 321 89 321 89 348 91
722 mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9
723 mpeix 24 5 25 5 25 5 25 5 25 5
724 NetWare 488 61 490 61 490 61 490 61 488 61
725 os2 361 66 445 67 450 67 488 67 488 67
726 plan9 85 15 325 17 325 17 325 17 321 17
727 Porting 479 22 537 32 538 32 539 32 538 33
728 qnx 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3
729 utils 275 15 258 16 258 16 263 19 263 19
730 uts 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3
731 vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4
732 vms 648 36 654 36 654 36 656 36 656 36
733 vos 330 20 335 20 335 20 335 20 335 20
734 win32 1062 49 1125 49 1127 49 1126 49 1181 56
735 x2p 347 20 348 20 348 20 348 20 348 20
737 ======================================================================
739 5.8.5 5.8.6 5.8.7 5.8.8 5.8.9
741 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
742 beos 6 4 6 4 8 4 8 4 8 4
743 Configure 494 1 494 1 495 1 506 1 520 1
744 Cross 45 10 45 10 45 10 45 10 46 10
745 djgpp 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7
746 emacs 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4 406 4
747 epoc 33 8 33 8 33 8 34 8 35 8
748 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15
749 hints 350 91 352 91 355 94 360 94 387 99
750 mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9
751 mpeix 25 5 25 5 25 5 49 6 49 6
752 NetWare 488 61 488 61 488 61 490 61 491 61
753 os2 488 67 488 67 488 67 488 67 552 70
754 plan9 321 17 321 17 321 17 322 17 324 17
755 Porting 538 34 548 35 549 35 564 37 625 41
756 qnx 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3
757 utils 265 19 265 19 266 19 267 19 281 21
758 uts 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3
759 vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4
760 vms 657 36 658 36 662 36 664 36 716 35
761 vos 335 20 335 20 335 20 336 21 345 22
762 win32 1183 56 1190 56 1199 56 1219 56 1484 68
763 x2p 349 20 349 20 349 20 349 19 350 19
765 ======================================================================
767 5.9.0 5.9.1 5.9.2 5.9.3 5.9.4
769 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
770 beos 6 4 6 4 8 4 8 4 8 4
771 Configure 493 1 493 1 495 1 508 1 512 1
772 Cross 45 10 45 10 45 10 45 10 46 10
773 djgpp 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7
774 emacs 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4
775 epoc 33 8 33 8 33 8 34 8 34 8
776 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15
777 hints 321 89 346 91 355 94 359 94 366 96
778 mad - - - - - - - - 174 6
779 mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9
780 mpeix 25 5 25 5 25 5 49 6 49 6
781 NetWare 489 61 487 61 487 61 489 61 489 61
782 os2 444 67 488 67 488 67 488 67 488 67
783 plan9 325 17 321 17 321 17 322 17 323 17
784 Porting 537 32 536 33 549 36 564 38 576 38
785 qnx 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3
786 symbian - - - - - - 293 53 293 53
787 utils 258 16 263 19 268 20 273 23 275 24
788 uts 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3
789 vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4
790 vms 660 36 547 33 553 33 661 33 696 33
791 vos 11 7 11 7 11 7 11 7 11 7
792 win32 1120 49 1124 51 1191 56 1209 56 1719 90
793 x2p 348 20 348 20 349 20 349 19 349 19
795 ======================================================================
797 5.9.5 5.10.0 5.10.1 5.12.0 5.12.1
799 apollo 8 3 8 3 0 3 0 3 0 3
800 beos 8 4 8 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
801 Configure 518 1 518 1 533 1 536 1 536 1
802 Cross 122 15 122 15 119 15 118 15 118 15
803 djgpp 21 7 21 7 17 7 17 7 17 7
804 emacs 329 4 406 4 402 4 402 4 402 4
805 epoc 34 8 35 8 31 8 31 8 31 8
806 h2pl 24 15 24 15 12 15 12 15 12 15
807 hints 377 98 381 98 385 100 368 97 368 97
808 mad 182 8 182 8 174 8 174 8 174 8
809 mint 11 9 11 9 3 9 - - - -
810 mpeix 49 6 49 6 45 6 45 6 45 6
811 NetWare 489 61 489 61 465 61 466 61 466 61
812 os2 552 70 552 70 507 70 507 70 507 70
813 plan9 324 17 324 17 316 17 316 17 316 17
814 Porting 627 40 632 40 933 53 749 54 749 54
815 qnx 5 3 5 4 1 4 1 4 1 4
816 symbian 300 54 300 54 290 54 288 54 288 54
817 utils 260 26 264 27 268 27 269 27 269 27
818 uts 12 3 12 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
819 vmesa 25 4 25 4 21 4 21 4 21 4
820 vms 690 32 722 32 693 30 645 18 645 18
821 vos 19 8 19 8 16 8 16 8 16 8
822 win32 1482 68 1485 68 1497 70 1841 73 1841 73
823 x2p 349 19 349 19 345 19 345 19 345 19
825 ======================================================================
831 Configure 536 1 536 1
840 NetWare 466 61 466 61
843 Porting 750 54 750 54
845 symbian 288 54 288 54
851 win32 1841 73 1841 73
854 =head2 SELECTED PATCH SIZES
856 The "diff lines kB" means that for example the patch 5.003_08, to be
857 applied on top of the 5.003_07 (or whatever was before the 5.003_08)
858 added lines for 110 kilobytes, it removed lines for 19 kilobytes, and
859 changed lines for 424 kilobytes. Just the lines themselves are
860 counted, not their context. The "+ - !" become from the diff(1)
861 context diff output format.
863 Pump- Release Date diff lines kB
866 ======================================================================
868 Chip 5.003_08 1996-Nov-19 110 19 424
869 5.003_09 1996-Nov-26 38 9 248
870 5.003_10 1996-Nov-29 29 2 27
871 5.003_11 1996-Dec-06 73 12 165
872 5.003_12 1996-Dec-19 275 6 436
873 5.003_13 1996-Dec-20 95 1 56
874 5.003_14 1996-Dec-23 23 7 333
875 5.003_15 1996-Dec-23 0 0 1
876 5.003_16 1996-Dec-24 12 3 50
877 5.003_17 1996-Dec-27 19 1 14
878 5.003_18 1996-Dec-31 21 1 32
879 5.003_19 1997-Jan-04 80 3 85
880 5.003_20 1997-Jan-07 18 1 146
881 5.003_21 1997-Jan-15 38 10 221
882 5.003_22 1997-Jan-16 4 0 18
883 5.003_23 1997-Jan-25 71 15 119
884 5.003_24 1997-Jan-29 426 1 20
885 5.003_25 1997-Feb-04 21 8 169
886 5.003_26 1997-Feb-10 16 1 15
887 5.003_27 1997-Feb-18 32 10 38
888 5.003_28 1997-Feb-21 58 4 66
889 5.003_90 1997-Feb-25 22 2 34
890 5.003_91 1997-Mar-01 37 1 39
891 5.003_92 1997-Mar-06 16 3 69
892 5.003_93 1997-Mar-10 12 3 15
893 5.003_94 1997-Mar-22 407 7 200
894 5.003_95 1997-Mar-25 41 1 37
895 5.003_96 1997-Apr-01 283 5 261
896 5.003_97 1997-Apr-03 13 2 34
897 5.003_97a 1997-Apr-05 57 1 27
898 5.003_97b 1997-Apr-08 14 1 20
899 5.003_97c 1997-Apr-10 20 1 16
900 5.003_97d 1997-Apr-13 8 0 16
901 5.003_97e 1997-Apr-15 15 4 46
902 5.003_97f 1997-Apr-17 7 1 33
903 5.003_97g 1997-Apr-18 6 1 42
904 5.003_97h 1997-Apr-24 23 3 68
905 5.003_97i 1997-Apr-25 23 1 31
906 5.003_97j 1997-Apr-28 36 1 49
907 5.003_98 1997-Apr-30 171 12 539
908 5.003_99 1997-May-01 6 0 7
909 5.003_99a 1997-May-09 36 2 61
910 p54rc1 1997-May-12 8 1 11
911 p54rc2 1997-May-14 6 0 40
913 5.004 1997-May-15 4 0 4
915 Tim 5.004_01 1997-Jun-13 222 14 57
916 5.004_02 1997-Aug-07 112 16 119
917 5.004_03 1997-Sep-05 109 0 17
918 5.004_04 1997-Oct-15 66 8 173
920 =head3 The patch-free era
922 In more modern times, named releases don't come as often, and as progress
923 can be followed (nearly) instantly (with rsync, and since late 2008, git)
924 patches between versions are no longer provided. However, that doesn't
925 keep us from calculating how large a patch could have been. Which is
926 shown in the table below. Unless noted otherwise, the size mentioned is
927 the patch to bring version x.y.z to x.y.z+1.
929 Sarathy 5.6.1 2001-Apr-08 531 44 651
930 Rafael 5.6.2 2003-Nov-15 20 11 1819
932 Jarkko 5.8.0 2002-Jul-18 1205 31 471 From 5.7.3
934 5.8.1 2003-Sep-25 243 102 6162
935 Nicholas 5.8.2 2003-Nov-05 10 50 788
936 5.8.3 2004-Jan-14 31 13 360
937 5.8.4 2004-Apr-21 33 8 299
938 5.8.5 2004-Jul-19 11 19 255
939 5.8.6 2004-Nov-27 35 3 192
940 5.8.7 2005-May-30 75 34 778
941 5.8.8 2006-Jan-31 131 42 1251
942 5.8.9 2008-Dec-14 340 132 12988
944 Hugo 5.9.0 2003-Oct-27 281 168 7132 From 5.8.0
945 Rafael 5.9.1 2004-Mar-16 57 250 2107
946 5.9.2 2005-Apr-01 720 57 858
947 5.9.3 2006-Jan-28 1124 102 1906
948 5.9.4 2006-Aug-15 896 60 862
949 5.9.5 2007-Jul-07 1149 128 1062
951 5.10.0 2007-Dec-18 50 31 13111 From 5.9.5
954 =head1 THE KEEPERS OF THE RECORDS
956 Jarkko Hietaniemi <F<jhi@iki.fi>>.
958 Thanks to the collective memory of the Perlfolk. In addition to the
959 Keepers of the Pumpkin also Alan Champion, Mark Dominus,
960 Andreas KE<0xf6>nig, John Macdonald, Matthias Neeracher, Jeff Okamoto,
961 Michael Peppler, Randal Schwartz, and Paul D. Smith sent corrections
962 and additions. Abigail added file and patch size data for the 5.6.0 - 5.10