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,
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 5.004_05.
284 5.004_04-m2 1998-May-01
285 5.004_04-m3 1998-May-15
286 5.004_04-m4 1998-May-19
287 5.004_05-MT5 1998-Jul-21
288 5.004_05-MT6 1998-Oct-09
289 5.004_05-MT7 1998-Nov-22
290 5.004_05-MT8 1998-Dec-03
291 Chip 5.004_05-MT9 1999-Apr-26
294 Malcolm 5.004_50 1997-Sep-09 The 5.005 development track.
311 Sarathy 5.004_67 1998-Jun-15
318 5.004_74 1998-Jul-14 5.005 beta candidate.
319 5.004_75 1998-Jul-15 5.005 beta1.
320 5.004_76 1998-Jul-21 5.005 beta2.
322 Sarathy 5.005 1998-Jul-22 Oneperl.
324 Sarathy 5.005_01 1998-Jul-27 The 5.005 maintenance track.
325 5.005_02-T1 1998-Aug-02
326 5.005_02-T2 1998-Aug-05
328 Graham 5.005_03-MT1 1998-Nov-30
329 5.005_03-MT2 1999-Jan-04
330 5.005_03-MT3 1999-Jan-17
331 5.005_03-MT4 1999-Jan-26
332 5.005_03-MT5 1999-Jan-28
333 5.005_03-MT6 1999-Mar-05
335 Leon 5.005_04-RC1 2004-Feb-05
336 5.005_04-RC2 2004-Feb-18
338 5.005_05-RC1 2009-Feb-16
340 Sarathy 5.005_50 1998-Jul-26 The 5.6 development track.
355 5.5.650 2000-Feb-08 beta1
356 5.5.660 2000-Feb-22 beta2
357 5.5.670 2000-Feb-29 beta3
358 5.6.0-RC1 2000-Mar-09 Release candidate 1.
359 5.6.0-RC2 2000-Mar-14 Release candidate 2.
360 5.6.0-RC3 2000-Mar-21 Release candidate 3.
362 Sarathy 5.6.0 2000-Mar-22
364 Sarathy 5.6.1-TRIAL1 2000-Dec-18 The 5.6 maintenance track.
365 5.6.1-TRIAL2 2001-Jan-31
366 5.6.1-TRIAL3 2001-Mar-19
367 5.6.1-foolish 2001-Apr-01 The "fools-gold" release.
369 Rafael 5.6.2-RC1 2003-Nov-08
370 5.6.2 2003-Nov-15 Fix new build issues
372 Jarkko 5.7.0 2000-Sep-02 The 5.7 track: Development.
374 5.7.2 2001-Jul-13 Virtual release candidate 0.
376 5.8.0-RC1 2002-Jun-01
377 5.8.0-RC2 2002-Jun-21
378 5.8.0-RC3 2002-Jul-13
380 Jarkko 5.8.0 2002-Jul-18
382 Jarkko 5.8.1-RC1 2003-Jul-10 The 5.8 maintenance track
383 5.8.1-RC2 2003-Jul-11
384 5.8.1-RC3 2003-Jul-30
385 5.8.1-RC4 2003-Aug-01
386 5.8.1-RC5 2003-Sep-22
388 Nicholas 5.8.2-RC1 2003-Oct-27
389 5.8.2-RC2 2003-Nov-03
391 5.8.3-RC1 2004-Jan-07
393 5.8.4-RC1 2004-Apr-05
394 5.8.4-RC2 2004-Apr-15
396 5.8.5-RC1 2004-Jul-06
397 5.8.5-RC2 2004-Jul-08
399 5.8.6-RC1 2004-Nov-11
401 5.8.7-RC1 2005-May-18
403 5.8.8-RC1 2006-Jan-20
405 5.8.9-RC1 2008-Nov-10
406 5.8.9-RC2 2008-Dec-06
409 Hugo 5.9.0 2003-Oct-27 The 5.9 development track
410 Rafael 5.9.1 2004-Mar-16
415 5.10.0-RC1 2007-Nov-17
416 5.10.0-RC2 2007-Nov-25
418 Rafael 5.10.0 2007-Dec-18
420 David M 5.10.1-RC1 2009-Aug-06 The 5.10 maintenance track
421 5.10.1-RC2 2009-Aug-18
424 Jesse 5.11.0 2009-Oct-02 The 5.11 development track
426 Leon 5.11.2 2009-Nov-20
427 Jesse 5.11.3 2009-Dec-20
428 Ricardo 5.11.4 2010-Jan-20
429 Steve 5.11.5 2010-Feb-20
430 Jesse 5.12.0-RC0 2010-Mar-21
431 5.12.0-RC1 2010-Mar-29
432 5.12.0-RC2 2010-Apr-01
433 5.12.0-RC3 2010-Apr-02
434 5.12.0-RC4 2010-Apr-06
435 5.12.0-RC5 2010-Apr-09
437 Jesse 5.12.0 2010-Apr-12
439 Jesse 5.12.1-RC2 2010-May-13 The 5.12 maintenance track
440 5.12.1-RC1 2010-May-09
442 5.12.2-RC2 2010-Aug-31
444 Ricardo 5.12.3-RC1 2011-Jan-09
445 Ricardo 5.12.3-RC2 2011-Jan-14
446 Ricardo 5.12.3-RC3 2011-Jan-17
447 Ricardo 5.12.3 2011-Jan-21
448 Leon 5.12.4-RC1 2011-Jun-08
449 Leon 5.12.4 2011-Jun-20
450 Dominic 5.12.5 2012-Nov-10
452 Leon 5.13.0 2010-Apr-20 The 5.13 development track
453 Ricardo 5.13.1 2010-May-20
454 Matt 5.13.2 2010-Jun-22
455 David G 5.13.3 2010-Jul-20
456 Florian 5.13.4 2010-Aug-20
457 Steve 5.13.5 2010-Sep-19
458 Miyagawa 5.13.6 2010-Oct-20
459 BinGOs 5.13.7 2010-Nov-20
460 Zefram 5.13.8 2010-Dec-20
461 Jesse 5.13.9 2011-Jan-20
462 Ævar 5.13.10 2011-Feb-20
463 Florian 5.13.11 2011-Mar-20
464 Jesse 5.14.0RC1 2011-Apr-20
465 Jesse 5.14.0RC2 2011-May-04
466 Jesse 5.14.0RC3 2011-May-11
468 Jesse 5.14.0 2011-May-14 The 5.14 maintenance track
469 Jesse 5.14.1 2011-Jun-16
470 Florian 5.14.2-RC1 2011-Sep-19
472 Dominic 5.14.3 2012-Oct-12
473 David M 5.14.4-RC1 2013-Mar-05
474 David M 5.14.4-RC2 2013-Mar-07
475 David M 5.14.4 2013-Mar-10
477 David G 5.15.0 2011-Jun-20 The 5.15 development track
478 Zefram 5.15.1 2011-Jul-20
479 Ricardo 5.15.2 2011-Aug-20
480 Stevan 5.15.3 2011-Sep-20
481 Florian 5.15.4 2011-Oct-20
482 Steve 5.15.5 2011-Nov-20
483 Dave R 5.15.6 2011-Dec-20
484 BinGOs 5.15.7 2012-Jan-20
485 Max M 5.15.8 2012-Feb-20
486 Abigail 5.15.9 2012-Mar-20
487 Ricardo 5.16.0-RC0 2012-May-10
488 Ricardo 5.16.0-RC1 2012-May-14
489 Ricardo 5.16.0-RC2 2012-May-15
491 Ricardo 5.16.0 2012-May-20 The 5.16 maintenance track
492 Ricardo 5.16.1 2012-Aug-08
493 Ricardo 5.16.2 2012-Nov-01
494 Ricardo 5.16.3-RC1 2013-Mar-06
495 Ricardo 5.16.3 2013-Mar-11
497 Zefram 5.17.0 2012-May-26 The 5.17 development track
498 Jesse L 5.17.1 2012-Jun-20
499 TonyC 5.17.2 2012-Jul-20
500 Steve 5.17.3 2012-Aug-20
501 Florian 5.17.4 2012-Sep-20
502 Florian 5.17.5 2012-Oct-20
503 Ricardo 5.17.6 2012-Nov-20
504 Dave R 5.17.7 2012-Dec-18
505 Aaron 5.17.8 2013-Jan-20
506 BinGOs 5.17.9 2013-Feb-20
507 Max M 5.17.10 2013-Mar-21
508 Ricardo 5.17.11 2013-Apr-20
510 Ricardo 5.18.0-RC1 2013-May-11 The 5.18 maintenance track
511 Ricardo 5.18.0-RC2 2013-May-12
512 Ricardo 5.18.0-RC3 2013-May-13
513 Ricardo 5.18.0-RC4 2013-May-15
514 Ricardo 5.18.0 2013-May-18
515 Ricardo 5.18.1-RC1 2013-Aug-01
516 Ricardo 5.18.1-RC2 2013-Aug-03
517 Ricardo 5.18.1-RC3 2013-Aug-08
518 Ricardo 5.18.1 2013-Aug-12
519 Ricardo 5.18.2 2014-Jan-06
520 Ricardo 5.18.3-RC1 2014-Sep-17
521 Ricardo 5.18.3-RC2 2014-Sep-27
522 Ricardo 5.18.3 2014-Oct-01
523 Ricardo 5.18.4 2014-Oct-01
525 Ricardo 5.19.0 2013-May-20 The 5.19 development track
526 David G 5.19.1 2013-Jun-21
527 Aristotle 5.19.2 2013-Jul-22
528 Steve 5.19.3 2013-Aug-20
529 Steve 5.19.4 2013-Sep-20
530 Steve 5.19.5 2013-Oct-20
531 BinGOs 5.19.6 2013-Nov-20
532 Abigail 5.19.7 2013-Dec-20
533 Ricardo 5.19.8 2014-Jan-20
534 TonyC 5.19.9 2014-Feb-20
535 Aaron 5.19.10 2014-Mar-20
536 Steve 5.19.11 2014-Apr-20
538 Ricardo 5.20.0-RC1 2014-May-16 The 5.20 maintenance track
539 Ricardo 5.20.0 2014-May-27
540 Steve 5.20.1-RC1 2014-Aug-25
541 Steve 5.20.1-RC2 2014-Sep-07
542 Steve 5.20.1 2014-Sep-14
543 Steve 5.20.2-RC1 2015-Jan-31
544 Steve 5.20.2 2015-Feb-14
545 Steve 5.20.3-RC1 2015-Aug-22
546 Steve 5.20.3-RC2 2015-Aug-29
547 Steve 5.20.3 2015-Sep-12
549 Ricardo 5.21.0 2014-May-27 The 5.21 development track
550 Matthew H 5.21.1 2014-Jun-20
551 Abigail 5.21.2 2014-Jul-20
552 Peter 5.21.3 2014-Aug-20
553 Steve 5.21.4 2014-Sep-20
554 Abigail 5.21.5 2014-Oct-20
555 BinGOs 5.21.6 2014-Nov-20
556 Max M 5.21.7 2014-Dec-20
557 Matthew H 5.21.8 2015-Jan-20
558 Sawyer X 5.21.9 2015-Feb-20
559 Steve 5.21.10 2015-Mar-20
560 Steve 5.21.11 2015-Apr-20
562 Ricardo 5.22.0-RC1 2015-May-19 The 5.22 maintenance track
563 Ricardo 5.22.0-RC2 2015-May-21
564 Ricardo 5.22.0 2015-Jun-01
565 Steve 5.22.1-RC1 2015-Oct-31
566 Steve 5.22.1-RC2 2015-Nov-15
567 Steve 5.22.1-RC3 2015-Dec-02
568 Steve 5.22.1-RC4 2015-Dec-08
569 Steve 5.22.1 2015-Dec-13
570 Steve 5.22.2-RC1 2016-Apr-10
571 Steve 5.22.2 2016-Apr-29
572 Steve 5.22.3-RC1 2016-Jul-17
573 Steve 5.22.3-RC2 2016-Jul-25
574 Steve 5.22.3-RC3 2016-Aug-11
575 Steve 5.22.3-RC4 2016-Oct-12
576 Steve 5.22.3-RC5 2017-Jan-02
577 Steve 5.22.3 2017-Jan-14
578 Steve 5.22.4-RC1 2017-Jul-01
579 Steve 5.22.4 2017-Jul-15
581 Ricardo 5.23.0 2015-Jun-20 The 5.23 development track
582 Matthew H 5.23.1 2015-Jul-20
583 Matthew H 5.23.2 2015-Aug-20
584 Peter 5.23.3 2015-Sep-20
585 Steve 5.23.4 2015-Oct-20
586 Abigail 5.23.5 2015-Nov-20
587 David G 5.23.6 2015-Dec-21
588 Stevan 5.23.7 2016-Jan-20
589 Sawyer X 5.23.8 2016-Feb-20
590 Abigail 5.23.9 2016-Mar-20
592 Ricardo 5.24.0-RC1 2016-Apr-13 The 5.24 maintenance track
593 Ricardo 5.24.0-RC2 2016-Apr-23
594 Ricardo 5.24.0-RC3 2016-Apr-26
595 Ricardo 5.24.0-RC4 2016-May-02
596 Ricardo 5.24.0-RC5 2016-May-04
597 Ricardo 5.24.0 2016-May-09
598 Steve 5.24.1-RC1 2016-Jul-17
599 Steve 5.24.1-RC2 2016-Jul-25
600 Steve 5.24.1-RC3 2016-Aug-11
601 Steve 5.24.1-RC4 2016-Oct-12
602 Steve 5.24.1-RC5 2017-Jan-02
603 Steve 5.24.1 2017-Jan-14
604 Steve 5.24.2-RC1 2017-Jul-01
605 Steve 5.24.2 2017-Jul-15
606 Steve 5.24.3-RC1 2017-Sep-10
607 Steve 5.24.3 2017-Sep-22
608 Steve 5.24.4-RC1 2018-Mar-24
609 Steve 5.24.4 2018-Apr-14
611 Ricardo 5.25.0 2016-May-09 The 5.25 development track
612 Sawyer X 5.25.1 2016-May-20
613 Matthew H 5.25.2 2016-Jun-20
614 Steve 5.25.3 2016-Jul-20
615 BinGOs 5.25.4 2016-Aug-20
616 Stevan 5.25.5 2016-Sep-20
617 Aaron 5.25.6 2016-Oct-20
618 Chad 5.25.7 2016-Nov-20
619 Sawyer X 5.25.8 2016-Dec-20
620 Abigail 5.25.9 2017-Jan-20
621 Renee 5.25.10 2017-Feb-20
622 Sawyer X 5.25.11 2017-Mar-20
623 Sawyer X 5.25.12 2017-Apr-20
625 Sawyer X 5.26.0-RC1 2017-May-11 The 5.26 maintenance track
626 Sawyer X 5.26.0-RC2 2017-May-23
627 Sawyer X 5.26.0 2017-May-30
628 Steve 5.26.1-RC1 2017-Sep-10
629 Steve 5.26.1 2017-Sep-22
630 Steve 5.26.2-RC1 2018-Mar-24
631 Steve 5.26.2 2018-Apr-14
632 Steve 5.26.3-RC1 2018-Nov-08
633 Steve 5.26.3 2018-Nov-29
635 Sawyer X 5.27.0 2017-May-31 The 5.27 development track
636 Eric 5.27.1 2017-Jun-20
637 Aaron 5.27.2 2017-Jul-20
638 Matthew H 5.27.3 2017-Aug-21
639 John 5.27.4 2017-Sep-20
640 Steve 5.27.5 2017-Oct-20
641 Ether 5.27.6 2017-Nov-20
642 BinGOs 5.27.7 2017-Dec-20
643 Abigail 5.27.8 2018-Jan-20
644 Renee 5.27.9 2018-Feb-20
645 Todd 5.27.10 2018-Mar-20
646 Sawyer X 5.27.11 2018-Apr-20
648 Sawyer X 5.28.0-RC1 2018-May-21 The 5.28 maintenance track
649 Sawyer X 5.28.0-RC2 2018-Jun-06
650 Sawyer X 5.28.0-RC3 2018-Jun-18
651 Sawyer X 5.28.0-RC4 2018-Jun-19
652 Sawyer X 5.28.0 2018-Jun-22
653 Steve 5.28.1-RC1 2018-Nov-08
654 Steve 5.28.1 2018-Nov-29
655 Steve 5.28.2-RC1 2019-Apr-05
656 Steve 5.28.2 2019-Apr-19
657 Steve 5.28.3-RC1 2020-May-18
658 Steve 5.28.3 2020-Jun-01
660 Sawyer X 5.29.0 2018-Jun-26 The 5.29 development track
661 Steve 5.29.1 2018-Jul-20
662 BinGOs 5.29.2 2018-Aug-20
663 John 5.29.3 2018-Sep-20
664 Aaron 5.29.4 2018-Oct-20
665 Ether 5.29.5 2018-Nov-20
666 Abigail 5.29.6 2018-Dec-18
667 Abigail 5.29.7 2019-Jan-20
668 Nicolas R 5.29.8 2019-Feb-20
669 Zak Elep 5.29.9 2019-Mar-20
670 Sawyer X 5.29.10 2019-Apr-20
672 Sawyer X 5.30.0-RC1 2019-May-11 The 5.30 maintenance track
673 Sawyer X 5.30.0-RC2 2019-May-17
674 Sawyer X 5.30.0 2019-May-22
675 Steve 5.30.1-RC1 2019-Oct-27
676 Steve 5.30.1 2019-Nov-10
677 Steve 5.30.2-RC1 2020-Feb-29
678 Steve 5.30.2 2020-Mar-14
679 Steve 5.30.3-RC1 2020-May-18
680 Steve 5.30.3 2020-Jun-01
682 Sawyer X 5.31.0 2019-May-24 The 5.31 development track
683 Ether 5.31.1 2019-Jun-20
684 Steve 5.31.2 2019-Jul-20
685 Tom H 5.31.3 2019-Aug-20
686 Max M 5.31.4 2019-Sep-20
687 Steve 5.31.5 2019-Oct-20
688 BinGOs 5.31.6 2019-Nov-20
689 Nicolas R 5.31.7 2019-Dec-20
690 Matthew H 5.31.8 2020-Jan-20
691 Renee 5.31.9 2020-Feb-20
692 Sawyer X 5.31.10 2020-Mar-20
693 Sawyer X 5.31.11 2020-Apr-28
695 Sawyer X 5.32.0-RC0 2020-May-30 The 5.32 maintenance track
696 Sawyer X 5.32.0-RC1 2020-Jun-07
697 Sawyer X 5.32.0 2020-Jun-20
698 Steve 5.32.1-RC1 2021-Jan-09
699 Steve 5.32.1 2021-Jan-23
701 Sawyer X 5.33.0 2020-Jul-17 The 5.33 development track
702 Ether 5.33.1 2020-Aug-20
703 Sawyer X 5.33.2 2020-Sep-20
704 Steve 5.33.3 2020-Oct-20
705 Tom H 5.33.4 2020-Nov-20
706 Max M 5.33.5 2020-Dec-20
707 Richard L 5.33.6 2021-Jan-20
708 Renee 5.33.7 2021-Feb-20
709 Nicolas R 5.33.8 2021-Mar-20
710 Todd R 5.33.9 2021-Apr-20
712 Sawyer X 5.34.0-RC1 2021-May-04 The 5.34 maintenance track
713 Sawyer X 5.34.0-RC2 2021-May-15
714 Sawyer X 5.34.0 2021-May-20
716 Ricardo 5.35.0 2021-May-20 The 5.35 development track
717 Max 5.35.1 2021-Jun-20
718 Neil B 5.35.2 2021-Jul-23
719 Ether 5.35.3 2021-Aug-20
720 Matthew H 5.35.4 2021-Sep-20
721 Leon T 5.35.5 2021-Oct-21
722 Richard L 5.35.6 2021-Nov-20
723 Neil B 5.35.7 2021-Dec-20
724 Nicolas R 5.35.8 2022-Jan-20
726 =head2 SELECTED RELEASE SIZES
728 For example the notation "core: 212 29" in the release 1.000 means that
729 it had in the core 212 kilobytes, in 29 files. The "core".."doc" are
732 release core lib ext t doc
733 ======================================================================
735 1.000 212 29 - - - - 38 51 62 3
736 1.014 219 29 - - - - 39 52 68 4
737 2.000 309 31 2 3 - - 55 57 92 4
738 2.001 312 31 2 3 - - 55 57 94 4
739 3.000 508 36 24 11 - - 79 73 156 5
740 3.044 645 37 61 20 - - 90 74 190 6
741 4.000 635 37 59 20 - - 91 75 198 4
742 4.019 680 37 85 29 - - 98 76 199 4
743 4.036 709 37 89 30 - - 98 76 208 5
744 5.000alpha2 785 50 114 32 - - 112 86 209 5
745 5.000alpha3 801 50 117 33 - - 121 87 209 5
746 5.000alpha9 1022 56 149 43 116 29 125 90 217 6
747 5.000a12h 978 49 140 49 205 46 152 97 228 9
748 5.000b3h 1035 53 232 70 216 38 162 94 218 21
749 5.000 1038 53 250 76 216 38 154 92 536 62
750 5.001m 1071 54 388 82 240 38 159 95 544 29
751 5.002 1121 54 661 101 287 43 155 94 847 35
752 5.003 1129 54 680 102 291 43 166 100 853 35
753 5.003_07 1231 60 748 106 396 53 213 137 976 39
754 5.004 1351 60 1230 136 408 51 355 161 1587 55
755 5.004_01 1356 60 1258 138 410 51 358 161 1587 55
756 5.004_04 1375 60 1294 139 413 51 394 162 1629 55
757 5.004_05 1463 60 1435 150 394 50 445 175 1855 59
758 5.004_51 1401 61 1260 140 413 53 358 162 1594 56
759 5.004_53 1422 62 1295 141 438 70 394 162 1637 56
760 5.004_56 1501 66 1301 140 447 74 408 165 1648 57
761 5.004_59 1555 72 1317 142 448 74 424 171 1678 58
762 5.004_62 1602 77 1327 144 629 92 428 173 1674 58
763 5.004_65 1626 77 1358 146 615 92 446 179 1698 60
764 5.004_68 1856 74 1382 152 619 92 463 187 1784 60
765 5.004_70 1863 75 1456 154 675 92 494 194 1809 60
766 5.004_73 1874 76 1467 152 762 102 506 196 1883 61
767 5.004_75 1877 76 1467 152 770 103 508 196 1896 62
768 5.005 1896 76 1469 152 795 103 509 197 1945 63
769 5.005_03 1936 77 1541 153 813 104 551 201 2176 72
770 5.005_50 1969 78 1842 301 795 103 514 198 1948 63
771 5.005_53 1999 79 1885 303 806 104 602 224 2002 67
772 5.005_56 2086 79 1970 307 866 113 672 238 2221 75
773 5.6.0 2820 79 2626 364 1096 129 863 280 2840 93
774 5.6.1 2946 78 2921 430 1171 132 1024 304 3330 102
775 5.6.2 2947 78 3143 451 1247 127 1303 387 3406 102
776 5.7.0 2977 80 2801 425 1250 132 975 307 3206 100
777 5.7.1 3351 84 3442 455 1944 167 1334 357 3698 124
778 5.7.2 3491 87 4858 618 3290 298 1598 449 3910 139
779 5.7.3 3299 85 4295 537 2196 300 2176 626 4171 120
780 5.8.0 3489 87 4533 585 2437 331 2588 726 4368 125
781 5.8.1 3674 90 5104 623 2604 353 2983 836 4625 134
782 5.8.2 3633 90 5111 623 2623 357 3019 848 4634 135
783 5.8.3 3625 90 5141 624 2660 363 3083 869 4669 136
784 5.8.4 3653 90 5170 634 2684 368 3148 885 4689 137
785 5.8.5 3664 90 4260 303 2707 369 3208 898 4689 138
786 5.8.6 3690 90 4271 303 3141 396 3411 925 4709 139
787 5.8.7 3788 90 4322 307 3297 401 3485 964 4744 141
788 5.8.8 3895 90 4357 314 3409 431 3622 1017 4979 144
789 5.8.9 4132 93 5508 330 3826 529 4364 1234 5348 152
790 5.9.0 3657 90 4951 626 2603 354 3011 841 4609 135
791 5.9.1 3580 90 5196 634 2665 367 3186 889 4725 138
792 5.9.2 3863 90 4654 312 3283 403 3551 973 4800 142
793 5.9.3 4096 91 5318 381 4806 597 4272 1214 5139 147
794 5.9.4 4393 94 5718 415 4578 642 4646 1310 5335 153
795 5.9.5 4681 96 6849 479 4827 671 5155 1490 5572 159
796 5.10.0 4710 97 7050 486 4899 673 5275 1503 5673 160
797 5.10.1 4858 98 7440 519 6195 921 6147 1751 5151 163
798 5.12.0 4999 100 1146 121 15227 2176 6400 1843 5342 168
799 5.12.1 5000 100 1146 121 15283 2178 6407 1846 5354 169
800 5.12.2 5003 100 1146 121 15404 2178 6413 1846 5376 170
801 5.12.3 5004 100 1146 121 15529 2180 6417 1848 5391 171
802 5.14.0 5328 104 1100 114 17779 2479 7697 2130 5871 188
803 5.16.0 5562 109 1077 80 20504 2702 8750 2375 4815 152
804 5.18.0 5892 113 1088 79 20077 2760 9365 2439 4943 154
805 5.20.0 6243 115 1187 75 19499 2701 9620 2457 5145 159
806 5.22.0 7819 115 1284 77 19121 2635 9772 2434 5615 176
807 5.24.0 7922 113 1287 77 19535 2677 9994 2465 5702 177
808 5.26.0 9140 121 24925 1200 40643 3017 10514 2614 7854 211
809 5.28.0 13056 128 27267 1230 41745 3130 10952 2715 8185 218
810 5.30.0 13535 128 26294 1237 39643 3080 11083 2711 8252 222
811 5.32.0 14147 127 25562 1255 40869 3098 11334 2734 8407 225
812 5.34.0 14620 126 28150 1262 42711 3138 11535 2774 8791 228
814 The "core"..."doc" mean the following files from the Perl source code
815 distribution. The glob notation ** means recursively, (.) means
820 ext ext/**/*.{[hcyt],xs,pm} (for -5.10.1) or
821 {dist,ext,cpan}/**/*.{[hcyt],xs,pm} (for 5.12.0-)
822 t t/**/*(.) (for 1-5.005_56) or **/*.t (for 5.6.0-5.7.3)
823 doc {README*,INSTALL,*[_.]man{,.?},pod/**/*.pod}
825 Here are some statistics for the other subdirectories and one file in
826 the Perl source distribution for somewhat more selected releases.
828 ======================================================================
833 Configure 31 1 37 1 62 1
839 x2p 103 17 104 17 137 17
841 ======================================================================
845 atarist - - - - 113 31
846 Configure 73 1 83 1 86 1
849 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12
851 msdos 57 15 58 15 60 15
852 os2 81 29 81 29 113 31
854 x2p 147 18 152 19 154 19
856 ======================================================================
858 5.000a2 5.000a12h 5.000b3h 5.000 5.001m
860 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
861 atarist 113 31 113 31 - - - - - -
862 bench - - 0 1 - - - - - -
863 Bugs 2 5 26 1 - - - - - -
864 dlperl 40 5 - - - - - - - -
865 do 127 71 - - - - - - - -
866 Configure - - 153 1 159 1 160 1 180 1
867 Doc - - 26 1 75 7 11 1 11 1
868 eg 79 58 53 44 51 43 54 44 54 44
869 emacs 67 4 104 6 104 6 104 1 104 6
870 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
871 hints 11 56 12 46 18 48 18 48 44 56
872 msdos 60 15 60 15 - - - - - -
873 os2 113 31 113 31 - - - - - -
874 U - - 62 8 112 42 - - - -
875 usub 43 8 - - - - - - - -
876 vms - - 80 7 123 9 184 15 304 20
877 x2p 171 22 171 21 162 20 162 20 279 20
879 ======================================================================
883 Configure 201 1 201 1 217 1
885 emacs 108 1 108 1 143 1
886 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12
887 hints 73 59 77 60 90 62
888 os2 84 17 56 10 117 42
892 vms 500 24 475 26 505 27
893 x2p 280 20 280 20 280 19
895 ======================================================================
897 5.004 5.004_04 5.004_62 5.004_65 5.004_68
899 beos - - - - - - 1 1 1 1
900 Configure 225 1 225 1 240 1 248 1 256 1
901 cygwin32 23 5 23 5 23 5 24 5 24 5
902 djgpp - - - - 14 5 14 5 14 5
903 eg 81 62 81 62 81 62 81 62 81 62
904 emacs 194 1 204 1 212 2 212 2 212 2
905 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
906 hints 129 69 132 71 144 72 151 74 155 74
907 os2 121 42 127 42 127 44 129 44 129 44
908 plan9 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15
909 Porting 94 2 109 4 203 6 234 8 241 9
910 qnx 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2
911 utils 112 8 118 8 124 8 156 9 159 9
912 vms 518 34 524 34 538 34 569 34 569 34
913 win32 285 33 378 36 470 39 493 39 575 41
914 x2p 281 19 281 19 281 19 282 19 281 19
916 ======================================================================
918 5.004_70 5.004_73 5.004_75 5.005 5.005_03
920 apollo - - - - - - - - 0 1
921 beos 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
922 Configure 256 1 256 1 264 1 264 1 270 1
923 cygwin32 24 5 24 5 24 5 24 5 24 5
924 djgpp 14 5 14 5 14 5 14 5 15 5
925 eg 86 65 86 65 86 65 86 65 86 65
926 emacs 262 2 262 2 262 2 262 2 274 2
927 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
928 hints 157 74 157 74 159 74 160 74 179 77
929 mint - - - - - - - - 4 7
930 mpeix - - - - 5 3 5 3 5 3
931 os2 129 44 139 44 142 44 143 44 148 44
932 plan9 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15
933 Porting 241 9 253 9 259 10 264 12 272 13
934 qnx 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2
935 utils 160 9 160 9 160 9 160 9 164 9
936 vms 570 34 572 34 573 34 575 34 583 34
937 vos - - - - - - - - 156 10
938 win32 577 41 585 41 585 41 587 41 600 42
939 x2p 281 19 281 19 281 19 281 19 281 19
941 ======================================================================
943 5.6.0 5.6.1 5.6.2 5.7.3
945 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
947 Configure 346 1 361 1 363 1 394 1
948 Cross - - - - - - 4 2
949 djgpp 19 6 19 6 19 6 21 7
950 eg 112 71 112 71 112 71 - -
951 emacs 303 4 319 4 319 4 319 4
952 epoc 29 8 35 8 35 8 36 8
953 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15
954 hints 242 83 250 84 321 89 272 87
955 mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9
956 mpeix 9 4 9 4 9 4 9 4
957 NetWare - - - - - - 423 57
958 os2 214 59 224 60 224 60 357 66
959 plan9 92 17 92 17 92 17 85 15
960 Porting 361 15 390 16 390 16 425 21
962 utils 228 12 221 11 222 11 267 13
964 vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4
965 vms 686 38 627 38 627 38 649 36
966 vos 227 12 249 15 248 15 281 17
967 win32 755 41 782 42 801 42 1006 50
968 x2p 307 20 307 20 307 20 345 20
970 ======================================================================
972 5.8.0 5.8.1 5.8.2 5.8.3 5.8.4
974 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
975 beos 6 4 6 4 6 4 6 4 6 4
976 Configure 472 1 493 1 493 1 493 1 494 1
977 Cross 4 2 45 10 45 10 45 10 45 10
978 djgpp 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7
979 emacs 319 4 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4
980 epoc 33 8 33 8 33 8 33 8 33 8
981 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15
982 hints 294 88 321 89 321 89 321 89 348 91
983 mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9
984 mpeix 24 5 25 5 25 5 25 5 25 5
985 NetWare 488 61 490 61 490 61 490 61 488 61
986 os2 361 66 445 67 450 67 488 67 488 67
987 plan9 85 15 325 17 325 17 325 17 321 17
988 Porting 479 22 537 32 538 32 539 32 538 33
989 qnx 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3
990 utils 275 15 258 16 258 16 263 19 263 19
991 uts 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3
992 vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4
993 vms 648 36 654 36 654 36 656 36 656 36
994 vos 330 20 335 20 335 20 335 20 335 20
995 win32 1062 49 1125 49 1127 49 1126 49 1181 56
996 x2p 347 20 348 20 348 20 348 20 348 20
998 ======================================================================
1000 5.8.5 5.8.6 5.8.7 5.8.8 5.8.9
1002 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
1003 beos 6 4 6 4 8 4 8 4 8 4
1004 Configure 494 1 494 1 495 1 506 1 520 1
1005 Cross 45 10 45 10 45 10 45 10 46 10
1006 djgpp 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7
1007 emacs 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4 406 4
1008 epoc 33 8 33 8 33 8 34 8 35 8
1009 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15
1010 hints 350 91 352 91 355 94 360 94 387 99
1011 mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9
1012 mpeix 25 5 25 5 25 5 49 6 49 6
1013 NetWare 488 61 488 61 488 61 490 61 491 61
1014 os2 488 67 488 67 488 67 488 67 552 70
1015 plan9 321 17 321 17 321 17 322 17 324 17
1016 Porting 538 34 548 35 549 35 564 37 625 41
1017 qnx 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3
1018 utils 265 19 265 19 266 19 267 19 281 21
1019 uts 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3
1020 vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4
1021 vms 657 36 658 36 662 36 664 36 716 35
1022 vos 335 20 335 20 335 20 336 21 345 22
1023 win32 1183 56 1190 56 1199 56 1219 56 1484 68
1024 x2p 349 20 349 20 349 20 349 19 350 19
1026 ======================================================================
1028 5.9.0 5.9.1 5.9.2 5.9.3 5.9.4
1030 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
1031 beos 6 4 6 4 8 4 8 4 8 4
1032 Configure 493 1 493 1 495 1 508 1 512 1
1033 Cross 45 10 45 10 45 10 45 10 46 10
1034 djgpp 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7
1035 emacs 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4
1036 epoc 33 8 33 8 33 8 34 8 34 8
1037 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15
1038 hints 321 89 346 91 355 94 359 94 366 96
1039 mad - - - - - - - - 174 6
1040 mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9
1041 mpeix 25 5 25 5 25 5 49 6 49 6
1042 NetWare 489 61 487 61 487 61 489 61 489 61
1043 os2 444 67 488 67 488 67 488 67 488 67
1044 plan9 325 17 321 17 321 17 322 17 323 17
1045 Porting 537 32 536 33 549 36 564 38 576 38
1046 qnx 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3
1047 symbian - - - - - - 293 53 293 53
1048 utils 258 16 263 19 268 20 273 23 275 24
1049 uts 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3
1050 vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4
1051 vms 660 36 547 33 553 33 661 33 696 33
1052 vos 11 7 11 7 11 7 11 7 11 7
1053 win32 1120 49 1124 51 1191 56 1209 56 1719 90
1054 x2p 348 20 348 20 349 20 349 19 349 19
1056 ======================================================================
1058 5.9.5 5.10.0 5.10.1 5.12.0 5.12.1
1060 apollo 8 3 8 3 0 3 0 3 0 3
1061 beos 8 4 8 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
1062 Configure 518 1 518 1 533 1 536 1 536 1
1063 Cross 122 15 122 15 119 15 118 15 118 15
1064 djgpp 21 7 21 7 17 7 17 7 17 7
1065 emacs 329 4 406 4 402 4 402 4 402 4
1066 epoc 34 8 35 8 31 8 31 8 31 8
1067 h2pl 24 15 24 15 12 15 12 15 12 15
1068 hints 377 98 381 98 385 100 368 97 368 97
1069 mad 182 8 182 8 174 8 174 8 174 8
1070 mint 11 9 11 9 3 9 - - - -
1071 mpeix 49 6 49 6 45 6 45 6 45 6
1072 NetWare 489 61 489 61 465 61 466 61 466 61
1073 os2 552 70 552 70 507 70 507 70 507 70
1074 plan9 324 17 324 17 316 17 316 17 316 17
1075 Porting 627 40 632 40 933 53 749 54 749 54
1076 qnx 5 3 5 4 1 4 1 4 1 4
1077 symbian 300 54 300 54 290 54 288 54 288 54
1078 utils 260 26 264 27 268 27 269 27 269 27
1079 uts 12 3 12 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
1080 vmesa 25 4 25 4 21 4 21 4 21 4
1081 vms 690 32 722 32 693 30 645 18 645 18
1082 vos 19 8 19 8 16 8 16 8 16 8
1083 win32 1482 68 1485 68 1497 70 1841 73 1841 73
1084 x2p 349 19 349 19 345 19 345 19 345 19
1086 ======================================================================
1088 5.12.2 5.12.3 5.14.0 5.16.0 5.18.0
1090 apollo 0 3 0 3 - - - - - -
1091 beos 4 4 4 4 5 4 5 4 - -
1092 Configure 536 1 536 1 539 1 547 1 550 1
1093 Cross 118 15 118 15 118 15 118 15 118 15
1094 djgpp 17 7 17 7 18 7 18 7 18 7
1095 emacs 402 4 402 4 - - - - - -
1096 epoc 31 8 31 8 32 8 30 8 - -
1097 h2pl 12 15 12 15 15 15 15 15 13 15
1098 hints 368 97 368 97 370 96 371 96 354 91
1099 mad 174 8 174 8 176 8 176 8 174 8
1100 mpeix 45 6 45 6 46 6 46 6 - -
1101 NetWare 466 61 466 61 473 61 472 61 469 61
1102 os2 507 70 507 70 518 70 519 70 510 70
1103 plan9 316 17 316 17 319 17 319 17 318 17
1104 Porting 750 54 750 54 855 60 1093 69 1149 70
1105 qnx 1 4 1 4 2 4 2 4 1 4
1106 symbian 288 54 288 54 292 54 292 54 290 54
1107 utils 269 27 269 27 249 29 245 30 246 31
1108 uts 8 3 8 3 9 3 9 3 - -
1109 vmesa 21 4 21 4 22 4 22 4 - -
1110 vms 646 18 644 18 639 17 571 15 564 15
1111 vos 16 8 16 8 17 8 9 7 8 7
1112 win32 1841 73 1841 73 1833 72 1655 67 1157 62
1113 x2p 345 19 345 19 346 19 345 19 344 20
1115 ======================================================================
1117 5.20.0 5.22.0 5.24.0
1119 Configure 552 1 570 1 586 1
1120 Cross 118 15 118 15 118 15
1121 djgpp 18 7 17 7 17 7
1122 h2pl 13 15 13 15 13 15
1123 hints 355 90 356 87 362 87
1125 NetWare 467 61 466 61 467 61
1126 os2 510 70 510 70 510 70
1127 plan9 316 17 317 17 314 17
1128 Porting 1204 68 1393 71 1321 71
1130 symbian 290 54 291 54 292 54
1131 utils 241 27 242 27 679 53
1132 vms 538 12 532 12 524 12
1134 win32 1183 64 1201 64 1268 65
1137 ======================================================================
1139 5.26.0 5.28.0 5.30.0
1141 Configure 593 1 580 1 587 1
1142 Cross 122 15 125 15 126 15
1143 djgpp 21 7 21 7 21 7
1144 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15
1145 hints 376 87 364 85 372 86
1147 NetWare 499 61 493 61 493 61
1148 os2 552 70 552 70 552 70
1149 plan9 322 17 309 17 308 17
1150 Porting 1380 73 1462 75 1460 74
1152 symbian 315 54 315 54 315 54
1153 utils 578 50 584 50 587 50
1154 vms 527 12 526 12 526 12
1156 win32 1313 65 1326 65 1331 65
1161 Configure 588 1 592 1
1166 NetWare 484 61 533 61
1169 Porting 1482 75 1514 75
1175 win32 1011 47 1001 46
1177 =head2 SELECTED PATCH SIZES
1179 The "diff lines kB" means that for example the patch 5.003_08, to be
1180 applied on top of the 5.003_07 (or whatever was before the 5.003_08)
1181 added lines for 110 kilobytes, it removed lines for 19 kilobytes, and
1182 changed lines for 424 kilobytes. Just the lines themselves are
1183 counted, not their context. The "+ - !" become from the diff(1)
1184 context diff output format.
1186 Pump- Release Date diff lines kB
1189 ======================================================================
1191 Chip 5.003_08 1996-Nov-19 110 19 424
1192 5.003_09 1996-Nov-26 38 9 248
1193 5.003_10 1996-Nov-29 29 2 27
1194 5.003_11 1996-Dec-06 73 12 165
1195 5.003_12 1996-Dec-19 275 6 436
1196 5.003_13 1996-Dec-20 95 1 56
1197 5.003_14 1996-Dec-23 23 7 333
1198 5.003_15 1996-Dec-23 0 0 1
1199 5.003_16 1996-Dec-24 12 3 50
1200 5.003_17 1996-Dec-27 19 1 14
1201 5.003_18 1996-Dec-31 21 1 32
1202 5.003_19 1997-Jan-04 80 3 85
1203 5.003_20 1997-Jan-07 18 1 146
1204 5.003_21 1997-Jan-15 38 10 221
1205 5.003_22 1997-Jan-16 4 0 18
1206 5.003_23 1997-Jan-25 71 15 119
1207 5.003_24 1997-Jan-29 426 1 20
1208 5.003_25 1997-Feb-04 21 8 169
1209 5.003_26 1997-Feb-10 16 1 15
1210 5.003_27 1997-Feb-18 32 10 38
1211 5.003_28 1997-Feb-21 58 4 66
1212 5.003_90 1997-Feb-25 22 2 34
1213 5.003_91 1997-Mar-01 37 1 39
1214 5.003_92 1997-Mar-06 16 3 69
1215 5.003_93 1997-Mar-10 12 3 15
1216 5.003_94 1997-Mar-22 407 7 200
1217 5.003_95 1997-Mar-25 41 1 37
1218 5.003_96 1997-Apr-01 283 5 261
1219 5.003_97 1997-Apr-03 13 2 34
1220 5.003_97a 1997-Apr-05 57 1 27
1221 5.003_97b 1997-Apr-08 14 1 20
1222 5.003_97c 1997-Apr-10 20 1 16
1223 5.003_97d 1997-Apr-13 8 0 16
1224 5.003_97e 1997-Apr-15 15 4 46
1225 5.003_97f 1997-Apr-17 7 1 33
1226 5.003_97g 1997-Apr-18 6 1 42
1227 5.003_97h 1997-Apr-24 23 3 68
1228 5.003_97i 1997-Apr-25 23 1 31
1229 5.003_97j 1997-Apr-28 36 1 49
1230 5.003_98 1997-Apr-30 171 12 539
1231 5.003_99 1997-May-01 6 0 7
1232 5.003_99a 1997-May-09 36 2 61
1233 p54rc1 1997-May-12 8 1 11
1234 p54rc2 1997-May-14 6 0 40
1236 5.004 1997-May-15 4 0 4
1238 Tim 5.004_01 1997-Jun-13 222 14 57
1239 5.004_02 1997-Aug-07 112 16 119
1240 5.004_03 1997-Sep-05 109 0 17
1241 5.004_04 1997-Oct-15 66 8 173
1243 =head3 The patch-free era
1245 In more modern times, named releases don't come as often, and as progress
1246 can be followed (nearly) instantly (with rsync, and since late 2008, git)
1247 patches between versions are no longer provided. However, that doesn't
1248 keep us from calculating how large a patch could have been. Which is
1249 shown in the table below. Unless noted otherwise, the size mentioned is
1250 the patch to bring version x.y.z to x.y.z+1.
1252 Sarathy 5.6.1 2001-Apr-08 531 44 651
1253 Rafael 5.6.2 2003-Nov-15 20 11 1819
1255 Jarkko 5.8.0 2002-Jul-18 1205 31 471 From 5.7.3
1257 5.8.1 2003-Sep-25 243 102 6162
1258 Nicholas 5.8.2 2003-Nov-05 10 50 788
1259 5.8.3 2004-Jan-14 31 13 360
1260 5.8.4 2004-Apr-21 33 8 299
1261 5.8.5 2004-Jul-19 11 19 255
1262 5.8.6 2004-Nov-27 35 3 192
1263 5.8.7 2005-May-30 75 34 778
1264 5.8.8 2006-Jan-31 131 42 1251
1265 5.8.9 2008-Dec-14 340 132 12988
1267 Hugo 5.9.0 2003-Oct-27 281 168 7132 From 5.8.0
1268 Rafael 5.9.1 2004-Mar-16 57 250 2107
1269 5.9.2 2005-Apr-01 720 57 858
1270 5.9.3 2006-Jan-28 1124 102 1906
1271 5.9.4 2006-Aug-15 896 60 862
1272 5.9.5 2007-Jul-07 1149 128 1062
1274 5.10.0 2007-Dec-18 50 31 13111 From 5.9.5
1277 =head1 THE KEEPERS OF THE RECORDS
1279 Jarkko Hietaniemi <F<jhi@iki.fi>>.
1281 Thanks to the collective memory of the Perlfolk. In addition to the
1282 Keepers of the Pumpkin also Alan Champion, Mark Dominus,
1283 Andreas KE<0xf6>nig, John Macdonald, Matthias Neeracher, Jeff Okamoto,
1284 Michael Peppler, Randal Schwartz, and Paul D. Smith sent corrections
1285 and additions. Abigail added file and patch size data for the 5.6.0 - 5.10