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
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
720 Ricardo 5.35.0 2021-May-20 The 5.35 development track
721 Max 5.35.1 2021-Jun-20
722 Neil B 5.35.2 2021-Jul-23
723 Ether 5.35.3 2021-Aug-20
724 Matthew H 5.35.4 2021-Sep-20
725 Leon T 5.35.5 2021-Oct-21
726 Richard L 5.35.6 2021-Nov-20
727 Neil B 5.35.7 2021-Dec-20
728 Nicolas R 5.35.8 2022-Jan-20
729 Renee 5.35.9 2022-Feb-20
730 Sawyer X 5.35.10 2022-Mar-20
731 Steve 5.35.11 2022-Apr-20
733 Ricardo 5.36.0-RC1 2022-May-20 The 5.36 maintenance track
734 Ricardo 5.36.0-RC2 2022-May-20
735 Ricardo 5.36.0-RC3 2022-May-22
736 Ricardo 5.36.0 2022-May-27
738 Ricardo 5.37.0 2022-May-27 The 5.37 development track
739 Matthew H 5.37.1 2022-Jun-20
740 Nicolas R 5.37.2 2022-Jul-20
741 Neil B 5.37.3 2022-Aug-20
742 Ether 5.37.4 2022-Sep-20
744 =head2 SELECTED RELEASE SIZES
746 For example the notation "core: 212 29" in the release 1.000 means that
747 it had in the core 212 kilobytes, in 29 files. The "core".."doc" are
750 release core lib ext t doc
751 ======================================================================
753 1.000 212 29 - - - - 38 51 62 3
754 1.014 219 29 - - - - 39 52 68 4
755 2.000 309 31 2 3 - - 55 57 92 4
756 2.001 312 31 2 3 - - 55 57 94 4
757 3.000 508 36 24 11 - - 79 73 156 5
758 3.044 645 37 61 20 - - 90 74 190 6
759 4.000 635 37 59 20 - - 91 75 198 4
760 4.019 680 37 85 29 - - 98 76 199 4
761 4.036 709 37 89 30 - - 98 76 208 5
762 5.000alpha2 785 50 114 32 - - 112 86 209 5
763 5.000alpha3 801 50 117 33 - - 121 87 209 5
764 5.000alpha9 1022 56 149 43 116 29 125 90 217 6
765 5.000a12h 978 49 140 49 205 46 152 97 228 9
766 5.000b3h 1035 53 232 70 216 38 162 94 218 21
767 5.000 1038 53 250 76 216 38 154 92 536 62
768 5.001m 1071 54 388 82 240 38 159 95 544 29
769 5.002 1121 54 661 101 287 43 155 94 847 35
770 5.003 1129 54 680 102 291 43 166 100 853 35
771 5.003_07 1231 60 748 106 396 53 213 137 976 39
772 5.004 1351 60 1230 136 408 51 355 161 1587 55
773 5.004_01 1356 60 1258 138 410 51 358 161 1587 55
774 5.004_04 1375 60 1294 139 413 51 394 162 1629 55
775 5.004_05 1463 60 1435 150 394 50 445 175 1855 59
776 5.004_51 1401 61 1260 140 413 53 358 162 1594 56
777 5.004_53 1422 62 1295 141 438 70 394 162 1637 56
778 5.004_56 1501 66 1301 140 447 74 408 165 1648 57
779 5.004_59 1555 72 1317 142 448 74 424 171 1678 58
780 5.004_62 1602 77 1327 144 629 92 428 173 1674 58
781 5.004_65 1626 77 1358 146 615 92 446 179 1698 60
782 5.004_68 1856 74 1382 152 619 92 463 187 1784 60
783 5.004_70 1863 75 1456 154 675 92 494 194 1809 60
784 5.004_73 1874 76 1467 152 762 102 506 196 1883 61
785 5.004_75 1877 76 1467 152 770 103 508 196 1896 62
786 5.005 1896 76 1469 152 795 103 509 197 1945 63
787 5.005_03 1936 77 1541 153 813 104 551 201 2176 72
788 5.005_50 1969 78 1842 301 795 103 514 198 1948 63
789 5.005_53 1999 79 1885 303 806 104 602 224 2002 67
790 5.005_56 2086 79 1970 307 866 113 672 238 2221 75
791 5.6.0 2820 79 2626 364 1096 129 863 280 2840 93
792 5.6.1 2946 78 2921 430 1171 132 1024 304 3330 102
793 5.6.2 2947 78 3143 451 1247 127 1303 387 3406 102
794 5.7.0 2977 80 2801 425 1250 132 975 307 3206 100
795 5.7.1 3351 84 3442 455 1944 167 1334 357 3698 124
796 5.7.2 3491 87 4858 618 3290 298 1598 449 3910 139
797 5.7.3 3299 85 4295 537 2196 300 2176 626 4171 120
798 5.8.0 3489 87 4533 585 2437 331 2588 726 4368 125
799 5.8.1 3674 90 5104 623 2604 353 2983 836 4625 134
800 5.8.2 3633 90 5111 623 2623 357 3019 848 4634 135
801 5.8.3 3625 90 5141 624 2660 363 3083 869 4669 136
802 5.8.4 3653 90 5170 634 2684 368 3148 885 4689 137
803 5.8.5 3664 90 4260 303 2707 369 3208 898 4689 138
804 5.8.6 3690 90 4271 303 3141 396 3411 925 4709 139
805 5.8.7 3788 90 4322 307 3297 401 3485 964 4744 141
806 5.8.8 3895 90 4357 314 3409 431 3622 1017 4979 144
807 5.8.9 4132 93 5508 330 3826 529 4364 1234 5348 152
808 5.9.0 3657 90 4951 626 2603 354 3011 841 4609 135
809 5.9.1 3580 90 5196 634 2665 367 3186 889 4725 138
810 5.9.2 3863 90 4654 312 3283 403 3551 973 4800 142
811 5.9.3 4096 91 5318 381 4806 597 4272 1214 5139 147
812 5.9.4 4393 94 5718 415 4578 642 4646 1310 5335 153
813 5.9.5 4681 96 6849 479 4827 671 5155 1490 5572 159
814 5.10.0 4710 97 7050 486 4899 673 5275 1503 5673 160
815 5.10.1 4858 98 7440 519 6195 921 6147 1751 5151 163
816 5.12.0 4999 100 1146 121 15227 2176 6400 1843 5342 168
817 5.12.1 5000 100 1146 121 15283 2178 6407 1846 5354 169
818 5.12.2 5003 100 1146 121 15404 2178 6413 1846 5376 170
819 5.12.3 5004 100 1146 121 15529 2180 6417 1848 5391 171
820 5.14.0 5328 104 1100 114 17779 2479 7697 2130 5871 188
821 5.16.0 5562 109 1077 80 20504 2702 8750 2375 4815 152
822 5.18.0 5892 113 1088 79 20077 2760 9365 2439 4943 154
823 5.20.0 6243 115 1187 75 19499 2701 9620 2457 5145 159
824 5.22.0 7819 115 1284 77 19121 2635 9772 2434 5615 176
825 5.24.0 7922 113 1287 77 19535 2677 9994 2465 5702 177
826 5.26.0 9140 121 24925 1200 40643 3017 10514 2614 7854 211
827 5.28.0 13056 128 27267 1230 41745 3130 10952 2715 8185 218
828 5.30.0 13535 128 26294 1237 39643 3080 11083 2711 8252 222
829 5.32.0 14147 127 25562 1255 40869 3098 11334 2734 8407 225
830 5.34.0 14620 126 28150 1262 42711 3138 11535 2774 8791 228
831 5.36.0 15300 129 27899 1270 48275 3236 11899 2863 8858 224
833 The "core"..."doc" mean the following files from the Perl source code
834 distribution. The glob notation ** means recursively, (.) means
839 ext ext/**/*.{[hcyt],xs,pm} (for -5.10.1) or
840 {dist,ext,cpan}/**/*.{[hcyt],xs,pm} (for 5.12.0-)
841 t t/**/*(.) (for 1-5.005_56) or **/*.t (for 5.6.0-5.7.3)
842 doc {README*,INSTALL,*[_.]man{,.?},pod/**/*.pod}
844 Here are some statistics for the other subdirectories and one file in
845 the Perl source distribution for somewhat more selected releases.
847 ======================================================================
852 Configure 31 1 37 1 62 1
858 x2p 103 17 104 17 137 17
860 ======================================================================
864 atarist - - - - 113 31
865 Configure 73 1 83 1 86 1
868 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12
870 msdos 57 15 58 15 60 15
871 os2 81 29 81 29 113 31
873 x2p 147 18 152 19 154 19
875 ======================================================================
877 5.000a2 5.000a12h 5.000b3h 5.000 5.001m
879 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
880 atarist 113 31 113 31 - - - - - -
881 bench - - 0 1 - - - - - -
882 Bugs 2 5 26 1 - - - - - -
883 dlperl 40 5 - - - - - - - -
884 do 127 71 - - - - - - - -
885 Configure - - 153 1 159 1 160 1 180 1
886 Doc - - 26 1 75 7 11 1 11 1
887 eg 79 58 53 44 51 43 54 44 54 44
888 emacs 67 4 104 6 104 6 104 1 104 6
889 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
890 hints 11 56 12 46 18 48 18 48 44 56
891 msdos 60 15 60 15 - - - - - -
892 os2 113 31 113 31 - - - - - -
893 U - - 62 8 112 42 - - - -
894 usub 43 8 - - - - - - - -
895 vms - - 80 7 123 9 184 15 304 20
896 x2p 171 22 171 21 162 20 162 20 279 20
898 ======================================================================
902 Configure 201 1 201 1 217 1
904 emacs 108 1 108 1 143 1
905 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12
906 hints 73 59 77 60 90 62
907 os2 84 17 56 10 117 42
911 vms 500 24 475 26 505 27
912 x2p 280 20 280 20 280 19
914 ======================================================================
916 5.004 5.004_04 5.004_62 5.004_65 5.004_68
918 beos - - - - - - 1 1 1 1
919 Configure 225 1 225 1 240 1 248 1 256 1
920 cygwin32 23 5 23 5 23 5 24 5 24 5
921 djgpp - - - - 14 5 14 5 14 5
922 eg 81 62 81 62 81 62 81 62 81 62
923 emacs 194 1 204 1 212 2 212 2 212 2
924 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
925 hints 129 69 132 71 144 72 151 74 155 74
926 os2 121 42 127 42 127 44 129 44 129 44
927 plan9 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15
928 Porting 94 2 109 4 203 6 234 8 241 9
929 qnx 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2
930 utils 112 8 118 8 124 8 156 9 159 9
931 vms 518 34 524 34 538 34 569 34 569 34
932 win32 285 33 378 36 470 39 493 39 575 41
933 x2p 281 19 281 19 281 19 282 19 281 19
935 ======================================================================
937 5.004_70 5.004_73 5.004_75 5.005 5.005_03
939 apollo - - - - - - - - 0 1
940 beos 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
941 Configure 256 1 256 1 264 1 264 1 270 1
942 cygwin32 24 5 24 5 24 5 24 5 24 5
943 djgpp 14 5 14 5 14 5 14 5 15 5
944 eg 86 65 86 65 86 65 86 65 86 65
945 emacs 262 2 262 2 262 2 262 2 274 2
946 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
947 hints 157 74 157 74 159 74 160 74 179 77
948 mint - - - - - - - - 4 7
949 mpeix - - - - 5 3 5 3 5 3
950 os2 129 44 139 44 142 44 143 44 148 44
951 plan9 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15
952 Porting 241 9 253 9 259 10 264 12 272 13
953 qnx 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2
954 utils 160 9 160 9 160 9 160 9 164 9
955 vms 570 34 572 34 573 34 575 34 583 34
956 vos - - - - - - - - 156 10
957 win32 577 41 585 41 585 41 587 41 600 42
958 x2p 281 19 281 19 281 19 281 19 281 19
960 ======================================================================
962 5.6.0 5.6.1 5.6.2 5.7.3
964 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
966 Configure 346 1 361 1 363 1 394 1
967 Cross - - - - - - 4 2
968 djgpp 19 6 19 6 19 6 21 7
969 eg 112 71 112 71 112 71 - -
970 emacs 303 4 319 4 319 4 319 4
971 epoc 29 8 35 8 35 8 36 8
972 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15
973 hints 242 83 250 84 321 89 272 87
974 mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9
975 mpeix 9 4 9 4 9 4 9 4
976 NetWare - - - - - - 423 57
977 os2 214 59 224 60 224 60 357 66
978 plan9 92 17 92 17 92 17 85 15
979 Porting 361 15 390 16 390 16 425 21
981 utils 228 12 221 11 222 11 267 13
983 vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4
984 vms 686 38 627 38 627 38 649 36
985 vos 227 12 249 15 248 15 281 17
986 win32 755 41 782 42 801 42 1006 50
987 x2p 307 20 307 20 307 20 345 20
989 ======================================================================
991 5.8.0 5.8.1 5.8.2 5.8.3 5.8.4
993 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
994 beos 6 4 6 4 6 4 6 4 6 4
995 Configure 472 1 493 1 493 1 493 1 494 1
996 Cross 4 2 45 10 45 10 45 10 45 10
997 djgpp 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7
998 emacs 319 4 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4
999 epoc 33 8 33 8 33 8 33 8 33 8
1000 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15
1001 hints 294 88 321 89 321 89 321 89 348 91
1002 mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9
1003 mpeix 24 5 25 5 25 5 25 5 25 5
1004 NetWare 488 61 490 61 490 61 490 61 488 61
1005 os2 361 66 445 67 450 67 488 67 488 67
1006 plan9 85 15 325 17 325 17 325 17 321 17
1007 Porting 479 22 537 32 538 32 539 32 538 33
1008 qnx 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3
1009 utils 275 15 258 16 258 16 263 19 263 19
1010 uts 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3
1011 vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4
1012 vms 648 36 654 36 654 36 656 36 656 36
1013 vos 330 20 335 20 335 20 335 20 335 20
1014 win32 1062 49 1125 49 1127 49 1126 49 1181 56
1015 x2p 347 20 348 20 348 20 348 20 348 20
1017 ======================================================================
1019 5.8.5 5.8.6 5.8.7 5.8.8 5.8.9
1021 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
1022 beos 6 4 6 4 8 4 8 4 8 4
1023 Configure 494 1 494 1 495 1 506 1 520 1
1024 Cross 45 10 45 10 45 10 45 10 46 10
1025 djgpp 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7
1026 emacs 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4 406 4
1027 epoc 33 8 33 8 33 8 34 8 35 8
1028 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15
1029 hints 350 91 352 91 355 94 360 94 387 99
1030 mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9
1031 mpeix 25 5 25 5 25 5 49 6 49 6
1032 NetWare 488 61 488 61 488 61 490 61 491 61
1033 os2 488 67 488 67 488 67 488 67 552 70
1034 plan9 321 17 321 17 321 17 322 17 324 17
1035 Porting 538 34 548 35 549 35 564 37 625 41
1036 qnx 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3
1037 utils 265 19 265 19 266 19 267 19 281 21
1038 uts 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3
1039 vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4
1040 vms 657 36 658 36 662 36 664 36 716 35
1041 vos 335 20 335 20 335 20 336 21 345 22
1042 win32 1183 56 1190 56 1199 56 1219 56 1484 68
1043 x2p 349 20 349 20 349 20 349 19 350 19
1045 ======================================================================
1047 5.9.0 5.9.1 5.9.2 5.9.3 5.9.4
1049 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
1050 beos 6 4 6 4 8 4 8 4 8 4
1051 Configure 493 1 493 1 495 1 508 1 512 1
1052 Cross 45 10 45 10 45 10 45 10 46 10
1053 djgpp 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7
1054 emacs 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4
1055 epoc 33 8 33 8 33 8 34 8 34 8
1056 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15
1057 hints 321 89 346 91 355 94 359 94 366 96
1058 mad - - - - - - - - 174 6
1059 mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9
1060 mpeix 25 5 25 5 25 5 49 6 49 6
1061 NetWare 489 61 487 61 487 61 489 61 489 61
1062 os2 444 67 488 67 488 67 488 67 488 67
1063 plan9 325 17 321 17 321 17 322 17 323 17
1064 Porting 537 32 536 33 549 36 564 38 576 38
1065 qnx 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3
1066 symbian - - - - - - 293 53 293 53
1067 utils 258 16 263 19 268 20 273 23 275 24
1068 uts 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3
1069 vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4
1070 vms 660 36 547 33 553 33 661 33 696 33
1071 vos 11 7 11 7 11 7 11 7 11 7
1072 win32 1120 49 1124 51 1191 56 1209 56 1719 90
1073 x2p 348 20 348 20 349 20 349 19 349 19
1075 ======================================================================
1077 5.9.5 5.10.0 5.10.1 5.12.0 5.12.1
1079 apollo 8 3 8 3 0 3 0 3 0 3
1080 beos 8 4 8 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
1081 Configure 518 1 518 1 533 1 536 1 536 1
1082 Cross 122 15 122 15 119 15 118 15 118 15
1083 djgpp 21 7 21 7 17 7 17 7 17 7
1084 emacs 329 4 406 4 402 4 402 4 402 4
1085 epoc 34 8 35 8 31 8 31 8 31 8
1086 h2pl 24 15 24 15 12 15 12 15 12 15
1087 hints 377 98 381 98 385 100 368 97 368 97
1088 mad 182 8 182 8 174 8 174 8 174 8
1089 mint 11 9 11 9 3 9 - - - -
1090 mpeix 49 6 49 6 45 6 45 6 45 6
1091 NetWare 489 61 489 61 465 61 466 61 466 61
1092 os2 552 70 552 70 507 70 507 70 507 70
1093 plan9 324 17 324 17 316 17 316 17 316 17
1094 Porting 627 40 632 40 933 53 749 54 749 54
1095 qnx 5 3 5 4 1 4 1 4 1 4
1096 symbian 300 54 300 54 290 54 288 54 288 54
1097 utils 260 26 264 27 268 27 269 27 269 27
1098 uts 12 3 12 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
1099 vmesa 25 4 25 4 21 4 21 4 21 4
1100 vms 690 32 722 32 693 30 645 18 645 18
1101 vos 19 8 19 8 16 8 16 8 16 8
1102 win32 1482 68 1485 68 1497 70 1841 73 1841 73
1103 x2p 349 19 349 19 345 19 345 19 345 19
1105 ======================================================================
1107 5.12.2 5.12.3 5.14.0 5.16.0 5.18.0
1109 apollo 0 3 0 3 - - - - - -
1110 beos 4 4 4 4 5 4 5 4 - -
1111 Configure 536 1 536 1 539 1 547 1 550 1
1112 Cross 118 15 118 15 118 15 118 15 118 15
1113 djgpp 17 7 17 7 18 7 18 7 18 7
1114 emacs 402 4 402 4 - - - - - -
1115 epoc 31 8 31 8 32 8 30 8 - -
1116 h2pl 12 15 12 15 15 15 15 15 13 15
1117 hints 368 97 368 97 370 96 371 96 354 91
1118 mad 174 8 174 8 176 8 176 8 174 8
1119 mpeix 45 6 45 6 46 6 46 6 - -
1120 NetWare 466 61 466 61 473 61 472 61 469 61
1121 os2 507 70 507 70 518 70 519 70 510 70
1122 plan9 316 17 316 17 319 17 319 17 318 17
1123 Porting 750 54 750 54 855 60 1093 69 1149 70
1124 qnx 1 4 1 4 2 4 2 4 1 4
1125 symbian 288 54 288 54 292 54 292 54 290 54
1126 utils 269 27 269 27 249 29 245 30 246 31
1127 uts 8 3 8 3 9 3 9 3 - -
1128 vmesa 21 4 21 4 22 4 22 4 - -
1129 vms 646 18 644 18 639 17 571 15 564 15
1130 vos 16 8 16 8 17 8 9 7 8 7
1131 win32 1841 73 1841 73 1833 72 1655 67 1157 62
1132 x2p 345 19 345 19 346 19 345 19 344 20
1134 ======================================================================
1136 5.20.0 5.22.0 5.24.0
1138 Configure 552 1 570 1 586 1
1139 Cross 118 15 118 15 118 15
1140 djgpp 18 7 17 7 17 7
1141 h2pl 13 15 13 15 13 15
1142 hints 355 90 356 87 362 87
1144 NetWare 467 61 466 61 467 61
1145 os2 510 70 510 70 510 70
1146 plan9 316 17 317 17 314 17
1147 Porting 1204 68 1393 71 1321 71
1149 symbian 290 54 291 54 292 54
1150 utils 241 27 242 27 679 53
1151 vms 538 12 532 12 524 12
1153 win32 1183 64 1201 64 1268 65
1156 ======================================================================
1158 5.26.0 5.28.0 5.30.0
1160 Configure 593 1 580 1 587 1
1161 Cross 122 15 125 15 126 15
1162 djgpp 21 7 21 7 21 7
1163 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15
1164 hints 376 87 364 85 372 86
1166 NetWare 499 61 493 61 493 61
1167 os2 552 70 552 70 552 70
1168 plan9 322 17 309 17 308 17
1169 Porting 1380 73 1462 75 1460 74
1171 symbian 315 54 315 54 315 54
1172 utils 578 50 584 50 587 50
1173 vms 527 12 526 12 526 12
1175 win32 1313 65 1326 65 1331 65
1178 5.32.0 5.34.0 5.36.0
1180 Configure 588 1 592 1 603 1
1181 Cross 126 15 126 15 122 15
1183 h2pl 24 15 24 15 13 15
1184 hints 363 86 364 86 359 84
1185 NetWare 484 61 533 61 - -
1186 os2 552 70 580 70 538 70
1187 plan9 308 17 325 20 318 20
1188 Porting 1482 75 1514 75 1559 78
1190 symbian 307 54 - - - -
1191 utils 583 52 597 52 607 52
1192 vms 527 12 549 12 545 12
1194 win32 1011 47 1001 46 966 45
1209 =head2 SELECTED PATCH SIZES
1211 The "diff lines kB" means that for example the patch 5.003_08, to be
1212 applied on top of the 5.003_07 (or whatever was before the 5.003_08)
1213 added lines for 110 kilobytes, it removed lines for 19 kilobytes, and
1214 changed lines for 424 kilobytes. Just the lines themselves are
1215 counted, not their context. The "+ - !" become from the diff(1)
1216 context diff output format.
1218 Pump- Release Date diff lines kB
1221 ======================================================================
1223 Chip 5.003_08 1996-Nov-19 110 19 424
1224 5.003_09 1996-Nov-26 38 9 248
1225 5.003_10 1996-Nov-29 29 2 27
1226 5.003_11 1996-Dec-06 73 12 165
1227 5.003_12 1996-Dec-19 275 6 436
1228 5.003_13 1996-Dec-20 95 1 56
1229 5.003_14 1996-Dec-23 23 7 333
1230 5.003_15 1996-Dec-23 0 0 1
1231 5.003_16 1996-Dec-24 12 3 50
1232 5.003_17 1996-Dec-27 19 1 14
1233 5.003_18 1996-Dec-31 21 1 32
1234 5.003_19 1997-Jan-04 80 3 85
1235 5.003_20 1997-Jan-07 18 1 146
1236 5.003_21 1997-Jan-15 38 10 221
1237 5.003_22 1997-Jan-16 4 0 18
1238 5.003_23 1997-Jan-25 71 15 119
1239 5.003_24 1997-Jan-29 426 1 20
1240 5.003_25 1997-Feb-04 21 8 169
1241 5.003_26 1997-Feb-10 16 1 15
1242 5.003_27 1997-Feb-18 32 10 38
1243 5.003_28 1997-Feb-21 58 4 66
1244 5.003_90 1997-Feb-25 22 2 34
1245 5.003_91 1997-Mar-01 37 1 39
1246 5.003_92 1997-Mar-06 16 3 69
1247 5.003_93 1997-Mar-10 12 3 15
1248 5.003_94 1997-Mar-22 407 7 200
1249 5.003_95 1997-Mar-25 41 1 37
1250 5.003_96 1997-Apr-01 283 5 261
1251 5.003_97 1997-Apr-03 13 2 34
1252 5.003_97a 1997-Apr-05 57 1 27
1253 5.003_97b 1997-Apr-08 14 1 20
1254 5.003_97c 1997-Apr-10 20 1 16
1255 5.003_97d 1997-Apr-13 8 0 16
1256 5.003_97e 1997-Apr-15 15 4 46
1257 5.003_97f 1997-Apr-17 7 1 33
1258 5.003_97g 1997-Apr-18 6 1 42
1259 5.003_97h 1997-Apr-24 23 3 68
1260 5.003_97i 1997-Apr-25 23 1 31
1261 5.003_97j 1997-Apr-28 36 1 49
1262 5.003_98 1997-Apr-30 171 12 539
1263 5.003_99 1997-May-01 6 0 7
1264 5.003_99a 1997-May-09 36 2 61
1265 p54rc1 1997-May-12 8 1 11
1266 p54rc2 1997-May-14 6 0 40
1268 5.004 1997-May-15 4 0 4
1270 Tim 5.004_01 1997-Jun-13 222 14 57
1271 5.004_02 1997-Aug-07 112 16 119
1272 5.004_03 1997-Sep-05 109 0 17
1273 5.004_04 1997-Oct-15 66 8 173
1275 =head3 The patch-free era
1277 In more modern times, named releases don't come as often, and as progress
1278 can be followed (nearly) instantly (with rsync, and since late 2008, git)
1279 patches between versions are no longer provided. However, that doesn't
1280 keep us from calculating how large a patch could have been. Which is
1281 shown in the table below. Unless noted otherwise, the size mentioned is
1282 the patch to bring version x.y.z to x.y.z+1.
1284 Sarathy 5.6.1 2001-Apr-08 531 44 651
1285 Rafael 5.6.2 2003-Nov-15 20 11 1819
1287 Jarkko 5.8.0 2002-Jul-18 1205 31 471 From 5.7.3
1289 5.8.1 2003-Sep-25 243 102 6162
1290 Nicholas 5.8.2 2003-Nov-05 10 50 788
1291 5.8.3 2004-Jan-14 31 13 360
1292 5.8.4 2004-Apr-21 33 8 299
1293 5.8.5 2004-Jul-19 11 19 255
1294 5.8.6 2004-Nov-27 35 3 192
1295 5.8.7 2005-May-30 75 34 778
1296 5.8.8 2006-Jan-31 131 42 1251
1297 5.8.9 2008-Dec-14 340 132 12988
1299 Hugo 5.9.0 2003-Oct-27 281 168 7132 From 5.8.0
1300 Rafael 5.9.1 2004-Mar-16 57 250 2107
1301 5.9.2 2005-Apr-01 720 57 858
1302 5.9.3 2006-Jan-28 1124 102 1906
1303 5.9.4 2006-Aug-15 896 60 862
1304 5.9.5 2007-Jul-07 1149 128 1062
1306 5.10.0 2007-Dec-18 50 31 13111 From 5.9.5
1309 =head1 THE KEEPERS OF THE RECORDS
1311 Jarkko Hietaniemi <F<jhi@iki.fi>>.
1313 Thanks to the collective memory of the Perlfolk. In addition to the
1314 Keepers of the Pumpkin also Alan Champion, Mark Dominus,
1315 Andreas KE<0xf6>nig, John Macdonald, Matthias Neeracher, Jeff Okamoto,
1316 Michael Peppler, Randal Schwartz, and Paul D. Smith sent corrections
1317 and additions. Abigail added file and patch size data for the 5.6.0 - 5.10