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, and Karen Etheridge.
41 [from Porting/pumpkin.pod in the Perl source code distribution]
43 =for disclaimer orking cows is hazardous, and not legal in all jurisdictions
45 Chip Salzenberg gets credit for that, with a nod to his cow orker,
46 David Croy. We had passed around various names (baton, token, hot
47 potato) but none caught on. Then, Chip asked:
51 Who has the patch pumpkin?
53 To explain: David Croy once told me that at a previous job,
54 there was one tape drive and multiple systems that used it for backups.
55 But instead of some high-tech exclusion software, they used a low-tech
56 method to prevent multiple simultaneous backups: a stuffed pumpkin.
57 No one was allowed to make backups unless they had the "backup pumpkin".
61 The name has stuck. The holder of the pumpkin is sometimes called
62 the pumpking (keeping the source afloat?) or the pumpkineer (pulling
67 Pump- Release Date Notes
72 ======================================================================
74 Larry 0 Classified. Don't ask.
76 Larry 1.000 1987-Dec-18
80 Schwern 1.0.15 2002-Dec-18 Modernization
81 Richard 1.0_16 2003-Dec-18
83 Larry 2.000 1988-Jun-05
87 Larry 3.000 1989-Oct-18
97 3.019..27 1990-Aug-10 User subs.
103 3.042..43 1991-Jan-??
106 Larry 4.000 1991-Mar-21
111 4.011..18 1991-Nov-05
112 4.019 1991-Nov-11 Stable.
113 4.020..33 1992-Jun-08
116 Larry 4.036 1993-Feb-05 Very stable.
118 5.000alpha1 1993-Jul-31
119 5.000alpha2 1993-Aug-16
120 5.000alpha3 1993-Oct-10
121 5.000alpha4 1993-???-??
122 5.000alpha5 1993-???-??
123 5.000alpha6 1994-Mar-18
124 5.000alpha7 1994-Mar-25
125 Andy 5.000alpha8 1994-Apr-04
126 Larry 5.000alpha9 1994-May-05 ext appears.
127 5.000alpha10 1994-Jun-11
128 5.000alpha11 1994-Jul-01
129 Andy 5.000a11a 1994-Jul-07 To fit 14.
130 5.000a11b 1994-Jul-14
131 5.000a11c 1994-Jul-19
132 5.000a11d 1994-Jul-22
133 Larry 5.000alpha12 1994-Aug-04
134 Andy 5.000a12a 1994-Aug-08
135 5.000a12b 1994-Aug-15
136 5.000a12c 1994-Aug-22
137 5.000a12d 1994-Aug-22
138 5.000a12e 1994-Aug-22
139 5.000a12f 1994-Aug-24
140 5.000a12g 1994-Aug-24
141 5.000a12h 1994-Aug-24
142 Larry 5.000beta1 1994-Aug-30
143 Andy 5.000b1a 1994-Sep-06
144 Larry 5.000beta2 1994-Sep-14 Core slushified.
145 Andy 5.000b2a 1994-Sep-14
148 Larry 5.000beta3 1994-Sep-??
149 Andy 5.000b3a 1994-Sep-18
156 Andy 5.000b3h 1994-Oct-07
157 Larry? 5.000gamma 1994-Oct-13?
159 Larry 5.000 1994-Oct-17
161 Andy 5.000a 1994-Dec-19
177 Larry 5.001 1995-Mar-13
179 Andy 5.001a 1995-Mar-15
183 5.001e 1995-Apr-18 Stable.
190 5.001l 1995-Jun-06 Stable.
191 5.001m 1995-Jul-02 Very stable.
192 5.001n 1995-Oct-31 Very unstable.
193 5.002beta1 1995-Nov-21
200 Tom 5.002b1g 1995-Dec-21 Doc release.
201 Andy 5.002b1h 1996-Jan-05
203 Larry 5.002b3 1996-Feb-02
204 Andy 5.002gamma 1996-Feb-11
205 Larry 5.002delta 1996-Feb-27
207 Larry 5.002 1996-Feb-29 Prototypes.
209 Charles 5.002_01 1996-Mar-25
211 5.003 1996-Jun-25 Security release.
214 Nick 5.003_02 1996-Aug-10
215 Andy 5.003_03 1996-Aug-28
220 Chip 5.003_08 1996-Nov-19
241 5.003_90 1997-Feb-25 Ramping up to the 5.004 release.
248 5.003_97 1997-Apr-03 Fairly widely used.
249 5.003_97a 1997-Apr-05
250 5.003_97b 1997-Apr-08
251 5.003_97c 1997-Apr-10
252 5.003_97d 1997-Apr-13
253 5.003_97e 1997-Apr-15
254 5.003_97f 1997-Apr-17
255 5.003_97g 1997-Apr-18
256 5.003_97h 1997-Apr-24
257 5.003_97i 1997-Apr-25
258 5.003_97j 1997-Apr-28
261 5.003_99a 1997-May-09
262 p54rc1 1997-May-12 Release Candidates.
265 Chip 5.004 1997-May-15 A major maintenance release.
267 Tim 5.004_01-t1 1997-???-?? The 5.004 maintenance track.
268 5.004_01-t2 1997-Jun-11 aka perl5.004m1t2
270 5.004_01_01 1997-Jul-29 aka perl5.004m2t1
271 5.004_01_02 1997-Aug-01 aka perl5.004m2t2
272 5.004_01_03 1997-Aug-05 aka perl5.004m2t3
274 5.004_02_01 1997-Aug-12 aka perl5.004m3t1
275 5.004_03-t2 1997-Aug-13 aka perl5.004m3t2
277 5.004_04-t1 1997-Sep-19 aka perl5.004m4t1
278 5.004_04-t2 1997-Sep-23 aka perl5.004m4t2
279 5.004_04-t3 1997-Oct-10 aka perl5.004m4t3
280 5.004_04-t4 1997-Oct-14 aka perl5.004m4t4
282 5.004_04-m1 1998-Mar-04 (5.004m5t1) Maint. trials for 5.004_05.
283 5.004_04-m2 1998-May-01
284 5.004_04-m3 1998-May-15
285 5.004_04-m4 1998-May-19
286 5.004_05-MT5 1998-Jul-21
287 5.004_05-MT6 1998-Oct-09
288 5.004_05-MT7 1998-Nov-22
289 5.004_05-MT8 1998-Dec-03
290 Chip 5.004_05-MT9 1999-Apr-26
293 Malcolm 5.004_50 1997-Sep-09 The 5.005 development track.
310 Sarathy 5.004_67 1998-Jun-15
317 5.004_74 1998-Jul-14 5.005 beta candidate.
318 5.004_75 1998-Jul-15 5.005 beta1.
319 5.004_76 1998-Jul-21 5.005 beta2.
321 Sarathy 5.005 1998-Jul-22 Oneperl.
323 Sarathy 5.005_01 1998-Jul-27 The 5.005 maintenance track.
324 5.005_02-T1 1998-Aug-02
325 5.005_02-T2 1998-Aug-05
327 Graham 5.005_03-MT1 1998-Nov-30
328 5.005_03-MT2 1999-Jan-04
329 5.005_03-MT3 1999-Jan-17
330 5.005_03-MT4 1999-Jan-26
331 5.005_03-MT5 1999-Jan-28
332 5.005_03-MT6 1999-Mar-05
334 Leon 5.005_04-RC1 2004-Feb-05
335 5.005_04-RC2 2004-Feb-18
337 5.005_05-RC1 2009-Feb-16
339 Sarathy 5.005_50 1998-Jul-26 The 5.6 development track.
354 5.5.650 2000-Feb-08 beta1
355 5.5.660 2000-Feb-22 beta2
356 5.5.670 2000-Feb-29 beta3
357 5.6.0-RC1 2000-Mar-09 Release candidate 1.
358 5.6.0-RC2 2000-Mar-14 Release candidate 2.
359 5.6.0-RC3 2000-Mar-21 Release candidate 3.
361 Sarathy 5.6.0 2000-Mar-22
363 Sarathy 5.6.1-TRIAL1 2000-Dec-18 The 5.6 maintenance track.
364 5.6.1-TRIAL2 2001-Jan-31
365 5.6.1-TRIAL3 2001-Mar-19
366 5.6.1-foolish 2001-Apr-01 The "fools-gold" release.
368 Rafael 5.6.2-RC1 2003-Nov-08
369 5.6.2 2003-Nov-15 Fix new build issues
371 Jarkko 5.7.0 2000-Sep-02 The 5.7 track: Development.
373 5.7.2 2001-Jul-13 Virtual release candidate 0.
375 5.8.0-RC1 2002-Jun-01
376 5.8.0-RC2 2002-Jun-21
377 5.8.0-RC3 2002-Jul-13
379 Jarkko 5.8.0 2002-Jul-18
381 Jarkko 5.8.1-RC1 2003-Jul-10 The 5.8 maintenance track
382 5.8.1-RC2 2003-Jul-11
383 5.8.1-RC3 2003-Jul-30
384 5.8.1-RC4 2003-Aug-01
385 5.8.1-RC5 2003-Sep-22
387 Nicholas 5.8.2-RC1 2003-Oct-27
388 5.8.2-RC2 2003-Nov-03
390 5.8.3-RC1 2004-Jan-07
392 5.8.4-RC1 2004-Apr-05
393 5.8.4-RC2 2004-Apr-15
395 5.8.5-RC1 2004-Jul-06
396 5.8.5-RC2 2004-Jul-08
398 5.8.6-RC1 2004-Nov-11
400 5.8.7-RC1 2005-May-18
402 5.8.8-RC1 2006-Jan-20
404 5.8.9-RC1 2008-Nov-10
405 5.8.9-RC2 2008-Dec-06
408 Hugo 5.9.0 2003-Oct-27 The 5.9 development track
409 Rafael 5.9.1 2004-Mar-16
414 5.10.0-RC1 2007-Nov-17
415 5.10.0-RC2 2007-Nov-25
417 Rafael 5.10.0 2007-Dec-18
419 David M 5.10.1-RC1 2009-Aug-06 The 5.10 maintenance track
420 5.10.1-RC2 2009-Aug-18
423 Jesse 5.11.0 2009-Oct-02 The 5.11 development track
425 Leon 5.11.2 2009-Nov-20
426 Jesse 5.11.3 2009-Dec-20
427 Ricardo 5.11.4 2010-Jan-20
428 Steve 5.11.5 2010-Feb-20
429 Jesse 5.12.0-RC0 2010-Mar-21
430 5.12.0-RC1 2010-Mar-29
431 5.12.0-RC2 2010-Apr-01
432 5.12.0-RC3 2010-Apr-02
433 5.12.0-RC4 2010-Apr-06
434 5.12.0-RC5 2010-Apr-09
436 Jesse 5.12.0 2010-Apr-12
438 Jesse 5.12.1-RC2 2010-May-13 The 5.12 maintenance track
439 5.12.1-RC1 2010-May-09
441 5.12.2-RC2 2010-Aug-31
443 Ricardo 5.12.3-RC1 2011-Jan-09
444 Ricardo 5.12.3-RC2 2011-Jan-14
445 Ricardo 5.12.3-RC3 2011-Jan-17
446 Ricardo 5.12.3 2011-Jan-21
447 Leon 5.12.4-RC1 2011-Jun-08
448 Leon 5.12.4 2011-Jun-20
449 Dominic 5.12.5 2012-Nov-10
451 Leon 5.13.0 2010-Apr-20 The 5.13 development track
452 Ricardo 5.13.1 2010-May-20
453 Matt 5.13.2 2010-Jun-22
454 David G 5.13.3 2010-Jul-20
455 Florian 5.13.4 2010-Aug-20
456 Steve 5.13.5 2010-Sep-19
457 Miyagawa 5.13.6 2010-Oct-20
458 BinGOs 5.13.7 2010-Nov-20
459 Zefram 5.13.8 2010-Dec-20
460 Jesse 5.13.9 2011-Jan-20
461 Ævar 5.13.10 2011-Feb-20
462 Florian 5.13.11 2011-Mar-20
463 Jesse 5.14.0RC1 2011-Apr-20
464 Jesse 5.14.0RC2 2011-May-04
465 Jesse 5.14.0RC3 2011-May-11
467 Jesse 5.14.0 2011-May-14 The 5.14 maintenance track
468 Jesse 5.14.1 2011-Jun-16
469 Florian 5.14.2-RC1 2011-Sep-19
471 Dominic 5.14.3 2012-Oct-12
472 David M 5.14.4-RC1 2013-Mar-05
473 David M 5.14.4-RC2 2013-Mar-07
474 David M 5.14.4 2013-Mar-10
476 David G 5.15.0 2011-Jun-20 The 5.15 development track
477 Zefram 5.15.1 2011-Jul-20
478 Ricardo 5.15.2 2011-Aug-20
479 Stevan 5.15.3 2011-Sep-20
480 Florian 5.15.4 2011-Oct-20
481 Steve 5.15.5 2011-Nov-20
482 Dave R 5.15.6 2011-Dec-20
483 BinGOs 5.15.7 2012-Jan-20
484 Max M 5.15.8 2012-Feb-20
485 Abigail 5.15.9 2012-Mar-20
486 Ricardo 5.16.0-RC0 2012-May-10
487 Ricardo 5.16.0-RC1 2012-May-14
488 Ricardo 5.16.0-RC2 2012-May-15
490 Ricardo 5.16.0 2012-May-20 The 5.16 maintenance track
491 Ricardo 5.16.1 2012-Aug-08
492 Ricardo 5.16.2 2012-Nov-01
493 Ricardo 5.16.3-RC1 2013-Mar-06
494 Ricardo 5.16.3 2013-Mar-11
496 Zefram 5.17.0 2012-May-26 The 5.17 development track
497 Jesse L 5.17.1 2012-Jun-20
498 TonyC 5.17.2 2012-Jul-20
499 Steve 5.17.3 2012-Aug-20
500 Florian 5.17.4 2012-Sep-20
501 Florian 5.17.5 2012-Oct-20
502 Ricardo 5.17.6 2012-Nov-20
503 Dave R 5.17.7 2012-Dec-18
504 Aaron 5.17.8 2013-Jan-20
505 BinGOs 5.17.9 2013-Feb-20
506 Max M 5.17.10 2013-Mar-21
507 Ricardo 5.17.11 2013-Apr-20
509 Ricardo 5.18.0-RC1 2013-May-11 The 5.18 maintenance track
510 Ricardo 5.18.0-RC2 2013-May-12
511 Ricardo 5.18.0-RC3 2013-May-13
512 Ricardo 5.18.0-RC4 2013-May-15
513 Ricardo 5.18.0 2013-May-18
514 Ricardo 5.18.1-RC1 2013-Aug-01
515 Ricardo 5.18.1-RC2 2013-Aug-03
516 Ricardo 5.18.1-RC3 2013-Aug-08
517 Ricardo 5.18.1 2013-Aug-12
518 Ricardo 5.18.2 2014-Jan-06
519 Ricardo 5.18.3-RC1 2014-Sep-17
520 Ricardo 5.18.3-RC2 2014-Sep-27
521 Ricardo 5.18.3 2014-Oct-01
522 Ricardo 5.18.4 2014-Oct-01
524 Ricardo 5.19.0 2013-May-20 The 5.19 development track
525 David G 5.19.1 2013-Jun-21
526 Aristotle 5.19.2 2013-Jul-22
527 Steve 5.19.3 2013-Aug-20
528 Steve 5.19.4 2013-Sep-20
529 Steve 5.19.5 2013-Oct-20
530 BinGOs 5.19.6 2013-Nov-20
531 Abigail 5.19.7 2013-Dec-20
532 Ricardo 5.19.8 2014-Jan-20
533 TonyC 5.19.9 2014-Feb-20
534 Aaron 5.19.10 2014-Mar-20
535 Steve 5.19.11 2014-Apr-20
537 Ricardo 5.20.0-RC1 2014-May-16 The 5.20 maintenance track
538 Ricardo 5.20.0 2014-May-27
539 Steve 5.20.1-RC1 2014-Aug-25
540 Steve 5.20.1-RC2 2014-Sep-07
541 Steve 5.20.1 2014-Sep-14
542 Steve 5.20.2-RC1 2015-Jan-31
543 Steve 5.20.2 2015-Feb-14
544 Steve 5.20.3-RC1 2015-Aug-22
545 Steve 5.20.3-RC2 2015-Aug-29
546 Steve 5.20.3 2015-Sep-12
548 Ricardo 5.21.0 2014-May-27 The 5.21 development track
549 Matthew H 5.21.1 2014-Jun-20
550 Abigail 5.21.2 2014-Jul-20
551 Peter 5.21.3 2014-Aug-20
552 Steve 5.21.4 2014-Sep-20
553 Abigail 5.21.5 2014-Oct-20
554 BinGOs 5.21.6 2014-Nov-20
555 Max M 5.21.7 2014-Dec-20
556 Matthew H 5.21.8 2015-Jan-20
557 Sawyer X 5.21.9 2015-Feb-20
558 Steve 5.21.10 2015-Mar-20
559 Steve 5.21.11 2015-Apr-20
561 Ricardo 5.22.0-RC1 2015-May-19 The 5.22 maintenance track
562 Ricardo 5.22.0-RC2 2015-May-21
563 Ricardo 5.22.0 2015-Jun-01
564 Steve 5.22.1-RC1 2015-Oct-31
565 Steve 5.22.1-RC2 2015-Nov-15
566 Steve 5.22.1-RC3 2015-Dec-02
567 Steve 5.22.1-RC4 2015-Dec-08
568 Steve 5.22.1 2015-Dec-13
569 Steve 5.22.2-RC1 2016-Apr-10
570 Steve 5.22.2 2016-Apr-29
571 Steve 5.22.3-RC1 2016-Jul-17
572 Steve 5.22.3-RC2 2016-Jul-25
573 Steve 5.22.3-RC3 2016-Aug-11
574 Steve 5.22.3-RC4 2016-Oct-12
575 Steve 5.22.3-RC5 2017-Jan-02
576 Steve 5.22.3 2017-Jan-14
577 Steve 5.22.4-RC1 2017-Jul-01
578 Steve 5.22.4 2017-Jul-15
580 Ricardo 5.23.0 2015-Jun-20 The 5.23 development track
581 Matthew H 5.23.1 2015-Jul-20
582 Matthew H 5.23.2 2015-Aug-20
583 Peter 5.23.3 2015-Sep-20
584 Steve 5.23.4 2015-Oct-20
585 Abigail 5.23.5 2015-Nov-20
586 David G 5.23.6 2015-Dec-21
587 Stevan 5.23.7 2016-Jan-20
588 Sawyer X 5.23.8 2016-Feb-20
589 Abigail 5.23.9 2016-Mar-20
591 Ricardo 5.24.0-RC1 2016-Apr-13 The 5.24 maintenance track
592 Ricardo 5.24.0-RC2 2016-Apr-23
593 Ricardo 5.24.0-RC3 2016-Apr-26
594 Ricardo 5.24.0-RC4 2016-May-02
595 Ricardo 5.24.0-RC5 2016-May-04
596 Ricardo 5.24.0 2016-May-09
597 Steve 5.24.1-RC1 2016-Jul-17
598 Steve 5.24.1-RC2 2016-Jul-25
599 Steve 5.24.1-RC3 2016-Aug-11
600 Steve 5.24.1-RC4 2016-Oct-12
601 Steve 5.24.1-RC5 2017-Jan-02
602 Steve 5.24.1 2017-Jan-14
603 Steve 5.24.2-RC1 2017-Jul-01
604 Steve 5.24.2 2017-Jul-15
605 Steve 5.24.3-RC1 2017-Sep-10
606 Steve 5.24.3 2017-Sep-22
608 Ricardo 5.25.0 2016-May-09 The 5.25 development track
609 Sawyer X 5.25.1 2016-May-20
610 Matthew H 5.25.2 2016-Jun-20
611 Steve 5.25.3 2016-Jul-20
612 BinGOs 5.25.4 2016-Aug-20
613 Stevan 5.25.5 2016-Sep-20
614 Aaron 5.25.6 2016-Oct-20
615 Chad 5.25.7 2016-Nov-20
616 Sawyer X 5.25.8 2016-Dec-20
617 Abigail 5.25.9 2017-Jan-20
618 Renee 5.25.10 2017-Feb-20
619 Sawyer X 5.25.11 2017-Mar-20
620 Sawyer X 5.25.12 2017-Apr-20
622 Sawyer X 5.26.0-RC1 2017-May-11 The 5.26 maintenance track
623 Sawyer X 5.26.0-RC2 2017-May-23
624 Sawyer X 5.26.0 2017-May-30
625 Steve 5.26.1-RC1 2017-Sep-10
626 Steve 5.26.1 2017-Sep-22
628 Sawyer X 5.27.0 2017-May-31 The 5.27 development track
629 Eric 5.27.1 2017-Jun-20
630 Aaron 5.27.2 2017-Jul-20
631 Matthew H 5.27.3 2017-Aug-21
632 John 5.27.4 2017-Sep-20
633 Steve 5.27.5 2017-Oct-20
634 Ether 5.27.6 2017-Nov-20
636 =head2 SELECTED RELEASE SIZES
638 For example the notation "core: 212 29" in the release 1.000 means that
639 it had in the core 212 kilobytes, in 29 files. The "core".."doc" are
642 release core lib ext t doc
643 ======================================================================
645 1.000 212 29 - - - - 38 51 62 3
646 1.014 219 29 - - - - 39 52 68 4
647 2.000 309 31 2 3 - - 55 57 92 4
648 2.001 312 31 2 3 - - 55 57 94 4
649 3.000 508 36 24 11 - - 79 73 156 5
650 3.044 645 37 61 20 - - 90 74 190 6
651 4.000 635 37 59 20 - - 91 75 198 4
652 4.019 680 37 85 29 - - 98 76 199 4
653 4.036 709 37 89 30 - - 98 76 208 5
654 5.000alpha2 785 50 114 32 - - 112 86 209 5
655 5.000alpha3 801 50 117 33 - - 121 87 209 5
656 5.000alpha9 1022 56 149 43 116 29 125 90 217 6
657 5.000a12h 978 49 140 49 205 46 152 97 228 9
658 5.000b3h 1035 53 232 70 216 38 162 94 218 21
659 5.000 1038 53 250 76 216 38 154 92 536 62
660 5.001m 1071 54 388 82 240 38 159 95 544 29
661 5.002 1121 54 661 101 287 43 155 94 847 35
662 5.003 1129 54 680 102 291 43 166 100 853 35
663 5.003_07 1231 60 748 106 396 53 213 137 976 39
664 5.004 1351 60 1230 136 408 51 355 161 1587 55
665 5.004_01 1356 60 1258 138 410 51 358 161 1587 55
666 5.004_04 1375 60 1294 139 413 51 394 162 1629 55
667 5.004_05 1463 60 1435 150 394 50 445 175 1855 59
668 5.004_51 1401 61 1260 140 413 53 358 162 1594 56
669 5.004_53 1422 62 1295 141 438 70 394 162 1637 56
670 5.004_56 1501 66 1301 140 447 74 408 165 1648 57
671 5.004_59 1555 72 1317 142 448 74 424 171 1678 58
672 5.004_62 1602 77 1327 144 629 92 428 173 1674 58
673 5.004_65 1626 77 1358 146 615 92 446 179 1698 60
674 5.004_68 1856 74 1382 152 619 92 463 187 1784 60
675 5.004_70 1863 75 1456 154 675 92 494 194 1809 60
676 5.004_73 1874 76 1467 152 762 102 506 196 1883 61
677 5.004_75 1877 76 1467 152 770 103 508 196 1896 62
678 5.005 1896 76 1469 152 795 103 509 197 1945 63
679 5.005_03 1936 77 1541 153 813 104 551 201 2176 72
680 5.005_50 1969 78 1842 301 795 103 514 198 1948 63
681 5.005_53 1999 79 1885 303 806 104 602 224 2002 67
682 5.005_56 2086 79 1970 307 866 113 672 238 2221 75
683 5.6.0 2820 79 2626 364 1096 129 863 280 2840 93
684 5.6.1 2946 78 2921 430 1171 132 1024 304 3330 102
685 5.6.2 2947 78 3143 451 1247 127 1303 387 3406 102
686 5.7.0 2977 80 2801 425 1250 132 975 307 3206 100
687 5.7.1 3351 84 3442 455 1944 167 1334 357 3698 124
688 5.7.2 3491 87 4858 618 3290 298 1598 449 3910 139
689 5.7.3 3299 85 4295 537 2196 300 2176 626 4171 120
690 5.8.0 3489 87 4533 585 2437 331 2588 726 4368 125
691 5.8.1 3674 90 5104 623 2604 353 2983 836 4625 134
692 5.8.2 3633 90 5111 623 2623 357 3019 848 4634 135
693 5.8.3 3625 90 5141 624 2660 363 3083 869 4669 136
694 5.8.4 3653 90 5170 634 2684 368 3148 885 4689 137
695 5.8.5 3664 90 4260 303 2707 369 3208 898 4689 138
696 5.8.6 3690 90 4271 303 3141 396 3411 925 4709 139
697 5.8.7 3788 90 4322 307 3297 401 3485 964 4744 141
698 5.8.8 3895 90 4357 314 3409 431 3622 1017 4979 144
699 5.8.9 4132 93 5508 330 3826 529 4364 1234 5348 152
700 5.9.0 3657 90 4951 626 2603 354 3011 841 4609 135
701 5.9.1 3580 90 5196 634 2665 367 3186 889 4725 138
702 5.9.2 3863 90 4654 312 3283 403 3551 973 4800 142
703 5.9.3 4096 91 5318 381 4806 597 4272 1214 5139 147
704 5.9.4 4393 94 5718 415 4578 642 4646 1310 5335 153
705 5.9.5 4681 96 6849 479 4827 671 5155 1490 5572 159
706 5.10.0 4710 97 7050 486 4899 673 5275 1503 5673 160
707 5.10.1 4858 98 7440 519 6195 921 6147 1751 5151 163
708 5.12.0 4999 100 1146 121 15227 2176 6400 1843 5342 168
709 5.12.1 5000 100 1146 121 15283 2178 6407 1846 5354 169
710 5.12.2 5003 100 1146 121 15404 2178 6413 1846 5376 170
711 5.12.3 5004 100 1146 121 15529 2180 6417 1848 5391 171
712 5.14.0 5328 104 1100 114 17779 2479 7697 2130 5871 188
713 5.16.0 5562 109 1077 80 20504 2702 8750 2375 4815 152
714 5.18.0 5892 113 1088 79 20077 2760 9365 2439 4943 154
715 5.20.0 6243 115 1187 75 19499 2701 9620 2457 5145 159
716 5.22.0 7819 115 1284 77 19121 2635 9772 2434 5615 176
717 5.24.0 7922 113 1287 77 19535 2677 9994 2465 5702 177
718 5.26.0 9140 121 24925 1200 40643 3017 10514 2614 7854 211
720 The "core"..."doc" mean the following files from the Perl source code
721 distribution. The glob notation ** means recursively, (.) means
726 ext ext/**/*.{[hcyt],xs,pm} (for -5.10.1) or
727 {dist,ext,cpan}/**/*.{[hcyt],xs,pm} (for 5.12.0-)
728 t t/**/*(.) (for 1-5.005_56) or **/*.t (for 5.6.0-5.7.3)
729 doc {README*,INSTALL,*[_.]man{,.?},pod/**/*.pod}
731 Here are some statistics for the other subdirectories and one file in
732 the Perl source distribution for somewhat more selected releases.
734 ======================================================================
739 Configure 31 1 37 1 62 1
745 x2p 103 17 104 17 137 17
747 ======================================================================
751 atarist - - - - 113 31
752 Configure 73 1 83 1 86 1
755 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12
757 msdos 57 15 58 15 60 15
758 os2 81 29 81 29 113 31
760 x2p 147 18 152 19 154 19
762 ======================================================================
764 5.000a2 5.000a12h 5.000b3h 5.000 5.001m
766 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
767 atarist 113 31 113 31 - - - - - -
768 bench - - 0 1 - - - - - -
769 Bugs 2 5 26 1 - - - - - -
770 dlperl 40 5 - - - - - - - -
771 do 127 71 - - - - - - - -
772 Configure - - 153 1 159 1 160 1 180 1
773 Doc - - 26 1 75 7 11 1 11 1
774 eg 79 58 53 44 51 43 54 44 54 44
775 emacs 67 4 104 6 104 6 104 1 104 6
776 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
777 hints 11 56 12 46 18 48 18 48 44 56
778 msdos 60 15 60 15 - - - - - -
779 os2 113 31 113 31 - - - - - -
780 U - - 62 8 112 42 - - - -
781 usub 43 8 - - - - - - - -
782 vms - - 80 7 123 9 184 15 304 20
783 x2p 171 22 171 21 162 20 162 20 279 20
785 ======================================================================
789 Configure 201 1 201 1 217 1
791 emacs 108 1 108 1 143 1
792 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12
793 hints 73 59 77 60 90 62
794 os2 84 17 56 10 117 42
798 vms 500 24 475 26 505 27
799 x2p 280 20 280 20 280 19
801 ======================================================================
803 5.004 5.004_04 5.004_62 5.004_65 5.004_68
805 beos - - - - - - 1 1 1 1
806 Configure 225 1 225 1 240 1 248 1 256 1
807 cygwin32 23 5 23 5 23 5 24 5 24 5
808 djgpp - - - - 14 5 14 5 14 5
809 eg 81 62 81 62 81 62 81 62 81 62
810 emacs 194 1 204 1 212 2 212 2 212 2
811 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
812 hints 129 69 132 71 144 72 151 74 155 74
813 os2 121 42 127 42 127 44 129 44 129 44
814 plan9 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15
815 Porting 94 2 109 4 203 6 234 8 241 9
816 qnx 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2
817 utils 112 8 118 8 124 8 156 9 159 9
818 vms 518 34 524 34 538 34 569 34 569 34
819 win32 285 33 378 36 470 39 493 39 575 41
820 x2p 281 19 281 19 281 19 282 19 281 19
822 ======================================================================
824 5.004_70 5.004_73 5.004_75 5.005 5.005_03
826 apollo - - - - - - - - 0 1
827 beos 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
828 Configure 256 1 256 1 264 1 264 1 270 1
829 cygwin32 24 5 24 5 24 5 24 5 24 5
830 djgpp 14 5 14 5 14 5 14 5 15 5
831 eg 86 65 86 65 86 65 86 65 86 65
832 emacs 262 2 262 2 262 2 262 2 274 2
833 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
834 hints 157 74 157 74 159 74 160 74 179 77
835 mint - - - - - - - - 4 7
836 mpeix - - - - 5 3 5 3 5 3
837 os2 129 44 139 44 142 44 143 44 148 44
838 plan9 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15
839 Porting 241 9 253 9 259 10 264 12 272 13
840 qnx 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2
841 utils 160 9 160 9 160 9 160 9 164 9
842 vms 570 34 572 34 573 34 575 34 583 34
843 vos - - - - - - - - 156 10
844 win32 577 41 585 41 585 41 587 41 600 42
845 x2p 281 19 281 19 281 19 281 19 281 19
847 ======================================================================
849 5.6.0 5.6.1 5.6.2 5.7.3
851 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
853 Configure 346 1 361 1 363 1 394 1
854 Cross - - - - - - 4 2
855 djgpp 19 6 19 6 19 6 21 7
856 eg 112 71 112 71 112 71 - -
857 emacs 303 4 319 4 319 4 319 4
858 epoc 29 8 35 8 35 8 36 8
859 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15
860 hints 242 83 250 84 321 89 272 87
861 mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9
862 mpeix 9 4 9 4 9 4 9 4
863 NetWare - - - - - - 423 57
864 os2 214 59 224 60 224 60 357 66
865 plan9 92 17 92 17 92 17 85 15
866 Porting 361 15 390 16 390 16 425 21
868 utils 228 12 221 11 222 11 267 13
870 vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4
871 vms 686 38 627 38 627 38 649 36
872 vos 227 12 249 15 248 15 281 17
873 win32 755 41 782 42 801 42 1006 50
874 x2p 307 20 307 20 307 20 345 20
876 ======================================================================
878 5.8.0 5.8.1 5.8.2 5.8.3 5.8.4
880 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
881 beos 6 4 6 4 6 4 6 4 6 4
882 Configure 472 1 493 1 493 1 493 1 494 1
883 Cross 4 2 45 10 45 10 45 10 45 10
884 djgpp 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7
885 emacs 319 4 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4
886 epoc 33 8 33 8 33 8 33 8 33 8
887 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15
888 hints 294 88 321 89 321 89 321 89 348 91
889 mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9
890 mpeix 24 5 25 5 25 5 25 5 25 5
891 NetWare 488 61 490 61 490 61 490 61 488 61
892 os2 361 66 445 67 450 67 488 67 488 67
893 plan9 85 15 325 17 325 17 325 17 321 17
894 Porting 479 22 537 32 538 32 539 32 538 33
895 qnx 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3
896 utils 275 15 258 16 258 16 263 19 263 19
897 uts 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3
898 vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4
899 vms 648 36 654 36 654 36 656 36 656 36
900 vos 330 20 335 20 335 20 335 20 335 20
901 win32 1062 49 1125 49 1127 49 1126 49 1181 56
902 x2p 347 20 348 20 348 20 348 20 348 20
904 ======================================================================
906 5.8.5 5.8.6 5.8.7 5.8.8 5.8.9
908 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
909 beos 6 4 6 4 8 4 8 4 8 4
910 Configure 494 1 494 1 495 1 506 1 520 1
911 Cross 45 10 45 10 45 10 45 10 46 10
912 djgpp 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7
913 emacs 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4 406 4
914 epoc 33 8 33 8 33 8 34 8 35 8
915 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15
916 hints 350 91 352 91 355 94 360 94 387 99
917 mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9
918 mpeix 25 5 25 5 25 5 49 6 49 6
919 NetWare 488 61 488 61 488 61 490 61 491 61
920 os2 488 67 488 67 488 67 488 67 552 70
921 plan9 321 17 321 17 321 17 322 17 324 17
922 Porting 538 34 548 35 549 35 564 37 625 41
923 qnx 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3
924 utils 265 19 265 19 266 19 267 19 281 21
925 uts 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3
926 vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4
927 vms 657 36 658 36 662 36 664 36 716 35
928 vos 335 20 335 20 335 20 336 21 345 22
929 win32 1183 56 1190 56 1199 56 1219 56 1484 68
930 x2p 349 20 349 20 349 20 349 19 350 19
932 ======================================================================
934 5.9.0 5.9.1 5.9.2 5.9.3 5.9.4
936 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
937 beos 6 4 6 4 8 4 8 4 8 4
938 Configure 493 1 493 1 495 1 508 1 512 1
939 Cross 45 10 45 10 45 10 45 10 46 10
940 djgpp 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7
941 emacs 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4
942 epoc 33 8 33 8 33 8 34 8 34 8
943 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15
944 hints 321 89 346 91 355 94 359 94 366 96
945 mad - - - - - - - - 174 6
946 mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9
947 mpeix 25 5 25 5 25 5 49 6 49 6
948 NetWare 489 61 487 61 487 61 489 61 489 61
949 os2 444 67 488 67 488 67 488 67 488 67
950 plan9 325 17 321 17 321 17 322 17 323 17
951 Porting 537 32 536 33 549 36 564 38 576 38
952 qnx 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3
953 symbian - - - - - - 293 53 293 53
954 utils 258 16 263 19 268 20 273 23 275 24
955 uts 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3
956 vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4
957 vms 660 36 547 33 553 33 661 33 696 33
958 vos 11 7 11 7 11 7 11 7 11 7
959 win32 1120 49 1124 51 1191 56 1209 56 1719 90
960 x2p 348 20 348 20 349 20 349 19 349 19
962 ======================================================================
964 5.9.5 5.10.0 5.10.1 5.12.0 5.12.1
966 apollo 8 3 8 3 0 3 0 3 0 3
967 beos 8 4 8 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
968 Configure 518 1 518 1 533 1 536 1 536 1
969 Cross 122 15 122 15 119 15 118 15 118 15
970 djgpp 21 7 21 7 17 7 17 7 17 7
971 emacs 329 4 406 4 402 4 402 4 402 4
972 epoc 34 8 35 8 31 8 31 8 31 8
973 h2pl 24 15 24 15 12 15 12 15 12 15
974 hints 377 98 381 98 385 100 368 97 368 97
975 mad 182 8 182 8 174 8 174 8 174 8
976 mint 11 9 11 9 3 9 - - - -
977 mpeix 49 6 49 6 45 6 45 6 45 6
978 NetWare 489 61 489 61 465 61 466 61 466 61
979 os2 552 70 552 70 507 70 507 70 507 70
980 plan9 324 17 324 17 316 17 316 17 316 17
981 Porting 627 40 632 40 933 53 749 54 749 54
982 qnx 5 3 5 4 1 4 1 4 1 4
983 symbian 300 54 300 54 290 54 288 54 288 54
984 utils 260 26 264 27 268 27 269 27 269 27
985 uts 12 3 12 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
986 vmesa 25 4 25 4 21 4 21 4 21 4
987 vms 690 32 722 32 693 30 645 18 645 18
988 vos 19 8 19 8 16 8 16 8 16 8
989 win32 1482 68 1485 68 1497 70 1841 73 1841 73
990 x2p 349 19 349 19 345 19 345 19 345 19
992 ======================================================================
994 5.12.2 5.12.3 5.14.0 5.16.0 5.18.0
996 apollo 0 3 0 3 - - - - - -
997 beos 4 4 4 4 5 4 5 4 - -
998 Configure 536 1 536 1 539 1 547 1 550 1
999 Cross 118 15 118 15 118 15 118 15 118 15
1000 djgpp 17 7 17 7 18 7 18 7 18 7
1001 emacs 402 4 402 4 - - - - - -
1002 epoc 31 8 31 8 32 8 30 8 - -
1003 h2pl 12 15 12 15 15 15 15 15 13 15
1004 hints 368 97 368 97 370 96 371 96 354 91
1005 mad 174 8 174 8 176 8 176 8 174 8
1006 mpeix 45 6 45 6 46 6 46 6 - -
1007 NetWare 466 61 466 61 473 61 472 61 469 61
1008 os2 507 70 507 70 518 70 519 70 510 70
1009 plan9 316 17 316 17 319 17 319 17 318 17
1010 Porting 750 54 750 54 855 60 1093 69 1149 70
1011 qnx 1 4 1 4 2 4 2 4 1 4
1012 symbian 288 54 288 54 292 54 292 54 290 54
1013 utils 269 27 269 27 249 29 245 30 246 31
1014 uts 8 3 8 3 9 3 9 3 - -
1015 vmesa 21 4 21 4 22 4 22 4 - -
1016 vms 646 18 644 18 639 17 571 15 564 15
1017 vos 16 8 16 8 17 8 9 7 8 7
1018 win32 1841 73 1841 73 1833 72 1655 67 1157 62
1019 x2p 345 19 345 19 346 19 345 19 344 20
1021 ======================================================================
1023 5.20.0 5.22.0 5.24.0
1025 Configure 552 1 570 1 586 1
1026 Cross 118 15 118 15 118 15
1027 djgpp 18 7 17 7 17 7
1028 h2pl 13 15 13 15 13 15
1029 hints 355 90 356 87 362 87
1031 NetWare 467 61 466 61 467 61
1032 os2 510 70 510 70 510 70
1033 plan9 316 17 317 17 314 17
1034 Porting 1204 68 1393 71 1321 71
1036 symbian 290 54 291 54 292 54
1037 utils 241 27 242 27 679 53
1038 vms 538 12 532 12 524 12
1040 win32 1183 64 1201 64 1268 65
1043 ======================================================================
1065 =head2 SELECTED PATCH SIZES
1067 The "diff lines kB" means that for example the patch 5.003_08, to be
1068 applied on top of the 5.003_07 (or whatever was before the 5.003_08)
1069 added lines for 110 kilobytes, it removed lines for 19 kilobytes, and
1070 changed lines for 424 kilobytes. Just the lines themselves are
1071 counted, not their context. The "+ - !" become from the diff(1)
1072 context diff output format.
1074 Pump- Release Date diff lines kB
1077 ======================================================================
1079 Chip 5.003_08 1996-Nov-19 110 19 424
1080 5.003_09 1996-Nov-26 38 9 248
1081 5.003_10 1996-Nov-29 29 2 27
1082 5.003_11 1996-Dec-06 73 12 165
1083 5.003_12 1996-Dec-19 275 6 436
1084 5.003_13 1996-Dec-20 95 1 56
1085 5.003_14 1996-Dec-23 23 7 333
1086 5.003_15 1996-Dec-23 0 0 1
1087 5.003_16 1996-Dec-24 12 3 50
1088 5.003_17 1996-Dec-27 19 1 14
1089 5.003_18 1996-Dec-31 21 1 32
1090 5.003_19 1997-Jan-04 80 3 85
1091 5.003_20 1997-Jan-07 18 1 146
1092 5.003_21 1997-Jan-15 38 10 221
1093 5.003_22 1997-Jan-16 4 0 18
1094 5.003_23 1997-Jan-25 71 15 119
1095 5.003_24 1997-Jan-29 426 1 20
1096 5.003_25 1997-Feb-04 21 8 169
1097 5.003_26 1997-Feb-10 16 1 15
1098 5.003_27 1997-Feb-18 32 10 38
1099 5.003_28 1997-Feb-21 58 4 66
1100 5.003_90 1997-Feb-25 22 2 34
1101 5.003_91 1997-Mar-01 37 1 39
1102 5.003_92 1997-Mar-06 16 3 69
1103 5.003_93 1997-Mar-10 12 3 15
1104 5.003_94 1997-Mar-22 407 7 200
1105 5.003_95 1997-Mar-25 41 1 37
1106 5.003_96 1997-Apr-01 283 5 261
1107 5.003_97 1997-Apr-03 13 2 34
1108 5.003_97a 1997-Apr-05 57 1 27
1109 5.003_97b 1997-Apr-08 14 1 20
1110 5.003_97c 1997-Apr-10 20 1 16
1111 5.003_97d 1997-Apr-13 8 0 16
1112 5.003_97e 1997-Apr-15 15 4 46
1113 5.003_97f 1997-Apr-17 7 1 33
1114 5.003_97g 1997-Apr-18 6 1 42
1115 5.003_97h 1997-Apr-24 23 3 68
1116 5.003_97i 1997-Apr-25 23 1 31
1117 5.003_97j 1997-Apr-28 36 1 49
1118 5.003_98 1997-Apr-30 171 12 539
1119 5.003_99 1997-May-01 6 0 7
1120 5.003_99a 1997-May-09 36 2 61
1121 p54rc1 1997-May-12 8 1 11
1122 p54rc2 1997-May-14 6 0 40
1124 5.004 1997-May-15 4 0 4
1126 Tim 5.004_01 1997-Jun-13 222 14 57
1127 5.004_02 1997-Aug-07 112 16 119
1128 5.004_03 1997-Sep-05 109 0 17
1129 5.004_04 1997-Oct-15 66 8 173
1131 =head3 The patch-free era
1133 In more modern times, named releases don't come as often, and as progress
1134 can be followed (nearly) instantly (with rsync, and since late 2008, git)
1135 patches between versions are no longer provided. However, that doesn't
1136 keep us from calculating how large a patch could have been. Which is
1137 shown in the table below. Unless noted otherwise, the size mentioned is
1138 the patch to bring version x.y.z to x.y.z+1.
1140 Sarathy 5.6.1 2001-Apr-08 531 44 651
1141 Rafael 5.6.2 2003-Nov-15 20 11 1819
1143 Jarkko 5.8.0 2002-Jul-18 1205 31 471 From 5.7.3
1145 5.8.1 2003-Sep-25 243 102 6162
1146 Nicholas 5.8.2 2003-Nov-05 10 50 788
1147 5.8.3 2004-Jan-14 31 13 360
1148 5.8.4 2004-Apr-21 33 8 299
1149 5.8.5 2004-Jul-19 11 19 255
1150 5.8.6 2004-Nov-27 35 3 192
1151 5.8.7 2005-May-30 75 34 778
1152 5.8.8 2006-Jan-31 131 42 1251
1153 5.8.9 2008-Dec-14 340 132 12988
1155 Hugo 5.9.0 2003-Oct-27 281 168 7132 From 5.8.0
1156 Rafael 5.9.1 2004-Mar-16 57 250 2107
1157 5.9.2 2005-Apr-01 720 57 858
1158 5.9.3 2006-Jan-28 1124 102 1906
1159 5.9.4 2006-Aug-15 896 60 862
1160 5.9.5 2007-Jul-07 1149 128 1062
1162 5.10.0 2007-Dec-18 50 31 13111 From 5.9.5
1165 =head1 THE KEEPERS OF THE RECORDS
1167 Jarkko Hietaniemi <F<jhi@iki.fi>>.
1169 Thanks to the collective memory of the Perlfolk. In addition to the
1170 Keepers of the Pumpkin also Alan Champion, Mark Dominus,
1171 Andreas KE<0xf6>nig, John Macdonald, Matthias Neeracher, Jeff Okamoto,
1172 Michael Peppler, Randal Schwartz, and Paul D. Smith sent corrections
1173 and additions. Abigail added file and patch size data for the 5.6.0 - 5.10