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 and Tony
39 [from Porting/pumpkin.pod in the Perl source code distribution]
41 =for disclaimer orking cows is hazardous, and not legal in all jurisdictions
43 Chip Salzenberg gets credit for that, with a nod to his cow orker,
44 David Croy. We had passed around various names (baton, token, hot
45 potato) but none caught on. Then, Chip asked:
49 Who has the patch pumpkin?
51 To explain: David Croy once told me that at a previous job,
52 there was one tape drive and multiple systems that used it for backups.
53 But instead of some high-tech exclusion software, they used a low-tech
54 method to prevent multiple simultaneous backups: a stuffed pumpkin.
55 No one was allowed to make backups unless they had the "backup pumpkin".
59 The name has stuck. The holder of the pumpkin is sometimes called
60 the pumpking (keeping the source afloat?) or the pumpkineer (pulling
65 Pump- Release Date Notes
70 ======================================================================
72 Larry 0 Classified. Don't ask.
74 Larry 1.000 1987-Dec-18
78 Schwern 1.0.15 2002-Dec-18 Modernization
79 Richard 1.0_16 2003-Dec-18
81 Larry 2.000 1988-Jun-05
85 Larry 3.000 1989-Oct-18
95 3.019..27 1990-Aug-10 User subs.
101 3.042..43 1991-Jan-??
104 Larry 4.000 1991-Mar-21
109 4.011..18 1991-Nov-05
110 4.019 1991-Nov-11 Stable.
111 4.020..33 1992-Jun-08
114 Larry 4.036 1993-Feb-05 Very stable.
116 5.000alpha1 1993-Jul-31
117 5.000alpha2 1993-Aug-16
118 5.000alpha3 1993-Oct-10
119 5.000alpha4 1993-???-??
120 5.000alpha5 1993-???-??
121 5.000alpha6 1994-Mar-18
122 5.000alpha7 1994-Mar-25
123 Andy 5.000alpha8 1994-Apr-04
124 Larry 5.000alpha9 1994-May-05 ext appears.
125 5.000alpha10 1994-Jun-11
126 5.000alpha11 1994-Jul-01
127 Andy 5.000a11a 1994-Jul-07 To fit 14.
128 5.000a11b 1994-Jul-14
129 5.000a11c 1994-Jul-19
130 5.000a11d 1994-Jul-22
131 Larry 5.000alpha12 1994-Aug-04
132 Andy 5.000a12a 1994-Aug-08
133 5.000a12b 1994-Aug-15
134 5.000a12c 1994-Aug-22
135 5.000a12d 1994-Aug-22
136 5.000a12e 1994-Aug-22
137 5.000a12f 1994-Aug-24
138 5.000a12g 1994-Aug-24
139 5.000a12h 1994-Aug-24
140 Larry 5.000beta1 1994-Aug-30
141 Andy 5.000b1a 1994-Sep-06
142 Larry 5.000beta2 1994-Sep-14 Core slushified.
143 Andy 5.000b2a 1994-Sep-14
146 Larry 5.000beta3 1994-Sep-??
147 Andy 5.000b3a 1994-Sep-18
154 Andy 5.000b3h 1994-Oct-07
155 Larry? 5.000gamma 1994-Oct-13?
157 Larry 5.000 1994-Oct-17
159 Andy 5.000a 1994-Dec-19
175 Larry 5.001 1995-Mar-13
177 Andy 5.001a 1995-Mar-15
181 5.001e 1995-Apr-18 Stable.
188 5.001l 1995-Jun-06 Stable.
189 5.001m 1995-Jul-02 Very stable.
190 5.001n 1995-Oct-31 Very unstable.
191 5.002beta1 1995-Nov-21
198 Tom 5.002b1g 1995-Dec-21 Doc release.
199 Andy 5.002b1h 1996-Jan-05
201 Larry 5.002b3 1996-Feb-02
202 Andy 5.002gamma 1996-Feb-11
203 Larry 5.002delta 1996-Feb-27
205 Larry 5.002 1996-Feb-29 Prototypes.
207 Charles 5.002_01 1996-Mar-25
209 5.003 1996-Jun-25 Security release.
212 Nick 5.003_02 1996-Aug-10
213 Andy 5.003_03 1996-Aug-28
218 Chip 5.003_08 1996-Nov-19
239 5.003_90 1997-Feb-25 Ramping up to the 5.004 release.
246 5.003_97 1997-Apr-03 Fairly widely used.
247 5.003_97a 1997-Apr-05
248 5.003_97b 1997-Apr-08
249 5.003_97c 1997-Apr-10
250 5.003_97d 1997-Apr-13
251 5.003_97e 1997-Apr-15
252 5.003_97f 1997-Apr-17
253 5.003_97g 1997-Apr-18
254 5.003_97h 1997-Apr-24
255 5.003_97i 1997-Apr-25
256 5.003_97j 1997-Apr-28
259 5.003_99a 1997-May-09
260 p54rc1 1997-May-12 Release Candidates.
263 Chip 5.004 1997-May-15 A major maintenance release.
265 Tim 5.004_01-t1 1997-???-?? The 5.004 maintenance track.
266 5.004_01-t2 1997-Jun-11 aka perl5.004m1t2
268 5.004_01_01 1997-Jul-29 aka perl5.004m2t1
269 5.004_01_02 1997-Aug-01 aka perl5.004m2t2
270 5.004_01_03 1997-Aug-05 aka perl5.004m2t3
272 5.004_02_01 1997-Aug-12 aka perl5.004m3t1
273 5.004_03-t2 1997-Aug-13 aka perl5.004m3t2
275 5.004_04-t1 1997-Sep-19 aka perl5.004m4t1
276 5.004_04-t2 1997-Sep-23 aka perl5.004m4t2
277 5.004_04-t3 1997-Oct-10 aka perl5.004m4t3
278 5.004_04-t4 1997-Oct-14 aka perl5.004m4t4
280 5.004_04-m1 1998-Mar-04 (5.004m5t1) Maint. trials for 5.004_05.
281 5.004_04-m2 1998-May-01
282 5.004_04-m3 1998-May-15
283 5.004_04-m4 1998-May-19
284 5.004_05-MT5 1998-Jul-21
285 5.004_05-MT6 1998-Oct-09
286 5.004_05-MT7 1998-Nov-22
287 5.004_05-MT8 1998-Dec-03
288 Chip 5.004_05-MT9 1999-Apr-26
291 Malcolm 5.004_50 1997-Sep-09 The 5.005 development track.
308 Sarathy 5.004_67 1998-Jun-15
315 5.004_74 1998-Jul-14 5.005 beta candidate.
316 5.004_75 1998-Jul-15 5.005 beta1.
317 5.004_76 1998-Jul-21 5.005 beta2.
319 Sarathy 5.005 1998-Jul-22 Oneperl.
321 Sarathy 5.005_01 1998-Jul-27 The 5.005 maintenance track.
322 5.005_02-T1 1998-Aug-02
323 5.005_02-T2 1998-Aug-05
325 Graham 5.005_03-MT1 1998-Nov-30
326 5.005_03-MT2 1999-Jan-04
327 5.005_03-MT3 1999-Jan-17
328 5.005_03-MT4 1999-Jan-26
329 5.005_03-MT5 1999-Jan-28
330 5.005_03-MT6 1999-Mar-05
332 Leon 5.005_04-RC1 2004-Feb-05
333 5.005_04-RC2 2004-Feb-18
335 5.005_05-RC1 2009-Feb-16
337 Sarathy 5.005_50 1998-Jul-26 The 5.6 development track.
352 5.5.650 2000-Feb-08 beta1
353 5.5.660 2000-Feb-22 beta2
354 5.5.670 2000-Feb-29 beta3
355 5.6.0-RC1 2000-Mar-09 Release candidate 1.
356 5.6.0-RC2 2000-Mar-14 Release candidate 2.
357 5.6.0-RC3 2000-Mar-21 Release candidate 3.
359 Sarathy 5.6.0 2000-Mar-22
361 Sarathy 5.6.1-TRIAL1 2000-Dec-18 The 5.6 maintenance track.
362 5.6.1-TRIAL2 2001-Jan-31
363 5.6.1-TRIAL3 2001-Mar-19
364 5.6.1-foolish 2001-Apr-01 The "fools-gold" release.
366 Rafael 5.6.2-RC1 2003-Nov-08
367 5.6.2 2003-Nov-15 Fix new build issues
369 Jarkko 5.7.0 2000-Sep-02 The 5.7 track: Development.
371 5.7.2 2001-Jul-13 Virtual release candidate 0.
373 5.8.0-RC1 2002-Jun-01
374 5.8.0-RC2 2002-Jun-21
375 5.8.0-RC3 2002-Jul-13
377 Jarkko 5.8.0 2002-Jul-18
379 Jarkko 5.8.1-RC1 2003-Jul-10 The 5.8 maintenance track
380 5.8.1-RC2 2003-Jul-11
381 5.8.1-RC3 2003-Jul-30
382 5.8.1-RC4 2003-Aug-01
383 5.8.1-RC5 2003-Sep-22
385 Nicholas 5.8.2-RC1 2003-Oct-27
386 5.8.2-RC2 2003-Nov-03
388 5.8.3-RC1 2004-Jan-07
390 5.8.4-RC1 2004-Apr-05
391 5.8.4-RC2 2004-Apr-15
393 5.8.5-RC1 2004-Jul-06
394 5.8.5-RC2 2004-Jul-08
396 5.8.6-RC1 2004-Nov-11
398 5.8.7-RC1 2005-May-18
400 5.8.8-RC1 2006-Jan-20
402 5.8.9-RC1 2008-Nov-10
403 5.8.9-RC2 2008-Dec-06
406 Hugo 5.9.0 2003-Oct-27 The 5.9 development track
407 Rafael 5.9.1 2004-Mar-16
412 5.10.0-RC1 2007-Nov-17
413 5.10.0-RC2 2007-Nov-25
415 Rafael 5.10.0 2007-Dec-18
417 David M 5.10.1-RC1 2009-Aug-06 The 5.10 maintenance track
418 5.10.1-RC2 2009-Aug-18
421 Jesse 5.11.0 2009-Oct-02 The 5.11 development track
423 Leon 5.11.2 2009-Nov-20
424 Jesse 5.11.3 2009-Dec-20
425 Ricardo 5.11.4 2010-Jan-20
426 Steve 5.11.5 2010-Feb-20
427 Jesse 5.12.0-RC0 2010-Mar-21
428 5.12.0-RC1 2010-Mar-29
429 5.12.0-RC2 2010-Apr-01
430 5.12.0-RC3 2010-Apr-02
431 5.12.0-RC4 2010-Apr-06
432 5.12.0-RC5 2010-Apr-09
434 Jesse 5.12.0 2010-Apr-12
436 Jesse 5.12.1-RC2 2010-May-13 The 5.12 maintenance track
437 5.12.1-RC1 2010-May-09
439 5.12.2-RC2 2010-Aug-31
441 Ricardo 5.12.3-RC1 2011-Jan-09
442 Ricardo 5.12.3-RC2 2011-Jan-14
443 Ricardo 5.12.3-RC3 2011-Jan-17
444 Ricardo 5.12.3 2011-Jan-21
445 Leon 5.12.4-RC1 2011-Jun-08
446 Leon 5.12.4 2011-Jun-20
448 Leon 5.13.0 2010-Apr-20 The 5.13 development track
449 Ricardo 5.13.1 2010-May-20
450 Matt 5.13.2 2010-Jun-22
451 David G 5.13.3 2010-Jul-20
452 Florian 5.13.4 2010-Aug-20
453 Steve 5.13.5 2010-Sep-19
454 Miyagawa 5.13.6 2010-Oct-20
455 BinGOs 5.13.7 2010-Nov-20
456 Zefram 5.13.8 2010-Dec-20
457 Jesse 5.13.9 2011-Jan-20
458 Ævar 5.13.10 2011-Feb-20
459 Florian 5.13.11 2011-Mar-20
460 Jesse 5.14.0RC1 2011-Apr-20
461 Jesse 5.14.0RC2 2011-May-04
462 Jesse 5.14.0RC3 2011-May-11
464 Jesse 5.14.0 2011-May-14 The 5.14 maintenance track
465 Jesse 5.14.1 2011-Jun-16
466 Florian 5.14.2-RC1 2011-Sep-19
469 David G 5.15.0 2011-Jun-20 The 5.15 development track
470 Zefram 5.15.1 2011-Jul-20
471 Ricardo 5.15.2 2011-Aug-20
472 Stevan 5.15.3 2011-Sep-20
473 Florian 5.15.4 2011-Oct-20
474 Steve 5.15.5 2011-Nov-20
475 Dave R 5.15.6 2011-Dec-20
476 BinGOs 5.15.7 2012-Jan-20
477 Max M 5.15.8 2012-Feb-20
478 Abigail 5.15.9 2012-Mar-20
479 Ricardo 5.16.0-RC0 2012-May-10
480 Ricardo 5.16.0-RC1 2012-May-14
481 Ricardo 5.16.0-RC2 2012-May-15
483 Ricardo 5.16.0 2012-May-20 The 5.16 maintenance track
484 Ricardo 5.16.1 2012-Aug-08
486 Zefram 5.17.0 2012-May-26 The 5.17 development track
487 Jesse L 5.17.1 2012-Jun-20
488 TonyC 5.17.2 2012-Jul-20
490 =head2 SELECTED RELEASE SIZES
492 For example the notation "core: 212 29" in the release 1.000 means that
493 it had in the core 212 kilobytes, in 29 files. The "core".."doc" are
496 release core lib ext t doc
497 ======================================================================
499 1.000 212 29 - - - - 38 51 62 3
500 1.014 219 29 - - - - 39 52 68 4
501 2.000 309 31 2 3 - - 55 57 92 4
502 2.001 312 31 2 3 - - 55 57 94 4
503 3.000 508 36 24 11 - - 79 73 156 5
504 3.044 645 37 61 20 - - 90 74 190 6
505 4.000 635 37 59 20 - - 91 75 198 4
506 4.019 680 37 85 29 - - 98 76 199 4
507 4.036 709 37 89 30 - - 98 76 208 5
508 5.000alpha2 785 50 114 32 - - 112 86 209 5
509 5.000alpha3 801 50 117 33 - - 121 87 209 5
510 5.000alpha9 1022 56 149 43 116 29 125 90 217 6
511 5.000a12h 978 49 140 49 205 46 152 97 228 9
512 5.000b3h 1035 53 232 70 216 38 162 94 218 21
513 5.000 1038 53 250 76 216 38 154 92 536 62
514 5.001m 1071 54 388 82 240 38 159 95 544 29
515 5.002 1121 54 661 101 287 43 155 94 847 35
516 5.003 1129 54 680 102 291 43 166 100 853 35
517 5.003_07 1231 60 748 106 396 53 213 137 976 39
518 5.004 1351 60 1230 136 408 51 355 161 1587 55
519 5.004_01 1356 60 1258 138 410 51 358 161 1587 55
520 5.004_04 1375 60 1294 139 413 51 394 162 1629 55
521 5.004_05 1463 60 1435 150 394 50 445 175 1855 59
522 5.004_51 1401 61 1260 140 413 53 358 162 1594 56
523 5.004_53 1422 62 1295 141 438 70 394 162 1637 56
524 5.004_56 1501 66 1301 140 447 74 408 165 1648 57
525 5.004_59 1555 72 1317 142 448 74 424 171 1678 58
526 5.004_62 1602 77 1327 144 629 92 428 173 1674 58
527 5.004_65 1626 77 1358 146 615 92 446 179 1698 60
528 5.004_68 1856 74 1382 152 619 92 463 187 1784 60
529 5.004_70 1863 75 1456 154 675 92 494 194 1809 60
530 5.004_73 1874 76 1467 152 762 102 506 196 1883 61
531 5.004_75 1877 76 1467 152 770 103 508 196 1896 62
532 5.005 1896 76 1469 152 795 103 509 197 1945 63
533 5.005_03 1936 77 1541 153 813 104 551 201 2176 72
534 5.005_50 1969 78 1842 301 795 103 514 198 1948 63
535 5.005_53 1999 79 1885 303 806 104 602 224 2002 67
536 5.005_56 2086 79 1970 307 866 113 672 238 2221 75
537 5.6.0 2820 79 2626 364 1096 129 863 280 2840 93
538 5.6.1 2946 78 2921 430 1171 132 1024 304 3330 102
539 5.6.2 2947 78 3143 451 1247 127 1303 387 3406 102
540 5.7.0 2977 80 2801 425 1250 132 975 307 3206 100
541 5.7.1 3351 84 3442 455 1944 167 1334 357 3698 124
542 5.7.2 3491 87 4858 618 3290 298 1598 449 3910 139
543 5.7.3 3299 85 4295 537 2196 300 2176 626 4171 120
544 5.8.0 3489 87 4533 585 2437 331 2588 726 4368 125
545 5.8.1 3674 90 5104 623 2604 353 2983 836 4625 134
546 5.8.2 3633 90 5111 623 2623 357 3019 848 4634 135
547 5.8.3 3625 90 5141 624 2660 363 3083 869 4669 136
548 5.8.4 3653 90 5170 634 2684 368 3148 885 4689 137
549 5.8.5 3664 90 4260 303 2707 369 3208 898 4689 138
550 5.8.6 3690 90 4271 303 3141 396 3411 925 4709 139
551 5.8.7 3788 90 4322 307 3297 401 3485 964 4744 141
552 5.8.8 3895 90 4357 314 3409 431 3622 1017 4979 144
553 5.8.9 4132 93 5508 330 3826 529 4364 1234 5348 152
554 5.9.0 3657 90 4951 626 2603 354 3011 841 4609 135
555 5.9.1 3580 90 5196 634 2665 367 3186 889 4725 138
556 5.9.2 3863 90 4654 312 3283 403 3551 973 4800 142
557 5.9.3 4096 91 5318 381 4806 597 4272 1214 5139 147
558 5.9.4 4393 94 5718 415 4578 642 4646 1310 5335 153
559 5.9.5 4681 96 6849 479 4827 671 5155 1490 5572 159
560 5.10.0 4710 97 7050 486 4899 673 5275 1503 5673 160
561 5.10.1 4858 98 7440 519 6195 921 6147 1751 5151 163
562 5.12.0 4999 100 1146 121 15227 2176 6400 1843 5342 168
563 5.12.1 5000 100 1146 121 15283 2178 6407 1846 5354 169
564 5.12.2 5003 100 1146 121 15404 2178 6413 1846 5376 170
565 5.12.3 5004 100 1146 121 15529 2180 6417 1848 5391 171
567 The "core"..."doc" mean the following files from the Perl source code
568 distribution. The glob notation ** means recursively, (.) means
573 ext ext/**/*.{[hcyt],xs,pm} (for -5.10.1) or
574 {dist,ext,cpan}/**/*.{[hcyt],xs,pm} (for 5.12.0-)
575 t t/**/*(.) (for 1-5.005_56) or **/*.t (for 5.6.0-5.7.3)
576 doc {README*,INSTALL,*[_.]man{,.?},pod/**/*.pod}
578 Here are some statistics for the other subdirectories and one file in
579 the Perl source distribution for somewhat more selected releases.
581 ======================================================================
586 Configure 31 1 37 1 62 1
592 x2p 103 17 104 17 137 17
594 ======================================================================
598 atarist - - - - 113 31
599 Configure 73 1 83 1 86 1
602 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12
604 msdos 57 15 58 15 60 15
605 os2 81 29 81 29 113 31
607 x2p 147 18 152 19 154 19
609 ======================================================================
611 5.000a2 5.000a12h 5.000b3h 5.000 5.001m
613 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
614 atarist 113 31 113 31 - - - - - -
615 bench - - 0 1 - - - - - -
616 Bugs 2 5 26 1 - - - - - -
617 dlperl 40 5 - - - - - - - -
618 do 127 71 - - - - - - - -
619 Configure - - 153 1 159 1 160 1 180 1
620 Doc - - 26 1 75 7 11 1 11 1
621 eg 79 58 53 44 51 43 54 44 54 44
622 emacs 67 4 104 6 104 6 104 1 104 6
623 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
624 hints 11 56 12 46 18 48 18 48 44 56
625 msdos 60 15 60 15 - - - - - -
626 os2 113 31 113 31 - - - - - -
627 U - - 62 8 112 42 - - - -
628 usub 43 8 - - - - - - - -
629 vms - - 80 7 123 9 184 15 304 20
630 x2p 171 22 171 21 162 20 162 20 279 20
632 ======================================================================
636 Configure 201 1 201 1 217 1
638 emacs 108 1 108 1 143 1
639 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12
640 hints 73 59 77 60 90 62
641 os2 84 17 56 10 117 42
645 vms 500 24 475 26 505 27
646 x2p 280 20 280 20 280 19
648 ======================================================================
650 5.004 5.004_04 5.004_62 5.004_65 5.004_68
652 beos - - - - - - 1 1 1 1
653 Configure 225 1 225 1 240 1 248 1 256 1
654 cygwin32 23 5 23 5 23 5 24 5 24 5
655 djgpp - - - - 14 5 14 5 14 5
656 eg 81 62 81 62 81 62 81 62 81 62
657 emacs 194 1 204 1 212 2 212 2 212 2
658 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
659 hints 129 69 132 71 144 72 151 74 155 74
660 os2 121 42 127 42 127 44 129 44 129 44
661 plan9 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15
662 Porting 94 2 109 4 203 6 234 8 241 9
663 qnx 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2
664 utils 112 8 118 8 124 8 156 9 159 9
665 vms 518 34 524 34 538 34 569 34 569 34
666 win32 285 33 378 36 470 39 493 39 575 41
667 x2p 281 19 281 19 281 19 282 19 281 19
669 ======================================================================
671 5.004_70 5.004_73 5.004_75 5.005 5.005_03
673 apollo - - - - - - - - 0 1
674 beos 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
675 Configure 256 1 256 1 264 1 264 1 270 1
676 cygwin32 24 5 24 5 24 5 24 5 24 5
677 djgpp 14 5 14 5 14 5 14 5 15 5
678 eg 86 65 86 65 86 65 86 65 86 65
679 emacs 262 2 262 2 262 2 262 2 274 2
680 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
681 hints 157 74 157 74 159 74 160 74 179 77
682 mint - - - - - - - - 4 7
683 mpeix - - - - 5 3 5 3 5 3
684 os2 129 44 139 44 142 44 143 44 148 44
685 plan9 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15
686 Porting 241 9 253 9 259 10 264 12 272 13
687 qnx 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2
688 utils 160 9 160 9 160 9 160 9 164 9
689 vms 570 34 572 34 573 34 575 34 583 34
690 vos - - - - - - - - 156 10
691 win32 577 41 585 41 585 41 587 41 600 42
692 x2p 281 19 281 19 281 19 281 19 281 19
694 ======================================================================
696 5.6.0 5.6.1 5.6.2 5.7.3
698 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
700 Configure 346 1 361 1 363 1 394 1
701 Cross - - - - - - 4 2
702 djgpp 19 6 19 6 19 6 21 7
703 eg 112 71 112 71 112 71 - -
704 emacs 303 4 319 4 319 4 319 4
705 epoc 29 8 35 8 35 8 36 8
706 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15
707 hints 242 83 250 84 321 89 272 87
708 mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9
709 mpeix 9 4 9 4 9 4 9 4
710 NetWare - - - - - - 423 57
711 os2 214 59 224 60 224 60 357 66
712 plan9 92 17 92 17 92 17 85 15
713 Porting 361 15 390 16 390 16 425 21
715 utils 228 12 221 11 222 11 267 13
717 vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4
718 vms 686 38 627 38 627 38 649 36
719 vos 227 12 249 15 248 15 281 17
720 win32 755 41 782 42 801 42 1006 50
721 x2p 307 20 307 20 307 20 345 20
723 ======================================================================
725 5.8.0 5.8.1 5.8.2 5.8.3 5.8.4
727 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
728 beos 6 4 6 4 6 4 6 4 6 4
729 Configure 472 1 493 1 493 1 493 1 494 1
730 Cross 4 2 45 10 45 10 45 10 45 10
731 djgpp 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7
732 emacs 319 4 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4
733 epoc 33 8 33 8 33 8 33 8 33 8
734 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15
735 hints 294 88 321 89 321 89 321 89 348 91
736 mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9
737 mpeix 24 5 25 5 25 5 25 5 25 5
738 NetWare 488 61 490 61 490 61 490 61 488 61
739 os2 361 66 445 67 450 67 488 67 488 67
740 plan9 85 15 325 17 325 17 325 17 321 17
741 Porting 479 22 537 32 538 32 539 32 538 33
742 qnx 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3
743 utils 275 15 258 16 258 16 263 19 263 19
744 uts 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3
745 vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4
746 vms 648 36 654 36 654 36 656 36 656 36
747 vos 330 20 335 20 335 20 335 20 335 20
748 win32 1062 49 1125 49 1127 49 1126 49 1181 56
749 x2p 347 20 348 20 348 20 348 20 348 20
751 ======================================================================
753 5.8.5 5.8.6 5.8.7 5.8.8 5.8.9
755 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
756 beos 6 4 6 4 8 4 8 4 8 4
757 Configure 494 1 494 1 495 1 506 1 520 1
758 Cross 45 10 45 10 45 10 45 10 46 10
759 djgpp 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7
760 emacs 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4 406 4
761 epoc 33 8 33 8 33 8 34 8 35 8
762 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15
763 hints 350 91 352 91 355 94 360 94 387 99
764 mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9
765 mpeix 25 5 25 5 25 5 49 6 49 6
766 NetWare 488 61 488 61 488 61 490 61 491 61
767 os2 488 67 488 67 488 67 488 67 552 70
768 plan9 321 17 321 17 321 17 322 17 324 17
769 Porting 538 34 548 35 549 35 564 37 625 41
770 qnx 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3
771 utils 265 19 265 19 266 19 267 19 281 21
772 uts 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3
773 vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4
774 vms 657 36 658 36 662 36 664 36 716 35
775 vos 335 20 335 20 335 20 336 21 345 22
776 win32 1183 56 1190 56 1199 56 1219 56 1484 68
777 x2p 349 20 349 20 349 20 349 19 350 19
779 ======================================================================
781 5.9.0 5.9.1 5.9.2 5.9.3 5.9.4
783 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
784 beos 6 4 6 4 8 4 8 4 8 4
785 Configure 493 1 493 1 495 1 508 1 512 1
786 Cross 45 10 45 10 45 10 45 10 46 10
787 djgpp 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7
788 emacs 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4
789 epoc 33 8 33 8 33 8 34 8 34 8
790 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15
791 hints 321 89 346 91 355 94 359 94 366 96
792 mad - - - - - - - - 174 6
793 mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9
794 mpeix 25 5 25 5 25 5 49 6 49 6
795 NetWare 489 61 487 61 487 61 489 61 489 61
796 os2 444 67 488 67 488 67 488 67 488 67
797 plan9 325 17 321 17 321 17 322 17 323 17
798 Porting 537 32 536 33 549 36 564 38 576 38
799 qnx 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3
800 symbian - - - - - - 293 53 293 53
801 utils 258 16 263 19 268 20 273 23 275 24
802 uts 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3
803 vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4
804 vms 660 36 547 33 553 33 661 33 696 33
805 vos 11 7 11 7 11 7 11 7 11 7
806 win32 1120 49 1124 51 1191 56 1209 56 1719 90
807 x2p 348 20 348 20 349 20 349 19 349 19
809 ======================================================================
811 5.9.5 5.10.0 5.10.1 5.12.0 5.12.1
813 apollo 8 3 8 3 0 3 0 3 0 3
814 beos 8 4 8 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
815 Configure 518 1 518 1 533 1 536 1 536 1
816 Cross 122 15 122 15 119 15 118 15 118 15
817 djgpp 21 7 21 7 17 7 17 7 17 7
818 emacs 329 4 406 4 402 4 402 4 402 4
819 epoc 34 8 35 8 31 8 31 8 31 8
820 h2pl 24 15 24 15 12 15 12 15 12 15
821 hints 377 98 381 98 385 100 368 97 368 97
822 mad 182 8 182 8 174 8 174 8 174 8
823 mint 11 9 11 9 3 9 - - - -
824 mpeix 49 6 49 6 45 6 45 6 45 6
825 NetWare 489 61 489 61 465 61 466 61 466 61
826 os2 552 70 552 70 507 70 507 70 507 70
827 plan9 324 17 324 17 316 17 316 17 316 17
828 Porting 627 40 632 40 933 53 749 54 749 54
829 qnx 5 3 5 4 1 4 1 4 1 4
830 symbian 300 54 300 54 290 54 288 54 288 54
831 utils 260 26 264 27 268 27 269 27 269 27
832 uts 12 3 12 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
833 vmesa 25 4 25 4 21 4 21 4 21 4
834 vms 690 32 722 32 693 30 645 18 645 18
835 vos 19 8 19 8 16 8 16 8 16 8
836 win32 1482 68 1485 68 1497 70 1841 73 1841 73
837 x2p 349 19 349 19 345 19 345 19 345 19
839 ======================================================================
845 Configure 536 1 536 1
854 NetWare 466 61 466 61
857 Porting 750 54 750 54
859 symbian 288 54 288 54
865 win32 1841 73 1841 73
868 =head2 SELECTED PATCH SIZES
870 The "diff lines kB" means that for example the patch 5.003_08, to be
871 applied on top of the 5.003_07 (or whatever was before the 5.003_08)
872 added lines for 110 kilobytes, it removed lines for 19 kilobytes, and
873 changed lines for 424 kilobytes. Just the lines themselves are
874 counted, not their context. The "+ - !" become from the diff(1)
875 context diff output format.
877 Pump- Release Date diff lines kB
880 ======================================================================
882 Chip 5.003_08 1996-Nov-19 110 19 424
883 5.003_09 1996-Nov-26 38 9 248
884 5.003_10 1996-Nov-29 29 2 27
885 5.003_11 1996-Dec-06 73 12 165
886 5.003_12 1996-Dec-19 275 6 436
887 5.003_13 1996-Dec-20 95 1 56
888 5.003_14 1996-Dec-23 23 7 333
889 5.003_15 1996-Dec-23 0 0 1
890 5.003_16 1996-Dec-24 12 3 50
891 5.003_17 1996-Dec-27 19 1 14
892 5.003_18 1996-Dec-31 21 1 32
893 5.003_19 1997-Jan-04 80 3 85
894 5.003_20 1997-Jan-07 18 1 146
895 5.003_21 1997-Jan-15 38 10 221
896 5.003_22 1997-Jan-16 4 0 18
897 5.003_23 1997-Jan-25 71 15 119
898 5.003_24 1997-Jan-29 426 1 20
899 5.003_25 1997-Feb-04 21 8 169
900 5.003_26 1997-Feb-10 16 1 15
901 5.003_27 1997-Feb-18 32 10 38
902 5.003_28 1997-Feb-21 58 4 66
903 5.003_90 1997-Feb-25 22 2 34
904 5.003_91 1997-Mar-01 37 1 39
905 5.003_92 1997-Mar-06 16 3 69
906 5.003_93 1997-Mar-10 12 3 15
907 5.003_94 1997-Mar-22 407 7 200
908 5.003_95 1997-Mar-25 41 1 37
909 5.003_96 1997-Apr-01 283 5 261
910 5.003_97 1997-Apr-03 13 2 34
911 5.003_97a 1997-Apr-05 57 1 27
912 5.003_97b 1997-Apr-08 14 1 20
913 5.003_97c 1997-Apr-10 20 1 16
914 5.003_97d 1997-Apr-13 8 0 16
915 5.003_97e 1997-Apr-15 15 4 46
916 5.003_97f 1997-Apr-17 7 1 33
917 5.003_97g 1997-Apr-18 6 1 42
918 5.003_97h 1997-Apr-24 23 3 68
919 5.003_97i 1997-Apr-25 23 1 31
920 5.003_97j 1997-Apr-28 36 1 49
921 5.003_98 1997-Apr-30 171 12 539
922 5.003_99 1997-May-01 6 0 7
923 5.003_99a 1997-May-09 36 2 61
924 p54rc1 1997-May-12 8 1 11
925 p54rc2 1997-May-14 6 0 40
927 5.004 1997-May-15 4 0 4
929 Tim 5.004_01 1997-Jun-13 222 14 57
930 5.004_02 1997-Aug-07 112 16 119
931 5.004_03 1997-Sep-05 109 0 17
932 5.004_04 1997-Oct-15 66 8 173
934 =head3 The patch-free era
936 In more modern times, named releases don't come as often, and as progress
937 can be followed (nearly) instantly (with rsync, and since late 2008, git)
938 patches between versions are no longer provided. However, that doesn't
939 keep us from calculating how large a patch could have been. Which is
940 shown in the table below. Unless noted otherwise, the size mentioned is
941 the patch to bring version x.y.z to x.y.z+1.
943 Sarathy 5.6.1 2001-Apr-08 531 44 651
944 Rafael 5.6.2 2003-Nov-15 20 11 1819
946 Jarkko 5.8.0 2002-Jul-18 1205 31 471 From 5.7.3
948 5.8.1 2003-Sep-25 243 102 6162
949 Nicholas 5.8.2 2003-Nov-05 10 50 788
950 5.8.3 2004-Jan-14 31 13 360
951 5.8.4 2004-Apr-21 33 8 299
952 5.8.5 2004-Jul-19 11 19 255
953 5.8.6 2004-Nov-27 35 3 192
954 5.8.7 2005-May-30 75 34 778
955 5.8.8 2006-Jan-31 131 42 1251
956 5.8.9 2008-Dec-14 340 132 12988
958 Hugo 5.9.0 2003-Oct-27 281 168 7132 From 5.8.0
959 Rafael 5.9.1 2004-Mar-16 57 250 2107
960 5.9.2 2005-Apr-01 720 57 858
961 5.9.3 2006-Jan-28 1124 102 1906
962 5.9.4 2006-Aug-15 896 60 862
963 5.9.5 2007-Jul-07 1149 128 1062
965 5.10.0 2007-Dec-18 50 31 13111 From 5.9.5
968 =head1 THE KEEPERS OF THE RECORDS
970 Jarkko Hietaniemi <F<jhi@iki.fi>>.
972 Thanks to the collective memory of the Perlfolk. In addition to the
973 Keepers of the Pumpkin also Alan Champion, Mark Dominus,
974 Andreas KE<0xf6>nig, John Macdonald, Matthias Neeracher, Jeff Okamoto,
975 Michael Peppler, Randal Schwartz, and Paul D. Smith sent corrections
976 and additions. Abigail added file and patch size data for the 5.6.0 - 5.10