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 and Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason.
37 [from Porting/pumpkin.pod in the Perl source code distribution]
39 Chip Salzenberg gets credit for that, with a nod to his cow orker,
40 David Croy. We had passed around various names (baton, token, hot
41 potato) but none caught on. Then, Chip asked:
45 Who has the patch pumpkin?
47 To explain: David Croy once told me once that at a previous job,
48 there was one tape drive and multiple systems that used it for backups.
49 But instead of some high-tech exclusion software, they used a low-tech
50 method to prevent multiple simultaneous backups: a stuffed pumpkin.
51 No one was allowed to make backups unless they had the "backup pumpkin".
55 The name has stuck. The holder of the pumpkin is sometimes called
56 the pumpking (keeping the source afloat?) or the pumpkineer (pulling
61 Pump- Release Date Notes
66 ======================================================================
68 Larry 0 Classified. Don't ask.
70 Larry 1.000 1987-Dec-18
74 Schwern 1.0.15 2002-Dec-18 Modernization
75 Richard 1.0_16 2003-Dec-18
77 Larry 2.000 1988-Jun-05
81 Larry 3.000 1989-Oct-18
91 3.019..27 1990-Aug-10 User subs.
100 Larry 4.000 1991-Mar-21
105 4.011..18 1991-Nov-05
106 4.019 1991-Nov-11 Stable.
107 4.020..33 1992-Jun-08
110 Larry 4.036 1993-Feb-05 Very stable.
112 5.000alpha1 1993-Jul-31
113 5.000alpha2 1993-Aug-16
114 5.000alpha3 1993-Oct-10
115 5.000alpha4 1993-???-??
116 5.000alpha5 1993-???-??
117 5.000alpha6 1994-Mar-18
118 5.000alpha7 1994-Mar-25
119 Andy 5.000alpha8 1994-Apr-04
120 Larry 5.000alpha9 1994-May-05 ext appears.
121 5.000alpha10 1994-Jun-11
122 5.000alpha11 1994-Jul-01
123 Andy 5.000a11a 1994-Jul-07 To fit 14.
124 5.000a11b 1994-Jul-14
125 5.000a11c 1994-Jul-19
126 5.000a11d 1994-Jul-22
127 Larry 5.000alpha12 1994-Aug-04
128 Andy 5.000a12a 1994-Aug-08
129 5.000a12b 1994-Aug-15
130 5.000a12c 1994-Aug-22
131 5.000a12d 1994-Aug-22
132 5.000a12e 1994-Aug-22
133 5.000a12f 1994-Aug-24
134 5.000a12g 1994-Aug-24
135 5.000a12h 1994-Aug-24
136 Larry 5.000beta1 1994-Aug-30
137 Andy 5.000b1a 1994-Sep-06
138 Larry 5.000beta2 1994-Sep-14 Core slushified.
139 Andy 5.000b2a 1994-Sep-14
142 Larry 5.000beta3 1994-Sep-??
143 Andy 5.000b3a 1994-Sep-18
150 Andy 5.000b3h 1994-Oct-07
151 Larry? 5.000gamma 1994-Oct-13?
153 Larry 5.000 1994-Oct-17
155 Andy 5.000a 1994-Dec-19
171 Larry 5.001 1995-Mar-13
173 Andy 5.001a 1995-Mar-15
177 5.001e 1995-Apr-18 Stable.
184 5.001l 1995-Jun-06 Stable.
185 5.001m 1995-Jul-02 Very stable.
186 5.001n 1995-Oct-31 Very unstable.
187 5.002beta1 1995-Nov-21
194 Tom 5.002b1g 1995-Dec-21 Doc release.
195 Andy 5.002b1h 1996-Jan-05
197 Larry 5.002b3 1996-Feb-02
198 Andy 5.002gamma 1996-Feb-11
199 Larry 5.002delta 1996-Feb-27
201 Larry 5.002 1996-Feb-29 Prototypes.
203 Charles 5.002_01 1996-Mar-25
205 5.003 1996-Jun-25 Security release.
208 Nick 5.003_02 1996-Aug-10
209 Andy 5.003_03 1996-Aug-28
214 Chip 5.003_08 1996-Nov-19
235 5.003_90 1997-Feb-25 Ramping up to the 5.004 release.
242 5.003_97 1997-Apr-03 Fairly widely used.
243 5.003_97a 1997-Apr-05
244 5.003_97b 1997-Apr-08
245 5.003_97c 1997-Apr-10
246 5.003_97d 1997-Apr-13
247 5.003_97e 1997-Apr-15
248 5.003_97f 1997-Apr-17
249 5.003_97g 1997-Apr-18
250 5.003_97h 1997-Apr-24
251 5.003_97i 1997-Apr-25
252 5.003_97j 1997-Apr-28
255 5.003_99a 1997-May-09
256 p54rc1 1997-May-12 Release Candidates.
259 Chip 5.004 1997-May-15 A major maintenance release.
261 Tim 5.004_01-t1 1997-???-?? The 5.004 maintenance track.
262 5.004_01-t2 1997-Jun-11 aka perl5.004m1t2
264 5.004_01_01 1997-Jul-29 aka perl5.004m2t1
265 5.004_01_02 1997-Aug-01 aka perl5.004m2t2
266 5.004_01_03 1997-Aug-05 aka perl5.004m2t3
268 5.004_02_01 1997-Aug-12 aka perl5.004m3t1
269 5.004_03-t2 1997-Aug-13 aka perl5.004m3t2
271 5.004_04-t1 1997-Sep-19 aka perl5.004m4t1
272 5.004_04-t2 1997-Sep-23 aka perl5.004m4t2
273 5.004_04-t3 1997-Oct-10 aka perl5.004m4t3
274 5.004_04-t4 1997-Oct-14 aka perl5.004m4t4
276 5.004_04-m1 1998-Mar-04 (5.004m5t1) Maint. trials for 5.004_05.
277 5.004_04-m2 1998-May-01
278 5.004_04-m3 1998-May-15
279 5.004_04-m4 1998-May-19
280 5.004_05-MT5 1998-Jul-21
281 5.004_05-MT6 1998-Oct-09
282 5.004_05-MT7 1998-Nov-22
283 5.004_05-MT8 1998-Dec-03
284 Chip 5.004_05-MT9 1999-Apr-26
287 Malcolm 5.004_50 1997-Sep-09 The 5.005 development track.
304 Sarathy 5.004_67 1998-Jun-15
311 5.004_74 1998-Jul-14 5.005 beta candidate.
312 5.004_75 1998-Jul-15 5.005 beta1.
313 5.004_76 1998-Jul-21 5.005 beta2.
315 Sarathy 5.005 1998-Jul-22 Oneperl.
317 Sarathy 5.005_01 1998-Jul-27 The 5.005 maintenance track.
318 5.005_02-T1 1998-Aug-02
319 5.005_02-T2 1998-Aug-05
321 Graham 5.005_03-MT1 1998-Nov-30
322 5.005_03-MT2 1999-Jan-04
323 5.005_03-MT3 1999-Jan-17
324 5.005_03-MT4 1999-Jan-26
325 5.005_03-MT5 1999-Jan-28
326 5.005_03-MT6 1999-Mar-05
328 Leon 5.005_04-RC1 2004-Feb-05
329 5.005_04-RC2 2004-Feb-18
331 5.005_05-RC1 2009-Feb-16
333 Sarathy 5.005_50 1998-Jul-26 The 5.6 development track.
348 5.5.650 2000-Feb-08 beta1
349 5.5.660 2000-Feb-22 beta2
350 5.5.670 2000-Feb-29 beta3
351 5.6.0-RC1 2000-Mar-09 Release candidate 1.
352 5.6.0-RC2 2000-Mar-14 Release candidate 2.
353 5.6.0-RC3 2000-Mar-21 Release candidate 3.
355 Sarathy 5.6.0 2000-Mar-22
357 Sarathy 5.6.1-TRIAL1 2000-Dec-18 The 5.6 maintenance track.
358 5.6.1-TRIAL2 2001-Jan-31
359 5.6.1-TRIAL3 2001-Mar-19
360 5.6.1-foolish 2001-Apr-01 The "fools-gold" release.
362 Rafael 5.6.2-RC1 2003-Nov-08
363 5.6.2 2003-Nov-15 Fix new build issues
365 Jarkko 5.7.0 2000-Sep-02 The 5.7 track: Development.
367 5.7.2 2001-Jul-13 Virtual release candidate 0.
369 5.8.0-RC1 2002-Jun-01
370 5.8.0-RC2 2002-Jun-21
371 5.8.0-RC3 2002-Jul-13
373 Jarkko 5.8.0 2002-Jul-18
375 Jarkko 5.8.1-RC1 2003-Jul-10 The 5.8 maintenance track
376 5.8.1-RC2 2003-Jul-11
377 5.8.1-RC3 2003-Jul-30
378 5.8.1-RC4 2003-Aug-01
379 5.8.1-RC5 2003-Sep-22
381 Nicholas 5.8.2-RC1 2003-Oct-27
382 5.8.2-RC2 2003-Nov-03
384 5.8.3-RC1 2004-Jan-07
386 5.8.4-RC1 2004-Apr-05
387 5.8.4-RC2 2004-Apr-15
389 5.8.5-RC1 2004-Jul-06
390 5.8.5-RC2 2004-Jul-08
392 5.8.6-RC1 2004-Nov-11
394 5.8.7-RC1 2005-May-18
396 5.8.8-RC1 2006-Jan-20
398 5.8.9-RC1 2008-Nov-10
399 5.8.9-RC2 2008-Dec-06
402 Hugo 5.9.0 2003-Oct-27 The 5.9 development track
403 Rafael 5.9.1 2004-Mar-16
408 5.10.0-RC1 2007-Nov-17
409 5.10.0-RC2 2007-Nov-25
411 Rafael 5.10.0 2007-Dec-18
413 David M 5.10.1-RC1 2009-Aug-06 The 5.10 maintenance track
414 5.10.1-RC2 2009-Aug-18
417 Jesse 5.11.0 2009-Oct-02 The 5.11 development track
419 Leon 5.11.2 2009-Nov-20
420 Jesse 5.11.3 2009-Dec-20
421 Ricardo 5.11.4 2010-Jan-20
422 Steve 5.11.5 2010-Feb-20
423 Jesse 5.12.0-RC0 2010-Mar-21
424 5.12.0-RC1 2010-Mar-29
425 5.12.0-RC2 2010-Apr-01
426 5.12.0-RC3 2010-Apr-02
427 5.12.0-RC4 2010-Apr-06
428 5.12.0-RC5 2010-Apr-09
430 Jesse 5.12.0 2010-Apr-12
432 Jesse 5.12.1-RC2 2010-May-13 The 5.12 maintenance track
433 5.12.1-RC1 2010-May-09
435 5.12.2-RC2 2010-Aug-31
437 Ricardo 5.12.3-RC1 2011-Jan-09
438 Ricardo 5.12.3-RC2 2011-Jan-14
439 Ricardo 5.12.3-RC3 2011-Jan-17
440 Ricardo 5.12.3 2011-Jan-21
441 Leon 5.12.4-RC1 2011-Jun-08
442 Leon 5.12.4 2011-Jun-20
444 Leon 5.13.0 2010-Apr-20 The 5.13 development track
445 Ricardo 5.13.1 2010-May-20
446 Matt 5.13.2 2010-Jun-22
447 David G 5.13.3 2010-Jul-20
448 Florian 5.13.4 2010-Aug-20
449 Steve 5.13.5 2010-Sep-19
450 Miyagawa 5.13.6 2010-Oct-20
451 BinGOs 5.13.7 2010-Nov-20
452 Zefram 5.13.8 2010-Dec-20
453 Jesse 5.13.9 2011-Jan-20
454 Ævar 5.13.10 2011-Feb-20
455 Florian 5.13.11 2011-Mar-20
456 Jesse 5.14.0RC1 2011-Apr-20
457 Jesse 5.14.0RC2 2011-May-04
458 Jesse 5.14.0RC3 2011-May-11
460 Jesse 5.14.0 2011-May-14 The 5.14 maintenance track
461 Jesse 5.14.1 2011-Jun-16
463 David G 5.15.0 2011-Jun-20 The 5.15 development track
464 Zefram 5.15.1 2011-Jul-20
465 Ricardo 5.15.2 2011-Aug-20
467 =head2 SELECTED RELEASE SIZES
469 For example the notation "core: 212 29" in the release 1.000 means that
470 it had in the core 212 kilobytes, in 29 files. The "core".."doc" are
473 release core lib ext t doc
474 ======================================================================
476 1.000 212 29 - - - - 38 51 62 3
477 1.014 219 29 - - - - 39 52 68 4
478 2.000 309 31 2 3 - - 55 57 92 4
479 2.001 312 31 2 3 - - 55 57 94 4
480 3.000 508 36 24 11 - - 79 73 156 5
481 3.044 645 37 61 20 - - 90 74 190 6
482 4.000 635 37 59 20 - - 91 75 198 4
483 4.019 680 37 85 29 - - 98 76 199 4
484 4.036 709 37 89 30 - - 98 76 208 5
485 5.000alpha2 785 50 114 32 - - 112 86 209 5
486 5.000alpha3 801 50 117 33 - - 121 87 209 5
487 5.000alpha9 1022 56 149 43 116 29 125 90 217 6
488 5.000a12h 978 49 140 49 205 46 152 97 228 9
489 5.000b3h 1035 53 232 70 216 38 162 94 218 21
490 5.000 1038 53 250 76 216 38 154 92 536 62
491 5.001m 1071 54 388 82 240 38 159 95 544 29
492 5.002 1121 54 661 101 287 43 155 94 847 35
493 5.003 1129 54 680 102 291 43 166 100 853 35
494 5.003_07 1231 60 748 106 396 53 213 137 976 39
495 5.004 1351 60 1230 136 408 51 355 161 1587 55
496 5.004_01 1356 60 1258 138 410 51 358 161 1587 55
497 5.004_04 1375 60 1294 139 413 51 394 162 1629 55
498 5.004_05 1463 60 1435 150 394 50 445 175 1855 59
499 5.004_51 1401 61 1260 140 413 53 358 162 1594 56
500 5.004_53 1422 62 1295 141 438 70 394 162 1637 56
501 5.004_56 1501 66 1301 140 447 74 408 165 1648 57
502 5.004_59 1555 72 1317 142 448 74 424 171 1678 58
503 5.004_62 1602 77 1327 144 629 92 428 173 1674 58
504 5.004_65 1626 77 1358 146 615 92 446 179 1698 60
505 5.004_68 1856 74 1382 152 619 92 463 187 1784 60
506 5.004_70 1863 75 1456 154 675 92 494 194 1809 60
507 5.004_73 1874 76 1467 152 762 102 506 196 1883 61
508 5.004_75 1877 76 1467 152 770 103 508 196 1896 62
509 5.005 1896 76 1469 152 795 103 509 197 1945 63
510 5.005_03 1936 77 1541 153 813 104 551 201 2176 72
511 5.005_50 1969 78 1842 301 795 103 514 198 1948 63
512 5.005_53 1999 79 1885 303 806 104 602 224 2002 67
513 5.005_56 2086 79 1970 307 866 113 672 238 2221 75
514 5.6.0 2820 79 2626 364 1096 129 863 280 2840 93
515 5.6.1 2946 78 2921 430 1171 132 1024 304 3330 102
516 5.6.2 2947 78 3143 451 1247 127 1303 387 3406 102
517 5.7.0 2977 80 2801 425 1250 132 975 307 3206 100
518 5.7.1 3351 84 3442 455 1944 167 1334 357 3698 124
519 5.7.2 3491 87 4858 618 3290 298 1598 449 3910 139
520 5.7.3 3299 85 4295 537 2196 300 2176 626 4171 120
521 5.8.0 3489 87 4533 585 2437 331 2588 726 4368 125
522 5.8.1 3674 90 5104 623 2604 353 2983 836 4625 134
523 5.8.2 3633 90 5111 623 2623 357 3019 848 4634 135
524 5.8.3 3625 90 5141 624 2660 363 3083 869 4669 136
525 5.8.4 3653 90 5170 634 2684 368 3148 885 4689 137
526 5.8.5 3664 90 4260 303 2707 369 3208 898 4689 138
527 5.8.6 3690 90 4271 303 3141 396 3411 925 4709 139
528 5.8.7 3788 90 4322 307 3297 401 3485 964 4744 141
529 5.8.8 3895 90 4357 314 3409 431 3622 1017 4979 144
530 5.8.9 4132 93 5508 330 3826 529 4364 1234 5348 152
531 5.9.0 3657 90 4951 626 2603 354 3011 841 4609 135
532 5.9.1 3580 90 5196 634 2665 367 3186 889 4725 138
533 5.9.2 3863 90 4654 312 3283 403 3551 973 4800 142
534 5.9.3 4096 91 5318 381 4806 597 4272 1214 5139 147
535 5.9.4 4393 94 5718 415 4578 642 4646 1310 5335 153
536 5.9.5 4681 96 6849 479 4827 671 5155 1490 5572 159
537 5.10.0 4710 97 7050 486 4899 673 5275 1503 5673 160
538 5.10.1 4858 98 7440 519 6195 921 6147 1751 5151 163
539 5.12.0 4999 100 1146 121 15227 2176 6400 1843 5342 168
540 5.12.1 5000 100 1146 121 15283 2178 6407 1846 5354 169
541 5.12.2 5003 100 1146 121 15404 2178 6413 1846 5376 170
542 5.12.3 5004 100 1146 121 15529 2180 6417 1848 5391 171
544 The "core"..."doc" mean the following files from the Perl source code
545 distribution. The glob notation ** means recursively, (.) means
550 ext ext/**/*.{[hcyt],xs,pm} (for -5.10.1) or
551 {dist,ext,cpan}/**/*.{[hcyt],xs,pm} (for 5.12.0-)
552 t t/**/*(.) (for 1-5.005_56) or **/*.t (for 5.6.0-5.7.3)
553 doc {README*,INSTALL,*[_.]man{,.?},pod/**/*.pod}
555 Here are some statistics for the other subdirectories and one file in
556 the Perl source distribution for somewhat more selected releases.
558 ======================================================================
563 Configure 31 1 37 1 62 1
569 x2p 103 17 104 17 137 17
571 ======================================================================
575 atarist - - - - 113 31
576 Configure 73 1 83 1 86 1
579 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12
581 msdos 57 15 58 15 60 15
582 os2 81 29 81 29 113 31
584 x2p 147 18 152 19 154 19
586 ======================================================================
588 5.000a2 5.000a12h 5.000b3h 5.000 5.001m
590 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
591 atarist 113 31 113 31 - - - - - -
592 bench - - 0 1 - - - - - -
593 Bugs 2 5 26 1 - - - - - -
594 dlperl 40 5 - - - - - - - -
595 do 127 71 - - - - - - - -
596 Configure - - 153 1 159 1 160 1 180 1
597 Doc - - 26 1 75 7 11 1 11 1
598 eg 79 58 53 44 51 43 54 44 54 44
599 emacs 67 4 104 6 104 6 104 1 104 6
600 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
601 hints 11 56 12 46 18 48 18 48 44 56
602 msdos 60 15 60 15 - - - - - -
603 os2 113 31 113 31 - - - - - -
604 U - - 62 8 112 42 - - - -
605 usub 43 8 - - - - - - - -
606 vms - - 80 7 123 9 184 15 304 20
607 x2p 171 22 171 21 162 20 162 20 279 20
609 ======================================================================
613 Configure 201 1 201 1 217 1
615 emacs 108 1 108 1 143 1
616 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12
617 hints 73 59 77 60 90 62
618 os2 84 17 56 10 117 42
622 vms 500 24 475 26 505 27
623 x2p 280 20 280 20 280 19
625 ======================================================================
627 5.004 5.004_04 5.004_62 5.004_65 5.004_68
629 beos - - - - - - 1 1 1 1
630 Configure 225 1 225 1 240 1 248 1 256 1
631 cygwin32 23 5 23 5 23 5 24 5 24 5
632 djgpp - - - - 14 5 14 5 14 5
633 eg 81 62 81 62 81 62 81 62 81 62
634 emacs 194 1 204 1 212 2 212 2 212 2
635 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
636 hints 129 69 132 71 144 72 151 74 155 74
637 os2 121 42 127 42 127 44 129 44 129 44
638 plan9 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15
639 Porting 94 2 109 4 203 6 234 8 241 9
640 qnx 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2
641 utils 112 8 118 8 124 8 156 9 159 9
642 vms 518 34 524 34 538 34 569 34 569 34
643 win32 285 33 378 36 470 39 493 39 575 41
644 x2p 281 19 281 19 281 19 282 19 281 19
646 ======================================================================
648 5.004_70 5.004_73 5.004_75 5.005 5.005_03
650 apollo - - - - - - - - 0 1
651 beos 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
652 Configure 256 1 256 1 264 1 264 1 270 1
653 cygwin32 24 5 24 5 24 5 24 5 24 5
654 djgpp 14 5 14 5 14 5 14 5 15 5
655 eg 86 65 86 65 86 65 86 65 86 65
656 emacs 262 2 262 2 262 2 262 2 274 2
657 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
658 hints 157 74 157 74 159 74 160 74 179 77
659 mint - - - - - - - - 4 7
660 mpeix - - - - 5 3 5 3 5 3
661 os2 129 44 139 44 142 44 143 44 148 44
662 plan9 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15
663 Porting 241 9 253 9 259 10 264 12 272 13
664 qnx 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2
665 utils 160 9 160 9 160 9 160 9 164 9
666 vms 570 34 572 34 573 34 575 34 583 34
667 vos - - - - - - - - 156 10
668 win32 577 41 585 41 585 41 587 41 600 42
669 x2p 281 19 281 19 281 19 281 19 281 19
671 ======================================================================
673 5.6.0 5.6.1 5.6.2 5.7.3
675 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
677 Configure 346 1 361 1 363 1 394 1
678 Cross - - - - - - 4 2
679 djgpp 19 6 19 6 19 6 21 7
680 eg 112 71 112 71 112 71 - -
681 emacs 303 4 319 4 319 4 319 4
682 epoc 29 8 35 8 35 8 36 8
683 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15
684 hints 242 83 250 84 321 89 272 87
685 mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9
686 mpeix 9 4 9 4 9 4 9 4
687 NetWare - - - - - - 423 57
688 os2 214 59 224 60 224 60 357 66
689 plan9 92 17 92 17 92 17 85 15
690 Porting 361 15 390 16 390 16 425 21
692 utils 228 12 221 11 222 11 267 13
694 vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4
695 vms 686 38 627 38 627 38 649 36
696 vos 227 12 249 15 248 15 281 17
697 win32 755 41 782 42 801 42 1006 50
698 x2p 307 20 307 20 307 20 345 20
700 ======================================================================
702 5.8.0 5.8.1 5.8.2 5.8.3 5.8.4
704 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
705 beos 6 4 6 4 6 4 6 4 6 4
706 Configure 472 1 493 1 493 1 493 1 494 1
707 Cross 4 2 45 10 45 10 45 10 45 10
708 djgpp 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7
709 emacs 319 4 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4
710 epoc 33 8 33 8 33 8 33 8 33 8
711 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15
712 hints 294 88 321 89 321 89 321 89 348 91
713 mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9
714 mpeix 24 5 25 5 25 5 25 5 25 5
715 NetWare 488 61 490 61 490 61 490 61 488 61
716 os2 361 66 445 67 450 67 488 67 488 67
717 plan9 85 15 325 17 325 17 325 17 321 17
718 Porting 479 22 537 32 538 32 539 32 538 33
719 qnx 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3
720 utils 275 15 258 16 258 16 263 19 263 19
721 uts 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3
722 vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4
723 vms 648 36 654 36 654 36 656 36 656 36
724 vos 330 20 335 20 335 20 335 20 335 20
725 win32 1062 49 1125 49 1127 49 1126 49 1181 56
726 x2p 347 20 348 20 348 20 348 20 348 20
728 ======================================================================
730 5.8.5 5.8.6 5.8.7 5.8.8 5.8.9
732 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
733 beos 6 4 6 4 8 4 8 4 8 4
734 Configure 494 1 494 1 495 1 506 1 520 1
735 Cross 45 10 45 10 45 10 45 10 46 10
736 djgpp 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7
737 emacs 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4 406 4
738 epoc 33 8 33 8 33 8 34 8 35 8
739 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15
740 hints 350 91 352 91 355 94 360 94 387 99
741 mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9
742 mpeix 25 5 25 5 25 5 49 6 49 6
743 NetWare 488 61 488 61 488 61 490 61 491 61
744 os2 488 67 488 67 488 67 488 67 552 70
745 plan9 321 17 321 17 321 17 322 17 324 17
746 Porting 538 34 548 35 549 35 564 37 625 41
747 qnx 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3
748 utils 265 19 265 19 266 19 267 19 281 21
749 uts 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3
750 vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4
751 vms 657 36 658 36 662 36 664 36 716 35
752 vos 335 20 335 20 335 20 336 21 345 22
753 win32 1183 56 1190 56 1199 56 1219 56 1484 68
754 x2p 349 20 349 20 349 20 349 19 350 19
756 ======================================================================
758 5.9.0 5.9.1 5.9.2 5.9.3 5.9.4
760 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
761 beos 6 4 6 4 8 4 8 4 8 4
762 Configure 493 1 493 1 495 1 508 1 512 1
763 Cross 45 10 45 10 45 10 45 10 46 10
764 djgpp 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7
765 emacs 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4
766 epoc 33 8 33 8 33 8 34 8 34 8
767 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15
768 hints 321 89 346 91 355 94 359 94 366 96
769 mad - - - - - - - - 174 6
770 mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9
771 mpeix 25 5 25 5 25 5 49 6 49 6
772 NetWare 489 61 487 61 487 61 489 61 489 61
773 os2 444 67 488 67 488 67 488 67 488 67
774 plan9 325 17 321 17 321 17 322 17 323 17
775 Porting 537 32 536 33 549 36 564 38 576 38
776 qnx 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3
777 symbian - - - - - - 293 53 293 53
778 utils 258 16 263 19 268 20 273 23 275 24
779 uts 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3
780 vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4
781 vms 660 36 547 33 553 33 661 33 696 33
782 vos 11 7 11 7 11 7 11 7 11 7
783 win32 1120 49 1124 51 1191 56 1209 56 1719 90
784 x2p 348 20 348 20 349 20 349 19 349 19
786 ======================================================================
788 5.9.5 5.10.0 5.10.1 5.12.0 5.12.1
790 apollo 8 3 8 3 0 3 0 3 0 3
791 beos 8 4 8 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
792 Configure 518 1 518 1 533 1 536 1 536 1
793 Cross 122 15 122 15 119 15 118 15 118 15
794 djgpp 21 7 21 7 17 7 17 7 17 7
795 emacs 329 4 406 4 402 4 402 4 402 4
796 epoc 34 8 35 8 31 8 31 8 31 8
797 h2pl 24 15 24 15 12 15 12 15 12 15
798 hints 377 98 381 98 385 100 368 97 368 97
799 mad 182 8 182 8 174 8 174 8 174 8
800 mint 11 9 11 9 3 9 - - - -
801 mpeix 49 6 49 6 45 6 45 6 45 6
802 NetWare 489 61 489 61 465 61 466 61 466 61
803 os2 552 70 552 70 507 70 507 70 507 70
804 plan9 324 17 324 17 316 17 316 17 316 17
805 Porting 627 40 632 40 933 53 749 54 749 54
806 qnx 5 3 5 4 1 4 1 4 1 4
807 symbian 300 54 300 54 290 54 288 54 288 54
808 utils 260 26 264 27 268 27 269 27 269 27
809 uts 12 3 12 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
810 vmesa 25 4 25 4 21 4 21 4 21 4
811 vms 690 32 722 32 693 30 645 18 645 18
812 vos 19 8 19 8 16 8 16 8 16 8
813 win32 1482 68 1485 68 1497 70 1841 73 1841 73
814 x2p 349 19 349 19 345 19 345 19 345 19
816 ======================================================================
822 Configure 536 1 536 1
831 NetWare 466 61 466 61
834 Porting 750 54 750 54
836 symbian 288 54 288 54
842 win32 1841 73 1841 73
845 =head2 SELECTED PATCH SIZES
847 The "diff lines kB" means that for example the patch 5.003_08, to be
848 applied on top of the 5.003_07 (or whatever was before the 5.003_08)
849 added lines for 110 kilobytes, it removed lines for 19 kilobytes, and
850 changed lines for 424 kilobytes. Just the lines themselves are
851 counted, not their context. The "+ - !" become from the diff(1)
852 context diff output format.
854 Pump- Release Date diff lines kB
857 ======================================================================
859 Chip 5.003_08 1996-Nov-19 110 19 424
860 5.003_09 1996-Nov-26 38 9 248
861 5.003_10 1996-Nov-29 29 2 27
862 5.003_11 1996-Dec-06 73 12 165
863 5.003_12 1996-Dec-19 275 6 436
864 5.003_13 1996-Dec-20 95 1 56
865 5.003_14 1996-Dec-23 23 7 333
866 5.003_15 1996-Dec-23 0 0 1
867 5.003_16 1996-Dec-24 12 3 50
868 5.003_17 1996-Dec-27 19 1 14
869 5.003_18 1996-Dec-31 21 1 32
870 5.003_19 1997-Jan-04 80 3 85
871 5.003_20 1997-Jan-07 18 1 146
872 5.003_21 1997-Jan-15 38 10 221
873 5.003_22 1997-Jan-16 4 0 18
874 5.003_23 1997-Jan-25 71 15 119
875 5.003_24 1997-Jan-29 426 1 20
876 5.003_25 1997-Feb-04 21 8 169
877 5.003_26 1997-Feb-10 16 1 15
878 5.003_27 1997-Feb-18 32 10 38
879 5.003_28 1997-Feb-21 58 4 66
880 5.003_90 1997-Feb-25 22 2 34
881 5.003_91 1997-Mar-01 37 1 39
882 5.003_92 1997-Mar-06 16 3 69
883 5.003_93 1997-Mar-10 12 3 15
884 5.003_94 1997-Mar-22 407 7 200
885 5.003_95 1997-Mar-25 41 1 37
886 5.003_96 1997-Apr-01 283 5 261
887 5.003_97 1997-Apr-03 13 2 34
888 5.003_97a 1997-Apr-05 57 1 27
889 5.003_97b 1997-Apr-08 14 1 20
890 5.003_97c 1997-Apr-10 20 1 16
891 5.003_97d 1997-Apr-13 8 0 16
892 5.003_97e 1997-Apr-15 15 4 46
893 5.003_97f 1997-Apr-17 7 1 33
894 5.003_97g 1997-Apr-18 6 1 42
895 5.003_97h 1997-Apr-24 23 3 68
896 5.003_97i 1997-Apr-25 23 1 31
897 5.003_97j 1997-Apr-28 36 1 49
898 5.003_98 1997-Apr-30 171 12 539
899 5.003_99 1997-May-01 6 0 7
900 5.003_99a 1997-May-09 36 2 61
901 p54rc1 1997-May-12 8 1 11
902 p54rc2 1997-May-14 6 0 40
904 5.004 1997-May-15 4 0 4
906 Tim 5.004_01 1997-Jun-13 222 14 57
907 5.004_02 1997-Aug-07 112 16 119
908 5.004_03 1997-Sep-05 109 0 17
909 5.004_04 1997-Oct-15 66 8 173
911 =head3 The patch-free era
913 In more modern times, named releases don't come as often, and as progress
914 can be followed (nearly) instantly (with rsync, and since late 2008, git)
915 patches between versions are no longer provided. However, that doesn't
916 keep us from calculating how large a patch could have been. Which is
917 shown in the table below. Unless noted otherwise, the size mentioned is
918 the patch to bring version x.y.z to x.y.z+1.
920 Sarathy 5.6.1 2001-Apr-08 531 44 651
921 Rafael 5.6.2 2003-Nov-15 20 11 1819
923 Jarkko 5.8.0 2002-Jul-18 1205 31 471 From 5.7.3
925 5.8.1 2003-Sep-25 243 102 6162
926 Nicholas 5.8.2 2003-Nov-05 10 50 788
927 5.8.3 2004-Jan-14 31 13 360
928 5.8.4 2004-Apr-21 33 8 299
929 5.8.5 2004-Jul-19 11 19 255
930 5.8.6 2004-Nov-27 35 3 192
931 5.8.7 2005-May-30 75 34 778
932 5.8.8 2006-Jan-31 131 42 1251
933 5.8.9 2008-Dec-14 340 132 12988
935 Hugo 5.9.0 2003-Oct-27 281 168 7132 From 5.8.0
936 Rafael 5.9.1 2004-Mar-16 57 250 2107
937 5.9.2 2005-Apr-01 720 57 858
938 5.9.3 2006-Jan-28 1124 102 1906
939 5.9.4 2006-Aug-15 896 60 862
940 5.9.5 2007-Jul-07 1149 128 1062
942 5.10.0 2007-Dec-18 50 31 13111 From 5.9.5
945 =head1 THE KEEPERS OF THE RECORDS
947 Jarkko Hietaniemi <F<jhi@iki.fi>>.
949 Thanks to the collective memory of the Perlfolk. In addition to the
950 Keepers of the Pumpkin also Alan Champion, Mark Dominus,
951 Andreas KE<0xf6>nig, John Macdonald, Matthias Neeracher, Jeff Okamoto,
952 Michael Peppler, Randal Schwartz, and Paul D. Smith sent corrections
953 and additions. Abigail added file and patch size data for the 5.6.0 - 5.10