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
442 Leon 5.13.0 2010-Apr-20 The 5.13 development track
443 Ricardo 5.13.1 2010-May-20
444 Matt 5.13.2 2010-Jun-22
445 David G 5.13.3 2010-Jul-20
446 Florian 5.13.4 2010-Aug-20
447 Steve 5.13.5 2010-Sep-19
448 Miyagawa 5.13.6 2010-Oct-20
449 BinGOs 5.13.7 2010-Nov-20
450 Zefram 5.13.8 2010-Dec-20
451 Jesse 5.13.9 2011-Jan-20
452 Ævar 5.13.10 2011-Feb-20
453 Florian 5.13.11 2011-Mar-20
455 =head2 SELECTED RELEASE SIZES
457 For example the notation "core: 212 29" in the release 1.000 means that
458 it had in the core 212 kilobytes, in 29 files. The "core".."doc" are
461 release core lib ext t doc
462 ======================================================================
464 1.000 212 29 - - - - 38 51 62 3
465 1.014 219 29 - - - - 39 52 68 4
466 2.000 309 31 2 3 - - 55 57 92 4
467 2.001 312 31 2 3 - - 55 57 94 4
468 3.000 508 36 24 11 - - 79 73 156 5
469 3.044 645 37 61 20 - - 90 74 190 6
470 4.000 635 37 59 20 - - 91 75 198 4
471 4.019 680 37 85 29 - - 98 76 199 4
472 4.036 709 37 89 30 - - 98 76 208 5
473 5.000alpha2 785 50 114 32 - - 112 86 209 5
474 5.000alpha3 801 50 117 33 - - 121 87 209 5
475 5.000alpha9 1022 56 149 43 116 29 125 90 217 6
476 5.000a12h 978 49 140 49 205 46 152 97 228 9
477 5.000b3h 1035 53 232 70 216 38 162 94 218 21
478 5.000 1038 53 250 76 216 38 154 92 536 62
479 5.001m 1071 54 388 82 240 38 159 95 544 29
480 5.002 1121 54 661 101 287 43 155 94 847 35
481 5.003 1129 54 680 102 291 43 166 100 853 35
482 5.003_07 1231 60 748 106 396 53 213 137 976 39
483 5.004 1351 60 1230 136 408 51 355 161 1587 55
484 5.004_01 1356 60 1258 138 410 51 358 161 1587 55
485 5.004_04 1375 60 1294 139 413 51 394 162 1629 55
486 5.004_05 1463 60 1435 150 394 50 445 175 1855 59
487 5.004_51 1401 61 1260 140 413 53 358 162 1594 56
488 5.004_53 1422 62 1295 141 438 70 394 162 1637 56
489 5.004_56 1501 66 1301 140 447 74 408 165 1648 57
490 5.004_59 1555 72 1317 142 448 74 424 171 1678 58
491 5.004_62 1602 77 1327 144 629 92 428 173 1674 58
492 5.004_65 1626 77 1358 146 615 92 446 179 1698 60
493 5.004_68 1856 74 1382 152 619 92 463 187 1784 60
494 5.004_70 1863 75 1456 154 675 92 494 194 1809 60
495 5.004_73 1874 76 1467 152 762 102 506 196 1883 61
496 5.004_75 1877 76 1467 152 770 103 508 196 1896 62
497 5.005 1896 76 1469 152 795 103 509 197 1945 63
498 5.005_03 1936 77 1541 153 813 104 551 201 2176 72
499 5.005_50 1969 78 1842 301 795 103 514 198 1948 63
500 5.005_53 1999 79 1885 303 806 104 602 224 2002 67
501 5.005_56 2086 79 1970 307 866 113 672 238 2221 75
502 5.6.0 2820 79 2626 364 1096 129 863 280 2840 93
503 5.6.1 2946 78 2921 430 1171 132 1024 304 3330 102
504 5.6.2 2947 78 3143 451 1247 127 1303 387 3406 102
505 5.7.0 2977 80 2801 425 1250 132 975 307 3206 100
506 5.7.1 3351 84 3442 455 1944 167 1334 357 3698 124
507 5.7.2 3491 87 4858 618 3290 298 1598 449 3910 139
508 5.7.3 3299 85 4295 537 2196 300 2176 626 4171 120
509 5.8.0 3489 87 4533 585 2437 331 2588 726 4368 125
510 5.8.1 3674 90 5104 623 2604 353 2983 836 4625 134
511 5.8.2 3633 90 5111 623 2623 357 3019 848 4634 135
512 5.8.3 3625 90 5141 624 2660 363 3083 869 4669 136
513 5.8.4 3653 90 5170 634 2684 368 3148 885 4689 137
514 5.8.5 3664 90 4260 303 2707 369 3208 898 4689 138
515 5.8.6 3690 90 4271 303 3141 396 3411 925 4709 139
516 5.8.7 3788 90 4322 307 3297 401 3485 964 4744 141
517 5.8.8 3895 90 4357 314 3409 431 3622 1017 4979 144
518 5.8.9 4132 93 5508 330 3826 529 4364 1234 5348 152
519 5.9.0 3657 90 4951 626 2603 354 3011 841 4609 135
520 5.9.1 3580 90 5196 634 2665 367 3186 889 4725 138
521 5.9.2 3863 90 4654 312 3283 403 3551 973 4800 142
522 5.9.3 4096 91 5318 381 4806 597 4272 1214 5139 147
523 5.9.4 4393 94 5718 415 4578 642 4646 1310 5335 153
524 5.9.5 4681 96 6849 479 4827 671 5155 1490 5572 159
525 5.10.0 4710 97 7050 486 4899 673 5275 1503 5673 160
526 5.10.1 4858 98 7440 519 6195 921 6147 1751 5151 163
527 5.12.0 4999 100 1146 121 15227 2176 6400 1843 5342 168
528 5.12.1 5000 100 1146 121 15283 2178 6407 1846 5354 169
529 5.12.2 5003 100 1146 121 15404 2178 6413 1846 5376 170
530 5.12.3 5004 100 1146 121 15529 2180 6417 1848 5391 171
532 The "core"..."doc" mean the following files from the Perl source code
533 distribution. The glob notation ** means recursively, (.) means
538 ext ext/**/*.{[hcyt],xs,pm} (for -5.10.1) or
539 {dist,ext,cpan}/**/*.{[hcyt],xs,pm} (for 5.12.0-)
540 t t/**/*(.) (for 1-5.005_56) or **/*.t (for 5.6.0-5.7.3)
541 doc {README*,INSTALL,*[_.]man{,.?},pod/**/*.pod}
543 Here are some statistics for the other subdirectories and one file in
544 the Perl source distribution for somewhat more selected releases.
546 ======================================================================
551 Configure 31 1 37 1 62 1
557 x2p 103 17 104 17 137 17
559 ======================================================================
563 atarist - - - - 113 31
564 Configure 73 1 83 1 86 1
567 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12
569 msdos 57 15 58 15 60 15
570 os2 81 29 81 29 113 31
572 x2p 147 18 152 19 154 19
574 ======================================================================
576 5.000a2 5.000a12h 5.000b3h 5.000 5.001m
578 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
579 atarist 113 31 113 31 - - - - - -
580 bench - - 0 1 - - - - - -
581 Bugs 2 5 26 1 - - - - - -
582 dlperl 40 5 - - - - - - - -
583 do 127 71 - - - - - - - -
584 Configure - - 153 1 159 1 160 1 180 1
585 Doc - - 26 1 75 7 11 1 11 1
586 eg 79 58 53 44 51 43 54 44 54 44
587 emacs 67 4 104 6 104 6 104 1 104 6
588 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
589 hints 11 56 12 46 18 48 18 48 44 56
590 msdos 60 15 60 15 - - - - - -
591 os2 113 31 113 31 - - - - - -
592 U - - 62 8 112 42 - - - -
593 usub 43 8 - - - - - - - -
594 vms - - 80 7 123 9 184 15 304 20
595 x2p 171 22 171 21 162 20 162 20 279 20
597 ======================================================================
601 Configure 201 1 201 1 217 1
603 emacs 108 1 108 1 143 1
604 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12
605 hints 73 59 77 60 90 62
606 os2 84 17 56 10 117 42
610 vms 500 24 475 26 505 27
611 x2p 280 20 280 20 280 19
613 ======================================================================
615 5.004 5.004_04 5.004_62 5.004_65 5.004_68
617 beos - - - - - - 1 1 1 1
618 Configure 225 1 225 1 240 1 248 1 256 1
619 cygwin32 23 5 23 5 23 5 24 5 24 5
620 djgpp - - - - 14 5 14 5 14 5
621 eg 81 62 81 62 81 62 81 62 81 62
622 emacs 194 1 204 1 212 2 212 2 212 2
623 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
624 hints 129 69 132 71 144 72 151 74 155 74
625 os2 121 42 127 42 127 44 129 44 129 44
626 plan9 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15
627 Porting 94 2 109 4 203 6 234 8 241 9
628 qnx 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2
629 utils 112 8 118 8 124 8 156 9 159 9
630 vms 518 34 524 34 538 34 569 34 569 34
631 win32 285 33 378 36 470 39 493 39 575 41
632 x2p 281 19 281 19 281 19 282 19 281 19
634 ======================================================================
636 5.004_70 5.004_73 5.004_75 5.005 5.005_03
638 apollo - - - - - - - - 0 1
639 beos 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
640 Configure 256 1 256 1 264 1 264 1 270 1
641 cygwin32 24 5 24 5 24 5 24 5 24 5
642 djgpp 14 5 14 5 14 5 14 5 15 5
643 eg 86 65 86 65 86 65 86 65 86 65
644 emacs 262 2 262 2 262 2 262 2 274 2
645 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
646 hints 157 74 157 74 159 74 160 74 179 77
647 mint - - - - - - - - 4 7
648 mpeix - - - - 5 3 5 3 5 3
649 os2 129 44 139 44 142 44 143 44 148 44
650 plan9 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15
651 Porting 241 9 253 9 259 10 264 12 272 13
652 qnx 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2
653 utils 160 9 160 9 160 9 160 9 164 9
654 vms 570 34 572 34 573 34 575 34 583 34
655 vos - - - - - - - - 156 10
656 win32 577 41 585 41 585 41 587 41 600 42
657 x2p 281 19 281 19 281 19 281 19 281 19
659 ======================================================================
661 5.6.0 5.6.1 5.6.2 5.7.3
663 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
665 Configure 346 1 361 1 363 1 394 1
666 Cross - - - - - - 4 2
667 djgpp 19 6 19 6 19 6 21 7
668 eg 112 71 112 71 112 71 - -
669 emacs 303 4 319 4 319 4 319 4
670 epoc 29 8 35 8 35 8 36 8
671 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15
672 hints 242 83 250 84 321 89 272 87
673 mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9
674 mpeix 9 4 9 4 9 4 9 4
675 NetWare - - - - - - 423 57
676 os2 214 59 224 60 224 60 357 66
677 plan9 92 17 92 17 92 17 85 15
678 Porting 361 15 390 16 390 16 425 21
680 utils 228 12 221 11 222 11 267 13
682 vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4
683 vms 686 38 627 38 627 38 649 36
684 vos 227 12 249 15 248 15 281 17
685 win32 755 41 782 42 801 42 1006 50
686 x2p 307 20 307 20 307 20 345 20
688 ======================================================================
690 5.8.0 5.8.1 5.8.2 5.8.3 5.8.4
692 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
693 beos 6 4 6 4 6 4 6 4 6 4
694 Configure 472 1 493 1 493 1 493 1 494 1
695 Cross 4 2 45 10 45 10 45 10 45 10
696 djgpp 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7
697 emacs 319 4 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4
698 epoc 33 8 33 8 33 8 33 8 33 8
699 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15
700 hints 294 88 321 89 321 89 321 89 348 91
701 mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9
702 mpeix 24 5 25 5 25 5 25 5 25 5
703 NetWare 488 61 490 61 490 61 490 61 488 61
704 os2 361 66 445 67 450 67 488 67 488 67
705 plan9 85 15 325 17 325 17 325 17 321 17
706 Porting 479 22 537 32 538 32 539 32 538 33
707 qnx 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3
708 utils 275 15 258 16 258 16 263 19 263 19
709 uts 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3
710 vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4
711 vms 648 36 654 36 654 36 656 36 656 36
712 vos 330 20 335 20 335 20 335 20 335 20
713 win32 1062 49 1125 49 1127 49 1126 49 1181 56
714 x2p 347 20 348 20 348 20 348 20 348 20
716 ======================================================================
718 5.8.5 5.8.6 5.8.7 5.8.8 5.8.9
720 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
721 beos 6 4 6 4 8 4 8 4 8 4
722 Configure 494 1 494 1 495 1 506 1 520 1
723 Cross 45 10 45 10 45 10 45 10 46 10
724 djgpp 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7
725 emacs 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4 406 4
726 epoc 33 8 33 8 33 8 34 8 35 8
727 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15
728 hints 350 91 352 91 355 94 360 94 387 99
729 mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9
730 mpeix 25 5 25 5 25 5 49 6 49 6
731 NetWare 488 61 488 61 488 61 490 61 491 61
732 os2 488 67 488 67 488 67 488 67 552 70
733 plan9 321 17 321 17 321 17 322 17 324 17
734 Porting 538 34 548 35 549 35 564 37 625 41
735 qnx 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3
736 utils 265 19 265 19 266 19 267 19 281 21
737 uts 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3
738 vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4
739 vms 657 36 658 36 662 36 664 36 716 35
740 vos 335 20 335 20 335 20 336 21 345 22
741 win32 1183 56 1190 56 1199 56 1219 56 1484 68
742 x2p 349 20 349 20 349 20 349 19 350 19
744 ======================================================================
746 5.9.0 5.9.1 5.9.2 5.9.3 5.9.4
748 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
749 beos 6 4 6 4 8 4 8 4 8 4
750 Configure 493 1 493 1 495 1 508 1 512 1
751 Cross 45 10 45 10 45 10 45 10 46 10
752 djgpp 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7
753 emacs 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4
754 epoc 33 8 33 8 33 8 34 8 34 8
755 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15
756 hints 321 89 346 91 355 94 359 94 366 96
757 mad - - - - - - - - 174 6
758 mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9
759 mpeix 25 5 25 5 25 5 49 6 49 6
760 NetWare 489 61 487 61 487 61 489 61 489 61
761 os2 444 67 488 67 488 67 488 67 488 67
762 plan9 325 17 321 17 321 17 322 17 323 17
763 Porting 537 32 536 33 549 36 564 38 576 38
764 qnx 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3
765 symbian - - - - - - 293 53 293 53
766 utils 258 16 263 19 268 20 273 23 275 24
767 uts 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3
768 vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4
769 vms 660 36 547 33 553 33 661 33 696 33
770 vos 11 7 11 7 11 7 11 7 11 7
771 win32 1120 49 1124 51 1191 56 1209 56 1719 90
772 x2p 348 20 348 20 349 20 349 19 349 19
774 ======================================================================
776 5.9.5 5.10.0 5.10.1 5.12.0 5.12.1
778 apollo 8 3 8 3 0 3 0 3 0 3
779 beos 8 4 8 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
780 Configure 518 1 518 1 533 1 536 1 536 1
781 Cross 122 15 122 15 119 15 118 15 118 15
782 djgpp 21 7 21 7 17 7 17 7 17 7
783 emacs 329 4 406 4 402 4 402 4 402 4
784 epoc 34 8 35 8 31 8 31 8 31 8
785 h2pl 24 15 24 15 12 15 12 15 12 15
786 hints 377 98 381 98 385 100 368 97 368 97
787 mad 182 8 182 8 174 8 174 8 174 8
788 mint 11 9 11 9 3 9 - - - -
789 mpeix 49 6 49 6 45 6 45 6 45 6
790 NetWare 489 61 489 61 465 61 466 61 466 61
791 os2 552 70 552 70 507 70 507 70 507 70
792 plan9 324 17 324 17 316 17 316 17 316 17
793 Porting 627 40 632 40 933 53 749 54 749 54
794 qnx 5 3 5 4 1 4 1 4 1 4
795 symbian 300 54 300 54 290 54 288 54 288 54
796 utils 260 26 264 27 268 27 269 27 269 27
797 uts 12 3 12 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
798 vmesa 25 4 25 4 21 4 21 4 21 4
799 vms 690 32 722 32 693 30 645 18 645 18
800 vos 19 8 19 8 16 8 16 8 16 8
801 win32 1482 68 1485 68 1497 70 1841 73 1841 73
802 x2p 349 19 349 19 345 19 345 19 345 19
804 ======================================================================
810 Configure 536 1 536 1
819 NetWare 466 61 466 61
822 Porting 750 54 750 54
824 symbian 288 54 288 54
830 win32 1841 73 1841 73
833 =head2 SELECTED PATCH SIZES
835 The "diff lines kB" means that for example the patch 5.003_08, to be
836 applied on top of the 5.003_07 (or whatever was before the 5.003_08)
837 added lines for 110 kilobytes, it removed lines for 19 kilobytes, and
838 changed lines for 424 kilobytes. Just the lines themselves are
839 counted, not their context. The "+ - !" become from the diff(1)
840 context diff output format.
842 Pump- Release Date diff lines kB
845 ======================================================================
847 Chip 5.003_08 1996-Nov-19 110 19 424
848 5.003_09 1996-Nov-26 38 9 248
849 5.003_10 1996-Nov-29 29 2 27
850 5.003_11 1996-Dec-06 73 12 165
851 5.003_12 1996-Dec-19 275 6 436
852 5.003_13 1996-Dec-20 95 1 56
853 5.003_14 1996-Dec-23 23 7 333
854 5.003_15 1996-Dec-23 0 0 1
855 5.003_16 1996-Dec-24 12 3 50
856 5.003_17 1996-Dec-27 19 1 14
857 5.003_18 1996-Dec-31 21 1 32
858 5.003_19 1997-Jan-04 80 3 85
859 5.003_20 1997-Jan-07 18 1 146
860 5.003_21 1997-Jan-15 38 10 221
861 5.003_22 1997-Jan-16 4 0 18
862 5.003_23 1997-Jan-25 71 15 119
863 5.003_24 1997-Jan-29 426 1 20
864 5.003_25 1997-Feb-04 21 8 169
865 5.003_26 1997-Feb-10 16 1 15
866 5.003_27 1997-Feb-18 32 10 38
867 5.003_28 1997-Feb-21 58 4 66
868 5.003_90 1997-Feb-25 22 2 34
869 5.003_91 1997-Mar-01 37 1 39
870 5.003_92 1997-Mar-06 16 3 69
871 5.003_93 1997-Mar-10 12 3 15
872 5.003_94 1997-Mar-22 407 7 200
873 5.003_95 1997-Mar-25 41 1 37
874 5.003_96 1997-Apr-01 283 5 261
875 5.003_97 1997-Apr-03 13 2 34
876 5.003_97a 1997-Apr-05 57 1 27
877 5.003_97b 1997-Apr-08 14 1 20
878 5.003_97c 1997-Apr-10 20 1 16
879 5.003_97d 1997-Apr-13 8 0 16
880 5.003_97e 1997-Apr-15 15 4 46
881 5.003_97f 1997-Apr-17 7 1 33
882 5.003_97g 1997-Apr-18 6 1 42
883 5.003_97h 1997-Apr-24 23 3 68
884 5.003_97i 1997-Apr-25 23 1 31
885 5.003_97j 1997-Apr-28 36 1 49
886 5.003_98 1997-Apr-30 171 12 539
887 5.003_99 1997-May-01 6 0 7
888 5.003_99a 1997-May-09 36 2 61
889 p54rc1 1997-May-12 8 1 11
890 p54rc2 1997-May-14 6 0 40
892 5.004 1997-May-15 4 0 4
894 Tim 5.004_01 1997-Jun-13 222 14 57
895 5.004_02 1997-Aug-07 112 16 119
896 5.004_03 1997-Sep-05 109 0 17
897 5.004_04 1997-Oct-15 66 8 173
899 =head3 The patch-free era
901 In more modern times, named releases don't come as often, and as progress
902 can be followed (nearly) instantly (with rsync, and since late 2008, git)
903 patches between versions are no longer provided. However, that doesn't
904 keep us from calculating how large a patch could have been. Which is
905 shown in the table below. Unless noted otherwise, the size mentioned is
906 the patch to bring version x.y.z to x.y.z+1.
908 Sarathy 5.6.1 2001-Apr-08 531 44 651
909 Rafael 5.6.2 2003-Nov-15 20 11 1819
911 Jarkko 5.8.0 2002-Jul-18 1205 31 471 From 5.7.3
913 5.8.1 2003-Sep-25 243 102 6162
914 Nicholas 5.8.2 2003-Nov-05 10 50 788
915 5.8.3 2004-Jan-14 31 13 360
916 5.8.4 2004-Apr-21 33 8 299
917 5.8.5 2004-Jul-19 11 19 255
918 5.8.6 2004-Nov-27 35 3 192
919 5.8.7 2005-May-30 75 34 778
920 5.8.8 2006-Jan-31 131 42 1251
921 5.8.9 2008-Dec-14 340 132 12988
923 Hugo 5.9.0 2003-Oct-27 281 168 7132 From 5.8.0
924 Rafael 5.9.1 2004-Mar-16 57 250 2107
925 5.9.2 2005-Apr-01 720 57 858
926 5.9.3 2006-Jan-28 1124 102 1906
927 5.9.4 2006-Aug-15 896 60 862
928 5.9.5 2007-Jul-07 1149 128 1062
930 5.10.0 2007-Dec-18 50 31 13111 From 5.9.5
933 =head1 THE KEEPERS OF THE RECORDS
935 Jarkko Hietaniemi <F<jhi@iki.fi>>.
937 Thanks to the collective memory of the Perlfolk. In addition to the
938 Keepers of the Pumpkin also Alan Champion, Mark Dominus,
939 Andreas KE<0xf6>nig, John Macdonald, Matthias Neeracher, Jeff Okamoto,
940 Michael Peppler, Randal Schwartz, and Paul D. Smith sent corrections
941 and additions. Abigail added file and patch size data for the 5.6.0 - 5.10