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 and Stevan
38 [from Porting/pumpkin.pod in the Perl source code distribution]
40 Chip Salzenberg gets credit for that, with a nod to his cow orker,
41 David Croy. We had passed around various names (baton, token, hot
42 potato) but none caught on. Then, Chip asked:
46 Who has the patch pumpkin?
48 To explain: David Croy once told me once that at a previous job,
49 there was one tape drive and multiple systems that used it for backups.
50 But instead of some high-tech exclusion software, they used a low-tech
51 method to prevent multiple simultaneous backups: a stuffed pumpkin.
52 No one was allowed to make backups unless they had the "backup pumpkin".
56 The name has stuck. The holder of the pumpkin is sometimes called
57 the pumpking (keeping the source afloat?) or the pumpkineer (pulling
62 Pump- Release Date Notes
67 ======================================================================
69 Larry 0 Classified. Don't ask.
71 Larry 1.000 1987-Dec-18
75 Schwern 1.0.15 2002-Dec-18 Modernization
76 Richard 1.0_16 2003-Dec-18
78 Larry 2.000 1988-Jun-05
82 Larry 3.000 1989-Oct-18
92 3.019..27 1990-Aug-10 User subs.
101 Larry 4.000 1991-Mar-21
106 4.011..18 1991-Nov-05
107 4.019 1991-Nov-11 Stable.
108 4.020..33 1992-Jun-08
111 Larry 4.036 1993-Feb-05 Very stable.
113 5.000alpha1 1993-Jul-31
114 5.000alpha2 1993-Aug-16
115 5.000alpha3 1993-Oct-10
116 5.000alpha4 1993-???-??
117 5.000alpha5 1993-???-??
118 5.000alpha6 1994-Mar-18
119 5.000alpha7 1994-Mar-25
120 Andy 5.000alpha8 1994-Apr-04
121 Larry 5.000alpha9 1994-May-05 ext appears.
122 5.000alpha10 1994-Jun-11
123 5.000alpha11 1994-Jul-01
124 Andy 5.000a11a 1994-Jul-07 To fit 14.
125 5.000a11b 1994-Jul-14
126 5.000a11c 1994-Jul-19
127 5.000a11d 1994-Jul-22
128 Larry 5.000alpha12 1994-Aug-04
129 Andy 5.000a12a 1994-Aug-08
130 5.000a12b 1994-Aug-15
131 5.000a12c 1994-Aug-22
132 5.000a12d 1994-Aug-22
133 5.000a12e 1994-Aug-22
134 5.000a12f 1994-Aug-24
135 5.000a12g 1994-Aug-24
136 5.000a12h 1994-Aug-24
137 Larry 5.000beta1 1994-Aug-30
138 Andy 5.000b1a 1994-Sep-06
139 Larry 5.000beta2 1994-Sep-14 Core slushified.
140 Andy 5.000b2a 1994-Sep-14
143 Larry 5.000beta3 1994-Sep-??
144 Andy 5.000b3a 1994-Sep-18
151 Andy 5.000b3h 1994-Oct-07
152 Larry? 5.000gamma 1994-Oct-13?
154 Larry 5.000 1994-Oct-17
156 Andy 5.000a 1994-Dec-19
172 Larry 5.001 1995-Mar-13
174 Andy 5.001a 1995-Mar-15
178 5.001e 1995-Apr-18 Stable.
185 5.001l 1995-Jun-06 Stable.
186 5.001m 1995-Jul-02 Very stable.
187 5.001n 1995-Oct-31 Very unstable.
188 5.002beta1 1995-Nov-21
195 Tom 5.002b1g 1995-Dec-21 Doc release.
196 Andy 5.002b1h 1996-Jan-05
198 Larry 5.002b3 1996-Feb-02
199 Andy 5.002gamma 1996-Feb-11
200 Larry 5.002delta 1996-Feb-27
202 Larry 5.002 1996-Feb-29 Prototypes.
204 Charles 5.002_01 1996-Mar-25
206 5.003 1996-Jun-25 Security release.
209 Nick 5.003_02 1996-Aug-10
210 Andy 5.003_03 1996-Aug-28
215 Chip 5.003_08 1996-Nov-19
236 5.003_90 1997-Feb-25 Ramping up to the 5.004 release.
243 5.003_97 1997-Apr-03 Fairly widely used.
244 5.003_97a 1997-Apr-05
245 5.003_97b 1997-Apr-08
246 5.003_97c 1997-Apr-10
247 5.003_97d 1997-Apr-13
248 5.003_97e 1997-Apr-15
249 5.003_97f 1997-Apr-17
250 5.003_97g 1997-Apr-18
251 5.003_97h 1997-Apr-24
252 5.003_97i 1997-Apr-25
253 5.003_97j 1997-Apr-28
256 5.003_99a 1997-May-09
257 p54rc1 1997-May-12 Release Candidates.
260 Chip 5.004 1997-May-15 A major maintenance release.
262 Tim 5.004_01-t1 1997-???-?? The 5.004 maintenance track.
263 5.004_01-t2 1997-Jun-11 aka perl5.004m1t2
265 5.004_01_01 1997-Jul-29 aka perl5.004m2t1
266 5.004_01_02 1997-Aug-01 aka perl5.004m2t2
267 5.004_01_03 1997-Aug-05 aka perl5.004m2t3
269 5.004_02_01 1997-Aug-12 aka perl5.004m3t1
270 5.004_03-t2 1997-Aug-13 aka perl5.004m3t2
272 5.004_04-t1 1997-Sep-19 aka perl5.004m4t1
273 5.004_04-t2 1997-Sep-23 aka perl5.004m4t2
274 5.004_04-t3 1997-Oct-10 aka perl5.004m4t3
275 5.004_04-t4 1997-Oct-14 aka perl5.004m4t4
277 5.004_04-m1 1998-Mar-04 (5.004m5t1) Maint. trials for 5.004_05.
278 5.004_04-m2 1998-May-01
279 5.004_04-m3 1998-May-15
280 5.004_04-m4 1998-May-19
281 5.004_05-MT5 1998-Jul-21
282 5.004_05-MT6 1998-Oct-09
283 5.004_05-MT7 1998-Nov-22
284 5.004_05-MT8 1998-Dec-03
285 Chip 5.004_05-MT9 1999-Apr-26
288 Malcolm 5.004_50 1997-Sep-09 The 5.005 development track.
305 Sarathy 5.004_67 1998-Jun-15
312 5.004_74 1998-Jul-14 5.005 beta candidate.
313 5.004_75 1998-Jul-15 5.005 beta1.
314 5.004_76 1998-Jul-21 5.005 beta2.
316 Sarathy 5.005 1998-Jul-22 Oneperl.
318 Sarathy 5.005_01 1998-Jul-27 The 5.005 maintenance track.
319 5.005_02-T1 1998-Aug-02
320 5.005_02-T2 1998-Aug-05
322 Graham 5.005_03-MT1 1998-Nov-30
323 5.005_03-MT2 1999-Jan-04
324 5.005_03-MT3 1999-Jan-17
325 5.005_03-MT4 1999-Jan-26
326 5.005_03-MT5 1999-Jan-28
327 5.005_03-MT6 1999-Mar-05
329 Leon 5.005_04-RC1 2004-Feb-05
330 5.005_04-RC2 2004-Feb-18
332 5.005_05-RC1 2009-Feb-16
334 Sarathy 5.005_50 1998-Jul-26 The 5.6 development track.
349 5.5.650 2000-Feb-08 beta1
350 5.5.660 2000-Feb-22 beta2
351 5.5.670 2000-Feb-29 beta3
352 5.6.0-RC1 2000-Mar-09 Release candidate 1.
353 5.6.0-RC2 2000-Mar-14 Release candidate 2.
354 5.6.0-RC3 2000-Mar-21 Release candidate 3.
356 Sarathy 5.6.0 2000-Mar-22
358 Sarathy 5.6.1-TRIAL1 2000-Dec-18 The 5.6 maintenance track.
359 5.6.1-TRIAL2 2001-Jan-31
360 5.6.1-TRIAL3 2001-Mar-19
361 5.6.1-foolish 2001-Apr-01 The "fools-gold" release.
363 Rafael 5.6.2-RC1 2003-Nov-08
364 5.6.2 2003-Nov-15 Fix new build issues
366 Jarkko 5.7.0 2000-Sep-02 The 5.7 track: Development.
368 5.7.2 2001-Jul-13 Virtual release candidate 0.
370 5.8.0-RC1 2002-Jun-01
371 5.8.0-RC2 2002-Jun-21
372 5.8.0-RC3 2002-Jul-13
374 Jarkko 5.8.0 2002-Jul-18
376 Jarkko 5.8.1-RC1 2003-Jul-10 The 5.8 maintenance track
377 5.8.1-RC2 2003-Jul-11
378 5.8.1-RC3 2003-Jul-30
379 5.8.1-RC4 2003-Aug-01
380 5.8.1-RC5 2003-Sep-22
382 Nicholas 5.8.2-RC1 2003-Oct-27
383 5.8.2-RC2 2003-Nov-03
385 5.8.3-RC1 2004-Jan-07
387 5.8.4-RC1 2004-Apr-05
388 5.8.4-RC2 2004-Apr-15
390 5.8.5-RC1 2004-Jul-06
391 5.8.5-RC2 2004-Jul-08
393 5.8.6-RC1 2004-Nov-11
395 5.8.7-RC1 2005-May-18
397 5.8.8-RC1 2006-Jan-20
399 5.8.9-RC1 2008-Nov-10
400 5.8.9-RC2 2008-Dec-06
403 Hugo 5.9.0 2003-Oct-27 The 5.9 development track
404 Rafael 5.9.1 2004-Mar-16
409 5.10.0-RC1 2007-Nov-17
410 5.10.0-RC2 2007-Nov-25
412 Rafael 5.10.0 2007-Dec-18
414 David M 5.10.1-RC1 2009-Aug-06 The 5.10 maintenance track
415 5.10.1-RC2 2009-Aug-18
418 Jesse 5.11.0 2009-Oct-02 The 5.11 development track
420 Leon 5.11.2 2009-Nov-20
421 Jesse 5.11.3 2009-Dec-20
422 Ricardo 5.11.4 2010-Jan-20
423 Steve 5.11.5 2010-Feb-20
424 Jesse 5.12.0-RC0 2010-Mar-21
425 5.12.0-RC1 2010-Mar-29
426 5.12.0-RC2 2010-Apr-01
427 5.12.0-RC3 2010-Apr-02
428 5.12.0-RC4 2010-Apr-06
429 5.12.0-RC5 2010-Apr-09
431 Jesse 5.12.0 2010-Apr-12
433 Jesse 5.12.1-RC2 2010-May-13 The 5.12 maintenance track
434 5.12.1-RC1 2010-May-09
436 5.12.2-RC2 2010-Aug-31
438 Ricardo 5.12.3-RC1 2011-Jan-09
439 Ricardo 5.12.3-RC2 2011-Jan-14
440 Ricardo 5.12.3-RC3 2011-Jan-17
441 Ricardo 5.12.3 2011-Jan-21
442 Leon 5.12.4-RC1 2011-Jun-08
443 Leon 5.12.4 2011-Jun-20
445 Leon 5.13.0 2010-Apr-20 The 5.13 development track
446 Ricardo 5.13.1 2010-May-20
447 Matt 5.13.2 2010-Jun-22
448 David G 5.13.3 2010-Jul-20
449 Florian 5.13.4 2010-Aug-20
450 Steve 5.13.5 2010-Sep-19
451 Miyagawa 5.13.6 2010-Oct-20
452 BinGOs 5.13.7 2010-Nov-20
453 Zefram 5.13.8 2010-Dec-20
454 Jesse 5.13.9 2011-Jan-20
455 Ævar 5.13.10 2011-Feb-20
456 Florian 5.13.11 2011-Mar-20
457 Jesse 5.14.0RC1 2011-Apr-20
458 Jesse 5.14.0RC2 2011-May-04
459 Jesse 5.14.0RC3 2011-May-11
461 Jesse 5.14.0 2011-May-14 The 5.14 maintenance track
462 Jesse 5.14.1 2011-Jun-16
463 Florian 5.14.2-RC1 2011-Sep-19
466 David G 5.15.0 2011-Jun-20 The 5.15 development track
467 Zefram 5.15.1 2011-Jul-20
468 Ricardo 5.15.2 2011-Aug-20
469 Stevan 5.15.3 2011-Sep-20
470 Florian 5.15.4 2011-Oct-20
472 =head2 SELECTED RELEASE SIZES
474 For example the notation "core: 212 29" in the release 1.000 means that
475 it had in the core 212 kilobytes, in 29 files. The "core".."doc" are
478 release core lib ext t doc
479 ======================================================================
481 1.000 212 29 - - - - 38 51 62 3
482 1.014 219 29 - - - - 39 52 68 4
483 2.000 309 31 2 3 - - 55 57 92 4
484 2.001 312 31 2 3 - - 55 57 94 4
485 3.000 508 36 24 11 - - 79 73 156 5
486 3.044 645 37 61 20 - - 90 74 190 6
487 4.000 635 37 59 20 - - 91 75 198 4
488 4.019 680 37 85 29 - - 98 76 199 4
489 4.036 709 37 89 30 - - 98 76 208 5
490 5.000alpha2 785 50 114 32 - - 112 86 209 5
491 5.000alpha3 801 50 117 33 - - 121 87 209 5
492 5.000alpha9 1022 56 149 43 116 29 125 90 217 6
493 5.000a12h 978 49 140 49 205 46 152 97 228 9
494 5.000b3h 1035 53 232 70 216 38 162 94 218 21
495 5.000 1038 53 250 76 216 38 154 92 536 62
496 5.001m 1071 54 388 82 240 38 159 95 544 29
497 5.002 1121 54 661 101 287 43 155 94 847 35
498 5.003 1129 54 680 102 291 43 166 100 853 35
499 5.003_07 1231 60 748 106 396 53 213 137 976 39
500 5.004 1351 60 1230 136 408 51 355 161 1587 55
501 5.004_01 1356 60 1258 138 410 51 358 161 1587 55
502 5.004_04 1375 60 1294 139 413 51 394 162 1629 55
503 5.004_05 1463 60 1435 150 394 50 445 175 1855 59
504 5.004_51 1401 61 1260 140 413 53 358 162 1594 56
505 5.004_53 1422 62 1295 141 438 70 394 162 1637 56
506 5.004_56 1501 66 1301 140 447 74 408 165 1648 57
507 5.004_59 1555 72 1317 142 448 74 424 171 1678 58
508 5.004_62 1602 77 1327 144 629 92 428 173 1674 58
509 5.004_65 1626 77 1358 146 615 92 446 179 1698 60
510 5.004_68 1856 74 1382 152 619 92 463 187 1784 60
511 5.004_70 1863 75 1456 154 675 92 494 194 1809 60
512 5.004_73 1874 76 1467 152 762 102 506 196 1883 61
513 5.004_75 1877 76 1467 152 770 103 508 196 1896 62
514 5.005 1896 76 1469 152 795 103 509 197 1945 63
515 5.005_03 1936 77 1541 153 813 104 551 201 2176 72
516 5.005_50 1969 78 1842 301 795 103 514 198 1948 63
517 5.005_53 1999 79 1885 303 806 104 602 224 2002 67
518 5.005_56 2086 79 1970 307 866 113 672 238 2221 75
519 5.6.0 2820 79 2626 364 1096 129 863 280 2840 93
520 5.6.1 2946 78 2921 430 1171 132 1024 304 3330 102
521 5.6.2 2947 78 3143 451 1247 127 1303 387 3406 102
522 5.7.0 2977 80 2801 425 1250 132 975 307 3206 100
523 5.7.1 3351 84 3442 455 1944 167 1334 357 3698 124
524 5.7.2 3491 87 4858 618 3290 298 1598 449 3910 139
525 5.7.3 3299 85 4295 537 2196 300 2176 626 4171 120
526 5.8.0 3489 87 4533 585 2437 331 2588 726 4368 125
527 5.8.1 3674 90 5104 623 2604 353 2983 836 4625 134
528 5.8.2 3633 90 5111 623 2623 357 3019 848 4634 135
529 5.8.3 3625 90 5141 624 2660 363 3083 869 4669 136
530 5.8.4 3653 90 5170 634 2684 368 3148 885 4689 137
531 5.8.5 3664 90 4260 303 2707 369 3208 898 4689 138
532 5.8.6 3690 90 4271 303 3141 396 3411 925 4709 139
533 5.8.7 3788 90 4322 307 3297 401 3485 964 4744 141
534 5.8.8 3895 90 4357 314 3409 431 3622 1017 4979 144
535 5.8.9 4132 93 5508 330 3826 529 4364 1234 5348 152
536 5.9.0 3657 90 4951 626 2603 354 3011 841 4609 135
537 5.9.1 3580 90 5196 634 2665 367 3186 889 4725 138
538 5.9.2 3863 90 4654 312 3283 403 3551 973 4800 142
539 5.9.3 4096 91 5318 381 4806 597 4272 1214 5139 147
540 5.9.4 4393 94 5718 415 4578 642 4646 1310 5335 153
541 5.9.5 4681 96 6849 479 4827 671 5155 1490 5572 159
542 5.10.0 4710 97 7050 486 4899 673 5275 1503 5673 160
543 5.10.1 4858 98 7440 519 6195 921 6147 1751 5151 163
544 5.12.0 4999 100 1146 121 15227 2176 6400 1843 5342 168
545 5.12.1 5000 100 1146 121 15283 2178 6407 1846 5354 169
546 5.12.2 5003 100 1146 121 15404 2178 6413 1846 5376 170
547 5.12.3 5004 100 1146 121 15529 2180 6417 1848 5391 171
549 The "core"..."doc" mean the following files from the Perl source code
550 distribution. The glob notation ** means recursively, (.) means
555 ext ext/**/*.{[hcyt],xs,pm} (for -5.10.1) or
556 {dist,ext,cpan}/**/*.{[hcyt],xs,pm} (for 5.12.0-)
557 t t/**/*(.) (for 1-5.005_56) or **/*.t (for 5.6.0-5.7.3)
558 doc {README*,INSTALL,*[_.]man{,.?},pod/**/*.pod}
560 Here are some statistics for the other subdirectories and one file in
561 the Perl source distribution for somewhat more selected releases.
563 ======================================================================
568 Configure 31 1 37 1 62 1
574 x2p 103 17 104 17 137 17
576 ======================================================================
580 atarist - - - - 113 31
581 Configure 73 1 83 1 86 1
584 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12
586 msdos 57 15 58 15 60 15
587 os2 81 29 81 29 113 31
589 x2p 147 18 152 19 154 19
591 ======================================================================
593 5.000a2 5.000a12h 5.000b3h 5.000 5.001m
595 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
596 atarist 113 31 113 31 - - - - - -
597 bench - - 0 1 - - - - - -
598 Bugs 2 5 26 1 - - - - - -
599 dlperl 40 5 - - - - - - - -
600 do 127 71 - - - - - - - -
601 Configure - - 153 1 159 1 160 1 180 1
602 Doc - - 26 1 75 7 11 1 11 1
603 eg 79 58 53 44 51 43 54 44 54 44
604 emacs 67 4 104 6 104 6 104 1 104 6
605 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
606 hints 11 56 12 46 18 48 18 48 44 56
607 msdos 60 15 60 15 - - - - - -
608 os2 113 31 113 31 - - - - - -
609 U - - 62 8 112 42 - - - -
610 usub 43 8 - - - - - - - -
611 vms - - 80 7 123 9 184 15 304 20
612 x2p 171 22 171 21 162 20 162 20 279 20
614 ======================================================================
618 Configure 201 1 201 1 217 1
620 emacs 108 1 108 1 143 1
621 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12
622 hints 73 59 77 60 90 62
623 os2 84 17 56 10 117 42
627 vms 500 24 475 26 505 27
628 x2p 280 20 280 20 280 19
630 ======================================================================
632 5.004 5.004_04 5.004_62 5.004_65 5.004_68
634 beos - - - - - - 1 1 1 1
635 Configure 225 1 225 1 240 1 248 1 256 1
636 cygwin32 23 5 23 5 23 5 24 5 24 5
637 djgpp - - - - 14 5 14 5 14 5
638 eg 81 62 81 62 81 62 81 62 81 62
639 emacs 194 1 204 1 212 2 212 2 212 2
640 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
641 hints 129 69 132 71 144 72 151 74 155 74
642 os2 121 42 127 42 127 44 129 44 129 44
643 plan9 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15
644 Porting 94 2 109 4 203 6 234 8 241 9
645 qnx 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2
646 utils 112 8 118 8 124 8 156 9 159 9
647 vms 518 34 524 34 538 34 569 34 569 34
648 win32 285 33 378 36 470 39 493 39 575 41
649 x2p 281 19 281 19 281 19 282 19 281 19
651 ======================================================================
653 5.004_70 5.004_73 5.004_75 5.005 5.005_03
655 apollo - - - - - - - - 0 1
656 beos 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
657 Configure 256 1 256 1 264 1 264 1 270 1
658 cygwin32 24 5 24 5 24 5 24 5 24 5
659 djgpp 14 5 14 5 14 5 14 5 15 5
660 eg 86 65 86 65 86 65 86 65 86 65
661 emacs 262 2 262 2 262 2 262 2 274 2
662 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
663 hints 157 74 157 74 159 74 160 74 179 77
664 mint - - - - - - - - 4 7
665 mpeix - - - - 5 3 5 3 5 3
666 os2 129 44 139 44 142 44 143 44 148 44
667 plan9 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15
668 Porting 241 9 253 9 259 10 264 12 272 13
669 qnx 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2
670 utils 160 9 160 9 160 9 160 9 164 9
671 vms 570 34 572 34 573 34 575 34 583 34
672 vos - - - - - - - - 156 10
673 win32 577 41 585 41 585 41 587 41 600 42
674 x2p 281 19 281 19 281 19 281 19 281 19
676 ======================================================================
678 5.6.0 5.6.1 5.6.2 5.7.3
680 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
682 Configure 346 1 361 1 363 1 394 1
683 Cross - - - - - - 4 2
684 djgpp 19 6 19 6 19 6 21 7
685 eg 112 71 112 71 112 71 - -
686 emacs 303 4 319 4 319 4 319 4
687 epoc 29 8 35 8 35 8 36 8
688 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15
689 hints 242 83 250 84 321 89 272 87
690 mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9
691 mpeix 9 4 9 4 9 4 9 4
692 NetWare - - - - - - 423 57
693 os2 214 59 224 60 224 60 357 66
694 plan9 92 17 92 17 92 17 85 15
695 Porting 361 15 390 16 390 16 425 21
697 utils 228 12 221 11 222 11 267 13
699 vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4
700 vms 686 38 627 38 627 38 649 36
701 vos 227 12 249 15 248 15 281 17
702 win32 755 41 782 42 801 42 1006 50
703 x2p 307 20 307 20 307 20 345 20
705 ======================================================================
707 5.8.0 5.8.1 5.8.2 5.8.3 5.8.4
709 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
710 beos 6 4 6 4 6 4 6 4 6 4
711 Configure 472 1 493 1 493 1 493 1 494 1
712 Cross 4 2 45 10 45 10 45 10 45 10
713 djgpp 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7
714 emacs 319 4 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4
715 epoc 33 8 33 8 33 8 33 8 33 8
716 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15
717 hints 294 88 321 89 321 89 321 89 348 91
718 mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9
719 mpeix 24 5 25 5 25 5 25 5 25 5
720 NetWare 488 61 490 61 490 61 490 61 488 61
721 os2 361 66 445 67 450 67 488 67 488 67
722 plan9 85 15 325 17 325 17 325 17 321 17
723 Porting 479 22 537 32 538 32 539 32 538 33
724 qnx 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3
725 utils 275 15 258 16 258 16 263 19 263 19
726 uts 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3
727 vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4
728 vms 648 36 654 36 654 36 656 36 656 36
729 vos 330 20 335 20 335 20 335 20 335 20
730 win32 1062 49 1125 49 1127 49 1126 49 1181 56
731 x2p 347 20 348 20 348 20 348 20 348 20
733 ======================================================================
735 5.8.5 5.8.6 5.8.7 5.8.8 5.8.9
737 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
738 beos 6 4 6 4 8 4 8 4 8 4
739 Configure 494 1 494 1 495 1 506 1 520 1
740 Cross 45 10 45 10 45 10 45 10 46 10
741 djgpp 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7
742 emacs 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4 406 4
743 epoc 33 8 33 8 33 8 34 8 35 8
744 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15
745 hints 350 91 352 91 355 94 360 94 387 99
746 mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9
747 mpeix 25 5 25 5 25 5 49 6 49 6
748 NetWare 488 61 488 61 488 61 490 61 491 61
749 os2 488 67 488 67 488 67 488 67 552 70
750 plan9 321 17 321 17 321 17 322 17 324 17
751 Porting 538 34 548 35 549 35 564 37 625 41
752 qnx 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3
753 utils 265 19 265 19 266 19 267 19 281 21
754 uts 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3
755 vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4
756 vms 657 36 658 36 662 36 664 36 716 35
757 vos 335 20 335 20 335 20 336 21 345 22
758 win32 1183 56 1190 56 1199 56 1219 56 1484 68
759 x2p 349 20 349 20 349 20 349 19 350 19
761 ======================================================================
763 5.9.0 5.9.1 5.9.2 5.9.3 5.9.4
765 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
766 beos 6 4 6 4 8 4 8 4 8 4
767 Configure 493 1 493 1 495 1 508 1 512 1
768 Cross 45 10 45 10 45 10 45 10 46 10
769 djgpp 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7
770 emacs 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4
771 epoc 33 8 33 8 33 8 34 8 34 8
772 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15
773 hints 321 89 346 91 355 94 359 94 366 96
774 mad - - - - - - - - 174 6
775 mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9
776 mpeix 25 5 25 5 25 5 49 6 49 6
777 NetWare 489 61 487 61 487 61 489 61 489 61
778 os2 444 67 488 67 488 67 488 67 488 67
779 plan9 325 17 321 17 321 17 322 17 323 17
780 Porting 537 32 536 33 549 36 564 38 576 38
781 qnx 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3
782 symbian - - - - - - 293 53 293 53
783 utils 258 16 263 19 268 20 273 23 275 24
784 uts 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3
785 vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4
786 vms 660 36 547 33 553 33 661 33 696 33
787 vos 11 7 11 7 11 7 11 7 11 7
788 win32 1120 49 1124 51 1191 56 1209 56 1719 90
789 x2p 348 20 348 20 349 20 349 19 349 19
791 ======================================================================
793 5.9.5 5.10.0 5.10.1 5.12.0 5.12.1
795 apollo 8 3 8 3 0 3 0 3 0 3
796 beos 8 4 8 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
797 Configure 518 1 518 1 533 1 536 1 536 1
798 Cross 122 15 122 15 119 15 118 15 118 15
799 djgpp 21 7 21 7 17 7 17 7 17 7
800 emacs 329 4 406 4 402 4 402 4 402 4
801 epoc 34 8 35 8 31 8 31 8 31 8
802 h2pl 24 15 24 15 12 15 12 15 12 15
803 hints 377 98 381 98 385 100 368 97 368 97
804 mad 182 8 182 8 174 8 174 8 174 8
805 mint 11 9 11 9 3 9 - - - -
806 mpeix 49 6 49 6 45 6 45 6 45 6
807 NetWare 489 61 489 61 465 61 466 61 466 61
808 os2 552 70 552 70 507 70 507 70 507 70
809 plan9 324 17 324 17 316 17 316 17 316 17
810 Porting 627 40 632 40 933 53 749 54 749 54
811 qnx 5 3 5 4 1 4 1 4 1 4
812 symbian 300 54 300 54 290 54 288 54 288 54
813 utils 260 26 264 27 268 27 269 27 269 27
814 uts 12 3 12 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
815 vmesa 25 4 25 4 21 4 21 4 21 4
816 vms 690 32 722 32 693 30 645 18 645 18
817 vos 19 8 19 8 16 8 16 8 16 8
818 win32 1482 68 1485 68 1497 70 1841 73 1841 73
819 x2p 349 19 349 19 345 19 345 19 345 19
821 ======================================================================
827 Configure 536 1 536 1
836 NetWare 466 61 466 61
839 Porting 750 54 750 54
841 symbian 288 54 288 54
847 win32 1841 73 1841 73
850 =head2 SELECTED PATCH SIZES
852 The "diff lines kB" means that for example the patch 5.003_08, to be
853 applied on top of the 5.003_07 (or whatever was before the 5.003_08)
854 added lines for 110 kilobytes, it removed lines for 19 kilobytes, and
855 changed lines for 424 kilobytes. Just the lines themselves are
856 counted, not their context. The "+ - !" become from the diff(1)
857 context diff output format.
859 Pump- Release Date diff lines kB
862 ======================================================================
864 Chip 5.003_08 1996-Nov-19 110 19 424
865 5.003_09 1996-Nov-26 38 9 248
866 5.003_10 1996-Nov-29 29 2 27
867 5.003_11 1996-Dec-06 73 12 165
868 5.003_12 1996-Dec-19 275 6 436
869 5.003_13 1996-Dec-20 95 1 56
870 5.003_14 1996-Dec-23 23 7 333
871 5.003_15 1996-Dec-23 0 0 1
872 5.003_16 1996-Dec-24 12 3 50
873 5.003_17 1996-Dec-27 19 1 14
874 5.003_18 1996-Dec-31 21 1 32
875 5.003_19 1997-Jan-04 80 3 85
876 5.003_20 1997-Jan-07 18 1 146
877 5.003_21 1997-Jan-15 38 10 221
878 5.003_22 1997-Jan-16 4 0 18
879 5.003_23 1997-Jan-25 71 15 119
880 5.003_24 1997-Jan-29 426 1 20
881 5.003_25 1997-Feb-04 21 8 169
882 5.003_26 1997-Feb-10 16 1 15
883 5.003_27 1997-Feb-18 32 10 38
884 5.003_28 1997-Feb-21 58 4 66
885 5.003_90 1997-Feb-25 22 2 34
886 5.003_91 1997-Mar-01 37 1 39
887 5.003_92 1997-Mar-06 16 3 69
888 5.003_93 1997-Mar-10 12 3 15
889 5.003_94 1997-Mar-22 407 7 200
890 5.003_95 1997-Mar-25 41 1 37
891 5.003_96 1997-Apr-01 283 5 261
892 5.003_97 1997-Apr-03 13 2 34
893 5.003_97a 1997-Apr-05 57 1 27
894 5.003_97b 1997-Apr-08 14 1 20
895 5.003_97c 1997-Apr-10 20 1 16
896 5.003_97d 1997-Apr-13 8 0 16
897 5.003_97e 1997-Apr-15 15 4 46
898 5.003_97f 1997-Apr-17 7 1 33
899 5.003_97g 1997-Apr-18 6 1 42
900 5.003_97h 1997-Apr-24 23 3 68
901 5.003_97i 1997-Apr-25 23 1 31
902 5.003_97j 1997-Apr-28 36 1 49
903 5.003_98 1997-Apr-30 171 12 539
904 5.003_99 1997-May-01 6 0 7
905 5.003_99a 1997-May-09 36 2 61
906 p54rc1 1997-May-12 8 1 11
907 p54rc2 1997-May-14 6 0 40
909 5.004 1997-May-15 4 0 4
911 Tim 5.004_01 1997-Jun-13 222 14 57
912 5.004_02 1997-Aug-07 112 16 119
913 5.004_03 1997-Sep-05 109 0 17
914 5.004_04 1997-Oct-15 66 8 173
916 =head3 The patch-free era
918 In more modern times, named releases don't come as often, and as progress
919 can be followed (nearly) instantly (with rsync, and since late 2008, git)
920 patches between versions are no longer provided. However, that doesn't
921 keep us from calculating how large a patch could have been. Which is
922 shown in the table below. Unless noted otherwise, the size mentioned is
923 the patch to bring version x.y.z to x.y.z+1.
925 Sarathy 5.6.1 2001-Apr-08 531 44 651
926 Rafael 5.6.2 2003-Nov-15 20 11 1819
928 Jarkko 5.8.0 2002-Jul-18 1205 31 471 From 5.7.3
930 5.8.1 2003-Sep-25 243 102 6162
931 Nicholas 5.8.2 2003-Nov-05 10 50 788
932 5.8.3 2004-Jan-14 31 13 360
933 5.8.4 2004-Apr-21 33 8 299
934 5.8.5 2004-Jul-19 11 19 255
935 5.8.6 2004-Nov-27 35 3 192
936 5.8.7 2005-May-30 75 34 778
937 5.8.8 2006-Jan-31 131 42 1251
938 5.8.9 2008-Dec-14 340 132 12988
940 Hugo 5.9.0 2003-Oct-27 281 168 7132 From 5.8.0
941 Rafael 5.9.1 2004-Mar-16 57 250 2107
942 5.9.2 2005-Apr-01 720 57 858
943 5.9.3 2006-Jan-28 1124 102 1906
944 5.9.4 2006-Aug-15 896 60 862
945 5.9.5 2007-Jul-07 1149 128 1062
947 5.10.0 2007-Dec-18 50 31 13111 From 5.9.5
950 =head1 THE KEEPERS OF THE RECORDS
952 Jarkko Hietaniemi <F<jhi@iki.fi>>.
954 Thanks to the collective memory of the Perlfolk. In addition to the
955 Keepers of the Pumpkin also Alan Champion, Mark Dominus,
956 Andreas KE<0xf6>nig, John Macdonald, Matthias Neeracher, Jeff Okamoto,
957 Michael Peppler, Randal Schwartz, and Paul D. Smith sent corrections
958 and additions. Abigail added file and patch size data for the 5.6.0 - 5.10