5 perlhist - the Perl history records
9 This document aims to record the Perl source code releases.
13 Perl history in brief, by Larry Wall:
15 Perl 0 introduced Perl to my officemates.
16 Perl 1 introduced Perl to the world, and changed /\(...\|...\)/ to
17 /(...|...)/. \(Dan Faigin still hasn't forgiven me. :-\)
18 Perl 2 introduced Henry Spencer's regular expression package.
19 Perl 3 introduced the ability to handle binary data (embedded nulls).
20 Perl 4 introduced the first Camel book. Really. We mostly just
21 switched version numbers so the book could refer to 4.000.
22 Perl 5 introduced everything else, including the ability to
23 introduce everything else.
25 =head1 THE KEEPERS OF THE PUMPKIN
27 Larry Wall, Andy Dougherty, Tom Christiansen, Charles Bailey, Nick
28 Ing-Simmons, Chip Salzenberg, Tim Bunce, Malcolm Beattie, Gurusamy
29 Sarathy, Graham Barr, Jarkko Hietaniemi, Hugo van der Sanden,
30 Michael Schwern, Rafael Garcia-Suarez, Nicholas Clark, Richard Clamp,
31 Leon Brocard, Dave Mitchell, Jesse Vincent, Ricardo Signes, Steve Hay,
32 Matt S Trout, David Golden, Florian Ragwitz, Tatsuhiko Miyagawa,
33 Chris C<BinGOs> Williams, Zefram, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Stevan
34 Little, Dave Rolsky, Max Maischein, Abigail, Jesse Luehrs, Tony Cook,
35 Dominic Hargreaves, Aaron Crane, Aristotle Pagaltzis, Matthew Horsfall,
36 Peter Martini, and Sawyer X.
40 [from Porting/pumpkin.pod in the Perl source code distribution]
42 =for disclaimer orking cows is hazardous, and not legal in all jurisdictions
44 Chip Salzenberg gets credit for that, with a nod to his cow orker,
45 David Croy. We had passed around various names (baton, token, hot
46 potato) but none caught on. Then, Chip asked:
50 Who has the patch pumpkin?
52 To explain: David Croy once told me that at a previous job,
53 there was one tape drive and multiple systems that used it for backups.
54 But instead of some high-tech exclusion software, they used a low-tech
55 method to prevent multiple simultaneous backups: a stuffed pumpkin.
56 No one was allowed to make backups unless they had the "backup pumpkin".
60 The name has stuck. The holder of the pumpkin is sometimes called
61 the pumpking (keeping the source afloat?) or the pumpkineer (pulling
66 Pump- Release Date Notes
71 ======================================================================
73 Larry 0 Classified. Don't ask.
75 Larry 1.000 1987-Dec-18
79 Schwern 1.0.15 2002-Dec-18 Modernization
80 Richard 1.0_16 2003-Dec-18
82 Larry 2.000 1988-Jun-05
86 Larry 3.000 1989-Oct-18
96 3.019..27 1990-Aug-10 User subs.
102 3.042..43 1991-Jan-??
105 Larry 4.000 1991-Mar-21
110 4.011..18 1991-Nov-05
111 4.019 1991-Nov-11 Stable.
112 4.020..33 1992-Jun-08
115 Larry 4.036 1993-Feb-05 Very stable.
117 5.000alpha1 1993-Jul-31
118 5.000alpha2 1993-Aug-16
119 5.000alpha3 1993-Oct-10
120 5.000alpha4 1993-???-??
121 5.000alpha5 1993-???-??
122 5.000alpha6 1994-Mar-18
123 5.000alpha7 1994-Mar-25
124 Andy 5.000alpha8 1994-Apr-04
125 Larry 5.000alpha9 1994-May-05 ext appears.
126 5.000alpha10 1994-Jun-11
127 5.000alpha11 1994-Jul-01
128 Andy 5.000a11a 1994-Jul-07 To fit 14.
129 5.000a11b 1994-Jul-14
130 5.000a11c 1994-Jul-19
131 5.000a11d 1994-Jul-22
132 Larry 5.000alpha12 1994-Aug-04
133 Andy 5.000a12a 1994-Aug-08
134 5.000a12b 1994-Aug-15
135 5.000a12c 1994-Aug-22
136 5.000a12d 1994-Aug-22
137 5.000a12e 1994-Aug-22
138 5.000a12f 1994-Aug-24
139 5.000a12g 1994-Aug-24
140 5.000a12h 1994-Aug-24
141 Larry 5.000beta1 1994-Aug-30
142 Andy 5.000b1a 1994-Sep-06
143 Larry 5.000beta2 1994-Sep-14 Core slushified.
144 Andy 5.000b2a 1994-Sep-14
147 Larry 5.000beta3 1994-Sep-??
148 Andy 5.000b3a 1994-Sep-18
155 Andy 5.000b3h 1994-Oct-07
156 Larry? 5.000gamma 1994-Oct-13?
158 Larry 5.000 1994-Oct-17
160 Andy 5.000a 1994-Dec-19
176 Larry 5.001 1995-Mar-13
178 Andy 5.001a 1995-Mar-15
182 5.001e 1995-Apr-18 Stable.
189 5.001l 1995-Jun-06 Stable.
190 5.001m 1995-Jul-02 Very stable.
191 5.001n 1995-Oct-31 Very unstable.
192 5.002beta1 1995-Nov-21
199 Tom 5.002b1g 1995-Dec-21 Doc release.
200 Andy 5.002b1h 1996-Jan-05
202 Larry 5.002b3 1996-Feb-02
203 Andy 5.002gamma 1996-Feb-11
204 Larry 5.002delta 1996-Feb-27
206 Larry 5.002 1996-Feb-29 Prototypes.
208 Charles 5.002_01 1996-Mar-25
210 5.003 1996-Jun-25 Security release.
213 Nick 5.003_02 1996-Aug-10
214 Andy 5.003_03 1996-Aug-28
219 Chip 5.003_08 1996-Nov-19
240 5.003_90 1997-Feb-25 Ramping up to the 5.004 release.
247 5.003_97 1997-Apr-03 Fairly widely used.
248 5.003_97a 1997-Apr-05
249 5.003_97b 1997-Apr-08
250 5.003_97c 1997-Apr-10
251 5.003_97d 1997-Apr-13
252 5.003_97e 1997-Apr-15
253 5.003_97f 1997-Apr-17
254 5.003_97g 1997-Apr-18
255 5.003_97h 1997-Apr-24
256 5.003_97i 1997-Apr-25
257 5.003_97j 1997-Apr-28
260 5.003_99a 1997-May-09
261 p54rc1 1997-May-12 Release Candidates.
264 Chip 5.004 1997-May-15 A major maintenance release.
266 Tim 5.004_01-t1 1997-???-?? The 5.004 maintenance track.
267 5.004_01-t2 1997-Jun-11 aka perl5.004m1t2
269 5.004_01_01 1997-Jul-29 aka perl5.004m2t1
270 5.004_01_02 1997-Aug-01 aka perl5.004m2t2
271 5.004_01_03 1997-Aug-05 aka perl5.004m2t3
273 5.004_02_01 1997-Aug-12 aka perl5.004m3t1
274 5.004_03-t2 1997-Aug-13 aka perl5.004m3t2
276 5.004_04-t1 1997-Sep-19 aka perl5.004m4t1
277 5.004_04-t2 1997-Sep-23 aka perl5.004m4t2
278 5.004_04-t3 1997-Oct-10 aka perl5.004m4t3
279 5.004_04-t4 1997-Oct-14 aka perl5.004m4t4
281 5.004_04-m1 1998-Mar-04 (5.004m5t1) Maint. trials for 5.004_05.
282 5.004_04-m2 1998-May-01
283 5.004_04-m3 1998-May-15
284 5.004_04-m4 1998-May-19
285 5.004_05-MT5 1998-Jul-21
286 5.004_05-MT6 1998-Oct-09
287 5.004_05-MT7 1998-Nov-22
288 5.004_05-MT8 1998-Dec-03
289 Chip 5.004_05-MT9 1999-Apr-26
292 Malcolm 5.004_50 1997-Sep-09 The 5.005 development track.
309 Sarathy 5.004_67 1998-Jun-15
316 5.004_74 1998-Jul-14 5.005 beta candidate.
317 5.004_75 1998-Jul-15 5.005 beta1.
318 5.004_76 1998-Jul-21 5.005 beta2.
320 Sarathy 5.005 1998-Jul-22 Oneperl.
322 Sarathy 5.005_01 1998-Jul-27 The 5.005 maintenance track.
323 5.005_02-T1 1998-Aug-02
324 5.005_02-T2 1998-Aug-05
326 Graham 5.005_03-MT1 1998-Nov-30
327 5.005_03-MT2 1999-Jan-04
328 5.005_03-MT3 1999-Jan-17
329 5.005_03-MT4 1999-Jan-26
330 5.005_03-MT5 1999-Jan-28
331 5.005_03-MT6 1999-Mar-05
333 Leon 5.005_04-RC1 2004-Feb-05
334 5.005_04-RC2 2004-Feb-18
336 5.005_05-RC1 2009-Feb-16
338 Sarathy 5.005_50 1998-Jul-26 The 5.6 development track.
353 5.5.650 2000-Feb-08 beta1
354 5.5.660 2000-Feb-22 beta2
355 5.5.670 2000-Feb-29 beta3
356 5.6.0-RC1 2000-Mar-09 Release candidate 1.
357 5.6.0-RC2 2000-Mar-14 Release candidate 2.
358 5.6.0-RC3 2000-Mar-21 Release candidate 3.
360 Sarathy 5.6.0 2000-Mar-22
362 Sarathy 5.6.1-TRIAL1 2000-Dec-18 The 5.6 maintenance track.
363 5.6.1-TRIAL2 2001-Jan-31
364 5.6.1-TRIAL3 2001-Mar-19
365 5.6.1-foolish 2001-Apr-01 The "fools-gold" release.
367 Rafael 5.6.2-RC1 2003-Nov-08
368 5.6.2 2003-Nov-15 Fix new build issues
370 Jarkko 5.7.0 2000-Sep-02 The 5.7 track: Development.
372 5.7.2 2001-Jul-13 Virtual release candidate 0.
374 5.8.0-RC1 2002-Jun-01
375 5.8.0-RC2 2002-Jun-21
376 5.8.0-RC3 2002-Jul-13
378 Jarkko 5.8.0 2002-Jul-18
380 Jarkko 5.8.1-RC1 2003-Jul-10 The 5.8 maintenance track
381 5.8.1-RC2 2003-Jul-11
382 5.8.1-RC3 2003-Jul-30
383 5.8.1-RC4 2003-Aug-01
384 5.8.1-RC5 2003-Sep-22
386 Nicholas 5.8.2-RC1 2003-Oct-27
387 5.8.2-RC2 2003-Nov-03
389 5.8.3-RC1 2004-Jan-07
391 5.8.4-RC1 2004-Apr-05
392 5.8.4-RC2 2004-Apr-15
394 5.8.5-RC1 2004-Jul-06
395 5.8.5-RC2 2004-Jul-08
397 5.8.6-RC1 2004-Nov-11
399 5.8.7-RC1 2005-May-18
401 5.8.8-RC1 2006-Jan-20
403 5.8.9-RC1 2008-Nov-10
404 5.8.9-RC2 2008-Dec-06
407 Hugo 5.9.0 2003-Oct-27 The 5.9 development track
408 Rafael 5.9.1 2004-Mar-16
413 5.10.0-RC1 2007-Nov-17
414 5.10.0-RC2 2007-Nov-25
416 Rafael 5.10.0 2007-Dec-18
418 David M 5.10.1-RC1 2009-Aug-06 The 5.10 maintenance track
419 5.10.1-RC2 2009-Aug-18
422 Jesse 5.11.0 2009-Oct-02 The 5.11 development track
424 Leon 5.11.2 2009-Nov-20
425 Jesse 5.11.3 2009-Dec-20
426 Ricardo 5.11.4 2010-Jan-20
427 Steve 5.11.5 2010-Feb-20
428 Jesse 5.12.0-RC0 2010-Mar-21
429 5.12.0-RC1 2010-Mar-29
430 5.12.0-RC2 2010-Apr-01
431 5.12.0-RC3 2010-Apr-02
432 5.12.0-RC4 2010-Apr-06
433 5.12.0-RC5 2010-Apr-09
435 Jesse 5.12.0 2010-Apr-12
437 Jesse 5.12.1-RC2 2010-May-13 The 5.12 maintenance track
438 5.12.1-RC1 2010-May-09
440 5.12.2-RC2 2010-Aug-31
442 Ricardo 5.12.3-RC1 2011-Jan-09
443 Ricardo 5.12.3-RC2 2011-Jan-14
444 Ricardo 5.12.3-RC3 2011-Jan-17
445 Ricardo 5.12.3 2011-Jan-21
446 Leon 5.12.4-RC1 2011-Jun-08
447 Leon 5.12.4 2011-Jun-20
448 Dominic 5.12.5 2012-Nov-10
450 Leon 5.13.0 2010-Apr-20 The 5.13 development track
451 Ricardo 5.13.1 2010-May-20
452 Matt 5.13.2 2010-Jun-22
453 David G 5.13.3 2010-Jul-20
454 Florian 5.13.4 2010-Aug-20
455 Steve 5.13.5 2010-Sep-19
456 Miyagawa 5.13.6 2010-Oct-20
457 BinGOs 5.13.7 2010-Nov-20
458 Zefram 5.13.8 2010-Dec-20
459 Jesse 5.13.9 2011-Jan-20
460 Ævar 5.13.10 2011-Feb-20
461 Florian 5.13.11 2011-Mar-20
462 Jesse 5.14.0RC1 2011-Apr-20
463 Jesse 5.14.0RC2 2011-May-04
464 Jesse 5.14.0RC3 2011-May-11
466 Jesse 5.14.0 2011-May-14 The 5.14 maintenance track
467 Jesse 5.14.1 2011-Jun-16
468 Florian 5.14.2-RC1 2011-Sep-19
470 Dominic 5.14.3 2012-Oct-12
471 David M 5.14.4-RC1 2013-Mar-05
472 David M 5.14.4-RC2 2013-Mar-07
473 David M 5.14.4 2013-Mar-10
475 David G 5.15.0 2011-Jun-20 The 5.15 development track
476 Zefram 5.15.1 2011-Jul-20
477 Ricardo 5.15.2 2011-Aug-20
478 Stevan 5.15.3 2011-Sep-20
479 Florian 5.15.4 2011-Oct-20
480 Steve 5.15.5 2011-Nov-20
481 Dave R 5.15.6 2011-Dec-20
482 BinGOs 5.15.7 2012-Jan-20
483 Max M 5.15.8 2012-Feb-20
484 Abigail 5.15.9 2012-Mar-20
485 Ricardo 5.16.0-RC0 2012-May-10
486 Ricardo 5.16.0-RC1 2012-May-14
487 Ricardo 5.16.0-RC2 2012-May-15
489 Ricardo 5.16.0 2012-May-20 The 5.16 maintenance track
490 Ricardo 5.16.1 2012-Aug-08
491 Ricardo 5.16.2 2012-Nov-01
492 Ricardo 5.16.3-RC1 2013-Mar-06
493 Ricardo 5.16.3 2013-Mar-11
495 Zefram 5.17.0 2012-May-26 The 5.17 development track
496 Jesse L 5.17.1 2012-Jun-20
497 TonyC 5.17.2 2012-Jul-20
498 Steve 5.17.3 2012-Aug-20
499 Florian 5.17.4 2012-Sep-20
500 Florian 5.17.5 2012-Oct-20
501 Ricardo 5.17.6 2012-Nov-20
502 Dave R 5.17.7 2012-Dec-18
503 Aaron 5.17.8 2013-Jan-20
504 BinGOs 5.17.9 2013-Feb-20
505 Max M 5.17.10 2013-Mar-21
506 Ricardo 5.17.11 2013-Apr-20
508 Ricardo 5.18.0-RC1 2013-May-11 The 5.18 maintenance track
509 Ricardo 5.18.0-RC2 2013-May-12
510 Ricardo 5.18.0-RC3 2013-May-13
511 Ricardo 5.18.0-RC4 2013-May-15
512 Ricardo 5.18.0 2013-May-18
513 Ricardo 5.18.1-RC1 2013-Aug-01
514 Ricardo 5.18.1-RC2 2013-Aug-03
515 Ricardo 5.18.1-RC3 2013-Aug-08
516 Ricardo 5.18.1 2013-Aug-12
517 Ricardo 5.18.2 2014-Jan-06
518 Ricardo 5.18.3-RC1 2014-Sep-17
519 Ricardo 5.18.3-RC2 2014-Sep-27
520 Ricardo 5.18.3 2014-Oct-01
521 Ricardo 5.18.4 2014-Oct-01
523 Ricardo 5.19.0 2013-May-20 The 5.19 development track
524 David G 5.19.1 2013-Jun-21
525 Aristotle 5.19.2 2013-Jul-22
526 Steve 5.19.3 2013-Aug-20
527 Steve 5.19.4 2013-Sep-20
528 Steve 5.19.5 2013-Oct-20
529 BinGOs 5.19.6 2013-Nov-20
530 Abigail 5.19.7 2013-Dec-20
531 Ricardo 5.19.8 2014-Jan-20
532 TonyC 5.19.9 2014-Feb-20
533 Aaron 5.19.10 2014-Mar-20
534 Steve 5.19.11 2014-Apr-20
536 Ricardo 5.20.0-RC1 2014-May-16 The 5.20 maintenance track
537 Ricardo 5.20.0 2014-May-27
538 Steve 5.20.1-RC1 2014-Aug-25
539 Steve 5.20.1-RC2 2014-Sep-07
540 Steve 5.20.1 2014-Sep-14
541 Steve 5.20.2-RC1 2015-Jan-31
542 Steve 5.20.2 2015-Feb-14
543 Steve 5.20.3-RC1 2015-Aug-22
544 Steve 5.20.3-RC2 2015-Aug-29
545 Steve 5.20.3 2015-Sep-12
547 Ricardo 5.21.0 2014-May-27 The 5.21 development track
548 Matthew H 5.21.1 2014-Jun-20
549 Abigail 5.21.2 2014-Jul-20
550 Peter 5.21.3 2014-Aug-20
551 Steve 5.21.4 2014-Sep-20
552 Abigail 5.21.5 2014-Oct-20
553 BinGOs 5.21.6 2014-Nov-20
554 Max M 5.21.7 2014-Dec-20
555 Matthew H 5.21.8 2015-Jan-20
556 Sawyer X 5.21.9 2015-Feb-20
557 Steve 5.21.10 2015-Mar-20
558 Steve 5.21.11 2015-Apr-20
560 Ricardo 5.22.0-RC1 2015-May-19 The 5.22 maintenance track
561 Ricardo 5.22.0-RC2 2015-May-21
562 Ricardo 5.22.0 2015-Jun-01
563 Steve 5.22.1-RC1 2015-Oct-31
564 Steve 5.22.1-RC2 2015-Nov-15
565 Steve 5.22.1-RC3 2015-Dec-02
566 Steve 5.22.1-RC4 2015-Dec-08
567 Steve 5.22.1 2015-Dec-13
568 Steve 5.22.2-RC1 2016-Apr-10
569 Steve 5.22.2 2016-Apr-29
571 Ricardo 5.23.0 2015-Jun-20 The 5.23 development track
572 Matthew 5.23.1 2015-Jul-20
573 Matthew 5.23.2 2015-Aug-20
574 Peter 5.23.3 2015-Sep-20
575 Steve 5.23.4 2015-Oct-20
576 Abigail 5.23.5 2015-Nov-20
577 David G 5.23.6 2015-Dec-21
578 Stevan 5.23.7 2016-Jan-20
579 Sawyer X 5.23.8 2016-Feb-20
580 Abigail 5.23.9 2016-Mar-20
582 Ricardo 5.24.0-RC1 2016-Apr-13 The 5.24 maintenance track
583 Ricardo 5.24.0-RC2 2016-Apr-23
584 Ricardo 5.24.0-RC3 2016-Apr-26
585 Ricardo 5.24.0-RC4 2016-May-02
586 Ricardo 5.24.0-RC5 2016-May-04
587 Ricardo 5.24.0 2016-May-09
589 Ricardo 5.25.0 2016-May-09 The 5.25 development track
590 Sawyer X 5.25.1 2016-May-20
592 =head2 SELECTED RELEASE SIZES
594 For example the notation "core: 212 29" in the release 1.000 means that
595 it had in the core 212 kilobytes, in 29 files. The "core".."doc" are
598 release core lib ext t doc
599 ======================================================================
601 1.000 212 29 - - - - 38 51 62 3
602 1.014 219 29 - - - - 39 52 68 4
603 2.000 309 31 2 3 - - 55 57 92 4
604 2.001 312 31 2 3 - - 55 57 94 4
605 3.000 508 36 24 11 - - 79 73 156 5
606 3.044 645 37 61 20 - - 90 74 190 6
607 4.000 635 37 59 20 - - 91 75 198 4
608 4.019 680 37 85 29 - - 98 76 199 4
609 4.036 709 37 89 30 - - 98 76 208 5
610 5.000alpha2 785 50 114 32 - - 112 86 209 5
611 5.000alpha3 801 50 117 33 - - 121 87 209 5
612 5.000alpha9 1022 56 149 43 116 29 125 90 217 6
613 5.000a12h 978 49 140 49 205 46 152 97 228 9
614 5.000b3h 1035 53 232 70 216 38 162 94 218 21
615 5.000 1038 53 250 76 216 38 154 92 536 62
616 5.001m 1071 54 388 82 240 38 159 95 544 29
617 5.002 1121 54 661 101 287 43 155 94 847 35
618 5.003 1129 54 680 102 291 43 166 100 853 35
619 5.003_07 1231 60 748 106 396 53 213 137 976 39
620 5.004 1351 60 1230 136 408 51 355 161 1587 55
621 5.004_01 1356 60 1258 138 410 51 358 161 1587 55
622 5.004_04 1375 60 1294 139 413 51 394 162 1629 55
623 5.004_05 1463 60 1435 150 394 50 445 175 1855 59
624 5.004_51 1401 61 1260 140 413 53 358 162 1594 56
625 5.004_53 1422 62 1295 141 438 70 394 162 1637 56
626 5.004_56 1501 66 1301 140 447 74 408 165 1648 57
627 5.004_59 1555 72 1317 142 448 74 424 171 1678 58
628 5.004_62 1602 77 1327 144 629 92 428 173 1674 58
629 5.004_65 1626 77 1358 146 615 92 446 179 1698 60
630 5.004_68 1856 74 1382 152 619 92 463 187 1784 60
631 5.004_70 1863 75 1456 154 675 92 494 194 1809 60
632 5.004_73 1874 76 1467 152 762 102 506 196 1883 61
633 5.004_75 1877 76 1467 152 770 103 508 196 1896 62
634 5.005 1896 76 1469 152 795 103 509 197 1945 63
635 5.005_03 1936 77 1541 153 813 104 551 201 2176 72
636 5.005_50 1969 78 1842 301 795 103 514 198 1948 63
637 5.005_53 1999 79 1885 303 806 104 602 224 2002 67
638 5.005_56 2086 79 1970 307 866 113 672 238 2221 75
639 5.6.0 2820 79 2626 364 1096 129 863 280 2840 93
640 5.6.1 2946 78 2921 430 1171 132 1024 304 3330 102
641 5.6.2 2947 78 3143 451 1247 127 1303 387 3406 102
642 5.7.0 2977 80 2801 425 1250 132 975 307 3206 100
643 5.7.1 3351 84 3442 455 1944 167 1334 357 3698 124
644 5.7.2 3491 87 4858 618 3290 298 1598 449 3910 139
645 5.7.3 3299 85 4295 537 2196 300 2176 626 4171 120
646 5.8.0 3489 87 4533 585 2437 331 2588 726 4368 125
647 5.8.1 3674 90 5104 623 2604 353 2983 836 4625 134
648 5.8.2 3633 90 5111 623 2623 357 3019 848 4634 135
649 5.8.3 3625 90 5141 624 2660 363 3083 869 4669 136
650 5.8.4 3653 90 5170 634 2684 368 3148 885 4689 137
651 5.8.5 3664 90 4260 303 2707 369 3208 898 4689 138
652 5.8.6 3690 90 4271 303 3141 396 3411 925 4709 139
653 5.8.7 3788 90 4322 307 3297 401 3485 964 4744 141
654 5.8.8 3895 90 4357 314 3409 431 3622 1017 4979 144
655 5.8.9 4132 93 5508 330 3826 529 4364 1234 5348 152
656 5.9.0 3657 90 4951 626 2603 354 3011 841 4609 135
657 5.9.1 3580 90 5196 634 2665 367 3186 889 4725 138
658 5.9.2 3863 90 4654 312 3283 403 3551 973 4800 142
659 5.9.3 4096 91 5318 381 4806 597 4272 1214 5139 147
660 5.9.4 4393 94 5718 415 4578 642 4646 1310 5335 153
661 5.9.5 4681 96 6849 479 4827 671 5155 1490 5572 159
662 5.10.0 4710 97 7050 486 4899 673 5275 1503 5673 160
663 5.10.1 4858 98 7440 519 6195 921 6147 1751 5151 163
664 5.12.0 4999 100 1146 121 15227 2176 6400 1843 5342 168
665 5.12.1 5000 100 1146 121 15283 2178 6407 1846 5354 169
666 5.12.2 5003 100 1146 121 15404 2178 6413 1846 5376 170
667 5.12.3 5004 100 1146 121 15529 2180 6417 1848 5391 171
668 5.14.0 5328 104 1100 114 17779 2479 7697 2130 5871 188
669 5.16.0 5562 109 1077 80 20504 2702 8750 2375 4815 152
670 5.18.0 5892 113 1088 79 20077 2760 9365 2439 4943 154
671 5.20.0 6243 115 1187 75 19499 2701 9620 2457 5145 159
672 5.22.0 7819 115 1284 77 19121 2635 9772 2434 5615 176
673 5.24.0 7922 113 1287 77 19535 2677 9994 2465 5702 177
675 The "core"..."doc" mean the following files from the Perl source code
676 distribution. The glob notation ** means recursively, (.) means
681 ext ext/**/*.{[hcyt],xs,pm} (for -5.10.1) or
682 {dist,ext,cpan}/**/*.{[hcyt],xs,pm} (for 5.12.0-)
683 t t/**/*(.) (for 1-5.005_56) or **/*.t (for 5.6.0-5.7.3)
684 doc {README*,INSTALL,*[_.]man{,.?},pod/**/*.pod}
686 Here are some statistics for the other subdirectories and one file in
687 the Perl source distribution for somewhat more selected releases.
689 ======================================================================
694 Configure 31 1 37 1 62 1
700 x2p 103 17 104 17 137 17
702 ======================================================================
706 atarist - - - - 113 31
707 Configure 73 1 83 1 86 1
710 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12
712 msdos 57 15 58 15 60 15
713 os2 81 29 81 29 113 31
715 x2p 147 18 152 19 154 19
717 ======================================================================
719 5.000a2 5.000a12h 5.000b3h 5.000 5.001m
721 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
722 atarist 113 31 113 31 - - - - - -
723 bench - - 0 1 - - - - - -
724 Bugs 2 5 26 1 - - - - - -
725 dlperl 40 5 - - - - - - - -
726 do 127 71 - - - - - - - -
727 Configure - - 153 1 159 1 160 1 180 1
728 Doc - - 26 1 75 7 11 1 11 1
729 eg 79 58 53 44 51 43 54 44 54 44
730 emacs 67 4 104 6 104 6 104 1 104 6
731 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
732 hints 11 56 12 46 18 48 18 48 44 56
733 msdos 60 15 60 15 - - - - - -
734 os2 113 31 113 31 - - - - - -
735 U - - 62 8 112 42 - - - -
736 usub 43 8 - - - - - - - -
737 vms - - 80 7 123 9 184 15 304 20
738 x2p 171 22 171 21 162 20 162 20 279 20
740 ======================================================================
744 Configure 201 1 201 1 217 1
746 emacs 108 1 108 1 143 1
747 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12
748 hints 73 59 77 60 90 62
749 os2 84 17 56 10 117 42
753 vms 500 24 475 26 505 27
754 x2p 280 20 280 20 280 19
756 ======================================================================
758 5.004 5.004_04 5.004_62 5.004_65 5.004_68
760 beos - - - - - - 1 1 1 1
761 Configure 225 1 225 1 240 1 248 1 256 1
762 cygwin32 23 5 23 5 23 5 24 5 24 5
763 djgpp - - - - 14 5 14 5 14 5
764 eg 81 62 81 62 81 62 81 62 81 62
765 emacs 194 1 204 1 212 2 212 2 212 2
766 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
767 hints 129 69 132 71 144 72 151 74 155 74
768 os2 121 42 127 42 127 44 129 44 129 44
769 plan9 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15
770 Porting 94 2 109 4 203 6 234 8 241 9
771 qnx 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2
772 utils 112 8 118 8 124 8 156 9 159 9
773 vms 518 34 524 34 538 34 569 34 569 34
774 win32 285 33 378 36 470 39 493 39 575 41
775 x2p 281 19 281 19 281 19 282 19 281 19
777 ======================================================================
779 5.004_70 5.004_73 5.004_75 5.005 5.005_03
781 apollo - - - - - - - - 0 1
782 beos 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
783 Configure 256 1 256 1 264 1 264 1 270 1
784 cygwin32 24 5 24 5 24 5 24 5 24 5
785 djgpp 14 5 14 5 14 5 14 5 15 5
786 eg 86 65 86 65 86 65 86 65 86 65
787 emacs 262 2 262 2 262 2 262 2 274 2
788 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
789 hints 157 74 157 74 159 74 160 74 179 77
790 mint - - - - - - - - 4 7
791 mpeix - - - - 5 3 5 3 5 3
792 os2 129 44 139 44 142 44 143 44 148 44
793 plan9 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15
794 Porting 241 9 253 9 259 10 264 12 272 13
795 qnx 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2
796 utils 160 9 160 9 160 9 160 9 164 9
797 vms 570 34 572 34 573 34 575 34 583 34
798 vos - - - - - - - - 156 10
799 win32 577 41 585 41 585 41 587 41 600 42
800 x2p 281 19 281 19 281 19 281 19 281 19
802 ======================================================================
804 5.6.0 5.6.1 5.6.2 5.7.3
806 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
808 Configure 346 1 361 1 363 1 394 1
809 Cross - - - - - - 4 2
810 djgpp 19 6 19 6 19 6 21 7
811 eg 112 71 112 71 112 71 - -
812 emacs 303 4 319 4 319 4 319 4
813 epoc 29 8 35 8 35 8 36 8
814 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15
815 hints 242 83 250 84 321 89 272 87
816 mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9
817 mpeix 9 4 9 4 9 4 9 4
818 NetWare - - - - - - 423 57
819 os2 214 59 224 60 224 60 357 66
820 plan9 92 17 92 17 92 17 85 15
821 Porting 361 15 390 16 390 16 425 21
823 utils 228 12 221 11 222 11 267 13
825 vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4
826 vms 686 38 627 38 627 38 649 36
827 vos 227 12 249 15 248 15 281 17
828 win32 755 41 782 42 801 42 1006 50
829 x2p 307 20 307 20 307 20 345 20
831 ======================================================================
833 5.8.0 5.8.1 5.8.2 5.8.3 5.8.4
835 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
836 beos 6 4 6 4 6 4 6 4 6 4
837 Configure 472 1 493 1 493 1 493 1 494 1
838 Cross 4 2 45 10 45 10 45 10 45 10
839 djgpp 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7
840 emacs 319 4 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4
841 epoc 33 8 33 8 33 8 33 8 33 8
842 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15
843 hints 294 88 321 89 321 89 321 89 348 91
844 mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9
845 mpeix 24 5 25 5 25 5 25 5 25 5
846 NetWare 488 61 490 61 490 61 490 61 488 61
847 os2 361 66 445 67 450 67 488 67 488 67
848 plan9 85 15 325 17 325 17 325 17 321 17
849 Porting 479 22 537 32 538 32 539 32 538 33
850 qnx 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3
851 utils 275 15 258 16 258 16 263 19 263 19
852 uts 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3
853 vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4
854 vms 648 36 654 36 654 36 656 36 656 36
855 vos 330 20 335 20 335 20 335 20 335 20
856 win32 1062 49 1125 49 1127 49 1126 49 1181 56
857 x2p 347 20 348 20 348 20 348 20 348 20
859 ======================================================================
861 5.8.5 5.8.6 5.8.7 5.8.8 5.8.9
863 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
864 beos 6 4 6 4 8 4 8 4 8 4
865 Configure 494 1 494 1 495 1 506 1 520 1
866 Cross 45 10 45 10 45 10 45 10 46 10
867 djgpp 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7
868 emacs 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4 406 4
869 epoc 33 8 33 8 33 8 34 8 35 8
870 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15
871 hints 350 91 352 91 355 94 360 94 387 99
872 mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9
873 mpeix 25 5 25 5 25 5 49 6 49 6
874 NetWare 488 61 488 61 488 61 490 61 491 61
875 os2 488 67 488 67 488 67 488 67 552 70
876 plan9 321 17 321 17 321 17 322 17 324 17
877 Porting 538 34 548 35 549 35 564 37 625 41
878 qnx 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3
879 utils 265 19 265 19 266 19 267 19 281 21
880 uts 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3
881 vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4
882 vms 657 36 658 36 662 36 664 36 716 35
883 vos 335 20 335 20 335 20 336 21 345 22
884 win32 1183 56 1190 56 1199 56 1219 56 1484 68
885 x2p 349 20 349 20 349 20 349 19 350 19
887 ======================================================================
889 5.9.0 5.9.1 5.9.2 5.9.3 5.9.4
891 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
892 beos 6 4 6 4 8 4 8 4 8 4
893 Configure 493 1 493 1 495 1 508 1 512 1
894 Cross 45 10 45 10 45 10 45 10 46 10
895 djgpp 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7
896 emacs 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4
897 epoc 33 8 33 8 33 8 34 8 34 8
898 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15
899 hints 321 89 346 91 355 94 359 94 366 96
900 mad - - - - - - - - 174 6
901 mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9
902 mpeix 25 5 25 5 25 5 49 6 49 6
903 NetWare 489 61 487 61 487 61 489 61 489 61
904 os2 444 67 488 67 488 67 488 67 488 67
905 plan9 325 17 321 17 321 17 322 17 323 17
906 Porting 537 32 536 33 549 36 564 38 576 38
907 qnx 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3
908 symbian - - - - - - 293 53 293 53
909 utils 258 16 263 19 268 20 273 23 275 24
910 uts 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3
911 vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4
912 vms 660 36 547 33 553 33 661 33 696 33
913 vos 11 7 11 7 11 7 11 7 11 7
914 win32 1120 49 1124 51 1191 56 1209 56 1719 90
915 x2p 348 20 348 20 349 20 349 19 349 19
917 ======================================================================
919 5.9.5 5.10.0 5.10.1 5.12.0 5.12.1
921 apollo 8 3 8 3 0 3 0 3 0 3
922 beos 8 4 8 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
923 Configure 518 1 518 1 533 1 536 1 536 1
924 Cross 122 15 122 15 119 15 118 15 118 15
925 djgpp 21 7 21 7 17 7 17 7 17 7
926 emacs 329 4 406 4 402 4 402 4 402 4
927 epoc 34 8 35 8 31 8 31 8 31 8
928 h2pl 24 15 24 15 12 15 12 15 12 15
929 hints 377 98 381 98 385 100 368 97 368 97
930 mad 182 8 182 8 174 8 174 8 174 8
931 mint 11 9 11 9 3 9 - - - -
932 mpeix 49 6 49 6 45 6 45 6 45 6
933 NetWare 489 61 489 61 465 61 466 61 466 61
934 os2 552 70 552 70 507 70 507 70 507 70
935 plan9 324 17 324 17 316 17 316 17 316 17
936 Porting 627 40 632 40 933 53 749 54 749 54
937 qnx 5 3 5 4 1 4 1 4 1 4
938 symbian 300 54 300 54 290 54 288 54 288 54
939 utils 260 26 264 27 268 27 269 27 269 27
940 uts 12 3 12 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
941 vmesa 25 4 25 4 21 4 21 4 21 4
942 vms 690 32 722 32 693 30 645 18 645 18
943 vos 19 8 19 8 16 8 16 8 16 8
944 win32 1482 68 1485 68 1497 70 1841 73 1841 73
945 x2p 349 19 349 19 345 19 345 19 345 19
947 ======================================================================
949 5.12.2 5.12.3 5.14.0 5.16.0 5.18.0
951 apollo 0 3 0 3 - - - - - -
952 beos 4 4 4 4 5 4 5 4 - -
953 Configure 536 1 536 1 539 1 547 1 550 1
954 Cross 118 15 118 15 118 15 118 15 118 15
955 djgpp 17 7 17 7 18 7 18 7 18 7
956 emacs 402 4 402 4 - - - - - -
957 epoc 31 8 31 8 32 8 30 8 - -
958 h2pl 12 15 12 15 15 15 15 15 13 15
959 hints 368 97 368 97 370 96 371 96 354 91
960 mad 174 8 174 8 176 8 176 8 174 8
961 mpeix 45 6 45 6 46 6 46 6 - -
962 NetWare 466 61 466 61 473 61 472 61 469 61
963 os2 507 70 507 70 518 70 519 70 510 70
964 plan9 316 17 316 17 319 17 319 17 318 17
965 Porting 750 54 750 54 855 60 1093 69 1149 70
966 qnx 1 4 1 4 2 4 2 4 1 4
967 symbian 288 54 288 54 292 54 292 54 290 54
968 utils 269 27 269 27 249 29 245 30 246 31
969 uts 8 3 8 3 9 3 9 3 - -
970 vmesa 21 4 21 4 22 4 22 4 - -
971 vms 646 18 644 18 639 17 571 15 564 15
972 vos 16 8 16 8 17 8 9 7 8 7
973 win32 1841 73 1841 73 1833 72 1655 67 1157 62
974 x2p 345 19 345 19 346 19 345 19 344 20
976 ======================================================================
980 Configure 552 1 570 1 586 1
981 Cross 118 15 118 15 118 15
983 h2pl 13 15 13 15 13 15
984 hints 355 90 356 87 362 87
986 NetWare 467 61 466 61 467 61
987 os2 510 70 510 70 510 70
988 plan9 316 17 317 17 314 17
989 Porting 1204 68 1393 71 1321 71
991 symbian 290 54 291 54 292 54
992 utils 241 27 242 27 679 53
993 vms 538 12 532 12 524 12
995 win32 1183 64 1201 64 1268 65
998 =head2 SELECTED PATCH SIZES
1000 The "diff lines kB" means that for example the patch 5.003_08, to be
1001 applied on top of the 5.003_07 (or whatever was before the 5.003_08)
1002 added lines for 110 kilobytes, it removed lines for 19 kilobytes, and
1003 changed lines for 424 kilobytes. Just the lines themselves are
1004 counted, not their context. The "+ - !" become from the diff(1)
1005 context diff output format.
1007 Pump- Release Date diff lines kB
1010 ======================================================================
1012 Chip 5.003_08 1996-Nov-19 110 19 424
1013 5.003_09 1996-Nov-26 38 9 248
1014 5.003_10 1996-Nov-29 29 2 27
1015 5.003_11 1996-Dec-06 73 12 165
1016 5.003_12 1996-Dec-19 275 6 436
1017 5.003_13 1996-Dec-20 95 1 56
1018 5.003_14 1996-Dec-23 23 7 333
1019 5.003_15 1996-Dec-23 0 0 1
1020 5.003_16 1996-Dec-24 12 3 50
1021 5.003_17 1996-Dec-27 19 1 14
1022 5.003_18 1996-Dec-31 21 1 32
1023 5.003_19 1997-Jan-04 80 3 85
1024 5.003_20 1997-Jan-07 18 1 146
1025 5.003_21 1997-Jan-15 38 10 221
1026 5.003_22 1997-Jan-16 4 0 18
1027 5.003_23 1997-Jan-25 71 15 119
1028 5.003_24 1997-Jan-29 426 1 20
1029 5.003_25 1997-Feb-04 21 8 169
1030 5.003_26 1997-Feb-10 16 1 15
1031 5.003_27 1997-Feb-18 32 10 38
1032 5.003_28 1997-Feb-21 58 4 66
1033 5.003_90 1997-Feb-25 22 2 34
1034 5.003_91 1997-Mar-01 37 1 39
1035 5.003_92 1997-Mar-06 16 3 69
1036 5.003_93 1997-Mar-10 12 3 15
1037 5.003_94 1997-Mar-22 407 7 200
1038 5.003_95 1997-Mar-25 41 1 37
1039 5.003_96 1997-Apr-01 283 5 261
1040 5.003_97 1997-Apr-03 13 2 34
1041 5.003_97a 1997-Apr-05 57 1 27
1042 5.003_97b 1997-Apr-08 14 1 20
1043 5.003_97c 1997-Apr-10 20 1 16
1044 5.003_97d 1997-Apr-13 8 0 16
1045 5.003_97e 1997-Apr-15 15 4 46
1046 5.003_97f 1997-Apr-17 7 1 33
1047 5.003_97g 1997-Apr-18 6 1 42
1048 5.003_97h 1997-Apr-24 23 3 68
1049 5.003_97i 1997-Apr-25 23 1 31
1050 5.003_97j 1997-Apr-28 36 1 49
1051 5.003_98 1997-Apr-30 171 12 539
1052 5.003_99 1997-May-01 6 0 7
1053 5.003_99a 1997-May-09 36 2 61
1054 p54rc1 1997-May-12 8 1 11
1055 p54rc2 1997-May-14 6 0 40
1057 5.004 1997-May-15 4 0 4
1059 Tim 5.004_01 1997-Jun-13 222 14 57
1060 5.004_02 1997-Aug-07 112 16 119
1061 5.004_03 1997-Sep-05 109 0 17
1062 5.004_04 1997-Oct-15 66 8 173
1064 =head3 The patch-free era
1066 In more modern times, named releases don't come as often, and as progress
1067 can be followed (nearly) instantly (with rsync, and since late 2008, git)
1068 patches between versions are no longer provided. However, that doesn't
1069 keep us from calculating how large a patch could have been. Which is
1070 shown in the table below. Unless noted otherwise, the size mentioned is
1071 the patch to bring version x.y.z to x.y.z+1.
1073 Sarathy 5.6.1 2001-Apr-08 531 44 651
1074 Rafael 5.6.2 2003-Nov-15 20 11 1819
1076 Jarkko 5.8.0 2002-Jul-18 1205 31 471 From 5.7.3
1078 5.8.1 2003-Sep-25 243 102 6162
1079 Nicholas 5.8.2 2003-Nov-05 10 50 788
1080 5.8.3 2004-Jan-14 31 13 360
1081 5.8.4 2004-Apr-21 33 8 299
1082 5.8.5 2004-Jul-19 11 19 255
1083 5.8.6 2004-Nov-27 35 3 192
1084 5.8.7 2005-May-30 75 34 778
1085 5.8.8 2006-Jan-31 131 42 1251
1086 5.8.9 2008-Dec-14 340 132 12988
1088 Hugo 5.9.0 2003-Oct-27 281 168 7132 From 5.8.0
1089 Rafael 5.9.1 2004-Mar-16 57 250 2107
1090 5.9.2 2005-Apr-01 720 57 858
1091 5.9.3 2006-Jan-28 1124 102 1906
1092 5.9.4 2006-Aug-15 896 60 862
1093 5.9.5 2007-Jul-07 1149 128 1062
1095 5.10.0 2007-Dec-18 50 31 13111 From 5.9.5
1098 =head1 THE KEEPERS OF THE RECORDS
1100 Jarkko Hietaniemi <F<jhi@iki.fi>>.
1102 Thanks to the collective memory of the Perlfolk. In addition to the
1103 Keepers of the Pumpkin also Alan Champion, Mark Dominus,
1104 Andreas KE<0xf6>nig, John Macdonald, Matthias Neeracher, Jeff Okamoto,
1105 Michael Peppler, Randal Schwartz, and Paul D. Smith sent corrections
1106 and additions. Abigail added file and patch size data for the 5.6.0 - 5.10