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3 =head1 NAME

4

5 perlhist - the Perl history records

6

7 =head1 DESCRIPTION

8

9 This document aims to record the Perl source code releases.

10

11 =head1 INTRODUCTION

12

13 Perl history in brief, by Larry Wall:

14

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.

24

25 =head1 THE KEEPERS OF THE PUMPKIN

26

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, Sawyer X, Chad 'Exodist' Granum, Renee Bäcker, Eric Herman,

37 John SJ Anderson, Karen Etheridge, Zak B. Elep, Tom Hukins, Richard Leach,

38 Neil Bowers, Yves Orton, Paul Evans, Graham Knop, and Philippe Bruhat (BooK).

39

40 =head2 PUMPKIN?

41

42 [from Porting/pumpkin.pod in the Perl source code distribution]

43

44 =for disclaimer orking cows is hazardous, and not legal in all jurisdictions

45

46 Chip Salzenberg gets credit for that, with a nod to his cow orker,

47 David Croy. We had passed around various names (baton, token, hot

48 potato) but none caught on. Then, Chip asked:

49

50 [begin quote]

51

52 Who has the patch pumpkin?

53

54 To explain: David Croy once told me that at a previous job,

55 there was one tape drive and multiple systems that used it for backups.

56 But instead of some high-tech exclusion software, they used a low-tech

57 method to prevent multiple simultaneous backups: a stuffed pumpkin.

58 No one was allowed to make backups unless they had the "backup pumpkin".

59

60 [end quote]

61

62 The name has stuck. The holder of the pumpkin is sometimes called

63 the pumpking (keeping the source afloat?) or the pumpkineer (pulling

64 the strings?).

65

66 =head1 THE RECORDS

67

68 Pump- Release Date Notes

69 kin (by no means

70 Holder comprehensive,

71 see Changes*

72 for details)

73 ======================================================================

74

75 Larry 0 Classified. Don't ask.

76

77 Larry 1.000 1987-Dec-18

78

79 1.001..10 1988-Jan-30

80 1.011..14 1988-Feb-02

81 Schwern 1.0.15 2002-Dec-18 Modernization

82 Richard 1.0_16 2003-Dec-18

83

84 Larry 2.000 1988-Jun-05

85

86 2.001 1988-Jun-28

87

88 Larry 3.000 1989-Oct-18

89

90 3.001 1989-Oct-26

91 3.002..4 1989-Nov-11

92 3.005 1989-Nov-18

93 3.006..8 1989-Dec-22

94 3.009..13 1990-Mar-02

95 3.014 1990-Mar-13

96 3.015 1990-Mar-14

97 3.016..18 1990-Mar-28

98 3.019..27 1990-Aug-10 User subs.

99 3.028 1990-Aug-14

100 3.029..36 1990-Oct-17

101 3.037 1990-Oct-20

102 3.040 1990-Nov-10

103 3.041 1990-Nov-13

104 3.042..43 1991-Jan-??

105 3.044 1991-Jan-12

106

107 Larry 4.000 1991-Mar-21

108

109 4.001..3 1991-Apr-12

110 4.004..9 1991-Jun-07

111 4.010 1991-Jun-10

112 4.011..18 1991-Nov-05

113 4.019 1991-Nov-11 Stable.

114 4.020..33 1992-Jun-08

115 4.034 1992-Jun-11

116 4.035 1992-Jun-23

117 Larry 4.036 1993-Feb-05 Very stable.

118

119 5.000alpha1 1993-Jul-31

120 5.000alpha2 1993-Aug-16

121 5.000alpha3 1993-Oct-10

122 5.000alpha4 1993-???-??

123 5.000alpha5 1993-???-??

124 5.000alpha6 1994-Mar-18

125 5.000alpha7 1994-Mar-25

126 Andy 5.000alpha8 1994-Apr-04

127 Larry 5.000alpha9 1994-May-05 ext appears.

128 5.000alpha10 1994-Jun-11

129 5.000alpha11 1994-Jul-01

130 Andy 5.000a11a 1994-Jul-07 To fit 14.

131 5.000a11b 1994-Jul-14

132 5.000a11c 1994-Jul-19

133 5.000a11d 1994-Jul-22

134 Larry 5.000alpha12 1994-Aug-04

135 Andy 5.000a12a 1994-Aug-08

136 5.000a12b 1994-Aug-15

137 5.000a12c 1994-Aug-22

138 5.000a12d 1994-Aug-22

139 5.000a12e 1994-Aug-22

140 5.000a12f 1994-Aug-24

141 5.000a12g 1994-Aug-24

142 5.000a12h 1994-Aug-24

143 Larry 5.000beta1 1994-Aug-30

144 Andy 5.000b1a 1994-Sep-06

145 Larry 5.000beta2 1994-Sep-14 Core slushified.

146 Andy 5.000b2a 1994-Sep-14

147 5.000b2b 1994-Sep-17

148 5.000b2c 1994-Sep-17

149 Larry 5.000beta3 1994-Sep-??

150 Andy 5.000b3a 1994-Sep-18

151 5.000b3b 1994-Sep-22

152 5.000b3c 1994-Sep-23

153 5.000b3d 1994-Sep-27

154 5.000b3e 1994-Sep-28

155 5.000b3f 1994-Sep-30

156 5.000b3g 1994-Oct-04

157 Andy 5.000b3h 1994-Oct-07

158 Larry? 5.000gamma 1994-Oct-13?

159

160 Larry 5.000 1994-Oct-17

161

162 Andy 5.000a 1994-Dec-19

163 5.000b 1995-Jan-18

164 5.000c 1995-Jan-18

165 5.000d 1995-Jan-18

166 5.000e 1995-Jan-18

167 5.000f 1995-Jan-18

168 5.000g 1995-Jan-18

169 5.000h 1995-Jan-18

170 5.000i 1995-Jan-26

171 5.000j 1995-Feb-07

172 5.000k 1995-Feb-11

173 5.000l 1995-Feb-21

174 5.000m 1995-Feb-28

175 5.000n 1995-Mar-07

176 5.000o 1995-Mar-13?

177

178 Larry 5.001 1995-Mar-13

179

180 Andy 5.001a 1995-Mar-15

181 5.001b 1995-Mar-31

182 5.001c 1995-Apr-07

183 5.001d 1995-Apr-14

184 5.001e 1995-Apr-18 Stable.

185 5.001f 1995-May-31

186 5.001g 1995-May-25

187 5.001h 1995-May-25

188 5.001i 1995-May-30

189 5.001j 1995-Jun-05

190 5.001k 1995-Jun-06

191 5.001l 1995-Jun-06 Stable.

192 5.001m 1995-Jul-02 Very stable.

193 5.001n 1995-Oct-31 Very unstable.

194 5.002beta1 1995-Nov-21

195 5.002b1a 1995-Dec-04

196 5.002b1b 1995-Dec-04

197 5.002b1c 1995-Dec-04

198 5.002b1d 1995-Dec-04

199 5.002b1e 1995-Dec-08

200 5.002b1f 1995-Dec-08

201 Tom 5.002b1g 1995-Dec-21 Doc release.

202 Andy 5.002b1h 1996-Jan-05

203 5.002b2 1996-Jan-14

204 Larry 5.002b3 1996-Feb-02

205 Andy 5.002gamma 1996-Feb-11

206 Larry 5.002delta 1996-Feb-27

207

208 Larry 5.002 1996-Feb-29 Prototypes.

209

210 Charles 5.002_01 1996-Mar-25

211

212 5.003 1996-Jun-25 Security release.

213

214 5.003_01 1996-Jul-31

215 Nick 5.003_02 1996-Aug-10

216 Andy 5.003_03 1996-Aug-28

217 5.003_04 1996-Sep-02

218 5.003_05 1996-Sep-12

219 5.003_06 1996-Oct-07

220 5.003_07 1996-Oct-10

221 Chip 5.003_08 1996-Nov-19

222 5.003_09 1996-Nov-26

223 5.003_10 1996-Nov-29

224 5.003_11 1996-Dec-06

225 5.003_12 1996-Dec-19

226 5.003_13 1996-Dec-20

227 5.003_14 1996-Dec-23

228 5.003_15 1996-Dec-23

229 5.003_16 1996-Dec-24

230 5.003_17 1996-Dec-27

231 5.003_18 1996-Dec-31

232 5.003_19 1997-Jan-04

233 5.003_20 1997-Jan-07

234 5.003_21 1997-Jan-15

235 5.003_22 1997-Jan-16

236 5.003_23 1997-Jan-25

237 5.003_24 1997-Jan-29

238 5.003_25 1997-Feb-04

239 5.003_26 1997-Feb-10

240 5.003_27 1997-Feb-18

241 5.003_28 1997-Feb-21

242 5.003_90 1997-Feb-25 Ramping up to the 5.004 release.

243 5.003_91 1997-Mar-01

244 5.003_92 1997-Mar-06

245 5.003_93 1997-Mar-10

246 5.003_94 1997-Mar-22

247 5.003_95 1997-Mar-25

248 5.003_96 1997-Apr-01

249 5.003_97 1997-Apr-03 Fairly widely used.

250 5.003_97a 1997-Apr-05

251 5.003_97b 1997-Apr-08

252 5.003_97c 1997-Apr-10

253 5.003_97d 1997-Apr-13

254 5.003_97e 1997-Apr-15

255 5.003_97f 1997-Apr-17

256 5.003_97g 1997-Apr-18

257 5.003_97h 1997-Apr-24

258 5.003_97i 1997-Apr-25

259 5.003_97j 1997-Apr-28

260 5.003_98 1997-Apr-30

261 5.003_99 1997-May-01

262 5.003_99a 1997-May-09

263 p54rc1 1997-May-12 Release Candidates.

264 p54rc2 1997-May-14

265

266 Chip 5.004 1997-May-15 A major maintenance release.

267

268 Tim 5.004_01-t1 1997-???-?? The 5.004 maintenance track.

269 5.004_01-t2 1997-Jun-11 aka perl5.004m1t2

270 5.004_01 1997-Jun-13

271 5.004_01_01 1997-Jul-29 aka perl5.004m2t1

272 5.004_01_02 1997-Aug-01 aka perl5.004m2t2

273 5.004_01_03 1997-Aug-05 aka perl5.004m2t3

274 5.004_02 1997-Aug-07

275 5.004_02_01 1997-Aug-12 aka perl5.004m3t1

276 5.004_03-t2 1997-Aug-13 aka perl5.004m3t2

277 5.004_03 1997-Sep-05

278 5.004_04-t1 1997-Sep-19 aka perl5.004m4t1

279 5.004_04-t2 1997-Sep-23 aka perl5.004m4t2

280 5.004_04-t3 1997-Oct-10 aka perl5.004m4t3

281 5.004_04-t4 1997-Oct-14 aka perl5.004m4t4

282 5.004_04 1997-Oct-15

283 5.004_04-m1 1998-Mar-04 (5.004m5t1) Maint. trials for

284 5.004_05.

285 5.004_04-m2 1998-May-01

286 5.004_04-m3 1998-May-15

287 5.004_04-m4 1998-May-19

288 5.004_05-MT5 1998-Jul-21

289 5.004_05-MT6 1998-Oct-09

290 5.004_05-MT7 1998-Nov-22

291 5.004_05-MT8 1998-Dec-03

292 Chip 5.004_05-MT9 1999-Apr-26

293 5.004_05 1999-Apr-29

294

295 Malcolm 5.004_50 1997-Sep-09 The 5.005 development track.

296 5.004_51 1997-Oct-02

297 5.004_52 1997-Oct-15

298 5.004_53 1997-Oct-16

299 5.004_54 1997-Nov-14

300 5.004_55 1997-Nov-25

301 5.004_56 1997-Dec-18

302 5.004_57 1998-Feb-03

303 5.004_58 1998-Feb-06

304 5.004_59 1998-Feb-13

305 5.004_60 1998-Feb-20

306 5.004_61 1998-Feb-27

307 5.004_62 1998-Mar-06

308 5.004_63 1998-Mar-17

309 5.004_64 1998-Apr-03

310 5.004_65 1998-May-15

311 5.004_66 1998-May-29

312 Sarathy 5.004_67 1998-Jun-15

313 5.004_68 1998-Jun-23

314 5.004_69 1998-Jun-29

315 5.004_70 1998-Jul-06

316 5.004_71 1998-Jul-09

317 5.004_72 1998-Jul-12

318 5.004_73 1998-Jul-13

319 5.004_74 1998-Jul-14 5.005 beta candidate.

320 5.004_75 1998-Jul-15 5.005 beta1.

321 5.004_76 1998-Jul-21 5.005 beta2.

322

323 Sarathy 5.005 1998-Jul-22 Oneperl.

324

325 Sarathy 5.005_01 1998-Jul-27 The 5.005 maintenance track.

326 5.005_02-T1 1998-Aug-02

327 5.005_02-T2 1998-Aug-05

328 5.005_02 1998-Aug-08

329 Graham 5.005_03-MT1 1998-Nov-30

330 5.005_03-MT2 1999-Jan-04

331 5.005_03-MT3 1999-Jan-17

332 5.005_03-MT4 1999-Jan-26

333 5.005_03-MT5 1999-Jan-28

334 5.005_03-MT6 1999-Mar-05

335 5.005_03 1999-Mar-28

336 Leon 5.005_04-RC1 2004-Feb-05

337 5.005_04-RC2 2004-Feb-18

338 5.005_04 2004-Feb-23

339 5.005_05-RC1 2009-Feb-16

340

341 Sarathy 5.005_50 1998-Jul-26 The 5.6 development track.

342 5.005_51 1998-Aug-10

343 5.005_52 1998-Sep-25

344 5.005_53 1998-Oct-31

345 5.005_54 1998-Nov-30

346 5.005_55 1999-Feb-16

347 5.005_56 1999-Mar-01

348 5.005_57 1999-May-25

349 5.005_58 1999-Jul-27

350 5.005_59 1999-Aug-02

351 5.005_60 1999-Aug-02

352 5.005_61 1999-Aug-20

353 5.005_62 1999-Oct-15

354 5.005_63 1999-Dec-09

355 5.5.640 2000-Feb-02

356 5.5.650 2000-Feb-08 beta1

357 5.5.660 2000-Feb-22 beta2

358 5.5.670 2000-Feb-29 beta3

359 5.6.0-RC1 2000-Mar-09 Release candidate 1.

360 5.6.0-RC2 2000-Mar-14 Release candidate 2.

361 5.6.0-RC3 2000-Mar-21 Release candidate 3.

362

363 Sarathy 5.6.0 2000-Mar-22

364

365 Sarathy 5.6.1-TRIAL1 2000-Dec-18 The 5.6 maintenance track.

366 5.6.1-TRIAL2 2001-Jan-31

367 5.6.1-TRIAL3 2001-Mar-19

368 5.6.1-foolish 2001-Apr-01 The "fools-gold" release.

369 5.6.1 2001-Apr-08

370 Rafael 5.6.2-RC1 2003-Nov-08

371 5.6.2 2003-Nov-15 Fix new build issues

372

373 Jarkko 5.7.0 2000-Sep-02 The 5.7 track: Development.

374 5.7.1 2001-Apr-09

375 5.7.2 2001-Jul-13 Virtual release candidate 0.

376 5.7.3 2002-Mar-05

377 5.8.0-RC1 2002-Jun-01

378 5.8.0-RC2 2002-Jun-21

379 5.8.0-RC3 2002-Jul-13

380

381 Jarkko 5.8.0 2002-Jul-18

382

383 Jarkko 5.8.1-RC1 2003-Jul-10 The 5.8 maintenance track

384 5.8.1-RC2 2003-Jul-11

385 5.8.1-RC3 2003-Jul-30

386 5.8.1-RC4 2003-Aug-01

387 5.8.1-RC5 2003-Sep-22

388 5.8.1 2003-Sep-25

389 Nicholas 5.8.2-RC1 2003-Oct-27

390 5.8.2-RC2 2003-Nov-03

391 5.8.2 2003-Nov-05

392 5.8.3-RC1 2004-Jan-07

393 5.8.3 2004-Jan-14

394 5.8.4-RC1 2004-Apr-05

395 5.8.4-RC2 2004-Apr-15

396 5.8.4 2004-Apr-21

397 5.8.5-RC1 2004-Jul-06

398 5.8.5-RC2 2004-Jul-08

399 5.8.5 2004-Jul-19

400 5.8.6-RC1 2004-Nov-11

401 5.8.6 2004-Nov-27

402 5.8.7-RC1 2005-May-18

403 5.8.7 2005-May-30

404 5.8.8-RC1 2006-Jan-20

405 5.8.8 2006-Jan-31

406 5.8.9-RC1 2008-Nov-10

407 5.8.9-RC2 2008-Dec-06

408 5.8.9 2008-Dec-14

409

410 Hugo 5.9.0 2003-Oct-27 The 5.9 development track

411 Rafael 5.9.1 2004-Mar-16

412 5.9.2 2005-Apr-01

413 5.9.3 2006-Jan-28

414 5.9.4 2006-Aug-15

415 5.9.5 2007-Jul-07

416 5.10.0-RC1 2007-Nov-17

417 5.10.0-RC2 2007-Nov-25

418

419 Rafael 5.10.0 2007-Dec-18

420

421 David M 5.10.1-RC1 2009-Aug-06 The 5.10 maintenance track

422 5.10.1-RC2 2009-Aug-18

423 5.10.1 2009-Aug-22

424

425 Jesse 5.11.0 2009-Oct-02 The 5.11 development track

426 5.11.1 2009-Oct-20

427 Leon 5.11.2 2009-Nov-20

428 Jesse 5.11.3 2009-Dec-20

429 Ricardo 5.11.4 2010-Jan-20

430 Steve 5.11.5 2010-Feb-20

431 Jesse 5.12.0-RC0 2010-Mar-21

432 5.12.0-RC1 2010-Mar-29

433 5.12.0-RC2 2010-Apr-01

434 5.12.0-RC3 2010-Apr-02

435 5.12.0-RC4 2010-Apr-06

436 5.12.0-RC5 2010-Apr-09

437

438 Jesse 5.12.0 2010-Apr-12

439

440 Jesse 5.12.1-RC2 2010-May-13 The 5.12 maintenance track

441 5.12.1-RC1 2010-May-09

442 5.12.1 2010-May-16

443 5.12.2-RC2 2010-Aug-31

444 5.12.2 2010-Sep-06

445 Ricardo 5.12.3-RC1 2011-Jan-09

446 Ricardo 5.12.3-RC2 2011-Jan-14

447 Ricardo 5.12.3-RC3 2011-Jan-17

448 Ricardo 5.12.3 2011-Jan-21

449 Leon 5.12.4-RC1 2011-Jun-08

450 Leon 5.12.4 2011-Jun-20

451 Dominic 5.12.5 2012-Nov-10

452

453 Leon 5.13.0 2010-Apr-20 The 5.13 development track

454 Ricardo 5.13.1 2010-May-20

455 Matt 5.13.2 2010-Jun-22

456 David G 5.13.3 2010-Jul-20

457 Florian 5.13.4 2010-Aug-20

458 Steve 5.13.5 2010-Sep-19

459 Miyagawa 5.13.6 2010-Oct-20

460 BinGOs 5.13.7 2010-Nov-20

461 Zefram 5.13.8 2010-Dec-20

462 Jesse 5.13.9 2011-Jan-20

463 Ævar 5.13.10 2011-Feb-20

464 Florian 5.13.11 2011-Mar-20

465 Jesse 5.14.0RC1 2011-Apr-20

466 Jesse 5.14.0RC2 2011-May-04

467 Jesse 5.14.0RC3 2011-May-11

468

469 Jesse 5.14.0 2011-May-14 The 5.14 maintenance track

470 Jesse 5.14.1 2011-Jun-16

471 Florian 5.14.2-RC1 2011-Sep-19

472 5.14.2 2011-Sep-26

473 Dominic 5.14.3 2012-Oct-12

474 David M 5.14.4-RC1 2013-Mar-05

475 David M 5.14.4-RC2 2013-Mar-07

476 David M 5.14.4 2013-Mar-10

477

478 David G 5.15.0 2011-Jun-20 The 5.15 development track

479 Zefram 5.15.1 2011-Jul-20

480 Ricardo 5.15.2 2011-Aug-20

481 Stevan 5.15.3 2011-Sep-20

482 Florian 5.15.4 2011-Oct-20

483 Steve 5.15.5 2011-Nov-20

484 Dave R 5.15.6 2011-Dec-20

485 BinGOs 5.15.7 2012-Jan-20

486 Max M 5.15.8 2012-Feb-20

487 Abigail 5.15.9 2012-Mar-20

488 Ricardo 5.16.0-RC0 2012-May-10

489 Ricardo 5.16.0-RC1 2012-May-14

490 Ricardo 5.16.0-RC2 2012-May-15

491

492 Ricardo 5.16.0 2012-May-20 The 5.16 maintenance track

493 Ricardo 5.16.1 2012-Aug-08

494 Ricardo 5.16.2 2012-Nov-01

495 Ricardo 5.16.3-RC1 2013-Mar-06

496 Ricardo 5.16.3 2013-Mar-11

497

498 Zefram 5.17.0 2012-May-26 The 5.17 development track

499 Jesse L 5.17.1 2012-Jun-20

500 TonyC 5.17.2 2012-Jul-20

501 Steve 5.17.3 2012-Aug-20

502 Florian 5.17.4 2012-Sep-20

503 Florian 5.17.5 2012-Oct-20

504 Ricardo 5.17.6 2012-Nov-20

505 Dave R 5.17.7 2012-Dec-18

506 Aaron 5.17.8 2013-Jan-20

507 BinGOs 5.17.9 2013-Feb-20

508 Max M 5.17.10 2013-Mar-21

509 Ricardo 5.17.11 2013-Apr-20

510

511 Ricardo 5.18.0-RC1 2013-May-11 The 5.18 maintenance track

512 Ricardo 5.18.0-RC2 2013-May-12

513 Ricardo 5.18.0-RC3 2013-May-13

514 Ricardo 5.18.0-RC4 2013-May-15

515 Ricardo 5.18.0 2013-May-18

516 Ricardo 5.18.1-RC1 2013-Aug-01

517 Ricardo 5.18.1-RC2 2013-Aug-03

518 Ricardo 5.18.1-RC3 2013-Aug-08

519 Ricardo 5.18.1 2013-Aug-12

520 Ricardo 5.18.2 2014-Jan-06

521 Ricardo 5.18.3-RC1 2014-Sep-17

522 Ricardo 5.18.3-RC2 2014-Sep-27

523 Ricardo 5.18.3 2014-Oct-01

524 Ricardo 5.18.4 2014-Oct-01

525

526 Ricardo 5.19.0 2013-May-20 The 5.19 development track

527 David G 5.19.1 2013-Jun-21

528 Aristotle 5.19.2 2013-Jul-22

529 Steve 5.19.3 2013-Aug-20

530 Steve 5.19.4 2013-Sep-20

531 Steve 5.19.5 2013-Oct-20

532 BinGOs 5.19.6 2013-Nov-20

533 Abigail 5.19.7 2013-Dec-20

534 Ricardo 5.19.8 2014-Jan-20

535 TonyC 5.19.9 2014-Feb-20

536 Aaron 5.19.10 2014-Mar-20

537 Steve 5.19.11 2014-Apr-20

538

539 Ricardo 5.20.0-RC1 2014-May-16 The 5.20 maintenance track

540 Ricardo 5.20.0 2014-May-27

541 Steve 5.20.1-RC1 2014-Aug-25

542 Steve 5.20.1-RC2 2014-Sep-07

543 Steve 5.20.1 2014-Sep-14

544 Steve 5.20.2-RC1 2015-Jan-31

545 Steve 5.20.2 2015-Feb-14

546 Steve 5.20.3-RC1 2015-Aug-22

547 Steve 5.20.3-RC2 2015-Aug-29

548 Steve 5.20.3 2015-Sep-12

549

550 Ricardo 5.21.0 2014-May-27 The 5.21 development track

551 Matthew H 5.21.1 2014-Jun-20

552 Abigail 5.21.2 2014-Jul-20

553 Peter 5.21.3 2014-Aug-20

554 Steve 5.21.4 2014-Sep-20

555 Abigail 5.21.5 2014-Oct-20

556 BinGOs 5.21.6 2014-Nov-20

557 Max M 5.21.7 2014-Dec-20

558 Matthew H 5.21.8 2015-Jan-20

559 Sawyer X 5.21.9 2015-Feb-20

560 Steve 5.21.10 2015-Mar-20

561 Steve 5.21.11 2015-Apr-20

562

563 Ricardo 5.22.0-RC1 2015-May-19 The 5.22 maintenance track

564 Ricardo 5.22.0-RC2 2015-May-21

565 Ricardo 5.22.0 2015-Jun-01

566 Steve 5.22.1-RC1 2015-Oct-31

567 Steve 5.22.1-RC2 2015-Nov-15

568 Steve 5.22.1-RC3 2015-Dec-02

569 Steve 5.22.1-RC4 2015-Dec-08

570 Steve 5.22.1 2015-Dec-13

571 Steve 5.22.2-RC1 2016-Apr-10

572 Steve 5.22.2 2016-Apr-29

573 Steve 5.22.3-RC1 2016-Jul-17

574 Steve 5.22.3-RC2 2016-Jul-25

575 Steve 5.22.3-RC3 2016-Aug-11

576 Steve 5.22.3-RC4 2016-Oct-12

577 Steve 5.22.3-RC5 2017-Jan-02

578 Steve 5.22.3 2017-Jan-14

579 Steve 5.22.4-RC1 2017-Jul-01

580 Steve 5.22.4 2017-Jul-15

581

582 Ricardo 5.23.0 2015-Jun-20 The 5.23 development track

583 Matthew H 5.23.1 2015-Jul-20

584 Matthew H 5.23.2 2015-Aug-20

585 Peter 5.23.3 2015-Sep-20

586 Steve 5.23.4 2015-Oct-20

587 Abigail 5.23.5 2015-Nov-20

588 David G 5.23.6 2015-Dec-21

589 Stevan 5.23.7 2016-Jan-20

590 Sawyer X 5.23.8 2016-Feb-20

591 Abigail 5.23.9 2016-Mar-20

592

593 Ricardo 5.24.0-RC1 2016-Apr-13 The 5.24 maintenance track

594 Ricardo 5.24.0-RC2 2016-Apr-23

595 Ricardo 5.24.0-RC3 2016-Apr-26

596 Ricardo 5.24.0-RC4 2016-May-02

597 Ricardo 5.24.0-RC5 2016-May-04

598 Ricardo 5.24.0 2016-May-09

599 Steve 5.24.1-RC1 2016-Jul-17

600 Steve 5.24.1-RC2 2016-Jul-25

601 Steve 5.24.1-RC3 2016-Aug-11

602 Steve 5.24.1-RC4 2016-Oct-12

603 Steve 5.24.1-RC5 2017-Jan-02

604 Steve 5.24.1 2017-Jan-14

605 Steve 5.24.2-RC1 2017-Jul-01

606 Steve 5.24.2 2017-Jul-15

607 Steve 5.24.3-RC1 2017-Sep-10

608 Steve 5.24.3 2017-Sep-22

609 Steve 5.24.4-RC1 2018-Mar-24

610 Steve 5.24.4 2018-Apr-14

611

612 Ricardo 5.25.0 2016-May-09 The 5.25 development track

613 Sawyer X 5.25.1 2016-May-20

614 Matthew H 5.25.2 2016-Jun-20

615 Steve 5.25.3 2016-Jul-20

616 BinGOs 5.25.4 2016-Aug-20

617 Stevan 5.25.5 2016-Sep-20

618 Aaron 5.25.6 2016-Oct-20

619 Chad 5.25.7 2016-Nov-20

620 Sawyer X 5.25.8 2016-Dec-20

621 Abigail 5.25.9 2017-Jan-20

622 Renee 5.25.10 2017-Feb-20

623 Sawyer X 5.25.11 2017-Mar-20

624 Sawyer X 5.25.12 2017-Apr-20

625

626 Sawyer X 5.26.0-RC1 2017-May-11 The 5.26 maintenance track

627 Sawyer X 5.26.0-RC2 2017-May-23

628 Sawyer X 5.26.0 2017-May-30

629 Steve 5.26.1-RC1 2017-Sep-10

630 Steve 5.26.1 2017-Sep-22

631 Steve 5.26.2-RC1 2018-Mar-24

632 Steve 5.26.2 2018-Apr-14

633 Steve 5.26.3-RC1 2018-Nov-08

634 Steve 5.26.3 2018-Nov-29

635

636 Sawyer X 5.27.0 2017-May-31 The 5.27 development track

637 Eric 5.27.1 2017-Jun-20

638 Aaron 5.27.2 2017-Jul-20

639 Matthew H 5.27.3 2017-Aug-21

640 John 5.27.4 2017-Sep-20

641 Steve 5.27.5 2017-Oct-20

642 Ether 5.27.6 2017-Nov-20

643 BinGOs 5.27.7 2017-Dec-20

644 Abigail 5.27.8 2018-Jan-20

645 Renee 5.27.9 2018-Feb-20

646 Todd 5.27.10 2018-Mar-20

647 Sawyer X 5.27.11 2018-Apr-20

648

649 Sawyer X 5.28.0-RC1 2018-May-21 The 5.28 maintenance track

650 Sawyer X 5.28.0-RC2 2018-Jun-06

651 Sawyer X 5.28.0-RC3 2018-Jun-18

652 Sawyer X 5.28.0-RC4 2018-Jun-19

653 Sawyer X 5.28.0 2018-Jun-22

654 Steve 5.28.1-RC1 2018-Nov-08

655 Steve 5.28.1 2018-Nov-29

656 Steve 5.28.2-RC1 2019-Apr-05

657 Steve 5.28.2 2019-Apr-19

658 Steve 5.28.3-RC1 2020-May-18

659 Steve 5.28.3 2020-Jun-01

660

661 Sawyer X 5.29.0 2018-Jun-26 The 5.29 development track

662 Steve 5.29.1 2018-Jul-20

663 BinGOs 5.29.2 2018-Aug-20

664 John 5.29.3 2018-Sep-20

665 Aaron 5.29.4 2018-Oct-20

666 Ether 5.29.5 2018-Nov-20

667 Abigail 5.29.6 2018-Dec-18

668 Abigail 5.29.7 2019-Jan-20

669 Nicolas R 5.29.8 2019-Feb-20

670 Zak Elep 5.29.9 2019-Mar-20

671 Sawyer X 5.29.10 2019-Apr-20

672

673 Sawyer X 5.30.0-RC1 2019-May-11 The 5.30 maintenance track

674 Sawyer X 5.30.0-RC2 2019-May-17

675 Sawyer X 5.30.0 2019-May-22

676 Steve 5.30.1-RC1 2019-Oct-27

677 Steve 5.30.1 2019-Nov-10

678 Steve 5.30.2-RC1 2020-Feb-29

679 Steve 5.30.2 2020-Mar-14

680 Steve 5.30.3-RC1 2020-May-18

681 Steve 5.30.3 2020-Jun-01

682

683 Sawyer X 5.31.0 2019-May-24 The 5.31 development track

684 Ether 5.31.1 2019-Jun-20

685 Steve 5.31.2 2019-Jul-20

686 Tom H 5.31.3 2019-Aug-20

687 Max M 5.31.4 2019-Sep-20

688 Steve 5.31.5 2019-Oct-20

689 BinGOs 5.31.6 2019-Nov-20

690 Nicolas R 5.31.7 2019-Dec-20

691 Matthew H 5.31.8 2020-Jan-20

692 Renee 5.31.9 2020-Feb-20

693 Sawyer X 5.31.10 2020-Mar-20

694 Sawyer X 5.31.11 2020-Apr-28

695

696 Sawyer X 5.32.0-RC0 2020-May-30 The 5.32 maintenance track

697 Sawyer X 5.32.0-RC1 2020-Jun-07

698 Sawyer X 5.32.0 2020-Jun-20

699 Steve 5.32.1-RC1 2021-Jan-09

700 Steve 5.32.1 2021-Jan-23

701

702 Sawyer X 5.33.0 2020-Jul-17 The 5.33 development track

703 Ether 5.33.1 2020-Aug-20

704 Sawyer X 5.33.2 2020-Sep-20

705 Steve 5.33.3 2020-Oct-20

706 Tom H 5.33.4 2020-Nov-20

707 Max M 5.33.5 2020-Dec-20

708 Richard L 5.33.6 2021-Jan-20

709 Renee 5.33.7 2021-Feb-20

710 Nicolas R 5.33.8 2021-Mar-20

711 Todd R 5.33.9 2021-Apr-20

712

713 Sawyer X 5.34.0-RC1 2021-May-04 The 5.34 maintenance track

714 Sawyer X 5.34.0-RC2 2021-May-15

715 Sawyer X 5.34.0 2021-May-20

716 Steve 5.34.1-RC1 2022-Feb-27

717 Steve 5.34.1-RC2 2022-Mar-06

718 Steve 5.34.1 2022-Mar-13

719 Paul E 5.34.2 2023-Nov-25

720 Paul E 5.34.3 2023-Nov-29

721

722 Ricardo 5.35.0 2021-May-20 The 5.35 development track

723 Max 5.35.1 2021-Jun-20

724 Neil B 5.35.2 2021-Jul-23

725 Ether 5.35.3 2021-Aug-20

726 Matthew H 5.35.4 2021-Sep-20

727 Leon T 5.35.5 2021-Oct-21

728 Richard L 5.35.6 2021-Nov-20

729 Neil B 5.35.7 2021-Dec-20

730 Nicolas R 5.35.8 2022-Jan-20

731 Renee 5.35.9 2022-Feb-20

732 Sawyer X 5.35.10 2022-Mar-20

733 Steve 5.35.11 2022-Apr-20

734

735 Ricardo 5.36.0-RC1 2022-May-20 The 5.36 maintenance track

736 Ricardo 5.36.0-RC2 2022-May-20

737 Ricardo 5.36.0-RC3 2022-May-22

738 Ricardo 5.36.0 2022-May-27

739 Steve 5.36.1-RC1 2023-Apr-10

740 Steve 5.36.1-RC2 2023-Apr-11

741 Steve 5.36.1-RC3 2023-Apr-16

742 Steve 5.36.1 2023-Apr-23

743 Paul E 5.36.2 2023-Nov-25

744 Paul E 5.36.3 2023-Nov-29

745

746 Ricardo 5.37.0 2022-May-27 The 5.37 development track

747 Matthew H 5.37.1 2022-Jun-20

748 Nicolas R 5.37.2 2022-Jul-20

749 Neil B 5.37.3 2022-Aug-20

750 Ether 5.37.4 2022-Sep-20

751 Todd R 5.37.5 2022-Oct-20

752 Max M 5.37.6 2022-Nov-20

753 Richard L 5.37.7 2022-Dec-20

754 Renee 5.37.8 2023-Jan-20

755 Ether 5.37.9 2023-Feb-20

756 Yves 5.37.10 2023-Mar-20

757 Steve 5.37.11 2023-Apr-20

758

759 Ricardo 5.38.0-RC1 2023-Jun-15 The 5.38 maintenance track

760 Ricardo 5.38.0-RC2 2023-Jun-23

761 Ricardo 5.38.0 2023-Jul-02

762 Paul E 5.38.1 2023-Nov-25

763 Paul E 5.38.2 2023-Nov-29

764

765 Ricardo 5.39.0 2023-Jun-30 The 5.39 development track

766 Steve 5.39.1 2023-Jul-20

767 Paul E 5.39.2 2023-Aug-20

768 Matthew H 5.39.3 2023-Sep-20

769 Graham K 5.39.4 2023-Oct-25

770 Ether 5.39.5 2023-Nov-20

771 Philippe 5.39.6 2023-Dec-30

772 Max 5.39.7 2024-Jan-20

773

774 =head2 SELECTED RELEASE SIZES

775

776 For example the notation "core: 212 29" in the release 1.000 means that

777 it had in the core 212 kilobytes, in 29 files. The "core".."doc" are

778 explained below.

779

780 release core lib ext t doc

781 ======================================================================

782

783 1.000 212 29 - - - - 38 51 62 3

784 1.014 219 29 - - - - 39 52 68 4

785 2.000 309 31 2 3 - - 55 57 92 4

786 2.001 312 31 2 3 - - 55 57 94 4

787 3.000 508 36 24 11 - - 79 73 156 5

788 3.044 645 37 61 20 - - 90 74 190 6

789 4.000 635 37 59 20 - - 91 75 198 4

790 4.019 680 37 85 29 - - 98 76 199 4

791 4.036 709 37 89 30 - - 98 76 208 5

792 5.000alpha2 785 50 114 32 - - 112 86 209 5

793 5.000alpha3 801 50 117 33 - - 121 87 209 5

794 5.000alpha9 1022 56 149 43 116 29 125 90 217 6

795 5.000a12h 978 49 140 49 205 46 152 97 228 9

796 5.000b3h 1035 53 232 70 216 38 162 94 218 21

797 5.000 1038 53 250 76 216 38 154 92 536 62

798 5.001m 1071 54 388 82 240 38 159 95 544 29

799 5.002 1121 54 661 101 287 43 155 94 847 35

800 5.003 1129 54 680 102 291 43 166 100 853 35

801 5.003_07 1231 60 748 106 396 53 213 137 976 39

802 5.004 1351 60 1230 136 408 51 355 161 1587 55

803 5.004_01 1356 60 1258 138 410 51 358 161 1587 55

804 5.004_04 1375 60 1294 139 413 51 394 162 1629 55

805 5.004_05 1463 60 1435 150 394 50 445 175 1855 59

806 5.004_51 1401 61 1260 140 413 53 358 162 1594 56

807 5.004_53 1422 62 1295 141 438 70 394 162 1637 56

808 5.004_56 1501 66 1301 140 447 74 408 165 1648 57

809 5.004_59 1555 72 1317 142 448 74 424 171 1678 58

810 5.004_62 1602 77 1327 144 629 92 428 173 1674 58

811 5.004_65 1626 77 1358 146 615 92 446 179 1698 60

812 5.004_68 1856 74 1382 152 619 92 463 187 1784 60

813 5.004_70 1863 75 1456 154 675 92 494 194 1809 60

814 5.004_73 1874 76 1467 152 762 102 506 196 1883 61

815 5.004_75 1877 76 1467 152 770 103 508 196 1896 62

816 5.005 1896 76 1469 152 795 103 509 197 1945 63

817 5.005_03 1936 77 1541 153 813 104 551 201 2176 72

818 5.005_50 1969 78 1842 301 795 103 514 198 1948 63

819 5.005_53 1999 79 1885 303 806 104 602 224 2002 67

820 5.005_56 2086 79 1970 307 866 113 672 238 2221 75

821 5.6.0 2820 79 2626 364 1096 129 863 280 2840 93

822 5.6.1 2946 78 2921 430 1171 132 1024 304 3330 102

823 5.6.2 2947 78 3143 451 1247 127 1303 387 3406 102

824 5.7.0 2977 80 2801 425 1250 132 975 307 3206 100

825 5.7.1 3351 84 3442 455 1944 167 1334 357 3698 124

826 5.7.2 3491 87 4858 618 3290 298 1598 449 3910 139

827 5.7.3 3299 85 4295 537 2196 300 2176 626 4171 120

828 5.8.0 3489 87 4533 585 2437 331 2588 726 4368 125

829 5.8.1 3674 90 5104 623 2604 353 2983 836 4625 134

830 5.8.2 3633 90 5111 623 2623 357 3019 848 4634 135

831 5.8.3 3625 90 5141 624 2660 363 3083 869 4669 136

832 5.8.4 3653 90 5170 634 2684 368 3148 885 4689 137

833 5.8.5 3664 90 4260 303 2707 369 3208 898 4689 138

834 5.8.6 3690 90 4271 303 3141 396 3411 925 4709 139

835 5.8.7 3788 90 4322 307 3297 401 3485 964 4744 141

836 5.8.8 3895 90 4357 314 3409 431 3622 1017 4979 144

837 5.8.9 4132 93 5508 330 3826 529 4364 1234 5348 152

838 5.9.0 3657 90 4951 626 2603 354 3011 841 4609 135

839 5.9.1 3580 90 5196 634 2665 367 3186 889 4725 138

840 5.9.2 3863 90 4654 312 3283 403 3551 973 4800 142

841 5.9.3 4096 91 5318 381 4806 597 4272 1214 5139 147

842 5.9.4 4393 94 5718 415 4578 642 4646 1310 5335 153

843 5.9.5 4681 96 6849 479 4827 671 5155 1490 5572 159

844 5.10.0 4710 97 7050 486 4899 673 5275 1503 5673 160

845 5.10.1 4858 98 7440 519 6195 921 6147 1751 5151 163

846 5.12.0 4999 100 1146 121 15227 2176 6400 1843 5342 168

847 5.12.1 5000 100 1146 121 15283 2178 6407 1846 5354 169

848 5.12.2 5003 100 1146 121 15404 2178 6413 1846 5376 170

849 5.12.3 5004 100 1146 121 15529 2180 6417 1848 5391 171

850 5.14.0 5328 104 1100 114 17779 2479 7697 2130 5871 188

851 5.16.0 5562 109 1077 80 20504 2702 8750 2375 4815 152

852 5.18.0 5892 113 1088 79 20077 2760 9365 2439 4943 154

853 5.20.0 6243 115 1187 75 19499 2701 9620 2457 5145 159

854 5.22.0 7819 115 1284 77 19121 2635 9772 2434 5615 176

855 5.24.0 7922 113 1287 77 19535 2677 9994 2465 5702 177

856 5.26.0 9140 121 24925 1200 40643 3017 10514 2614 7854 211

857 5.28.0 13056 128 27267 1230 41745 3130 10952 2715 8185 218

858 5.30.0 13535 128 26294 1237 39643 3080 11083 2711 8252 222

859 5.32.0 14147 127 25562 1255 40869 3098 11334 2734 8407 225

860 5.34.0 14620 126 28150 1262 42711 3138 11535 2774 8791 228

861 5.36.0 15300 129 27899 1270 48275 3236 11899 2863 8858 224

862 5.38.0 15793 139 29070 1270 48250 3219 11950 2863 9129 239

863

864 The "core"..."doc" mean the following files from the Perl source code

865 distribution. The glob notation ** means recursively, (.) means

866 regular files.

867

868 core *.[hcy]

869 lib lib/**/*.p[ml]

870 ext ext/**/*.{[hcyt],xs,pm} (for -5.10.1) or

871 {dist,ext,cpan}/**/*.{[hcyt],xs,pm} (for 5.12.0-)

872 t t/**/*(.) (for 1-5.005_56) or **/*.t (for 5.6.0-5.7.3)

873 doc {README*,INSTALL,*[_.]man{,.?},pod/**/*.pod}

874

875 Here are some statistics for the other subdirectories and one file in

876 the Perl source distribution for somewhat more selected releases.

877

878 ======================================================================

879 Legend: kB #

880

881 1.014 2.001 3.044

882

883 Configure 31 1 37 1 62 1

884 eg - - 34 28 47 39

885 h2pl - - - - 12 12

886 msdos - - - - 41 13

887 os2 - - - - 63 22

888 usub - - - - 21 16

889 x2p 103 17 104 17 137 17

890

891 ======================================================================

892

893 4.000 4.019 4.036

894

895 atarist - - - - 113 31

896 Configure 73 1 83 1 86 1

897 eg 47 39 47 39 47 39

898 emacs 67 4 67 4 67 4

899 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12

900 hints - - 5 42 11 56

901 msdos 57 15 58 15 60 15

902 os2 81 29 81 29 113 31

903 usub 25 7 43 8 43 8

904 x2p 147 18 152 19 154 19

905

906 ======================================================================

907

908 5.000a2 5.000a12h 5.000b3h 5.000 5.001m

909

910 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3

911 atarist 113 31 113 31 - - - - - -

912 bench - - 0 1 - - - - - -

913 Bugs 2 5 26 1 - - - - - -

914 dlperl 40 5 - - - - - - - -

915 do 127 71 - - - - - - - -

916 Configure - - 153 1 159 1 160 1 180 1

917 Doc - - 26 1 75 7 11 1 11 1

918 eg 79 58 53 44 51 43 54 44 54 44

919 emacs 67 4 104 6 104 6 104 1 104 6

920 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12

921 hints 11 56 12 46 18 48 18 48 44 56

922 msdos 60 15 60 15 - - - - - -

923 os2 113 31 113 31 - - - - - -

924 U - - 62 8 112 42 - - - -

925 usub 43 8 - - - - - - - -

926 vms - - 80 7 123 9 184 15 304 20

927 x2p 171 22 171 21 162 20 162 20 279 20

928

929 ======================================================================

930

931 5.002 5.003 5.003_07

932

933 Configure 201 1 201 1 217 1

934 eg 54 44 54 44 54 44

935 emacs 108 1 108 1 143 1

936 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12

937 hints 73 59 77 60 90 62

938 os2 84 17 56 10 117 42

939 plan9 - - - - 79 15

940 Porting - - - - 51 1

941 utils 87 7 88 7 97 7

942 vms 500 24 475 26 505 27

943 x2p 280 20 280 20 280 19

944

945 ======================================================================

946

947 5.004 5.004_04 5.004_62 5.004_65 5.004_68

948

949 beos - - - - - - 1 1 1 1

950 Configure 225 1 225 1 240 1 248 1 256 1

951 cygwin32 23 5 23 5 23 5 24 5 24 5

952 djgpp - - - - 14 5 14 5 14 5

953 eg 81 62 81 62 81 62 81 62 81 62

954 emacs 194 1 204 1 212 2 212 2 212 2

955 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12

956 hints 129 69 132 71 144 72 151 74 155 74

957 os2 121 42 127 42 127 44 129 44 129 44

958 plan9 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15

959 Porting 94 2 109 4 203 6 234 8 241 9

960 qnx 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2

961 utils 112 8 118 8 124 8 156 9 159 9

962 vms 518 34 524 34 538 34 569 34 569 34

963 win32 285 33 378 36 470 39 493 39 575 41

964 x2p 281 19 281 19 281 19 282 19 281 19

965

966 ======================================================================

967

968 5.004_70 5.004_73 5.004_75 5.005 5.005_03

969

970 apollo - - - - - - - - 0 1

971 beos 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

972 Configure 256 1 256 1 264 1 264 1 270 1

973 cygwin32 24 5 24 5 24 5 24 5 24 5

974 djgpp 14 5 14 5 14 5 14 5 15 5

975 eg 86 65 86 65 86 65 86 65 86 65

976 emacs 262 2 262 2 262 2 262 2 274 2

977 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12

978 hints 157 74 157 74 159 74 160 74 179 77

979 mint - - - - - - - - 4 7

980 mpeix - - - - 5 3 5 3 5 3

981 os2 129 44 139 44 142 44 143 44 148 44

982 plan9 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15

983 Porting 241 9 253 9 259 10 264 12 272 13

984 qnx 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2

985 utils 160 9 160 9 160 9 160 9 164 9

986 vms 570 34 572 34 573 34 575 34 583 34

987 vos - - - - - - - - 156 10

988 win32 577 41 585 41 585 41 587 41 600 42

989 x2p 281 19 281 19 281 19 281 19 281 19

990

991 ======================================================================

992

993 5.6.0 5.6.1 5.6.2 5.7.3

994

995 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3

996 beos 5 2 5 2 5 2 6 4

997 Configure 346 1 361 1 363 1 394 1

998 Cross - - - - - - 4 2

999 djgpp 19 6 19 6 19 6 21 7

1000 eg 112 71 112 71 112 71 - -

1001 emacs 303 4 319 4 319 4 319 4

1002 epoc 29 8 35 8 35 8 36 8

1003 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15

1004 hints 242 83 250 84 321 89 272 87

1005 mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9

1006 mpeix 9 4 9 4 9 4 9 4

1007 NetWare - - - - - - 423 57

1008 os2 214 59 224 60 224 60 357 66

1009 plan9 92 17 92 17 92 17 85 15

1010 Porting 361 15 390 16 390 16 425 21

1011 qnx 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3

1012 utils 228 12 221 11 222 11 267 13

1013 uts - - - - - - 12 3

1014 vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4

1015 vms 686 38 627 38 627 38 649 36

1016 vos 227 12 249 15 248 15 281 17

1017 win32 755 41 782 42 801 42 1006 50

1018 x2p 307 20 307 20 307 20 345 20

1019

1020 ======================================================================

1021

1022 5.8.0 5.8.1 5.8.2 5.8.3 5.8.4

1023

1024 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3

1025 beos 6 4 6 4 6 4 6 4 6 4

1026 Configure 472 1 493 1 493 1 493 1 494 1

1027 Cross 4 2 45 10 45 10 45 10 45 10

1028 djgpp 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7

1029 emacs 319 4 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4

1030 epoc 33 8 33 8 33 8 33 8 33 8

1031 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15

1032 hints 294 88 321 89 321 89 321 89 348 91

1033 mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9

1034 mpeix 24 5 25 5 25 5 25 5 25 5

1035 NetWare 488 61 490 61 490 61 490 61 488 61

1036 os2 361 66 445 67 450 67 488 67 488 67

1037 plan9 85 15 325 17 325 17 325 17 321 17

1038 Porting 479 22 537 32 538 32 539 32 538 33

1039 qnx 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3

1040 utils 275 15 258 16 258 16 263 19 263 19

1041 uts 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3

1042 vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4

1043 vms 648 36 654 36 654 36 656 36 656 36

1044 vos 330 20 335 20 335 20 335 20 335 20

1045 win32 1062 49 1125 49 1127 49 1126 49 1181 56

1046 x2p 347 20 348 20 348 20 348 20 348 20

1047

1048 ======================================================================

1049

1050 5.8.5 5.8.6 5.8.7 5.8.8 5.8.9

1051

1052 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3

1053 beos 6 4 6 4 8 4 8 4 8 4

1054 Configure 494 1 494 1 495 1 506 1 520 1

1055 Cross 45 10 45 10 45 10 45 10 46 10

1056 djgpp 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7

1057 emacs 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4 406 4

1058 epoc 33 8 33 8 33 8 34 8 35 8

1059 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15

1060 hints 350 91 352 91 355 94 360 94 387 99

1061 mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9

1062 mpeix 25 5 25 5 25 5 49 6 49 6

1063 NetWare 488 61 488 61 488 61 490 61 491 61

1064 os2 488 67 488 67 488 67 488 67 552 70

1065 plan9 321 17 321 17 321 17 322 17 324 17

1066 Porting 538 34 548 35 549 35 564 37 625 41

1067 qnx 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3

1068 utils 265 19 265 19 266 19 267 19 281 21

1069 uts 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3

1070 vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4

1071 vms 657 36 658 36 662 36 664 36 716 35

1072 vos 335 20 335 20 335 20 336 21 345 22

1073 win32 1183 56 1190 56 1199 56 1219 56 1484 68

1074 x2p 349 20 349 20 349 20 349 19 350 19

1075

1076 ======================================================================

1077

1078 5.9.0 5.9.1 5.9.2 5.9.3 5.9.4

1079

1080 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3

1081 beos 6 4 6 4 8 4 8 4 8 4

1082 Configure 493 1 493 1 495 1 508 1 512 1

1083 Cross 45 10 45 10 45 10 45 10 46 10

1084 djgpp 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7

1085 emacs 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4

1086 epoc 33 8 33 8 33 8 34 8 34 8

1087 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15

1088 hints 321 89 346 91 355 94 359 94 366 96

1089 mad - - - - - - - - 174 6

1090 mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9

1091 mpeix 25 5 25 5 25 5 49 6 49 6

1092 NetWare 489 61 487 61 487 61 489 61 489 61

1093 os2 444 67 488 67 488 67 488 67 488 67

1094 plan9 325 17 321 17 321 17 322 17 323 17

1095 Porting 537 32 536 33 549 36 564 38 576 38

1096 qnx 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3

1097 symbian - - - - - - 293 53 293 53

1098 utils 258 16 263 19 268 20 273 23 275 24

1099 uts 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3

1100 vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4

1101 vms 660 36 547 33 553 33 661 33 696 33

1102 vos 11 7 11 7 11 7 11 7 11 7

1103 win32 1120 49 1124 51 1191 56 1209 56 1719 90

1104 x2p 348 20 348 20 349 20 349 19 349 19

1105

1106 ======================================================================

1107

1108 5.9.5 5.10.0 5.10.1 5.12.0 5.12.1

1109

1110 apollo 8 3 8 3 0 3 0 3 0 3

1111 beos 8 4 8 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

1112 Configure 518 1 518 1 533 1 536 1 536 1

1113 Cross 122 15 122 15 119 15 118 15 118 15

1114 djgpp 21 7 21 7 17 7 17 7 17 7

1115 emacs 329 4 406 4 402 4 402 4 402 4

1116 epoc 34 8 35 8 31 8 31 8 31 8

1117 h2pl 24 15 24 15 12 15 12 15 12 15

1118 hints 377 98 381 98 385 100 368 97 368 97

1119 mad 182 8 182 8 174 8 174 8 174 8

1120 mint 11 9 11 9 3 9 - - - -

1121 mpeix 49 6 49 6 45 6 45 6 45 6

1122 NetWare 489 61 489 61 465 61 466 61 466 61

1123 os2 552 70 552 70 507 70 507 70 507 70

1124 plan9 324 17 324 17 316 17 316 17 316 17

1125 Porting 627 40 632 40 933 53 749 54 749 54

1126 qnx 5 3 5 4 1 4 1 4 1 4

1127 symbian 300 54 300 54 290 54 288 54 288 54

1128 utils 260 26 264 27 268 27 269 27 269 27

1129 uts 12 3 12 3 8 3 8 3 8 3

1130 vmesa 25 4 25 4 21 4 21 4 21 4

1131 vms 690 32 722 32 693 30 645 18 645 18

1132 vos 19 8 19 8 16 8 16 8 16 8

1133 win32 1482 68 1485 68 1497 70 1841 73 1841 73

1134 x2p 349 19 349 19 345 19 345 19 345 19

1135

1136 ======================================================================

1137

1138 5.12.2 5.12.3 5.14.0 5.16.0 5.18.0

1139

1140 apollo 0 3 0 3 - - - - - -

1141 beos 4 4 4 4 5 4 5 4 - -

1142 Configure 536 1 536 1 539 1 547 1 550 1

1143 Cross 118 15 118 15 118 15 118 15 118 15

1144 djgpp 17 7 17 7 18 7 18 7 18 7

1145 emacs 402 4 402 4 - - - - - -

1146 epoc 31 8 31 8 32 8 30 8 - -

1147 h2pl 12 15 12 15 15 15 15 15 13 15

1148 hints 368 97 368 97 370 96 371 96 354 91

1149 mad 174 8 174 8 176 8 176 8 174 8

1150 mpeix 45 6 45 6 46 6 46 6 - -

1151 NetWare 466 61 466 61 473 61 472 61 469 61

1152 os2 507 70 507 70 518 70 519 70 510 70

1153 plan9 316 17 316 17 319 17 319 17 318 17

1154 Porting 750 54 750 54 855 60 1093 69 1149 70

1155 qnx 1 4 1 4 2 4 2 4 1 4

1156 symbian 288 54 288 54 292 54 292 54 290 54

1157 utils 269 27 269 27 249 29 245 30 246 31

1158 uts 8 3 8 3 9 3 9 3 - -

1159 vmesa 21 4 21 4 22 4 22 4 - -

1160 vms 646 18 644 18 639 17 571 15 564 15

1161 vos 16 8 16 8 17 8 9 7 8 7

1162 win32 1841 73 1841 73 1833 72 1655 67 1157 62

1163 x2p 345 19 345 19 346 19 345 19 344 20

1164

1165 ======================================================================

1166

1167 5.20.0 5.22.0 5.24.0

1168

1169 Configure 552 1 570 1 586 1

1170 Cross 118 15 118 15 118 15

1171 djgpp 18 7 17 7 17 7

1172 h2pl 13 15 13 15 13 15

1173 hints 355 90 356 87 362 87

1174 mad 174 8 - - - -

1175 NetWare 467 61 466 61 467 61

1176 os2 510 70 510 70 510 70

1177 plan9 316 17 317 17 314 17

1178 Porting 1204 68 1393 71 1321 71

1179 qnx 1 4 1 4 1 4

1180 symbian 290 54 291 54 292 54

1181 utils 241 27 242 27 679 53

1182 vms 538 12 532 12 524 12

1183 vos 8 7 8 7 8 7

1184 win32 1183 64 1201 64 1268 65

1185 x2p 341 19 - - - -

1186

1187 ======================================================================

1188

1189 5.26.0 5.28.0 5.30.0

1190

1191 Configure 593 1 580 1 587 1

1192 Cross 122 15 125 15 126 15

1193 djgpp 21 7 21 7 21 7

1194 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15

1195 hints 376 87 364 85 372 86

1196 mad - - - - - -

1197 NetWare 499 61 493 61 493 61

1198 os2 552 70 552 70 552 70

1199 plan9 322 17 309 17 308 17

1200 Porting 1380 73 1462 75 1460 74

1201 qnx 5 4 5 4 5 4

1202 symbian 315 54 315 54 315 54

1203 utils 578 50 584 50 587 50

1204 vms 527 12 526 12 526 12

1205 vos 12 7 12 7 12 7

1206 win32 1313 65 1326 65 1331 65

1207 x2p - - - - - -

1208

1209 5.32.0 5.34.0 5.36.0

1210

1211 Configure 588 1 592 1 603 1

1212 Cross 126 15 126 15 122 15

1213 djgpp 21 7 22 7 - -

1214 h2pl 24 15 24 15 13 15

1215 hints 363 86 364 86 359 84

1216 NetWare 484 61 533 61 - -

1217 os2 552 70 580 70 538 70

1218 plan9 308 17 325 20 318 20

1219 Porting 1482 75 1514 75 1559 78

1220 qnx 5 4 5 4 1 4

1221 symbian 307 54 - - - -

1222 utils 583 52 597 52 607 52

1223 vms 527 12 549 12 545 12

1224 vos 12 7 12 7 8 7

1225 win32 1011 47 1001 46 966 45

1226

1227 5.38.0

1228

1229 Configure 604 1

1230 Cross 122 15

1231 h2pl 13 15

1232 hints 358 83

1233 os2 538 70

1234 plan9 322 20

1235 Porting 1640 80

1236 qnx 1 4

1237 utils 606 52

1238 vms 544 12

1239 vos 8 7

1240 win32 982 45

1241

1242 =head2 SELECTED PATCH SIZES

1243

1244 The "diff lines kB" means that for example the patch 5.003_08, to be

1245 applied on top of the 5.003_07 (or whatever was before the 5.003_08)

1246 added lines for 110 kilobytes, it removed lines for 19 kilobytes, and

1247 changed lines for 424 kilobytes. Just the lines themselves are

1248 counted, not their context. The "+ - !" become from the diff(1)

1249 context diff output format.

1250

1251 Pump- Release Date diff lines kB

1252 king -------------

1253 + - !

1254 ======================================================================

1255

1256 Chip 5.003_08 1996-Nov-19 110 19 424

1257 5.003_09 1996-Nov-26 38 9 248

1258 5.003_10 1996-Nov-29 29 2 27

1259 5.003_11 1996-Dec-06 73 12 165

1260 5.003_12 1996-Dec-19 275 6 436

1261 5.003_13 1996-Dec-20 95 1 56

1262 5.003_14 1996-Dec-23 23 7 333

1263 5.003_15 1996-Dec-23 0 0 1

1264 5.003_16 1996-Dec-24 12 3 50

1265 5.003_17 1996-Dec-27 19 1 14

1266 5.003_18 1996-Dec-31 21 1 32

1267 5.003_19 1997-Jan-04 80 3 85

1268 5.003_20 1997-Jan-07 18 1 146

1269 5.003_21 1997-Jan-15 38 10 221

1270 5.003_22 1997-Jan-16 4 0 18

1271 5.003_23 1997-Jan-25 71 15 119

1272 5.003_24 1997-Jan-29 426 1 20

1273 5.003_25 1997-Feb-04 21 8 169

1274 5.003_26 1997-Feb-10 16 1 15

1275 5.003_27 1997-Feb-18 32 10 38

1276 5.003_28 1997-Feb-21 58 4 66

1277 5.003_90 1997-Feb-25 22 2 34

1278 5.003_91 1997-Mar-01 37 1 39

1279 5.003_92 1997-Mar-06 16 3 69

1280 5.003_93 1997-Mar-10 12 3 15

1281 5.003_94 1997-Mar-22 407 7 200

1282 5.003_95 1997-Mar-25 41 1 37

1283 5.003_96 1997-Apr-01 283 5 261

1284 5.003_97 1997-Apr-03 13 2 34

1285 5.003_97a 1997-Apr-05 57 1 27

1286 5.003_97b 1997-Apr-08 14 1 20

1287 5.003_97c 1997-Apr-10 20 1 16

1288 5.003_97d 1997-Apr-13 8 0 16

1289 5.003_97e 1997-Apr-15 15 4 46

1290 5.003_97f 1997-Apr-17 7 1 33

1291 5.003_97g 1997-Apr-18 6 1 42

1292 5.003_97h 1997-Apr-24 23 3 68

1293 5.003_97i 1997-Apr-25 23 1 31

1294 5.003_97j 1997-Apr-28 36 1 49

1295 5.003_98 1997-Apr-30 171 12 539

1296 5.003_99 1997-May-01 6 0 7

1297 5.003_99a 1997-May-09 36 2 61

1298 p54rc1 1997-May-12 8 1 11

1299 p54rc2 1997-May-14 6 0 40

1300

1301 5.004 1997-May-15 4 0 4

1302

1303 Tim 5.004_01 1997-Jun-13 222 14 57

1304 5.004_02 1997-Aug-07 112 16 119

1305 5.004_03 1997-Sep-05 109 0 17

1306 5.004_04 1997-Oct-15 66 8 173

1307

1308 =head3 The patch-free era

1309

1310 In more modern times, named releases don't come as often, and as progress

1311 can be followed (nearly) instantly (with rsync, and since late 2008, git)

1312 patches between versions are no longer provided. However, that doesn't

1313 keep us from calculating how large a patch could have been. Which is

1314 shown in the table below. Unless noted otherwise, the size mentioned is

1315 the patch to bring version x.y.z to x.y.z+1.

1316

1317 Sarathy 5.6.1 2001-Apr-08 531 44 651

1318 Rafael 5.6.2 2003-Nov-15 20 11 1819

1319

1320 Jarkko 5.8.0 2002-Jul-18 1205 31 471 From 5.7.3

1321

1322 5.8.1 2003-Sep-25 243 102 6162

1323 Nicholas 5.8.2 2003-Nov-05 10 50 788

1324 5.8.3 2004-Jan-14 31 13 360

1325 5.8.4 2004-Apr-21 33 8 299

1326 5.8.5 2004-Jul-19 11 19 255

1327 5.8.6 2004-Nov-27 35 3 192

1328 5.8.7 2005-May-30 75 34 778

1329 5.8.8 2006-Jan-31 131 42 1251

1330 5.8.9 2008-Dec-14 340 132 12988

1331

1332 Hugo 5.9.0 2003-Oct-27 281 168 7132 From 5.8.0

1333 Rafael 5.9.1 2004-Mar-16 57 250 2107

1334 5.9.2 2005-Apr-01 720 57 858

1335 5.9.3 2006-Jan-28 1124 102 1906

1336 5.9.4 2006-Aug-15 896 60 862

1337 5.9.5 2007-Jul-07 1149 128 1062

1338

1339 5.10.0 2007-Dec-18 50 31 13111 From 5.9.5

1340

1341

1342 =head1 THE KEEPERS OF THE RECORDS

1343

1344 Jarkko Hietaniemi <F<jhi@iki.fi>>.

1345

1346 Thanks to the collective memory of the Perlfolk. In addition to the

1347 Keepers of the Pumpkin also Alan Champion, Mark Dominus,

1348 Andreas KE<0xf6>nig, John Macdonald, Matthias Neeracher, Jeff Okamoto,

1349 Michael Peppler, Randal Schwartz, and Paul D. Smith sent corrections

1350 and additions. Abigail added file and patch size data for the 5.6.0 - 5.10

1351 era.

1352

1353 =cut