+=encoding utf8
+
=head1 NAME
perlhist - the Perl history records
Ing-Simmons, Chip Salzenberg, Tim Bunce, Malcolm Beattie, Gurusamy
Sarathy, Graham Barr, Jarkko Hietaniemi, Hugo van der Sanden,
Michael Schwern, Rafael Garcia-Suarez, Nicholas Clark, Richard Clamp,
-Leon Brocard, Dave Mitchell, Jesse Vincent, Ricardo Signes, Steve Hay.
+Leon Brocard, Dave Mitchell, Jesse Vincent, Ricardo Signes, Steve Hay,
+Matt S Trout, David Golden, Florian Ragwitz, Tatsuhiko Miyagawa,
+Chris C<BinGOs> Williams, Zefram, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Stevan
+Little, Dave Rolsky, Max Maischein, and Abigail.
=head2 PUMPKIN?
[from Porting/pumpkin.pod in the Perl source code distribution]
+=for disclaimer orking cows is hazardous, and not legal in all jurisdictions
+
Chip Salzenberg gets credit for that, with a nod to his cow orker,
David Croy. We had passed around various names (baton, token, hot
potato) but none caught on. Then, Chip asked:
1.001..10 1988-Jan-30
1.011..14 1988-Feb-02
Schwern 1.0.15 2002-Dec-18 Modernization
- Richard 1.0.16 2003-Dec-18
+ Richard 1.0_16 2003-Dec-18
Larry 2.000 1988-Jun-05
5.004_74 1998-Jul-14 5.005 beta candidate.
5.004_75 1998-Jul-15 5.005 beta1.
5.004_76 1998-Jul-21 5.005 beta2.
- 5.005 1998-Jul-22 Oneperl.
+
+ Sarathy 5.005 1998-Jul-22 Oneperl.
Sarathy 5.005_01 1998-Jul-27 The 5.005 maintenance track.
5.005_02-T1 1998-Aug-02
Leon 5.005_04-RC1 2004-Feb-05
5.005_04-RC2 2004-Feb-18
5.005_04 2004-Feb-23
+ 5.005_05-RC1 2009-Feb-16
Sarathy 5.005_50 1998-Jul-26 The 5.6 development track.
5.005_51 1998-Aug-10
5.6.0-RC1 2000-Mar-09 Release candidate 1.
5.6.0-RC2 2000-Mar-14 Release candidate 2.
5.6.0-RC3 2000-Mar-21 Release candidate 3.
- 5.6.0 2000-Mar-22
+
+ Sarathy 5.6.0 2000-Mar-22
Sarathy 5.6.1-TRIAL1 2000-Dec-18 The 5.6 maintenance track.
5.6.1-TRIAL2 2001-Jan-31
5.8.0-RC1 2002-Jun-01
5.8.0-RC2 2002-Jun-21
5.8.0-RC3 2002-Jul-13
- 5.8.0 2002-Jul-18
- 5.8.1-RC1 2003-Jul-10
+
+ Jarkko 5.8.0 2002-Jul-18
+
+ Jarkko 5.8.1-RC1 2003-Jul-10 The 5.8 maintenance track
5.8.1-RC2 2003-Jul-11
5.8.1-RC3 2003-Jul-30
5.8.1-RC4 2003-Aug-01
5.8.9-RC2 2008-Dec-06
5.8.9 2008-Dec-14
- Hugo 5.9.0 2003-Oct-27
+ Hugo 5.9.0 2003-Oct-27 The 5.9 development track
Rafael 5.9.1 2004-Mar-16
5.9.2 2005-Apr-01
5.9.3 2006-Jan-28
5.9.5 2007-Jul-07
5.10.0-RC1 2007-Nov-17
5.10.0-RC2 2007-Nov-25
- 5.10.0 2007-Dec-18
- David 5.10.1-RC1 2009-Aug-06
+
+ Rafael 5.10.0 2007-Dec-18
+
+ David M 5.10.1-RC1 2009-Aug-06 The 5.10 maintenance track
5.10.1-RC2 2009-Aug-18
5.10.1 2009-Aug-22
- Jesse 5.11.0 2009-Oct-02
+
+ Jesse 5.11.0 2009-Oct-02 The 5.11 development track
5.11.1 2009-Oct-20
Leon 5.11.2 2009-Nov-20
Jesse 5.11.3 2009-Dec-20
Ricardo 5.11.4 2010-Jan-20
Steve 5.11.5 2010-Feb-20
+ Jesse 5.12.0-RC0 2010-Mar-21
+ 5.12.0-RC1 2010-Mar-29
+ 5.12.0-RC2 2010-Apr-01
+ 5.12.0-RC3 2010-Apr-02
+ 5.12.0-RC4 2010-Apr-06
+ 5.12.0-RC5 2010-Apr-09
+
+ Jesse 5.12.0 2010-Apr-12
+
+ Jesse 5.12.1-RC2 2010-May-13 The 5.12 maintenance track
+ 5.12.1-RC1 2010-May-09
+ 5.12.1 2010-May-16
+ 5.12.2-RC2 2010-Aug-31
+ 5.12.2 2010-Sep-06
+ Ricardo 5.12.3-RC1 2011-Jan-09
+ Ricardo 5.12.3-RC2 2011-Jan-14
+ Ricardo 5.12.3-RC3 2011-Jan-17
+ Ricardo 5.12.3 2011-Jan-21
+ Leon 5.12.4-RC1 2011-Jun-08
+ Leon 5.12.4 2011-Jun-20
+
+ Leon 5.13.0 2010-Apr-20 The 5.13 development track
+ Ricardo 5.13.1 2010-May-20
+ Matt 5.13.2 2010-Jun-22
+ David G 5.13.3 2010-Jul-20
+ Florian 5.13.4 2010-Aug-20
+ Steve 5.13.5 2010-Sep-19
+ Miyagawa 5.13.6 2010-Oct-20
+ BinGOs 5.13.7 2010-Nov-20
+ Zefram 5.13.8 2010-Dec-20
+ Jesse 5.13.9 2011-Jan-20
+ Ævar 5.13.10 2011-Feb-20
+ Florian 5.13.11 2011-Mar-20
+ Jesse 5.14.0RC1 2011-Apr-20
+ Jesse 5.14.0RC2 2011-May-04
+ Jesse 5.14.0RC3 2011-May-11
+
+ Jesse 5.14.0 2011-May-14 The 5.14 maintenance track
+ Jesse 5.14.1 2011-Jun-16
+ Florian 5.14.2-RC1 2011-Sep-19
+ 5.14.2 2011-Sep-26
+
+ David G 5.15.0 2011-Jun-20 The 5.15 development track
+ Zefram 5.15.1 2011-Jul-20
+ Ricardo 5.15.2 2011-Aug-20
+ Stevan 5.15.3 2011-Sep-20
+ Florian 5.15.4 2011-Oct-20
+ Steve 5.15.5 2011-Nov-20
+ Dave R 5.15.6 2011-Dec-20
+ BinGOs 5.15.7 2012-Jan-20
+ Max M 5.15.8 2012-Feb-20
+ Abigail 5.15.9 2012-Mar-20
+ Ricardo 5.16.0-RC0 2012-May-10
+ Ricardo 5.16.0-RC1 2012-May-14
+ Ricardo 5.16.0-RC2 2012-May-15
+ Ricardo 5.16.0 2012-May-20
=head2 SELECTED RELEASE SIZES
release core lib ext t doc
======================================================================
- 1.000 212 29 - - - - 38 51 62 3
- 1.014 219 29 - - - - 39 52 68 4
- 2.000 309 31 2 3 - - 55 57 92 4
- 2.001 312 31 2 3 - - 55 57 94 4
- 3.000 508 36 24 11 - - 79 73 156 5
- 3.044 645 37 61 20 - - 90 74 190 6
- 4.000 635 37 59 20 - - 91 75 198 4
- 4.019 680 37 85 29 - - 98 76 199 4
- 4.036 709 37 89 30 - - 98 76 208 5
- 5.000alpha2 785 50 114 32 - - 112 86 209 5
- 5.000alpha3 801 50 117 33 - - 121 87 209 5
- 5.000alpha9 1022 56 149 43 116 29 125 90 217 6
- 5.000a12h 978 49 140 49 205 46 152 97 228 9
- 5.000b3h 1035 53 232 70 216 38 162 94 218 21
- 5.000 1038 53 250 76 216 38 154 92 536 62
- 5.001m 1071 54 388 82 240 38 159 95 544 29
- 5.002 1121 54 661 101 287 43 155 94 847 35
- 5.003 1129 54 680 102 291 43 166 100 853 35
- 5.003_07 1231 60 748 106 396 53 213 137 976 39
- 5.004 1351 60 1230 136 408 51 355 161 1587 55
- 5.004_01 1356 60 1258 138 410 51 358 161 1587 55
- 5.004_04 1375 60 1294 139 413 51 394 162 1629 55
- 5.004_05 1463 60 1435 150 394 50 445 175 1855 59
- 5.004_51 1401 61 1260 140 413 53 358 162 1594 56
- 5.004_53 1422 62 1295 141 438 70 394 162 1637 56
- 5.004_56 1501 66 1301 140 447 74 408 165 1648 57
- 5.004_59 1555 72 1317 142 448 74 424 171 1678 58
- 5.004_62 1602 77 1327 144 629 92 428 173 1674 58
- 5.004_65 1626 77 1358 146 615 92 446 179 1698 60
- 5.004_68 1856 74 1382 152 619 92 463 187 1784 60
- 5.004_70 1863 75 1456 154 675 92 494 194 1809 60
- 5.004_73 1874 76 1467 152 762 102 506 196 1883 61
- 5.004_75 1877 76 1467 152 770 103 508 196 1896 62
- 5.005 1896 76 1469 152 795 103 509 197 1945 63
- 5.005_03 1936 77 1541 153 813 104 551 201 2176 72
- 5.005_50 1969 78 1842 301 795 103 514 198 1948 63
- 5.005_53 1999 79 1885 303 806 104 602 224 2002 67
- 5.005_56 2086 79 1970 307 866 113 672 238 2221 75
- 5.6.0 2820 79 2626 364 1096 129 863 280 2840 93
- 5.6.1 2946 78 2921 430 1171 132 1024 304 3330 102
- 5.6.2 2947 78 3143 451 1247 127 1303 387 3406 102
- 5.7.0 2977 80 2801 425 1250 132 975 307 3206 100
- 5.7.1 3351 84 3442 455 1944 167 1334 357 3698 124
- 5.7.2 3491 87 4858 618 3290 298 1598 449 3910 139
- 5.7.3 3299 85 4295 537 2196 300 2176 626 4171 120
- 5.8.0 3489 87 4533 585 2437 331 2588 726 4368 125
- 5.8.1 3674 90 5104 623 2604 353 2983 836 4625 134
- 5.8.2 3633 90 5111 623 2623 357 3019 848 4634 135
- 5.8.3 3625 90 5141 624 2660 363 3083 869 4669 136
- 5.8.4 3653 90 5170 634 2684 368 3148 885 4689 137
- 5.8.5 3664 90 4260 303 2707 369 3208 898 4689 138
- 5.8.6 3690 90 4271 303 3141 396 3411 925 4709 139
- 5.8.7 3788 90 4322 307 3297 401 3485 964 4744 141
- 5.8.8 3895 90 4357 314 3409 431 3622 1017 4979 144
- 5.8.9 4132 93 5508 330 3826 529 4364 1234 5348 152
- 5.9.0 3657 90 4951 626 2603 354 3011 841 4609 135
- 5.9.1 3580 90 5196 634 2665 367 3186 889 4725 138
- 5.9.2 3863 90 4654 312 3283 403 3551 973 4800 142
- 5.9.3 4096 91 5318 381 4806 597 4272 1214 5139 147
- 5.9.4 4393 94 5718 415 4578 642 4646 1310 5335 153
- 5.9.5 4681 96 6849 479 4827 671 5155 1490 5572 159
- 5.10.0 4710 97 7050 486 4899 673 5275 1503 5673 160
+ 1.000 212 29 - - - - 38 51 62 3
+ 1.014 219 29 - - - - 39 52 68 4
+ 2.000 309 31 2 3 - - 55 57 92 4
+ 2.001 312 31 2 3 - - 55 57 94 4
+ 3.000 508 36 24 11 - - 79 73 156 5
+ 3.044 645 37 61 20 - - 90 74 190 6
+ 4.000 635 37 59 20 - - 91 75 198 4
+ 4.019 680 37 85 29 - - 98 76 199 4
+ 4.036 709 37 89 30 - - 98 76 208 5
+ 5.000alpha2 785 50 114 32 - - 112 86 209 5
+ 5.000alpha3 801 50 117 33 - - 121 87 209 5
+ 5.000alpha9 1022 56 149 43 116 29 125 90 217 6
+ 5.000a12h 978 49 140 49 205 46 152 97 228 9
+ 5.000b3h 1035 53 232 70 216 38 162 94 218 21
+ 5.000 1038 53 250 76 216 38 154 92 536 62
+ 5.001m 1071 54 388 82 240 38 159 95 544 29
+ 5.002 1121 54 661 101 287 43 155 94 847 35
+ 5.003 1129 54 680 102 291 43 166 100 853 35
+ 5.003_07 1231 60 748 106 396 53 213 137 976 39
+ 5.004 1351 60 1230 136 408 51 355 161 1587 55
+ 5.004_01 1356 60 1258 138 410 51 358 161 1587 55
+ 5.004_04 1375 60 1294 139 413 51 394 162 1629 55
+ 5.004_05 1463 60 1435 150 394 50 445 175 1855 59
+ 5.004_51 1401 61 1260 140 413 53 358 162 1594 56
+ 5.004_53 1422 62 1295 141 438 70 394 162 1637 56
+ 5.004_56 1501 66 1301 140 447 74 408 165 1648 57
+ 5.004_59 1555 72 1317 142 448 74 424 171 1678 58
+ 5.004_62 1602 77 1327 144 629 92 428 173 1674 58
+ 5.004_65 1626 77 1358 146 615 92 446 179 1698 60
+ 5.004_68 1856 74 1382 152 619 92 463 187 1784 60
+ 5.004_70 1863 75 1456 154 675 92 494 194 1809 60
+ 5.004_73 1874 76 1467 152 762 102 506 196 1883 61
+ 5.004_75 1877 76 1467 152 770 103 508 196 1896 62
+ 5.005 1896 76 1469 152 795 103 509 197 1945 63
+ 5.005_03 1936 77 1541 153 813 104 551 201 2176 72
+ 5.005_50 1969 78 1842 301 795 103 514 198 1948 63
+ 5.005_53 1999 79 1885 303 806 104 602 224 2002 67
+ 5.005_56 2086 79 1970 307 866 113 672 238 2221 75
+ 5.6.0 2820 79 2626 364 1096 129 863 280 2840 93
+ 5.6.1 2946 78 2921 430 1171 132 1024 304 3330 102
+ 5.6.2 2947 78 3143 451 1247 127 1303 387 3406 102
+ 5.7.0 2977 80 2801 425 1250 132 975 307 3206 100
+ 5.7.1 3351 84 3442 455 1944 167 1334 357 3698 124
+ 5.7.2 3491 87 4858 618 3290 298 1598 449 3910 139
+ 5.7.3 3299 85 4295 537 2196 300 2176 626 4171 120
+ 5.8.0 3489 87 4533 585 2437 331 2588 726 4368 125
+ 5.8.1 3674 90 5104 623 2604 353 2983 836 4625 134
+ 5.8.2 3633 90 5111 623 2623 357 3019 848 4634 135
+ 5.8.3 3625 90 5141 624 2660 363 3083 869 4669 136
+ 5.8.4 3653 90 5170 634 2684 368 3148 885 4689 137
+ 5.8.5 3664 90 4260 303 2707 369 3208 898 4689 138
+ 5.8.6 3690 90 4271 303 3141 396 3411 925 4709 139
+ 5.8.7 3788 90 4322 307 3297 401 3485 964 4744 141
+ 5.8.8 3895 90 4357 314 3409 431 3622 1017 4979 144
+ 5.8.9 4132 93 5508 330 3826 529 4364 1234 5348 152
+ 5.9.0 3657 90 4951 626 2603 354 3011 841 4609 135
+ 5.9.1 3580 90 5196 634 2665 367 3186 889 4725 138
+ 5.9.2 3863 90 4654 312 3283 403 3551 973 4800 142
+ 5.9.3 4096 91 5318 381 4806 597 4272 1214 5139 147
+ 5.9.4 4393 94 5718 415 4578 642 4646 1310 5335 153
+ 5.9.5 4681 96 6849 479 4827 671 5155 1490 5572 159
+ 5.10.0 4710 97 7050 486 4899 673 5275 1503 5673 160
+ 5.10.1 4858 98 7440 519 6195 921 6147 1751 5151 163
+ 5.12.0 4999 100 1146 121 15227 2176 6400 1843 5342 168
+ 5.12.1 5000 100 1146 121 15283 2178 6407 1846 5354 169
+ 5.12.2 5003 100 1146 121 15404 2178 6413 1846 5376 170
+ 5.12.3 5004 100 1146 121 15529 2180 6417 1848 5391 171
The "core"..."doc" mean the following files from the Perl source code
distribution. The glob notation ** means recursively, (.) means
core *.[hcy]
lib lib/**/*.p[ml]
- ext ext/**/*.{[hcyt],xs,pm}
+ ext ext/**/*.{[hcyt],xs,pm} (for -5.10.1) or
+ {dist,ext,cpan}/**/*.{[hcyt],xs,pm} (for 5.12.0-)
t t/**/*(.) (for 1-5.005_56) or **/*.t (for 5.6.0-5.7.3)
doc {README*,INSTALL,*[_.]man{,.?},pod/**/*.pod}
apollo - - - - - - - - 0 1
beos 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Configure 256 1 256 1 264 1 264 1 270 1
- cygwin32 24 5 24 5 24 5 24 5 24 5
+ cygwin32 24 5 24 5 24 5 24 5 24 5
djgpp 14 5 14 5 14 5 14 5 15 5
eg 86 65 86 65 86 65 86 65 86 65
emacs 262 2 262 2 262 2 262 2 274 2
======================================================================
- 5.9.5 5.10.0
-
- apollo 8 3 8 3
- beos 8 4 8 4
- Configure 518 1 518 1
- Cross 122 15 122 15
- djgpp 21 7 21 7
- emacs 329 4 406 4
- epoc 34 8 35 8
- h2pl 24 15 24 15
- hints 377 98 381 98
- mad 182 8 182 8
- mint 11 9 11 9
- mpeix 49 6 49 6
- NetWare 489 61 489 61
- os2 552 70 552 70
- plan9 324 17 324 17
- Porting 627 40 632 40
- qnx 5 3 5 4
- symbian 300 54 300 54
- utils 260 26 264 27
- uts 12 3 12 3
- vmesa 25 4 25 4
- vms 690 32 722 32
- vos 19 8 19 8
- win32 1482 68 1485 68
- x2p 349 19 349 19
+ 5.9.5 5.10.0 5.10.1 5.12.0 5.12.1
+
+ apollo 8 3 8 3 0 3 0 3 0 3
+ beos 8 4 8 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
+ Configure 518 1 518 1 533 1 536 1 536 1
+ Cross 122 15 122 15 119 15 118 15 118 15
+ djgpp 21 7 21 7 17 7 17 7 17 7
+ emacs 329 4 406 4 402 4 402 4 402 4
+ epoc 34 8 35 8 31 8 31 8 31 8
+ h2pl 24 15 24 15 12 15 12 15 12 15
+ hints 377 98 381 98 385 100 368 97 368 97
+ mad 182 8 182 8 174 8 174 8 174 8
+ mint 11 9 11 9 3 9 - - - -
+ mpeix 49 6 49 6 45 6 45 6 45 6
+ NetWare 489 61 489 61 465 61 466 61 466 61
+ os2 552 70 552 70 507 70 507 70 507 70
+ plan9 324 17 324 17 316 17 316 17 316 17
+ Porting 627 40 632 40 933 53 749 54 749 54
+ qnx 5 3 5 4 1 4 1 4 1 4
+ symbian 300 54 300 54 290 54 288 54 288 54
+ utils 260 26 264 27 268 27 269 27 269 27
+ uts 12 3 12 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
+ vmesa 25 4 25 4 21 4 21 4 21 4
+ vms 690 32 722 32 693 30 645 18 645 18
+ vos 19 8 19 8 16 8 16 8 16 8
+ win32 1482 68 1485 68 1497 70 1841 73 1841 73
+ x2p 349 19 349 19 345 19 345 19 345 19
+
+ ======================================================================
+
+ 5.12.2 5.12.3
+
+ apollo 0 3 0 3
+ beos 4 4 4 4
+ Configure 536 1 536 1
+ Cross 118 15 118 15
+ djgpp 17 7 17 7
+ emacs 402 4 402 4
+ epoc 31 8 31 8
+ h2pl 12 15 12 15
+ hints 368 97 368 97
+ mad 174 8 174 8
+ mpeix 45 6 45 6
+ NetWare 466 61 466 61
+ os2 507 70 507 70
+ plan9 316 17 316 17
+ Porting 750 54 750 54
+ qnx 1 4 1 4
+ symbian 288 54 288 54
+ utils 269 27 269 27
+ uts 8 3 8 3
+ vmesa 21 4 21 4
+ vms 646 18 644 18
+ vos 16 8 16 8
+ win32 1841 73 1841 73
+ x2p 345 19 345 19
=head2 SELECTED PATCH SIZES
In more modern times, named releases don't come as often, and as progress
can be followed (nearly) instantly (with rsync, and since late 2008, git)
patches between versions are no longer provided. However, that doesn't
-keep us from calculating how large a patch could have been. Which is
+keep us from calculating how large a patch could have been. Which is
shown in the table below. Unless noted otherwise, the size mentioned is
the patch to bring version x.y.z to x.y.z+1.
Jarkko Hietaniemi <F<jhi@iki.fi>>.
Thanks to the collective memory of the Perlfolk. In addition to the
-Keepers of the Pumpkin also Alan Champion, Mark Dominus,
-Andreas König, John Macdonald, Matthias Neeracher, Jeff Okamoto,
+Keepers of the Pumpkin also Alan Champion, Mark Dominus,
+Andreas KE<0xf6>nig, John Macdonald, Matthias Neeracher, Jeff Okamoto,
Michael Peppler, Randal Schwartz, and Paul D. Smith sent corrections
and additions. Abigail added file and patch size data for the 5.6.0 - 5.10
era.
https://perl5.git.perl.org / perl5.git / blobdiff