X-Git-Url: https://perl5.git.perl.org/perl5.git/blobdiff_plain/a45445a7d0d4f0358c20413c3cf5917153ad7286..41c353c0b83ede9b2c7cf371b4e25f1525bb4ef4:/pod/perlhist.pod diff --git a/pod/perlhist.pod b/pod/perlhist.pod index 26af131..fc2f6ae 100644 --- a/pod/perlhist.pod +++ b/pod/perlhist.pod @@ -1,3 +1,5 @@ +=encoding utf8 + =head1 NAME perlhist - the Perl history records @@ -26,12 +28,18 @@ Larry Wall, Andy Dougherty, Tom Christiansen, Charles Bailey, Nick 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. +Leon Brocard, Dave Mitchell, Jesse Vincent, Ricardo Signes, Steve Hay, +Matt S Trout, David Golden, Florian Ragwitz, Tatsuhiko Miyagawa, +Chris C Williams, Zefram, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Stevan +Little, Dave Rolsky, Max Maischein, Abigail, Jesse Luehrs, Tony Cook, +Dominic Hargreaves, and Aaron Crane. =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: @@ -40,7 +48,7 @@ potato) but none caught on. Then, Chip asked: Who has the patch pumpkin? -To explain: David Croy once told me once that at a previous job, +To explain: David Croy once told me that at a previous job, there was one tape drive and multiple systems that used it for backups. But instead of some high-tech exclusion software, they used a low-tech method to prevent multiple simultaneous backups: a stuffed pumpkin. @@ -68,7 +76,7 @@ the strings?). 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 @@ -307,7 +315,8 @@ the strings?). 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 @@ -323,6 +332,7 @@ the strings?). 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 @@ -345,7 +355,8 @@ the strings?). 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 @@ -362,8 +373,10 @@ the strings?). 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 @@ -390,7 +403,7 @@ the strings?). 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 @@ -398,7 +411,90 @@ the strings?). 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 + + 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 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 + Dominic 5.12.5 2012-Nov-10 + + 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 + Dominic 5.14.3 2012-Oct-12 + + 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 The 5.16 maintenance track + Ricardo 5.16.1 2012-Aug-08 + Ricardo 5.16.2 2012-Nov-01 + + Zefram 5.17.0 2012-May-26 The 5.17 development track + Jesse L 5.17.1 2012-Jun-20 + TonyC 5.17.2 2012-Jul-20 + Steve 5.17.3 2012-Aug-20 + Florian 5.17.4 2012-Sep-20 + Florian 5.17.5 2012-Oct-20 + Ricardo 5.17.6 2012-Nov-20 + Dave R 5.17.7 2012-Dec-18 + Aaron 5.17.8 2013-Jan-20 =head2 SELECTED RELEASE SIZES @@ -409,68 +505,75 @@ explained below. release core lib ext t doc ====================================================================== - 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Just the lines themselves are @@ -641,7 +947,7 @@ context diff output format. 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. @@ -675,9 +981,10 @@ the patch to bring version x.y.z to x.y.z+1. Jarkko Hietaniemi >. 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. +and additions. Abigail added file and patch size data for the 5.6.0 - 5.10 +era. =cut