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=pod

=head1 NAME

perlhist - the Perl history records

=for RCS

=begin RCS

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# $Id: perlhist.pod,v 1.2 2000/01/24 11:44:47 jhi Exp $
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=end RCS

=head1 DESCRIPTION

This document aims to record the Perl source code releases.

=head1 INTRODUCTION

Perl history in brief, by Larry Wall:

    Perl 0 introduced Perl to my officemates.
    Perl 1 introduced Perl to the world, and changed /\(...\|...\)/ to
        /(...|...)/.  \(Dan Faigin still hasn't forgiven me. :-\)
    Perl 2 introduced Henry Spencer's regular expression package.
    Perl 3 introduced the ability to handle binary data (embedded nulls).
    Perl 4 introduced the first Camel book.  Really.  We mostly just
        switched version numbers so the book could refer to 4.000.
    Perl 5 introduced everything else, including the ability to
        introduce everything else.

=head1 THE KEEPERS OF THE PUMPKIN

Larry Wall, Andy Dougherty, Tom Christiansen, Charles Bailey, Nick
Ing-Simmons, Chip Salzenberg, Tim Bunce, Malcolm Beattie, Gurusamy
Sarathy, Graham Barr.

=head2 PUMPKIN?

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

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:

[begin quote]

   Who has the patch pumpkin?

To explain:  David Croy once told me once 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.
No one was allowed to make backups unless they had the "backup pumpkin".

[end quote]

The name has stuck.  The holder of the pumpkin is sometimes called
the pumpking (keeping the source afloat?) or the pumpkineer (pulling
the strings?).

=head1 THE RECORDS

 Pump-  Release         Date            Notes
 king                                   (by no means
                                         comprehensive,
                                         see Changes*
                                         for details)
 ===========================================================================

 Larry   0              Classified.     Don't ask.

 Larry   1.000          1987-Dec-18

          1.001..10     1988-Jan-30
          1.011..14     1988-Feb-02

 Larry   2.000          1988-Jun-05

          2.001         1988-Jun-28

 Larry   3.000          1989-Oct-18

          3.001         1989-Oct-26
          3.002..4      1989-Nov-11
          3.005         1989-Nov-18
          3.006..8      1989-Dec-22
          3.009..13     1990-Mar-02
          3.014         1990-Mar-13
          3.015         1990-Mar-14
          3.016..18     1990-Mar-28
          3.019..27     1990-Aug-10     User subs.
          3.028         1990-Aug-14
          3.029..36     1990-Oct-17
          3.037         1990-Oct-20
          3.040         1990-Nov-10
          3.041         1990-Nov-13
          3.042..43     1990-Jan-??
          3.044         1991-Jan-12

 Larry   4.000          1991-Mar-21

          4.001..3      1991-Apr-12
          4.004..9      1991-Jun-07
          4.010         1991-Jun-10
          4.011..18     1991-Nov-05
          4.019         1991-Nov-11     Stable.
          4.020..33     1992-Jun-08
          4.034         1992-Jun-11
          4.035         1992-Jun-23
 Larry    4.036         1993-Feb-05     Very stable.

          5.000alpha1   1993-Jul-31
          5.000alpha2   1993-Aug-16
          5.000alpha3   1993-Oct-10
          5.000alpha4   1993-???-??
          5.000alpha5   1993-???-??
          5.000alpha6   1994-Mar-18
          5.000alpha7   1994-Mar-25
 Andy     5.000alpha8   1994-Apr-04
 Larry    5.000alpha9   1994-May-05     ext appears.
          5.000alpha10  1994-Jun-11
          5.000alpha11  1994-Jul-01
 Andy     5.000a11a     1994-Jul-07     To fit 14.
          5.000a11b     1994-Jul-14
          5.000a11c     1994-Jul-19
          5.000a11d     1994-Jul-22
 Larry    5.000alpha12  1994-Aug-04
 Andy     5.000a12a     1994-Aug-08
          5.000a12b     1994-Aug-15
          5.000a12c     1994-Aug-22
          5.000a12d     1994-Aug-22
          5.000a12e     1994-Aug-22
          5.000a12f     1994-Aug-24
          5.000a12g     1994-Aug-24
          5.000a12h     1994-Aug-24
 Larry    5.000beta1    1994-Aug-30
 Andy     5.000b1a      1994-Sep-06
 Larry    5.000beta2    1994-Sep-14     Core slushified.
 Andy     5.000b2a      1994-Sep-14
          5.000b2b      1994-Sep-17
          5.000b2c      1994-Sep-17
 Larry    5.000beta3    1994-Sep-??
 Andy     5.000b3a      1994-Sep-18
          5.000b3b      1994-Sep-22
          5.000b3c      1994-Sep-23
          5.000b3d      1994-Sep-27
          5.000b3e      1994-Sep-28
          5.000b3f      1994-Sep-30
          5.000b3g      1994-Oct-04
 Andy     5.000b3h      1994-Oct-07
 Larry?   5.000gamma    1994-Oct-13?

 Larry   5.000          1994-Oct-17

 Andy     5.000a        1994-Dec-19
          5.000b        1995-Jan-18
          5.000c        1995-Jan-18
          5.000d        1995-Jan-18
          5.000e        1995-Jan-18
          5.000f        1995-Jan-18
          5.000g        1995-Jan-18
          5.000h        1995-Jan-18
          5.000i        1995-Jan-26
          5.000j        1995-Feb-07
          5.000k        1995-Feb-11
          5.000l        1995-Feb-21
          5.000m        1995-Feb-28
          5.000n        1995-Mar-07
          5.000o        1995-Mar-13?

 Larry   5.001          1995-Mar-13

 Andy     5.001a        1995-Mar-15
          5.001b        1995-Mar-31
          5.001c        1995-Apr-07
          5.001d        1995-Apr-14
          5.001e        1995-Apr-18     Stable.
          5.001f        1995-May-31
          5.001g        1995-May-25
          5.001h        1995-May-25
          5.001i        1995-May-30
          5.001j        1995-Jun-05
          5.001k        1995-Jun-06
          5.001l        1995-Jun-06     Stable.
          5.001m        1995-Jul-02     Very stable.
          5.001n        1995-Oct-31     Very unstable.
          5.002beta1    1995-Nov-21
          5.002b1a      1995-Dec-04
          5.002b1b      1995-Dec-04
          5.002b1c      1995-Dec-04
          5.002b1d      1995-Dec-04
          5.002b1e      1995-Dec-08
          5.002b1f      1995-Dec-08
 Tom      5.002b1g      1995-Dec-21     Doc release.
 Andy     5.002b1h      1996-Jan-05
          5.002b2       1996-Jan-14
 Larry    5.002b3       1996-Feb-02
 Andy     5.002gamma    1996-Feb-11
 Larry    5.002delta    1996-Feb-27

 Larry   5.002          1996-Feb-29     Prototypes.

 Charles  5.002_01      1996-Mar-25

         5.003          1996-Jun-25     Security release.

          5.003_01      1996-Jul-31
 Nick     5.003_02      1996-Aug-10
 Andy     5.003_03      1996-Aug-28
          5.003_04      1996-Sep-02
          5.003_05      1996-Sep-12
          5.003_06      1996-Oct-07
          5.003_07      1996-Oct-10
 Chip     5.003_08      1996-Nov-19
          5.003_09      1996-Nov-26
          5.003_10      1996-Nov-29
          5.003_11      1996-Dec-06
          5.003_12      1996-Dec-19
          5.003_13      1996-Dec-20
          5.003_14      1996-Dec-23
          5.003_15      1996-Dec-23
          5.003_16      1996-Dec-24
          5.003_17      1996-Dec-27
          5.003_18      1996-Dec-31
          5.003_19      1997-Jan-04
          5.003_20      1997-Jan-07
          5.003_21      1997-Jan-15
          5.003_22      1997-Jan-16
          5.003_23      1997-Jan-25
          5.003_24      1997-Jan-29
          5.003_25      1997-Feb-04
          5.003_26      1997-Feb-10
          5.003_27      1997-Feb-18
          5.003_28      1997-Feb-21
          5.003_90      1997-Feb-25     Ramping up to the 5.004 release.
          5.003_91      1997-Mar-01
          5.003_92      1997-Mar-06
          5.003_93      1997-Mar-10
          5.003_94      1997-Mar-22
          5.003_95      1997-Mar-25
          5.003_96      1997-Apr-01
          5.003_97      1997-Apr-03     Fairly widely used.
          5.003_97a     1997-Apr-05
          5.003_97b     1997-Apr-08
          5.003_97c     1997-Apr-10
          5.003_97d     1997-Apr-13
          5.003_97e     1997-Apr-15
          5.003_97f     1997-Apr-17
          5.003_97g     1997-Apr-18
          5.003_97h     1997-Apr-24
          5.003_97i     1997-Apr-25
          5.003_97j     1997-Apr-28
          5.003_98      1997-Apr-30
          5.003_99      1997-May-01
          5.003_99a     1997-May-09
          p54rc1        1997-May-12     Release Candidates.
          p54rc2        1997-May-14

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

 Tim      5.004_01      1997-Jun-13     The 5.004 maintenance track.
          5.004_02      1997-Aug-07
          5.004_03      1997-Sep-05
          5.004_04      1997-Oct-15
          5.004m5t1     1998-Mar-04     Maintenance Trials (for 5.004_05).
          5.004_04-m2   1997-May-01
          5.004_04-m3   1998-May-15
          5.004_04-m4   1998-May-19
          5.004_04-MT5  1998-Jul-21
          5.004_04-MT6  1998-Oct-09
          5.004_04-MT7  1998-Nov-22
          5.004_04-MT8  1998-Dec-03
 Chip     5.004_04-MT9  1999-Apr-26
          5.004_05	1999-Apr-29

 Malcolm  5.004_50      1997-Sep-09     The 5.005 development track.
          5.004_51      1997-Oct-02
          5.004_52      1997-Oct-15
          5.004_53      1997-Oct-16
          5.004_54      1997-Nov-14
          5.004_55      1997-Nov-25
          5.004_56      1997-Dec-18
          5.004_57      1998-Feb-03
          5.004_58      1998-Feb-06
          5.004_59      1998-Feb-13
          5.004_60      1998-Feb-20
          5.004_61      1998-Feb-27
          5.004_62      1998-Mar-06
          5.004_63      1998-Mar-17
          5.004_64      1998-Apr-03
          5.004_65      1998-May-15
          5.004_66      1998-May-29
 Sarathy  5.004_67      1998-Jun-15
          5.004_68      1998-Jun-23
          5.004_69      1998-Jun-29
          5.004_70      1998-Jul-06
          5.004_71      1998-Jul-09
          5.004_72      1998-Jul-12
          5.004_73      1998-Jul-13
          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_01      1998-Jul-27     The 5.005 maintenance track.
          5.005_02-T1   1998-Aug-02
          5.005_02-T2   1998-Aug-05
          5.005_02      1998-Aug-08
 Graham   5.005_03-MT1  1998-Nov-30
          5.005_03-MT2  1999-Jan-04
          5.005_03-MT3  1999-Jan-17
          5.005_03-MT4  1999-Jan-26
          5.005_03-MT5  1999-Jan-28
          5.005_03      1999-Mar-28
 Chip     5.005_04	2000-***-**

 Sarathy  5.005_50      1998-Jul-26     The 5.6 development track.
          5.005_51      1998-Aug-10
          5.005_52      1998-Sep-25
          5.005_53      1998-Oct-31
          5.005_54      1998-Nov-30
          5.005_55      1999-Feb-16
          5.005_56      1999-Mar-01
          5.005_57      1999-May-25
	  5.005_58	1999-Jul-27
	  5.005_59	1999-Aug-02
	  5.005_60	1999-Aug-02
	  5.005_61	1999-Aug-20
	  5.005_62	1999-Oct-15
	  5.005_63	1999-Dec-09
	  5.5.640	2000-Feb-02
	  5.5.650	2000-Feb-08	5.6 beta1

=head2 SELECTED RELEASE SIZES

For example the notation "core: 212  29" in the release 1.000 means that
it had in the core 212 kilobytes, in 29 files.  The "core".."doc" are
explained below.

 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

The "core"..."doc" mean the following files from the Perl source code
distribution.  The glob notation ** means recursively, (.) means
regular files.

 core   *.[hcy]
 lib    lib/**/*.p[ml]
 ext    ext/**/*.{[hcyt],xs,pm}
 t      t/**/*(.)
 doc    {README*,INSTALL,*[_.]man{,.?},pod/**/*.pod}

Here are some statistics for the other subdirectories and one file in
the Perl source distribution for somewhat more selected releases.

 ======================================================================
   Legend:  kB   #

            1.014   2.001   3.044   4.000   4.019   4.036

 atarist      -  -    -  -    -  -    -  -    -  -  113 31
 Configure   31  1   37  1   62  1   73  1   83  1   86  1
 eg           -  -   34 28   47 39   47 39   47 39   47 39
 emacs        -  -    -  -    -  -   67  4   67  4   67  4
 h2pl         -  -    -  -   12 12   12 12   12 12   12 12
 hints        -  -    -  -    -  -    -  -    5 42   11 56
 msdos        -  -    -  -   41 13   57 15   58 15   60 15
 os2          -  -    -  -   63 22   81 29   81 29  113 31
 usub         -  -    -  -   21 16   25  7   43  8   43  8
 x2p        103 17  104 17  137 17  147 18  152 19  154 19

 ======================================================================

            5.000a2 5.000a12h 5.000b3h 5.000  5.001m  5.002   5.003

 atarist    113 31  113 31    -  -      -  -    -  -    -  -    -  -
 bench        -  -    0  1    -  -      -  -    -  -    -  -    -  -
 Bugs         2  5   26  1    -  -      -  -    -  -    -  -    -  -
 dlperl      40  5    -  -    -  -      -  -    -  -    -  -    -  -
 do         127 71    -  -    -  -      -  -    -  -    -  -    -  -
 Configure    -  -  153  1  159  1    160  1  180  1  201  1  201  1
 Doc          -  -   26  1   75  7     11  1   11  1    -  -    -  -
 eg          79 58   53 44   51 43     54 44   54 44   54 44   54 44
 emacs       67  4  104  6  104  6    104  1  104  6  108  1  108  1
 h2pl        12 12   12 12   12 12     12 12   12 12   12 12   12 12
 hints       11 56   12 46   18 48     18 48   44 56   73 59   77 60
 msdos       60 15   60 15    -  -      -  -    -  -    -  -    -  -
 os2        113 31  113 31    -  -      -  -    -  -   84 17   56 10
 U            -  -   62  8  112 42      -  -    -  -    -  -    -  -
 usub        43  8    -  -    -  -      -  -    -  -    -  -    -  -
 utils        -  -    -  -    -  -      -  -    -  -   87  7   88  7
 vms          -  -   80  7  123  9    184 15  304 20  500 24  475 26
 x2p        171 22  171 21  162 20    162 20  279 20  280 20  280 20

 ======================================================================

            5.003_07 5.004   5.004_04 5.004_62 5.004_65 5.004_68

 beos         -  -     -  -    -  -     -  -     1   1    1   1
 Configure  217  1   225  1  225  1   240  1   248   1  256   1
 cygwin32     -  -    23  5   23  5    23  5    24   5   24   5
 djgpp        -  -     -  -    -  -    14  5    14   5   14   5
 eg          54 44    81 62   81 62    81 62    81  62   81  62
 emacs      143  1   194  1  204  1   212  2   212   2  212   2
 h2pl        12 12    12 12   12 12    12 12    12  12   12  12
 hints       90 62   129 69  132 71   144 72   151  74  155  74
 os2        117 42   121 42  127 42   127 44   129  44  129  44
 plan9       79 15    82 15   82 15    82 15    82  15   82  15
 Porting     51  1    94  2  109  4   203  6   234   8  241   9
 qnx          -  -     1  2    1  2     1  2     1   2    1   2
 utils       97  7   112  8  118  8   124  8   156   9  159   9
 vms        505 27   518 34  524 34   538 34   569  34  569  34
 win32        -  -   285 33  378 36   470 39   493  39  575  41
 x2p        280 19   281 19  281 19   281 19   282  19  281  19

 ======================================================================

            5.004_70 5.004_73 5.004_75  5.005  5.005_03

 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  
 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
 h2pl        12  12   12  12   12  12   12  12	 12  12
 hints      157  74  157  74  159  74  160  74	179  77
 mint         -   -    -   -    -   -    -   -	  4   7
 mpeix        -   -    -   -    5   3    5   3	  5   3
 os2        129  44  139  44  142  44  143  44	148  44
 plan9       82  15   82  15   82  15   82  15	 82  15
 Porting    241   9  253   9  259  10  264  12	272  13
 qnx          1   2    1   2    1   2    1   2	  1   2
 utils      160   9  160   9  160   9  160   9	164   9
 vms        570  34  572  34  573  34  575  34	583  34
 vos          -   -    -   -    -   -    -   -	156  10
 win32      577  41  585  41  585  41  587  41	600  42
 x2p        281  19  281  19  281  19  281  19	281  19

=head2 SELECTED PATCH SIZES

The "diff lines kb" means that for example the patch 5.003_08, to be
applied on top of the 5.003_07 (or whatever was before the 5.003_08)
added lines for 110 kilobytes, it removed lines for 19 kilobytes, and
changed lines for 424 kilobytes.  Just the lines themselves are
counted, not their context.  The "+ - !" become from the diff(1)
context diff output format.

 Pump-  Release         Date           diff lines kB
 king                                  -------------
                                          +   -   !
 ===========================================================================

 Chip     5.003_08      1996-Nov-19     110  19 424
          5.003_09      1996-Nov-26      38   9 248
          5.003_10      1996-Nov-29      29   2  27
          5.003_11      1996-Dec-06      73  12 165
          5.003_12      1996-Dec-19     275   6 436
          5.003_13      1996-Dec-20      95   1  56
          5.003_14      1996-Dec-23      23   7 333
          5.003_15      1996-Dec-23       0   0   1
          5.003_16      1996-Dec-24      12   3  50
          5.003_17      1996-Dec-27      19   1  14
          5.003_18      1996-Dec-31      21   1  32
          5.003_19      1997-Jan-04      80   3  85
          5.003_20      1997-Jan-07      18   1 146
          5.003_21      1997-Jan-15      38  10 221
          5.003_22      1997-Jan-16       4   0  18
          5.003_23      1997-Jan-25      71  15 119
          5.003_24      1997-Jan-29     426   1  20
          5.003_25      1997-Feb-04      21   8 169
          5.003_26      1997-Feb-10      16   1  15
          5.003_27      1997-Feb-18      32  10  38
          5.003_28      1997-Feb-21      58   4  66
          5.003_90      1997-Feb-25      22   2  34
          5.003_91      1997-Mar-01      37   1  39
          5.003_92      1997-Mar-06      16   3  69
          5.003_93      1997-Mar-10      12   3  15
          5.003_94      1997-Mar-22     407   7 200
          5.003_95      1997-Mar-25      41   1  37
          5.003_96      1997-Apr-01     283   5 261
          5.003_97      1997-Apr-03      13   2  34
          5.003_97a     1997-Apr-05      57   1  27
          5.003_97b     1997-Apr-08      14   1  20
          5.003_97c     1997-Apr-10      20   1  16
          5.003_97d     1997-Apr-13       8   0  16
          5.003_97e     1997-Apr-15      15   4  46
          5.003_97f     1997-Apr-17       7   1  33
          5.003_97g     1997-Apr-18       6   1  42
          5.003_97h     1997-Apr-24      23   3  68
          5.003_97i     1997-Apr-25      23   1  31
          5.003_97j     1997-Apr-28      36   1  49
          5.003_98      1997-Apr-30     171  12 539
          5.003_99      1997-May-01       6   0   7
          5.003_99a     1997-May-09      36   2  61
          p54rc1        1997-May-12       8   1  11
          p54rc2        1997-May-14       6   0  40

        5.004           1997-May-15       4   0   4

 Tim      5.004_01      1997-Jun-13     222  14  57
          5.004_02      1997-Aug-07     112  16 119
          5.004_03      1997-Sep-05     109   0  17
          5.004_04      1997-Oct-15      66   8 173

=head1 THE KEEPERS OF THE RECORDS

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, Andreas König, John
Macdonald, Matthias Neeracher, Jeff Okamoto, Michael Peppler,
Randal Schwartz, and Paul D. Smith sent corrections and additions.

=cut
Commit	Line	Data
cac726e9	1	=pod
	2
	3	=head1 NAME
	4
	5	perlhist - the Perl history records
	6
	7	=for RCS
7711098a	8
0cb96387	9	=begin RCS
0cb96387	10
cac726e9	11	#
52d4d313	12	# $Id: perlhist.pod,v 1.2 2000/01/24 11:44:47 jhi Exp $
cac726e9	13	#
7711098a	14
cac726e9	15	=end RCS
	16
	17	=head1 DESCRIPTION
	18
	19	This document aims to record the Perl source code releases.
	20
	21	=head1 INTRODUCTION
	22
	23	Perl history in brief, by Larry Wall:
	24
a3cb178b	25	Perl 0 introduced Perl to my officemates.
a3cb178b	26	Perl 1 introduced Perl to the world, and changed /\(...\\|...\)/ to
d516a115	27	/(...\|...)/. \(Dan Faigin still hasn't forgiven me. :-\)
cac726e9	28	Perl 2 introduced Henry Spencer's regular expression package.
	29	Perl 3 introduced the ability to handle binary data (embedded nulls).
	30	Perl 4 introduced the first Camel book. Really. We mostly just
d516a115	31	switched version numbers so the book could refer to 4.000.
cac726e9	32	Perl 5 introduced everything else, including the ability to
d516a115	33	introduce everything else.
cac726e9	34
	35	=head1 THE KEEPERS OF THE PUMPKIN
	36
7b8d334a	37	Larry Wall, Andy Dougherty, Tom Christiansen, Charles Bailey, Nick
193fb0af	38	Ing-Simmons, Chip Salzenberg, Tim Bunce, Malcolm Beattie, Gurusamy
eea97dc2	39	Sarathy, Graham Barr.
cac726e9	40
	41	=head2 PUMPKIN?
	42
	43	[from Porting/pumpkin.pod in the Perl source code distribution]
	44
	45	Chip Salzenberg gets credit for that, with a nod to his cow orker,
	46	David Croy. We had passed around various names (baton, token, hot
	47	potato) but none caught on. Then, Chip asked:
	48
	49	[begin quote]
	50
	51	Who has the patch pumpkin?
	52
	53	To explain: David Croy once told me once that at a previous job,
	54	there was one tape drive and multiple systems that used it for backups.
	55	But instead of some high-tech exclusion software, they used a low-tech
	56	method to prevent multiple simultaneous backups: a stuffed pumpkin.
	57	No one was allowed to make backups unless they had the "backup pumpkin".
	58
	59	[end quote]
	60
	61	The name has stuck. The holder of the pumpkin is sometimes called
193fb0af	62	the pumpking (keeping the source afloat?) or the pumpkineer (pulling
193fb0af	63	the strings?).
cac726e9	64
	65	=head1 THE RECORDS
	66
	67	Pump- Release Date Notes
	68	king (by no means
	69	comprehensive,
	70	see Changes*
	71	for details)
	72	===========================================================================
	73
d516a115	74	Larry 0 Classified. Don't ask.
cac726e9	75
cac726e9	76	Larry 1.000 1987-Dec-18
eea97dc2	77
cac726e9	78	1.001..10 1988-Jan-30
cac726e9	79	1.011..14 1988-Feb-02
eea97dc2	80
cac726e9	81	Larry 2.000 1988-Jun-05
eea97dc2	82
cac726e9	83	2.001 1988-Jun-28
eea97dc2	84
cac726e9	85	Larry 3.000 1989-Oct-18
eea97dc2	86
cac726e9	87	3.001 1989-Oct-26
	88	3.002..4 1989-Nov-11
	89	3.005 1989-Nov-18
	90	3.006..8 1989-Dec-22
	91	3.009..13 1990-Mar-02
	92	3.014 1990-Mar-13
	93	3.015 1990-Mar-14
	94	3.016..18 1990-Mar-28
d516a115	95	3.019..27 1990-Aug-10 User subs.
cac726e9	96	3.028 1990-Aug-14
	97	3.029..36 1990-Oct-17
	98	3.037 1990-Oct-20
	99	3.040 1990-Nov-10
	100	3.041 1990-Nov-13
193fb0af	101	3.042..43 1990-Jan-??
cac726e9	102	3.044 1991-Jan-12
eea97dc2	103
cac726e9	104	Larry 4.000 1991-Mar-21
eea97dc2	105
cac726e9	106	4.001..3 1991-Apr-12
	107	4.004..9 1991-Jun-07
	108	4.010 1991-Jun-10
	109	4.011..18 1991-Nov-05
d516a115	110	4.019 1991-Nov-11 Stable.
cac726e9	111	4.020..33 1992-Jun-08
	112	4.034 1992-Jun-11
	113	4.035 1992-Jun-23
d516a115	114	Larry 4.036 1993-Feb-05 Very stable.
eea97dc2	115
cac726e9	116	5.000alpha1 1993-Jul-31
	117	5.000alpha2 1993-Aug-16
	118	5.000alpha3 1993-Oct-10
	119	5.000alpha4 1993-???-??
	120	5.000alpha5 1993-???-??
193fb0af	121	5.000alpha6 1994-Mar-18
ac580030	122	5.000alpha7 1994-Mar-25
cac726e9	123	Andy 5.000alpha8 1994-Apr-04
d516a115	124	Larry 5.000alpha9 1994-May-05 ext appears.
93e0d802	125	5.000alpha10 1994-Jun-11
93e0d802	126	5.000alpha11 1994-Jul-01
d516a115	127	Andy 5.000a11a 1994-Jul-07 To fit 14.
cac726e9	128	5.000a11b 1994-Jul-14
	129	5.000a11c 1994-Jul-19
	130	5.000a11d 1994-Jul-22
93e0d802	131	Larry 5.000alpha12 1994-Aug-04
cac726e9	132	Andy 5.000a12a 1994-Aug-08
	133	5.000a12b 1994-Aug-15
	134	5.000a12c 1994-Aug-22
	135	5.000a12d 1994-Aug-22
	136	5.000a12e 1994-Aug-22
	137	5.000a12f 1994-Aug-24
	138	5.000a12g 1994-Aug-24
	139	5.000a12h 1994-Aug-24
93e0d802	140	Larry 5.000beta1 1994-Aug-30
93e0d802	141	Andy 5.000b1a 1994-Sep-06
d516a115	142	Larry 5.000beta2 1994-Sep-14 Core slushified.
cac726e9	143	Andy 5.000b2a 1994-Sep-14
	144	5.000b2b 1994-Sep-17
	145	5.000b2c 1994-Sep-17
193fb0af	146	Larry 5.000beta3 1994-Sep-??
cac726e9	147	Andy 5.000b3a 1994-Sep-18
	148	5.000b3b 1994-Sep-22
	149	5.000b3c 1994-Sep-23
	150	5.000b3d 1994-Sep-27
	151	5.000b3e 1994-Sep-28
	152	5.000b3f 1994-Sep-30
	153	5.000b3g 1994-Oct-04
	154	Andy 5.000b3h 1994-Oct-07
ac580030	155	Larry? 5.000gamma 1994-Oct-13?
eea97dc2	156
a7f7c56a	157	Larry 5.000 1994-Oct-17
eea97dc2	158
cac726e9	159	Andy 5.000a 1994-Dec-19
	160	5.000b 1995-Jan-18
	161	5.000c 1995-Jan-18
	162	5.000d 1995-Jan-18
	163	5.000e 1995-Jan-18
	164	5.000f 1995-Jan-18
	165	5.000g 1995-Jan-18
	166	5.000h 1995-Jan-18
	167	5.000i 1995-Jan-26
	168	5.000j 1995-Feb-07
	169	5.000k 1995-Feb-11
	170	5.000l 1995-Feb-21
93e0d802	171	5.000m 1995-Feb-28
cac726e9	172	5.000n 1995-Mar-07
ac580030	173	5.000o 1995-Mar-13?
eea97dc2	174
cac726e9	175	Larry 5.001 1995-Mar-13
eea97dc2	176
cac726e9	177	Andy 5.001a 1995-Mar-15
	178	5.001b 1995-Mar-31
	179	5.001c 1995-Apr-07
	180	5.001d 1995-Apr-14
d516a115	181	5.001e 1995-Apr-18 Stable.
cac726e9	182	5.001f 1995-May-31
	183	5.001g 1995-May-25
	184	5.001h 1995-May-25
	185	5.001i 1995-May-30
	186	5.001j 1995-Jun-05
	187	5.001k 1995-Jun-06
d516a115	188	5.001l 1995-Jun-06 Stable.
	189	5.001m 1995-Jul-02 Very stable.
	190	5.001n 1995-Oct-31 Very unstable.
cac726e9	191	5.002beta1 1995-Nov-21
93e0d802	192	5.002b1a 1995-Dec-04
cac726e9	193	5.002b1b 1995-Dec-04
	194	5.002b1c 1995-Dec-04
	195	5.002b1d 1995-Dec-04
	196	5.002b1e 1995-Dec-08
	197	5.002b1f 1995-Dec-08
d516a115	198	Tom 5.002b1g 1995-Dec-21 Doc release.
cac726e9	199	Andy 5.002b1h 1996-Jan-05
d516a115	200	5.002b2 1996-Jan-14
d516a115	201	Larry 5.002b3 1996-Feb-02
cac726e9	202	Andy 5.002gamma 1996-Feb-11
cac726e9	203	Larry 5.002delta 1996-Feb-27
eea97dc2	204
	205	Larry 5.002 1996-Feb-29 Prototypes.
	206
cac726e9	207	Charles 5.002_01 1996-Mar-25
eea97dc2	208
d516a115	209	5.003 1996-Jun-25 Security release.
eea97dc2	210
cac726e9	211	5.003_01 1996-Jul-31
	212	Nick 5.003_02 1996-Aug-10
	213	Andy 5.003_03 1996-Aug-28
	214	5.003_04 1996-Sep-02
	215	5.003_05 1996-Sep-12
	216	5.003_06 1996-Oct-07
	217	5.003_07 1996-Oct-10
	218	Chip 5.003_08 1996-Nov-19
	219	5.003_09 1996-Nov-26
	220	5.003_10 1996-Nov-29
	221	5.003_11 1996-Dec-06
	222	5.003_12 1996-Dec-19
	223	5.003_13 1996-Dec-20
	224	5.003_14 1996-Dec-23
	225	5.003_15 1996-Dec-23
	226	5.003_16 1996-Dec-24
	227	5.003_17 1996-Dec-27
	228	5.003_18 1996-Dec-31
	229	5.003_19 1997-Jan-04
	230	5.003_20 1997-Jan-07
	231	5.003_21 1997-Jan-15
	232	5.003_22 1997-Jan-16
	233	5.003_23 1997-Jan-25
	234	5.003_24 1997-Jan-29
	235	5.003_25 1997-Feb-04
	236	5.003_26 1997-Feb-10
	237	5.003_27 1997-Feb-18
	238	5.003_28 1997-Feb-21
d516a115	239	5.003_90 1997-Feb-25 Ramping up to the 5.004 release.
cac726e9	240	5.003_91 1997-Mar-01
	241	5.003_92 1997-Mar-06
	242	5.003_93 1997-Mar-10
	243	5.003_94 1997-Mar-22
	244	5.003_95 1997-Mar-25
	245	5.003_96 1997-Apr-01
d516a115	246	5.003_97 1997-Apr-03 Fairly widely used.
cac726e9	247	5.003_97a 1997-Apr-05
	248	5.003_97b 1997-Apr-08
	249	5.003_97c 1997-Apr-10
	250	5.003_97d 1997-Apr-13
	251	5.003_97e 1997-Apr-15
	252	5.003_97f 1997-Apr-17
	253	5.003_97g 1997-Apr-18
	254	5.003_97h 1997-Apr-24
	255	5.003_97i 1997-Apr-25
	256	5.003_97j 1997-Apr-28
	257	5.003_98 1997-Apr-30
	258	5.003_99 1997-May-01
	259	5.003_99a 1997-May-09
d516a115	260	p54rc1 1997-May-12 Release Candidates.
eea97dc2	261	p54rc2 1997-May-14
eea97dc2	262
d516a115	263	Chip 5.004 1997-May-15 A major maintenance release.
eea97dc2	264
d516a115	265	Tim 5.004_01 1997-Jun-13 The 5.004 maintenance track.
cac726e9	266	5.004_02 1997-Aug-07
	267	5.004_03 1997-Sep-05
	268	5.004_04 1997-Oct-15
193fb0af	269	5.004m5t1 1998-Mar-04 Maintenance Trials (for 5.004_05).
	270	5.004_04-m2 1997-May-01
	271	5.004_04-m3 1998-May-15
eea97dc2	272	5.004_04-m4 1998-May-19
eea97dc2	273	5.004_04-MT5 1998-Jul-21
12940611	274	5.004_04-MT6 1998-Oct-09
67603e36	275	5.004_04-MT7 1998-Nov-22
67603e36	276	5.004_04-MT8 1998-Dec-03
4bb3e0da	277	Chip 5.004_04-MT9 1999-Apr-26
4bb3e0da	278	5.004_05 1999-Apr-29
eea97dc2	279
d516a115	280	Malcolm 5.004_50 1997-Sep-09 The 5.005 development track.
cac726e9	281	5.004_51 1997-Oct-02
	282	5.004_52 1997-Oct-15
	283	5.004_53 1997-Oct-16
	284	5.004_54 1997-Nov-14
	285	5.004_55 1997-Nov-25
	286	5.004_56 1997-Dec-18
d516a115	287	5.004_57 1998-Feb-03
	288	5.004_58 1998-Feb-06
	289	5.004_59 1998-Feb-13
a3cb178b	290	5.004_60 1998-Feb-20
	291	5.004_61 1998-Feb-27
	292	5.004_62 1998-Mar-06
7b8d334a	293	5.004_63 1998-Mar-17
7b8d334a	294	5.004_64 1998-Apr-03
193fb0af	295	5.004_65 1998-May-15
	296	5.004_66 1998-May-29
	297	Sarathy 5.004_67 1998-Jun-15
4ebdfc99	298	5.004_68 1998-Jun-23
4ebdfc99	299	5.004_69 1998-Jun-29
429b3afa	300	5.004_70 1998-Jul-06
429b3afa	301	5.004_71 1998-Jul-09
05fc92f1	302	5.004_72 1998-Jul-12
05fc92f1	303	5.004_73 1998-Jul-13
eea97dc2	304	5.004_74 1998-Jul-14 5.005 beta candidate.
	305	5.004_75 1998-Jul-15 5.005 beta1.
	306	5.004_76 1998-Jul-21 5.005 beta2.
	307	5.005 1998-Jul-22 Oneperl.
	308
	309	Sarathy 5.005_01 1998-Jul-27 The 5.005 maintenance track.
	310	5.005_02-T1 1998-Aug-02
b1ff3570	311	5.005_02-T2 1998-Aug-05
b1ff3570	312	5.005_02 1998-Aug-08
67603e36	313	Graham 5.005_03-MT1 1998-Nov-30
	314	5.005_03-MT2 1999-Jan-04
	315	5.005_03-MT3 1999-Jan-17
	316	5.005_03-MT4 1999-Jan-26
	317	5.005_03-MT5 1999-Jan-28
ba7a42cf	318	5.005_03 1999-Mar-28
52d4d313	319	Chip 5.005_04 2000-*-
eea97dc2	320
87275199	321	Sarathy 5.005_50 1998-Jul-26 The 5.6 development track.
dfe13c55	322	5.005_51 1998-Aug-10
12940611	323	5.005_52 1998-Sep-25
12940611	324	5.005_53 1998-Oct-31
c2444246	325	5.005_54 1998-Nov-30
99ed61e6	326	5.005_55 1999-Feb-16
642c2561	327	5.005_56 1999-Mar-01
ba7a42cf	328	5.005_57 1999-May-25
f29c64d6	329	5.005_58 1999-Jul-27
a502f3d8	330	5.005_59 1999-Aug-02
a388df8c	331	5.005_60 1999-Aug-02
a7f7c56a	332	5.005_61 1999-Aug-20
52d4d313	333	5.005_62 1999-Oct-15
52d4d313	334	5.005_63 1999-Dec-09
151210d1	335	5.5.640 2000-Feb-02
de993576	336	5.5.650 2000-Feb-08 5.6 beta1
cac726e9	337
	338	=head2 SELECTED RELEASE SIZES
	339
	340	For example the notation "core: 212 29" in the release 1.000 means that
	341	it had in the core 212 kilobytes, in 29 files. The "core".."doc" are
	342	explained below.
	343
d516a115	344	release core lib ext t doc
cac726e9	345	======================================================================
cac726e9	346
d516a115	347	1.000 212 29 - - - - 38 51 62 3
	348	1.014 219 29 - - - - 39 52 68 4
	349	2.000 309 31 2 3 - - 55 57 92 4
	350	2.001 312 31 2 3 - - 55 57 94 4
	351	3.000 508 36 24 11 - - 79 73 156 5
	352	3.044 645 37 61 20 - - 90 74 190 6
	353	4.000 635 37 59 20 - - 91 75 198 4
	354	4.019 680 37 85 29 - - 98 76 199 4
	355	4.036 709 37 89 30 - - 98 76 208 5
	356	5.000alpha2 785 50 114 32 - - 112 86 209 5
193fb0af	357	5.000alpha3 801 50 117 33 - - 121 87 209 5
193fb0af	358	5.000alpha9 1022 56 149 43 116 29 125 90 217 6
cac726e9	359	5.000a12h 978 49 140 49 205 46 152 97 228 9
193fb0af	360	5.000b3h 1035 53 232 70 216 38 162 94 218 21
d516a115	361	5.000 1038 53 250 76 216 38 154 92 536 62
	362	5.001m 1071 54 388 82 240 38 159 95 544 29
	363	5.002 1121 54 661 101 287 43 155 94 847 35
	364	5.003 1129 54 680 102 291 43 166 100 853 35
	365	5.003_07 1231 60 748 106 396 53 213 137 976 39
	366	5.004 1351 60 1230 136 408 51 355 161 1587 55
eea97dc2	367	5.004_01 1356 60 1258 138 410 51 358 161 1587 55
d516a115	368	5.004_04 1375 60 1294 139 413 51 394 162 1629 55
4bb3e0da	369	5.004_05 1463 60 1435 150 394 50 445 175 1855 59
d516a115	370	5.004_51 1401 61 1260 140 413 53 358 162 1594 56
	371	5.004_53 1422 62 1295 141 438 70 394 162 1637 56
	372	5.004_56 1501 66 1301 140 447 74 408 165 1648 57
eea97dc2	373	5.004_59 1555 72 1317 142 448 74 424 171 1678 58
193fb0af	374	5.004_62 1602 77 1327 144 629 92 428 173 1674 58
193fb0af	375	5.004_65 1626 77 1358 146 615 92 446 179 1698 60
eea97dc2	376	5.004_68 1856 74 1382 152 619 92 463 187 1784 60
	377	5.004_70 1863 75 1456 154 675 92 494 194 1809 60
	378	5.004_73 1874 76 1467 152 762 102 506 196 1883 61
	379	5.004_75 1877 76 1467 152 770 103 508 196 1896 62
	380	5.005 1896 76 1469 152 795 103 509 197 1945 63
4bb3e0da	381	5.005_03 1936 77 1541 153 813 104 551 201 2176 72
	382	5.005_50 1969 78 1842 301 795 103 514 198 1948 63
	383	5.005_53 1999 79 1885 303 806 104 602 224 2002 67
	384	5.005_56 2086 79 1970 307 866 113 672 238 2221 75
cac726e9	385
	386	The "core"..."doc" mean the following files from the Perl source code
	387	distribution. The glob notation ** means recursively, (.) means
	388	regular files.
	389
d516a115	390	core *.[hcy]
	391	lib lib/*/.p[ml]
	392	ext ext/*/.{[hcyt],xs,pm}
	393	t t/*/(.)
	394	doc {README,INSTALL,[_.]man{,.?},pod/*/.pod}
cac726e9	395
	396	Here are some statistics for the other subdirectories and one file in
	397	the Perl source distribution for somewhat more selected releases.
	398
	399	======================================================================
	400	Legend: kB #
	401
eea97dc2	402	1.014 2.001 3.044 4.000 4.019 4.036
	403
	404	atarist - - - - - - - - - - 113 31
	405	Configure 31 1 37 1 62 1 73 1 83 1 86 1
	406	eg - - 34 28 47 39 47 39 47 39 47 39
	407	emacs - - - - - - 67 4 67 4 67 4
	408	h2pl - - - - 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
	409	hints - - - - - - - - 5 42 11 56
	410	msdos - - - - 41 13 57 15 58 15 60 15
	411	os2 - - - - 63 22 81 29 81 29 113 31
	412	usub - - - - 21 16 25 7 43 8 43 8
	413	x2p 103 17 104 17 137 17 147 18 152 19 154 19
cac726e9	414
	415	======================================================================
	416
eea97dc2	417	5.000a2 5.000a12h 5.000b3h 5.000 5.001m 5.002 5.003
eea97dc2	418
cac726e9	419	atarist 113 31 113 31 - - - - - - - - - -
	420	bench - - 0 1 - - - - - - - - - -
	421	Bugs 2 5 26 1 - - - - - - - - - -
	422	dlperl 40 5 - - - - - - - - - - - -
	423	do 127 71 - - - - - - - - - - - -
eea97dc2	424	Configure - - 153 1 159 1 160 1 180 1 201 1 201 1
	425	Doc - - 26 1 75 7 11 1 11 1 - - - -
	426	eg 79 58 53 44 51 43 54 44 54 44 54 44 54 44
	427	emacs 67 4 104 6 104 6 104 1 104 6 108 1 108 1
	428	h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
	429	hints 11 56 12 46 18 48 18 48 44 56 73 59 77 60
	430	msdos 60 15 60 15 - - - - - - - - - -
	431	os2 113 31 113 31 - - - - - - 84 17 56 10
	432	U - - 62 8 112 42 - - - - - - - -
cac726e9	433	usub 43 8 - - - - - - - - - - - -
eea97dc2	434	utils - - - - - - - - - - 87 7 88 7
	435	vms - - 80 7 123 9 184 15 304 20 500 24 475 26
	436	x2p 171 22 171 21 162 20 162 20 279 20 280 20 280 20
	437
	438	======================================================================
	439
	440	5.003_07 5.004 5.004_04 5.004_62 5.004_65 5.004_68
	441
	442	beos - - - - - - - - 1 1 1 1
	443	Configure 217 1 225 1 225 1 240 1 248 1 256 1
	444	cygwin32 - - 23 5 23 5 23 5 24 5 24 5
	445	djgpp - - - - - - 14 5 14 5 14 5
	446	eg 54 44 81 62 81 62 81 62 81 62 81 62
	447	emacs 143 1 194 1 204 1 212 2 212 2 212 2
	448	h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
	449	hints 90 62 129 69 132 71 144 72 151 74 155 74
	450	os2 117 42 121 42 127 42 127 44 129 44 129 44
	451	plan9 79 15 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15
	452	Porting 51 1 94 2 109 4 203 6 234 8 241 9
	453	qnx - - 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2
	454	utils 97 7 112 8 118 8 124 8 156 9 159 9
	455	vms 505 27 518 34 524 34 538 34 569 34 569 34
	456	win32 - - 285 33 378 36 470 39 493 39 575 41
	457	x2p 280 19 281 19 281 19 281 19 282 19 281 19
cac726e9	458
	459	======================================================================
	460
4bb3e0da	461	5.004_70 5.004_73 5.004_75 5.005 5.005_03
	462
	463	apollo - - - - - - - - 0 1
	464	beos 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
	465	Configure 256 1 256 1 264 1 264 1 270 1
	466	cygwin32 24 5 24 5 24 5 24 5 24 5
	467	djgpp 14 5 14 5 14 5 14 5 15 5
	468	eg 86 65 86 65 86 65 86 65 86 65
	469	emacs 262 2 262 2 262 2 262 2 274 2
	470	h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
	471	hints 157 74 157 74 159 74 160 74 179 77
	472	mint - - - - - - - - 4 7
	473	mpeix - - - - 5 3 5 3 5 3
	474	os2 129 44 139 44 142 44 143 44 148 44
	475	plan9 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15
	476	Porting 241 9 253 9 259 10 264 12 272 13
	477	qnx 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2
	478	utils 160 9 160 9 160 9 160 9 164 9
	479	vms 570 34 572 34 573 34 575 34 583 34
	480	vos - - - - - - - - 156 10
	481	win32 577 41 585 41 585 41 587 41 600 42
	482	x2p 281 19 281 19 281 19 281 19 281 19
cac726e9	483
	484	=head2 SELECTED PATCH SIZES
	485
193fb0af	486	The "diff lines kb" means that for example the patch 5.003_08, to be
	487	applied on top of the 5.003_07 (or whatever was before the 5.003_08)
	488	added lines for 110 kilobytes, it removed lines for 19 kilobytes, and
cac726e9	489	changed lines for 424 kilobytes. Just the lines themselves are
12940611	490	counted, not their context. The "+ - !" become from the diff(1)
cac726e9	491	context diff output format.
	492
	493	Pump- Release Date diff lines kB
12940611	494	king -------------
12940611	495	+ - !
cac726e9	496	===========================================================================
	497
	498	Chip 5.003_08 1996-Nov-19 110 19 424
	499	5.003_09 1996-Nov-26 38 9 248
	500	5.003_10 1996-Nov-29 29 2 27
	501	5.003_11 1996-Dec-06 73 12 165
	502	5.003_12 1996-Dec-19 275 6 436
	503	5.003_13 1996-Dec-20 95 1 56
	504	5.003_14 1996-Dec-23 23 7 333
	505	5.003_15 1996-Dec-23 0 0 1
	506	5.003_16 1996-Dec-24 12 3 50
	507	5.003_17 1996-Dec-27 19 1 14
	508	5.003_18 1996-Dec-31 21 1 32
	509	5.003_19 1997-Jan-04 80 3 85
	510	5.003_20 1997-Jan-07 18 1 146
	511	5.003_21 1997-Jan-15 38 10 221
	512	5.003_22 1997-Jan-16 4 0 18
	513	5.003_23 1997-Jan-25 71 15 119
	514	5.003_24 1997-Jan-29 426 1 20
	515	5.003_25 1997-Feb-04 21 8 169
	516	5.003_26 1997-Feb-10 16 1 15
	517	5.003_27 1997-Feb-18 32 10 38
	518	5.003_28 1997-Feb-21 58 4 66
	519	5.003_90 1997-Feb-25 22 2 34
	520	5.003_91 1997-Mar-01 37 1 39
	521	5.003_92 1997-Mar-06 16 3 69
	522	5.003_93 1997-Mar-10 12 3 15
	523	5.003_94 1997-Mar-22 407 7 200
	524	5.003_95 1997-Mar-25 41 1 37
	525	5.003_96 1997-Apr-01 283 5 261
	526	5.003_97 1997-Apr-03 13 2 34
	527	5.003_97a 1997-Apr-05 57 1 27
	528	5.003_97b 1997-Apr-08 14 1 20
	529	5.003_97c 1997-Apr-10 20 1 16
	530	5.003_97d 1997-Apr-13 8 0 16
	531	5.003_97e 1997-Apr-15 15 4 46
	532	5.003_97f 1997-Apr-17 7 1 33
	533	5.003_97g 1997-Apr-18 6 1 42
	534	5.003_97h 1997-Apr-24 23 3 68
	535	5.003_97i 1997-Apr-25 23 1 31
	536	5.003_97j 1997-Apr-28 36 1 49
	537	5.003_98 1997-Apr-30 171 12 539
	538	5.003_99 1997-May-01 6 0 7
	539	5.003_99a 1997-May-09 36 2 61
	540	p54rc1 1997-May-12 8 1 11
	541	p54rc2 1997-May-14 6 0 40
	542
7b8d334a	543	5.004 1997-May-15 4 0 4
cac726e9	544
	545	Tim 5.004_01 1997-Jun-13 222 14 57
	546	5.004_02 1997-Aug-07 112 16 119
	547	5.004_03 1997-Sep-05 109 0 17
	548	5.004_04 1997-Oct-15 66 8 173
	549
	550	=head1 THE KEEPERS OF THE RECORDS
	551
	552	Jarkko Hietaniemi <F<jhi@iki.fi>>.
	553
	554	Thanks to the collective memory of the Perlfolk. In addition to the
193fb0af	555	Keepers of the Pumpkin also Alan Champion, Andreas König, John
93e0d802	556	Macdonald, Matthias Neeracher, Jeff Okamoto, Michael Peppler,
93e0d802	557	Randal Schwartz, and Paul D. Smith sent corrections and additions.
cac726e9	558
cac726e9	559	=cut