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cac726e9 3=head1 NAME
4
5perlhist - the Perl history records
6
cac726e9 7=head1 DESCRIPTION
8
9This document aims to record the Perl source code releases.
10
11=head1 INTRODUCTION
12
13Perl history in brief, by Larry Wall:
14
a3cb178b 15 Perl 0 introduced Perl to my officemates.
16 Perl 1 introduced Perl to the world, and changed /\(...\|...\)/ to
d516a115 17 /(...|...)/. \(Dan Faigin still hasn't forgiven me. :-\)
cac726e9 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
d516a115 21 switched version numbers so the book could refer to 4.000.
cac726e9 22 Perl 5 introduced everything else, including the ability to
d516a115 23 introduce everything else.
cac726e9 24
25=head1 THE KEEPERS OF THE PUMPKIN
26
7b8d334a 27Larry Wall, Andy Dougherty, Tom Christiansen, Charles Bailey, Nick
193fb0af 28Ing-Simmons, Chip Salzenberg, Tim Bunce, Malcolm Beattie, Gurusamy
e78084cb 29Sarathy, Graham Barr, Jarkko Hietaniemi, Hugo van der Sanden,
294fc197 30Michael Schwern, Rafael Garcia-Suarez, Nicholas Clark, Richard Clamp,
3b63b116 31Leon Brocard, Dave Mitchell, Jesse Vincent, Ricardo Signes, Steve Hay.
cac726e9 32
33=head2 PUMPKIN?
34
35[from Porting/pumpkin.pod in the Perl source code distribution]
36
37Chip Salzenberg gets credit for that, with a nod to his cow orker,
38David Croy. We had passed around various names (baton, token, hot
39potato) but none caught on. Then, Chip asked:
40
41[begin quote]
42
43 Who has the patch pumpkin?
44
45To explain: David Croy once told me once that at a previous job,
46there was one tape drive and multiple systems that used it for backups.
47But instead of some high-tech exclusion software, they used a low-tech
48method to prevent multiple simultaneous backups: a stuffed pumpkin.
49No one was allowed to make backups unless they had the "backup pumpkin".
50
51[end quote]
52
53The name has stuck. The holder of the pumpkin is sometimes called
193fb0af 54the pumpking (keeping the source afloat?) or the pumpkineer (pulling
55the strings?).
cac726e9 56
57=head1 THE RECORDS
58
59 Pump- Release Date Notes
60 king (by no means
61 comprehensive,
62 see Changes*
63 for details)
a45445a7 64 ======================================================================
cac726e9 65
d516a115 66 Larry 0 Classified. Don't ask.
cac726e9 67
68 Larry 1.000 1987-Dec-18
eea97dc2 69
cac726e9 70 1.001..10 1988-Jan-30
71 1.011..14 1988-Feb-02
8b04df2c 72 Schwern 1.0.15 2002-Dec-18 Modernization
2c3bc011 73 Richard 1.0.16 2003-Dec-18
eea97dc2 74
cac726e9 75 Larry 2.000 1988-Jun-05
eea97dc2 76
cac726e9 77 2.001 1988-Jun-28
eea97dc2 78
cac726e9 79 Larry 3.000 1989-Oct-18
eea97dc2 80
cac726e9 81 3.001 1989-Oct-26
82 3.002..4 1989-Nov-11
83 3.005 1989-Nov-18
84 3.006..8 1989-Dec-22
85 3.009..13 1990-Mar-02
86 3.014 1990-Mar-13
87 3.015 1990-Mar-14
88 3.016..18 1990-Mar-28
d516a115 89 3.019..27 1990-Aug-10 User subs.
cac726e9 90 3.028 1990-Aug-14
91 3.029..36 1990-Oct-17
92 3.037 1990-Oct-20
93 3.040 1990-Nov-10
94 3.041 1990-Nov-13
f7ee4c02 95 3.042..43 1991-Jan-??
cac726e9 96 3.044 1991-Jan-12
eea97dc2 97
cac726e9 98 Larry 4.000 1991-Mar-21
eea97dc2 99
cac726e9 100 4.001..3 1991-Apr-12
101 4.004..9 1991-Jun-07
102 4.010 1991-Jun-10
103 4.011..18 1991-Nov-05
d516a115 104 4.019 1991-Nov-11 Stable.
cac726e9 105 4.020..33 1992-Jun-08
106 4.034 1992-Jun-11
107 4.035 1992-Jun-23
d516a115 108 Larry 4.036 1993-Feb-05 Very stable.
eea97dc2 109
cac726e9 110 5.000alpha1 1993-Jul-31
111 5.000alpha2 1993-Aug-16
112 5.000alpha3 1993-Oct-10
113 5.000alpha4 1993-???-??
114 5.000alpha5 1993-???-??
193fb0af 115 5.000alpha6 1994-Mar-18
ac580030 116 5.000alpha7 1994-Mar-25
cac726e9 117 Andy 5.000alpha8 1994-Apr-04
d516a115 118 Larry 5.000alpha9 1994-May-05 ext appears.
93e0d802 119 5.000alpha10 1994-Jun-11
120 5.000alpha11 1994-Jul-01
d516a115 121 Andy 5.000a11a 1994-Jul-07 To fit 14.
cac726e9 122 5.000a11b 1994-Jul-14
123 5.000a11c 1994-Jul-19
124 5.000a11d 1994-Jul-22
93e0d802 125 Larry 5.000alpha12 1994-Aug-04
cac726e9 126 Andy 5.000a12a 1994-Aug-08
127 5.000a12b 1994-Aug-15
128 5.000a12c 1994-Aug-22
129 5.000a12d 1994-Aug-22
130 5.000a12e 1994-Aug-22
131 5.000a12f 1994-Aug-24
132 5.000a12g 1994-Aug-24
133 5.000a12h 1994-Aug-24
93e0d802 134 Larry 5.000beta1 1994-Aug-30
135 Andy 5.000b1a 1994-Sep-06
d516a115 136 Larry 5.000beta2 1994-Sep-14 Core slushified.
cac726e9 137 Andy 5.000b2a 1994-Sep-14
138 5.000b2b 1994-Sep-17
139 5.000b2c 1994-Sep-17
193fb0af 140 Larry 5.000beta3 1994-Sep-??
cac726e9 141 Andy 5.000b3a 1994-Sep-18
142 5.000b3b 1994-Sep-22
143 5.000b3c 1994-Sep-23
144 5.000b3d 1994-Sep-27
145 5.000b3e 1994-Sep-28
146 5.000b3f 1994-Sep-30
147 5.000b3g 1994-Oct-04
148 Andy 5.000b3h 1994-Oct-07
ac580030 149 Larry? 5.000gamma 1994-Oct-13?
eea97dc2 150
a7f7c56a 151 Larry 5.000 1994-Oct-17
eea97dc2 152
cac726e9 153 Andy 5.000a 1994-Dec-19
154 5.000b 1995-Jan-18
155 5.000c 1995-Jan-18
156 5.000d 1995-Jan-18
157 5.000e 1995-Jan-18
158 5.000f 1995-Jan-18
159 5.000g 1995-Jan-18
160 5.000h 1995-Jan-18
161 5.000i 1995-Jan-26
162 5.000j 1995-Feb-07
163 5.000k 1995-Feb-11
164 5.000l 1995-Feb-21
93e0d802 165 5.000m 1995-Feb-28
cac726e9 166 5.000n 1995-Mar-07
ac580030 167 5.000o 1995-Mar-13?
eea97dc2 168
cac726e9 169 Larry 5.001 1995-Mar-13
eea97dc2 170
cac726e9 171 Andy 5.001a 1995-Mar-15
172 5.001b 1995-Mar-31
173 5.001c 1995-Apr-07
174 5.001d 1995-Apr-14
d516a115 175 5.001e 1995-Apr-18 Stable.
cac726e9 176 5.001f 1995-May-31
177 5.001g 1995-May-25
178 5.001h 1995-May-25
179 5.001i 1995-May-30
180 5.001j 1995-Jun-05
181 5.001k 1995-Jun-06
d516a115 182 5.001l 1995-Jun-06 Stable.
183 5.001m 1995-Jul-02 Very stable.
184 5.001n 1995-Oct-31 Very unstable.
cac726e9 185 5.002beta1 1995-Nov-21
93e0d802 186 5.002b1a 1995-Dec-04
cac726e9 187 5.002b1b 1995-Dec-04
188 5.002b1c 1995-Dec-04
189 5.002b1d 1995-Dec-04
190 5.002b1e 1995-Dec-08
191 5.002b1f 1995-Dec-08
d516a115 192 Tom 5.002b1g 1995-Dec-21 Doc release.
cac726e9 193 Andy 5.002b1h 1996-Jan-05
d516a115 194 5.002b2 1996-Jan-14
195 Larry 5.002b3 1996-Feb-02
cac726e9 196 Andy 5.002gamma 1996-Feb-11
197 Larry 5.002delta 1996-Feb-27
eea97dc2 198
199 Larry 5.002 1996-Feb-29 Prototypes.
200
cac726e9 201 Charles 5.002_01 1996-Mar-25
eea97dc2 202
d516a115 203 5.003 1996-Jun-25 Security release.
eea97dc2 204
cac726e9 205 5.003_01 1996-Jul-31
206 Nick 5.003_02 1996-Aug-10
207 Andy 5.003_03 1996-Aug-28
208 5.003_04 1996-Sep-02
209 5.003_05 1996-Sep-12
210 5.003_06 1996-Oct-07
211 5.003_07 1996-Oct-10
212 Chip 5.003_08 1996-Nov-19
213 5.003_09 1996-Nov-26
214 5.003_10 1996-Nov-29
215 5.003_11 1996-Dec-06
216 5.003_12 1996-Dec-19
217 5.003_13 1996-Dec-20
218 5.003_14 1996-Dec-23
219 5.003_15 1996-Dec-23
220 5.003_16 1996-Dec-24
221 5.003_17 1996-Dec-27
222 5.003_18 1996-Dec-31
223 5.003_19 1997-Jan-04
224 5.003_20 1997-Jan-07
225 5.003_21 1997-Jan-15
226 5.003_22 1997-Jan-16
227 5.003_23 1997-Jan-25
228 5.003_24 1997-Jan-29
229 5.003_25 1997-Feb-04
230 5.003_26 1997-Feb-10
231 5.003_27 1997-Feb-18
232 5.003_28 1997-Feb-21
d516a115 233 5.003_90 1997-Feb-25 Ramping up to the 5.004 release.
cac726e9 234 5.003_91 1997-Mar-01
235 5.003_92 1997-Mar-06
236 5.003_93 1997-Mar-10
237 5.003_94 1997-Mar-22
238 5.003_95 1997-Mar-25
239 5.003_96 1997-Apr-01
d516a115 240 5.003_97 1997-Apr-03 Fairly widely used.
cac726e9 241 5.003_97a 1997-Apr-05
242 5.003_97b 1997-Apr-08
243 5.003_97c 1997-Apr-10
244 5.003_97d 1997-Apr-13
245 5.003_97e 1997-Apr-15
246 5.003_97f 1997-Apr-17
247 5.003_97g 1997-Apr-18
248 5.003_97h 1997-Apr-24
249 5.003_97i 1997-Apr-25
250 5.003_97j 1997-Apr-28
251 5.003_98 1997-Apr-30
252 5.003_99 1997-May-01
253 5.003_99a 1997-May-09
d516a115 254 p54rc1 1997-May-12 Release Candidates.
eea97dc2 255 p54rc2 1997-May-14
256
d516a115 257 Chip 5.004 1997-May-15 A major maintenance release.
eea97dc2 258
f7ee4c02 259 Tim 5.004_01-t1 1997-???-?? The 5.004 maintenance track.
260 5.004_01-t2 1997-Jun-11 aka perl5.004m1t2
261 5.004_01 1997-Jun-13
262 5.004_01_01 1997-Jul-29 aka perl5.004m2t1
263 5.004_01_02 1997-Aug-01 aka perl5.004m2t2
264 5.004_01_03 1997-Aug-05 aka perl5.004m2t3
cac726e9 265 5.004_02 1997-Aug-07
f7ee4c02 266 5.004_02_01 1997-Aug-12 aka perl5.004m3t1
267 5.004_03-t2 1997-Aug-13 aka perl5.004m3t2
cac726e9 268 5.004_03 1997-Sep-05
f7ee4c02 269 5.004_04-t1 1997-Sep-19 aka perl5.004m4t1
270 5.004_04-t2 1997-Sep-23 aka perl5.004m4t2
271 5.004_04-t3 1997-Oct-10 aka perl5.004m4t3
272 5.004_04-t4 1997-Oct-14 aka perl5.004m4t4
cac726e9 273 5.004_04 1997-Oct-15
f7ee4c02 274 5.004_04-m1 1998-Mar-04 (5.004m5t1) Maint. trials for 5.004_05.
1a607138 275 5.004_04-m2 1998-May-01
193fb0af 276 5.004_04-m3 1998-May-15
eea97dc2 277 5.004_04-m4 1998-May-19
f7ee4c02 278 5.004_05-MT5 1998-Jul-21
279 5.004_05-MT6 1998-Oct-09
280 5.004_05-MT7 1998-Nov-22
281 5.004_05-MT8 1998-Dec-03
282 Chip 5.004_05-MT9 1999-Apr-26
283 5.004_05 1999-Apr-29
eea97dc2 284
d516a115 285 Malcolm 5.004_50 1997-Sep-09 The 5.005 development track.
cac726e9 286 5.004_51 1997-Oct-02
287 5.004_52 1997-Oct-15
288 5.004_53 1997-Oct-16
289 5.004_54 1997-Nov-14
290 5.004_55 1997-Nov-25
291 5.004_56 1997-Dec-18
d516a115 292 5.004_57 1998-Feb-03
293 5.004_58 1998-Feb-06
294 5.004_59 1998-Feb-13
a3cb178b 295 5.004_60 1998-Feb-20
296 5.004_61 1998-Feb-27
297 5.004_62 1998-Mar-06
7b8d334a 298 5.004_63 1998-Mar-17
299 5.004_64 1998-Apr-03
193fb0af 300 5.004_65 1998-May-15
301 5.004_66 1998-May-29
302 Sarathy 5.004_67 1998-Jun-15
4ebdfc99 303 5.004_68 1998-Jun-23
304 5.004_69 1998-Jun-29
429b3afa 305 5.004_70 1998-Jul-06
306 5.004_71 1998-Jul-09
05fc92f1 307 5.004_72 1998-Jul-12
308 5.004_73 1998-Jul-13
eea97dc2 309 5.004_74 1998-Jul-14 5.005 beta candidate.
310 5.004_75 1998-Jul-15 5.005 beta1.
311 5.004_76 1998-Jul-21 5.005 beta2.
847428bd 312
313 Sarathy 5.005 1998-Jul-22 Oneperl.
eea97dc2 314
315 Sarathy 5.005_01 1998-Jul-27 The 5.005 maintenance track.
316 5.005_02-T1 1998-Aug-02
b1ff3570 317 5.005_02-T2 1998-Aug-05
318 5.005_02 1998-Aug-08
67603e36 319 Graham 5.005_03-MT1 1998-Nov-30
320 5.005_03-MT2 1999-Jan-04
321 5.005_03-MT3 1999-Jan-17
322 5.005_03-MT4 1999-Jan-26
323 5.005_03-MT5 1999-Jan-28
f7ee4c02 324 5.005_03-MT6 1999-Mar-05
ba7a42cf 325 5.005_03 1999-Mar-28
294fc197 326 Leon 5.005_04-RC1 2004-Feb-05
0a429727 327 5.005_04-RC2 2004-Feb-18
328 5.005_04 2004-Feb-23
eea97dc2 329
87275199 330 Sarathy 5.005_50 1998-Jul-26 The 5.6 development track.
dfe13c55 331 5.005_51 1998-Aug-10
12940611 332 5.005_52 1998-Sep-25
333 5.005_53 1998-Oct-31
c2444246 334 5.005_54 1998-Nov-30
99ed61e6 335 5.005_55 1999-Feb-16
642c2561 336 5.005_56 1999-Mar-01
ba7a42cf 337 5.005_57 1999-May-25
f7ee4c02 338 5.005_58 1999-Jul-27
339 5.005_59 1999-Aug-02
340 5.005_60 1999-Aug-02
341 5.005_61 1999-Aug-20
342 5.005_62 1999-Oct-15
343 5.005_63 1999-Dec-09
344 5.5.640 2000-Feb-02
345 5.5.650 2000-Feb-08 beta1
346 5.5.660 2000-Feb-22 beta2
347 5.5.670 2000-Feb-29 beta3
348 5.6.0-RC1 2000-Mar-09 Release candidate 1.
349 5.6.0-RC2 2000-Mar-14 Release candidate 2.
350 5.6.0-RC3 2000-Mar-21 Release candidate 3.
847428bd 351
352 Sarathy 5.6.0 2000-Mar-22
f7ee4c02 353
354 Sarathy 5.6.1-TRIAL1 2000-Dec-18 The 5.6 maintenance track.
44ab358e 355 5.6.1-TRIAL2 2001-Jan-31
356 5.6.1-TRIAL3 2001-Mar-19
357 5.6.1-foolish 2001-Apr-01 The "fools-gold" release.
358 5.6.1 2001-Apr-08
b4bb75a8 359 Rafael 5.6.2-RC1 2003-Nov-08
360 5.6.2 2003-Nov-15 Fix new build issues
bab127f6 361
f7ee4c02 362 Jarkko 5.7.0 2000-Sep-02 The 5.7 track: Development.
b9636b4c 363 5.7.1 2001-Apr-09
f7ee4c02 364 5.7.2 2001-Jul-13 Virtual release candidate 0.
52b65635 365 5.7.3 2002-Mar-05
482b2006 366 5.8.0-RC1 2002-Jun-01
f8711711 367 5.8.0-RC2 2002-Jun-21
d082746b 368 5.8.0-RC3 2002-Jul-13
847428bd 369
370 Jarkko 5.8.0 2002-Jul-18
371
372 Jarkko 5.8.1-RC1 2003-Jul-10 The 5.8 maintenance track
d1fb9eca 373 5.8.1-RC2 2003-Jul-11
f28d0af5 374 5.8.1-RC3 2003-Jul-30
591b4a2d 375 5.8.1-RC4 2003-Aug-01
e1c90a90 376 5.8.1-RC5 2003-Sep-22
377 5.8.1 2003-Sep-25
aed365b8 378 Nicholas 5.8.2-RC1 2003-Oct-27
9a664500 379 5.8.2-RC2 2003-Nov-03
bb76650e 380 5.8.2 2003-Nov-05
8fb728ee 381 5.8.3-RC1 2004-Jan-07
dc0b0fbe 382 5.8.3 2004-Jan-14
0e031069 383 5.8.4-RC1 2004-Apr-05
384 5.8.4-RC2 2004-Apr-15
cba18cd5 385 5.8.4 2004-Apr-21
c3435ec0 386 5.8.5-RC1 2004-Jul-06
07e9b5fe 387 5.8.5-RC2 2004-Jul-08
388 5.8.5 2004-Jul-19
bab9b098 389 5.8.6-RC1 2004-Nov-11
390 5.8.6 2004-Nov-27
315ba985 391 5.8.7-RC1 2005-May-18
392 5.8.7 2005-May-30
7a1c739b 393 5.8.8-RC1 2006-Jan-20
61c48948 394 5.8.8 2006-Jan-31
f9cff250 395 5.8.9-RC1 2008-Nov-10
7a8d7d26 396 5.8.9-RC2 2008-Dec-06
5b5f44f3 397 5.8.9 2008-Dec-14
bab127f6 398
847428bd 399 Hugo 5.9.0 2003-Oct-27 The 5.9 development track
d6dfbb98 400 Rafael 5.9.1 2004-Mar-16
690cf44b 401 5.9.2 2005-Apr-01
604ded12 402 5.9.3 2006-Jan-28
101c1b44 403 5.9.4 2006-Aug-15
201a0ee1 404 5.9.5 2007-Jul-07
c9f6a3ca 405 5.10.0-RC1 2007-Nov-17
f7464869 406 5.10.0-RC2 2007-Nov-25
847428bd 407
408 Rafael 5.10.0 2007-Dec-18
409
410 David 5.10.1-RC1 2009-Aug-06 The 5.10 maintenance track
96bc0b1b 411 5.10.1-RC2 2009-Aug-18
412 5.10.1 2009-Aug-22
847428bd 413
414 Jesse 5.11.0 2009-Oct-02 The 5.11 development track
929e68c6 415 5.11.1 2009-Oct-20
c3d14d79 416 Leon 5.11.2 2009-Nov-20
def9adf2 417 Jesse 5.11.3 2009-Dec-20
a3ed6ee0 418 Ricardo 5.11.4 2010-Jan-20
3b63b116 419 Steve 5.11.5 2010-Feb-20
dd2abc63 420 Jesse 5.12.0-RC1 2010-Mar-29
847428bd 421
431be7b3 422 Jesse 5.12.0 2010-Apr-12
847428bd 423
424 Jesse 5.12.1 2010-May-16 The 5.12 maintenance track
425
426 Leon 5.13.0 2010-Apr-20 The 5.13 development track
902dc50b 427 Ricardo 5.13.1 2010-May-20
4e0160b3 428
cac726e9 429=head2 SELECTED RELEASE SIZES
430
431For example the notation "core: 212 29" in the release 1.000 means that
432it had in the core 212 kilobytes, in 29 files. The "core".."doc" are
433explained below.
434
d516a115 435 release core lib ext t doc
cac726e9 436 ======================================================================
437
e2a10790 438 1.000 212 29 - - - - 38 51 62 3
439 1.014 219 29 - - - - 39 52 68 4
440 2.000 309 31 2 3 - - 55 57 92 4
441 2.001 312 31 2 3 - - 55 57 94 4
442 3.000 508 36 24 11 - - 79 73 156 5
443 3.044 645 37 61 20 - - 90 74 190 6
444 4.000 635 37 59 20 - - 91 75 198 4
445 4.019 680 37 85 29 - - 98 76 199 4
446 4.036 709 37 89 30 - - 98 76 208 5
447 5.000alpha2 785 50 114 32 - - 112 86 209 5
448 5.000alpha3 801 50 117 33 - - 121 87 209 5
449 5.000alpha9 1022 56 149 43 116 29 125 90 217 6
450 5.000a12h 978 49 140 49 205 46 152 97 228 9
451 5.000b3h 1035 53 232 70 216 38 162 94 218 21
452 5.000 1038 53 250 76 216 38 154 92 536 62
453 5.001m 1071 54 388 82 240 38 159 95 544 29
454 5.002 1121 54 661 101 287 43 155 94 847 35
455 5.003 1129 54 680 102 291 43 166 100 853 35
456 5.003_07 1231 60 748 106 396 53 213 137 976 39
457 5.004 1351 60 1230 136 408 51 355 161 1587 55
458 5.004_01 1356 60 1258 138 410 51 358 161 1587 55
459 5.004_04 1375 60 1294 139 413 51 394 162 1629 55
460 5.004_05 1463 60 1435 150 394 50 445 175 1855 59
461 5.004_51 1401 61 1260 140 413 53 358 162 1594 56
462 5.004_53 1422 62 1295 141 438 70 394 162 1637 56
463 5.004_56 1501 66 1301 140 447 74 408 165 1648 57
464 5.004_59 1555 72 1317 142 448 74 424 171 1678 58
465 5.004_62 1602 77 1327 144 629 92 428 173 1674 58
466 5.004_65 1626 77 1358 146 615 92 446 179 1698 60
467 5.004_68 1856 74 1382 152 619 92 463 187 1784 60
468 5.004_70 1863 75 1456 154 675 92 494 194 1809 60
469 5.004_73 1874 76 1467 152 762 102 506 196 1883 61
470 5.004_75 1877 76 1467 152 770 103 508 196 1896 62
471 5.005 1896 76 1469 152 795 103 509 197 1945 63
472 5.005_03 1936 77 1541 153 813 104 551 201 2176 72
473 5.005_50 1969 78 1842 301 795 103 514 198 1948 63
474 5.005_53 1999 79 1885 303 806 104 602 224 2002 67
475 5.005_56 2086 79 1970 307 866 113 672 238 2221 75
476 5.6.0 2820 79 2626 364 1096 129 863 280 2840 93
477 5.6.1 2946 78 2921 430 1171 132 1024 304 3330 102
478 5.6.2 2947 78 3143 451 1247 127 1303 387 3406 102
479 5.7.0 2977 80 2801 425 1250 132 975 307 3206 100
480 5.7.1 3351 84 3442 455 1944 167 1334 357 3698 124
481 5.7.2 3491 87 4858 618 3290 298 1598 449 3910 139
482 5.7.3 3299 85 4295 537 2196 300 2176 626 4171 120
483 5.8.0 3489 87 4533 585 2437 331 2588 726 4368 125
484 5.8.1 3674 90 5104 623 2604 353 2983 836 4625 134
485 5.8.2 3633 90 5111 623 2623 357 3019 848 4634 135
486 5.8.3 3625 90 5141 624 2660 363 3083 869 4669 136
487 5.8.4 3653 90 5170 634 2684 368 3148 885 4689 137
488 5.8.5 3664 90 4260 303 2707 369 3208 898 4689 138
489 5.8.6 3690 90 4271 303 3141 396 3411 925 4709 139
490 5.8.7 3788 90 4322 307 3297 401 3485 964 4744 141
491 5.8.8 3895 90 4357 314 3409 431 3622 1017 4979 144
492 5.8.9 4132 93 5508 330 3826 529 4364 1234 5348 152
493 5.9.0 3657 90 4951 626 2603 354 3011 841 4609 135
494 5.9.1 3580 90 5196 634 2665 367 3186 889 4725 138
495 5.9.2 3863 90 4654 312 3283 403 3551 973 4800 142
496 5.9.3 4096 91 5318 381 4806 597 4272 1214 5139 147
497 5.9.4 4393 94 5718 415 4578 642 4646 1310 5335 153
498 5.9.5 4681 96 6849 479 4827 671 5155 1490 5572 159
499 5.10.0 4710 97 7050 486 4899 673 5275 1503 5673 160
500 5.10.1 4858 98 7440 519 6195 921 6147 1751 5151 163
501 5.12.0 4999 100 1146 121 15227 2176 6400 1843 5342 168
502 5.12.1 5000 100 1146 121 15283 2178 6407 1846 5354 169
cac726e9 503
504The "core"..."doc" mean the following files from the Perl source code
505distribution. The glob notation ** means recursively, (.) means
506regular files.
507
d516a115 508 core *.[hcy]
509 lib lib/**/*.p[ml]
e2a10790 510 ext ext/**/*.{[hcyt],xs,pm} (for -5.10.1) or
511 {dist,ext,cpan}/**/*.{[hcyt],xs,pm} (for 5.12.0-)
aa2f2a36 512 t t/**/*(.) (for 1-5.005_56) or **/*.t (for 5.6.0-5.7.3)
d516a115 513 doc {README*,INSTALL,*[_.]man{,.?},pod/**/*.pod}
cac726e9 514
515Here are some statistics for the other subdirectories and one file in
516the Perl source distribution for somewhat more selected releases.
517
518 ======================================================================
519 Legend: kB #
520
256697c9 521 1.014 2.001 3.044
522
523 Configure 31 1 37 1 62 1
524 eg - - 34 28 47 39
525 h2pl - - - - 12 12
526 msdos - - - - 41 13
527 os2 - - - - 63 22
528 usub - - - - 21 16
529 x2p 103 17 104 17 137 17
530
531 ======================================================================
532
533 4.000 4.019 4.036
534
535 atarist - - - - 113 31
536 Configure 73 1 83 1 86 1
537 eg 47 39 47 39 47 39
538 emacs 67 4 67 4 67 4
539 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12
540 hints - - 5 42 11 56
541 msdos 57 15 58 15 60 15
542 os2 81 29 81 29 113 31
543 usub 25 7 43 8 43 8
544 x2p 147 18 152 19 154 19
545
546 ======================================================================
547
548 5.000a2 5.000a12h 5.000b3h 5.000 5.001m
549
550 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
551 atarist 113 31 113 31 - - - - - -
552 bench - - 0 1 - - - - - -
553 Bugs 2 5 26 1 - - - - - -
554 dlperl 40 5 - - - - - - - -
555 do 127 71 - - - - - - - -
556 Configure - - 153 1 159 1 160 1 180 1
557 Doc - - 26 1 75 7 11 1 11 1
558 eg 79 58 53 44 51 43 54 44 54 44
559 emacs 67 4 104 6 104 6 104 1 104 6
560 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
561 hints 11 56 12 46 18 48 18 48 44 56
562 msdos 60 15 60 15 - - - - - -
563 os2 113 31 113 31 - - - - - -
564 U - - 62 8 112 42 - - - -
565 usub 43 8 - - - - - - - -
566 vms - - 80 7 123 9 184 15 304 20
567 x2p 171 22 171 21 162 20 162 20 279 20
568
569 ======================================================================
570
571 5.002 5.003 5.003_07
572
573 Configure 201 1 201 1 217 1
574 eg 54 44 54 44 54 44
575 emacs 108 1 108 1 143 1
576 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12
577 hints 73 59 77 60 90 62
578 os2 84 17 56 10 117 42
579 plan9 - - - - 79 15
580 Porting - - - - 51 1
581 utils 87 7 88 7 97 7
582 vms 500 24 475 26 505 27
583 x2p 280 20 280 20 280 19
584
585 ======================================================================
586
587 5.004 5.004_04 5.004_62 5.004_65 5.004_68
588
589 beos - - - - - - 1 1 1 1
590 Configure 225 1 225 1 240 1 248 1 256 1
591 cygwin32 23 5 23 5 23 5 24 5 24 5
592 djgpp - - - - 14 5 14 5 14 5
593 eg 81 62 81 62 81 62 81 62 81 62
594 emacs 194 1 204 1 212 2 212 2 212 2
595 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
596 hints 129 69 132 71 144 72 151 74 155 74
597 os2 121 42 127 42 127 44 129 44 129 44
598 plan9 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15
599 Porting 94 2 109 4 203 6 234 8 241 9
600 qnx 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2
601 utils 112 8 118 8 124 8 156 9 159 9
602 vms 518 34 524 34 538 34 569 34 569 34
603 win32 285 33 378 36 470 39 493 39 575 41
604 x2p 281 19 281 19 281 19 282 19 281 19
605
606 ======================================================================
607
608 5.004_70 5.004_73 5.004_75 5.005 5.005_03
609
610 apollo - - - - - - - - 0 1
611 beos 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
612 Configure 256 1 256 1 264 1 264 1 270 1
613 cygwin32 24 5 24 5 24 5 24 5 24 5
614 djgpp 14 5 14 5 14 5 14 5 15 5
615 eg 86 65 86 65 86 65 86 65 86 65
616 emacs 262 2 262 2 262 2 262 2 274 2
617 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
618 hints 157 74 157 74 159 74 160 74 179 77
619 mint - - - - - - - - 4 7
620 mpeix - - - - 5 3 5 3 5 3
621 os2 129 44 139 44 142 44 143 44 148 44
622 plan9 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15
623 Porting 241 9 253 9 259 10 264 12 272 13
624 qnx 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2
625 utils 160 9 160 9 160 9 160 9 164 9
626 vms 570 34 572 34 573 34 575 34 583 34
627 vos - - - - - - - - 156 10
628 win32 577 41 585 41 585 41 587 41 600 42
629 x2p 281 19 281 19 281 19 281 19 281 19
630
631 ======================================================================
632
633 5.6.0 5.6.1 5.6.2 5.7.3
634
635 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
636 beos 5 2 5 2 5 2 6 4
637 Configure 346 1 361 1 363 1 394 1
638 Cross - - - - - - 4 2
639 djgpp 19 6 19 6 19 6 21 7
640 eg 112 71 112 71 112 71 - -
641 emacs 303 4 319 4 319 4 319 4
642 epoc 29 8 35 8 35 8 36 8
643 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15
644 hints 242 83 250 84 321 89 272 87
645 mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9
646 mpeix 9 4 9 4 9 4 9 4
647 NetWare - - - - - - 423 57
648 os2 214 59 224 60 224 60 357 66
649 plan9 92 17 92 17 92 17 85 15
650 Porting 361 15 390 16 390 16 425 21
651 qnx 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3
652 utils 228 12 221 11 222 11 267 13
653 uts - - - - - - 12 3
654 vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4
655 vms 686 38 627 38 627 38 649 36
656 vos 227 12 249 15 248 15 281 17
657 win32 755 41 782 42 801 42 1006 50
658 x2p 307 20 307 20 307 20 345 20
659
660 ======================================================================
661
662 5.8.0 5.8.1 5.8.2 5.8.3 5.8.4
663
664 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
665 beos 6 4 6 4 6 4 6 4 6 4
666 Configure 472 1 493 1 493 1 493 1 494 1
667 Cross 4 2 45 10 45 10 45 10 45 10
668 djgpp 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7
669 emacs 319 4 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4
670 epoc 33 8 33 8 33 8 33 8 33 8
671 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15
672 hints 294 88 321 89 321 89 321 89 348 91
673 mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9
674 mpeix 24 5 25 5 25 5 25 5 25 5
675 NetWare 488 61 490 61 490 61 490 61 488 61
676 os2 361 66 445 67 450 67 488 67 488 67
677 plan9 85 15 325 17 325 17 325 17 321 17
678 Porting 479 22 537 32 538 32 539 32 538 33
679 qnx 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3
680 utils 275 15 258 16 258 16 263 19 263 19
681 uts 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3
682 vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4
683 vms 648 36 654 36 654 36 656 36 656 36
684 vos 330 20 335 20 335 20 335 20 335 20
685 win32 1062 49 1125 49 1127 49 1126 49 1181 56
686 x2p 347 20 348 20 348 20 348 20 348 20
cac726e9 687
688 ======================================================================
689
256697c9 690 5.8.5 5.8.6 5.8.7 5.8.8 5.8.9
691
692 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
693 beos 6 4 6 4 8 4 8 4 8 4
694 Configure 494 1 494 1 495 1 506 1 520 1
695 Cross 45 10 45 10 45 10 45 10 46 10
696 djgpp 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7
697 emacs 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4 406 4
698 epoc 33 8 33 8 33 8 34 8 35 8
699 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15
700 hints 350 91 352 91 355 94 360 94 387 99
701 mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9
702 mpeix 25 5 25 5 25 5 49 6 49 6
703 NetWare 488 61 488 61 488 61 490 61 491 61
704 os2 488 67 488 67 488 67 488 67 552 70
705 plan9 321 17 321 17 321 17 322 17 324 17
706 Porting 538 34 548 35 549 35 564 37 625 41
707 qnx 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3
708 utils 265 19 265 19 266 19 267 19 281 21
709 uts 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3
710 vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4
711 vms 657 36 658 36 662 36 664 36 716 35
712 vos 335 20 335 20 335 20 336 21 345 22
713 win32 1183 56 1190 56 1199 56 1219 56 1484 68
714 x2p 349 20 349 20 349 20 349 19 350 19
eea97dc2 715
716 ======================================================================
717
256697c9 718 5.9.0 5.9.1 5.9.2 5.9.3 5.9.4
719
720 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
721 beos 6 4 6 4 8 4 8 4 8 4
722 Configure 493 1 493 1 495 1 508 1 512 1
723 Cross 45 10 45 10 45 10 45 10 46 10
724 djgpp 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7
725 emacs 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4
726 epoc 33 8 33 8 33 8 34 8 34 8
727 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15
728 hints 321 89 346 91 355 94 359 94 366 96
729 mad - - - - - - - - 174 6
730 mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9
731 mpeix 25 5 25 5 25 5 49 6 49 6
732 NetWare 489 61 487 61 487 61 489 61 489 61
733 os2 444 67 488 67 488 67 488 67 488 67
734 plan9 325 17 321 17 321 17 322 17 323 17
735 Porting 537 32 536 33 549 36 564 38 576 38
736 qnx 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3
737 symbian - - - - - - 293 53 293 53
738 utils 258 16 263 19 268 20 273 23 275 24
739 uts 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3
740 vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4
741 vms 660 36 547 33 553 33 661 33 696 33
742 vos 11 7 11 7 11 7 11 7 11 7
743 win32 1120 49 1124 51 1191 56 1209 56 1719 90
744 x2p 348 20 348 20 349 20 349 19 349 19
cac726e9 745
746 ======================================================================
747
e2a10790 748 5.9.5 5.10.0 5.10.1 5.12.0 5.12.1
749
750 apollo 8 3 8 3 0 3 0 3 0 3
751 beos 8 4 8 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
752 Configure 518 1 518 1 533 1 536 1 536 1
753 Cross 122 15 122 15 119 15 118 15 118 15
754 djgpp 21 7 21 7 17 7 17 7 17 7
755 emacs 329 4 406 4 402 4 402 4 402 4
756 epoc 34 8 35 8 31 8 31 8 31 8
757 h2pl 24 15 24 15 12 15 12 15 12 15
758 hints 377 98 381 98 385 100 368 97 368 97
759 mad 182 8 182 8 174 8 174 8 174 8
760 mint 11 9 11 9 3 9 - - - -
761 mpeix 49 6 49 6 45 6 45 6 45 6
762 NetWare 489 61 489 61 465 61 466 61 466 61
763 os2 552 70 552 70 507 70 507 70 507 70
764 plan9 324 17 324 17 316 17 316 17 316 17
765 Porting 627 40 632 40 933 53 749 54 749 54
766 qnx 5 3 5 4 1 4 1 4 1 4
767 symbian 300 54 300 54 290 54 288 54 288 54
768 utils 260 26 264 27 268 27 269 27 269 27
769 uts 12 3 12 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
770 vmesa 25 4 25 4 21 4 21 4 21 4
771 vms 690 32 722 32 693 30 645 18 645 18
772 vos 19 8 19 8 16 8 16 8 16 8
773 win32 1482 68 1485 68 1497 70 1841 73 1841 73
774 x2p 349 19 349 19 345 19 345 19 345 19
cac726e9 775
776=head2 SELECTED PATCH SIZES
777
699e896a 778The "diff lines kB" means that for example the patch 5.003_08, to be
193fb0af 779applied on top of the 5.003_07 (or whatever was before the 5.003_08)
780added lines for 110 kilobytes, it removed lines for 19 kilobytes, and
cac726e9 781changed lines for 424 kilobytes. Just the lines themselves are
12940611 782counted, not their context. The "+ - !" become from the diff(1)
cac726e9 783context diff output format.
784
ee4d0b42 785 Pump- Release Date diff lines kB
786 king -------------
787 + - !
a45445a7 788 ======================================================================
cac726e9 789
ee4d0b42 790 Chip 5.003_08 1996-Nov-19 110 19 424
791 5.003_09 1996-Nov-26 38 9 248
792 5.003_10 1996-Nov-29 29 2 27
793 5.003_11 1996-Dec-06 73 12 165
794 5.003_12 1996-Dec-19 275 6 436
795 5.003_13 1996-Dec-20 95 1 56
796 5.003_14 1996-Dec-23 23 7 333
797 5.003_15 1996-Dec-23 0 0 1
798 5.003_16 1996-Dec-24 12 3 50
799 5.003_17 1996-Dec-27 19 1 14
800 5.003_18 1996-Dec-31 21 1 32
801 5.003_19 1997-Jan-04 80 3 85
802 5.003_20 1997-Jan-07 18 1 146
803 5.003_21 1997-Jan-15 38 10 221
804 5.003_22 1997-Jan-16 4 0 18
805 5.003_23 1997-Jan-25 71 15 119
806 5.003_24 1997-Jan-29 426 1 20
807 5.003_25 1997-Feb-04 21 8 169
808 5.003_26 1997-Feb-10 16 1 15
809 5.003_27 1997-Feb-18 32 10 38
810 5.003_28 1997-Feb-21 58 4 66
811 5.003_90 1997-Feb-25 22 2 34
812 5.003_91 1997-Mar-01 37 1 39
813 5.003_92 1997-Mar-06 16 3 69
814 5.003_93 1997-Mar-10 12 3 15
815 5.003_94 1997-Mar-22 407 7 200
816 5.003_95 1997-Mar-25 41 1 37
817 5.003_96 1997-Apr-01 283 5 261
818 5.003_97 1997-Apr-03 13 2 34
819 5.003_97a 1997-Apr-05 57 1 27
820 5.003_97b 1997-Apr-08 14 1 20
821 5.003_97c 1997-Apr-10 20 1 16
822 5.003_97d 1997-Apr-13 8 0 16
823 5.003_97e 1997-Apr-15 15 4 46
824 5.003_97f 1997-Apr-17 7 1 33
825 5.003_97g 1997-Apr-18 6 1 42
826 5.003_97h 1997-Apr-24 23 3 68
827 5.003_97i 1997-Apr-25 23 1 31
828 5.003_97j 1997-Apr-28 36 1 49
829 5.003_98 1997-Apr-30 171 12 539
830 5.003_99 1997-May-01 6 0 7
831 5.003_99a 1997-May-09 36 2 61
832 p54rc1 1997-May-12 8 1 11
833 p54rc2 1997-May-14 6 0 40
834
835 5.004 1997-May-15 4 0 4
836
837 Tim 5.004_01 1997-Jun-13 222 14 57
838 5.004_02 1997-Aug-07 112 16 119
839 5.004_03 1997-Sep-05 109 0 17
840 5.004_04 1997-Oct-15 66 8 173
841
842=head3 The patch-free era
843
844In more modern times, named releases don't come as often, and as progress
845can be followed (nearly) instantly (with rsync, and since late 2008, git)
846patches between versions are no longer provided. However, that doesn't
847keep us from calculating how large a patch could have been. Which is
848shown in the table below. Unless noted otherwise, the size mentioned is
849the patch to bring version x.y.z to x.y.z+1.
850
851 Sarathy 5.6.1 2001-Apr-08 531 44 651
852 Rafael 5.6.2 2003-Nov-15 20 11 1819
853
854 Jarkko 5.8.0 2002-Jul-18 1205 31 471 From 5.7.3
855
856 5.8.1 2003-Sep-25 243 102 6162
857 Nicholas 5.8.2 2003-Nov-05 10 50 788
858 5.8.3 2004-Jan-14 31 13 360
859 5.8.4 2004-Apr-21 33 8 299
860 5.8.5 2004-Jul-19 11 19 255
861 5.8.6 2004-Nov-27 35 3 192
862 5.8.7 2005-May-30 75 34 778
863 5.8.8 2006-Jan-31 131 42 1251
864 5.8.9 2008-Dec-14 340 132 12988
865
866 Hugo 5.9.0 2003-Oct-27 281 168 7132 From 5.8.0
867 Rafael 5.9.1 2004-Mar-16 57 250 2107
868 5.9.2 2005-Apr-01 720 57 858
869 5.9.3 2006-Jan-28 1124 102 1906
870 5.9.4 2006-Aug-15 896 60 862
871 5.9.5 2007-Jul-07 1149 128 1062
872
873 5.10.0 2007-Dec-18 50 31 13111 From 5.9.5
874
cac726e9 875
876=head1 THE KEEPERS OF THE RECORDS
877
878Jarkko Hietaniemi <F<jhi@iki.fi>>.
879
880Thanks to the collective memory of the Perlfolk. In addition to the
aa2f2a36 881Keepers of the Pumpkin also Alan Champion, Mark Dominus,
aadc0e04 882Andreas König, John Macdonald, Matthias Neeracher, Jeff Okamoto,
aa2f2a36 883Michael Peppler, Randal Schwartz, and Paul D. Smith sent corrections
699e896a 884and additions. Abigail added file and patch size data for the 5.6.0 - 5.10
885era.
cac726e9 886
887=cut
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