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=pod

=head1 NAME

perlhist - the Perl history records

=for RCS
#
# $Id: perlhist.pod,v 1.41 1998/06/09 15:20:18 jhi Exp $
#
=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.

=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
          5.003alpha7   1994-Mar-25
 Andy     5.000alpha8   1994-Apr-04
 Larry    5.000alpha9   1994-May-05     ext appears.
          5.000alpha10  1994-???-??
          5.000alpha11  1994-???-??
 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-???-??
 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-???-??
 Andy     5.000b1a      1994-???-??
 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   5.000          1994-Oct-18
                                   
 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-???-??
          5.000n        1995-Mar-07
                                   
 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-Nov-??
          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
                                   
 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
                                   
 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

=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_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

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

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cac726e9	1	=pod
	2
	3	=head1 NAME
	4
	5	perlhist - the Perl history records
	6
	7	=for RCS
	8	#
193fb0af	9	# $Id: perlhist.pod,v 1.41 1998/06/09 15:20:18 jhi Exp $
cac726e9	10	#
	11	=end RCS
	12
	13	=head1 DESCRIPTION
	14
	15	This document aims to record the Perl source code releases.
	16
	17	=head1 INTRODUCTION
	18
	19	Perl history in brief, by Larry Wall:
	20
a3cb178b	21	Perl 0 introduced Perl to my officemates.
a3cb178b	22	Perl 1 introduced Perl to the world, and changed /\(...\\|...\)/ to
d516a115	23	/(...\|...)/. \(Dan Faigin still hasn't forgiven me. :-\)
cac726e9	24	Perl 2 introduced Henry Spencer's regular expression package.
	25	Perl 3 introduced the ability to handle binary data (embedded nulls).
	26	Perl 4 introduced the first Camel book. Really. We mostly just
d516a115	27	switched version numbers so the book could refer to 4.000.
cac726e9	28	Perl 5 introduced everything else, including the ability to
d516a115	29	introduce everything else.
cac726e9	30
	31	=head1 THE KEEPERS OF THE PUMPKIN
	32
7b8d334a	33	Larry Wall, Andy Dougherty, Tom Christiansen, Charles Bailey, Nick
193fb0af	34	Ing-Simmons, Chip Salzenberg, Tim Bunce, Malcolm Beattie, Gurusamy
193fb0af	35	Sarathy.
cac726e9	36
	37	=head2 PUMPKIN?
	38
	39	[from Porting/pumpkin.pod in the Perl source code distribution]
	40
	41	Chip Salzenberg gets credit for that, with a nod to his cow orker,
	42	David Croy. We had passed around various names (baton, token, hot
	43	potato) but none caught on. Then, Chip asked:
	44
	45	[begin quote]
	46
	47	Who has the patch pumpkin?
	48
	49	To explain: David Croy once told me once that at a previous job,
	50	there was one tape drive and multiple systems that used it for backups.
	51	But instead of some high-tech exclusion software, they used a low-tech
	52	method to prevent multiple simultaneous backups: a stuffed pumpkin.
	53	No one was allowed to make backups unless they had the "backup pumpkin".
	54
	55	[end quote]
	56
	57	The name has stuck. The holder of the pumpkin is sometimes called
193fb0af	58	the pumpking (keeping the source afloat?) or the pumpkineer (pulling
193fb0af	59	the strings?).
cac726e9	60
	61	=head1 THE RECORDS
	62
	63	Pump- Release Date Notes
	64	king (by no means
	65	comprehensive,
	66	see Changes*
	67	for details)
	68	===========================================================================
	69
d516a115	70	Larry 0 Classified. Don't ask.
cac726e9	71
cac726e9	72	Larry 1.000 1987-Dec-18
d516a115	73
cac726e9	74	1.001..10 1988-Jan-30
cac726e9	75	1.011..14 1988-Feb-02
d516a115	76
cac726e9	77	Larry 2.000 1988-Jun-05
d516a115	78
cac726e9	79	2.001 1988-Jun-28
d516a115	80
cac726e9	81	Larry 3.000 1989-Oct-18
d516a115	82
cac726e9	83	3.001 1989-Oct-26
	84	3.002..4 1989-Nov-11
	85	3.005 1989-Nov-18
	86	3.006..8 1989-Dec-22
	87	3.009..13 1990-Mar-02
	88	3.014 1990-Mar-13
	89	3.015 1990-Mar-14
	90	3.016..18 1990-Mar-28
d516a115	91	3.019..27 1990-Aug-10 User subs.
cac726e9	92	3.028 1990-Aug-14
	93	3.029..36 1990-Oct-17
	94	3.037 1990-Oct-20
	95	3.040 1990-Nov-10
	96	3.041 1990-Nov-13
193fb0af	97	3.042..43 1990-Jan-??
cac726e9	98	3.044 1991-Jan-12
d516a115	99
cac726e9	100	Larry 4.000 1991-Mar-21
d516a115	101
cac726e9	102	4.001..3 1991-Apr-12
	103	4.004..9 1991-Jun-07
	104	4.010 1991-Jun-10
	105	4.011..18 1991-Nov-05
d516a115	106	4.019 1991-Nov-11 Stable.
cac726e9	107	4.020..33 1992-Jun-08
	108	4.034 1992-Jun-11
	109	4.035 1992-Jun-23
d516a115	110	Larry 4.036 1993-Feb-05 Very stable.
d516a115	111
cac726e9	112	5.000alpha1 1993-Jul-31
	113	5.000alpha2 1993-Aug-16
	114	5.000alpha3 1993-Oct-10
	115	5.000alpha4 1993-???-??
	116	5.000alpha5 1993-???-??
193fb0af	117	5.000alpha6 1994-Mar-18
cac726e9	118	5.003alpha7 1994-Mar-25
cac726e9	119	Andy 5.000alpha8 1994-Apr-04
d516a115	120	Larry 5.000alpha9 1994-May-05 ext appears.
cac726e9	121	5.000alpha10 1994-???-??
cac726e9	122	5.000alpha11 1994-???-??
d516a115	123	Andy 5.000a11a 1994-Jul-07 To fit 14.
cac726e9	124	5.000a11b 1994-Jul-14
	125	5.000a11c 1994-Jul-19
	126	5.000a11d 1994-Jul-22
	127	Larry 5.000alpha12 1994-???-??
	128	Andy 5.000a12a 1994-Aug-08
	129	5.000a12b 1994-Aug-15
	130	5.000a12c 1994-Aug-22
	131	5.000a12d 1994-Aug-22
	132	5.000a12e 1994-Aug-22
	133	5.000a12f 1994-Aug-24
	134	5.000a12g 1994-Aug-24
	135	5.000a12h 1994-Aug-24
	136	Larry 5.000beta1 1994-???-??
	137	Andy 5.000b1a 1994-???-??
d516a115	138	Larry 5.000beta2 1994-Sep-14 Core slushified.
cac726e9	139	Andy 5.000b2a 1994-Sep-14
	140	5.000b2b 1994-Sep-17
	141	5.000b2c 1994-Sep-17
193fb0af	142	Larry 5.000beta3 1994-Sep-??
cac726e9	143	Andy 5.000b3a 1994-Sep-18
	144	5.000b3b 1994-Sep-22
	145	5.000b3c 1994-Sep-23
	146	5.000b3d 1994-Sep-27
	147	5.000b3e 1994-Sep-28
	148	5.000b3f 1994-Sep-30
	149	5.000b3g 1994-Oct-04
	150	Andy 5.000b3h 1994-Oct-07
d516a115	151
cac726e9	152	Larry 5.000 1994-Oct-18
d516a115	153
cac726e9	154	Andy 5.000a 1994-Dec-19
	155	5.000b 1995-Jan-18
	156	5.000c 1995-Jan-18
	157	5.000d 1995-Jan-18
	158	5.000e 1995-Jan-18
	159	5.000f 1995-Jan-18
	160	5.000g 1995-Jan-18
	161	5.000h 1995-Jan-18
	162	5.000i 1995-Jan-26
	163	5.000j 1995-Feb-07
	164	5.000k 1995-Feb-11
	165	5.000l 1995-Feb-21
	166	5.000m 1995-???-??
	167	5.000n 1995-Mar-07
d516a115	168
cac726e9	169	Larry 5.001 1995-Mar-13
d516a115	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
	186	5.002b1a 1995-Nov-??
	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
d516a115	195	Larry 5.002b3 1996-Feb-02
cac726e9	196	Andy 5.002gamma 1996-Feb-11
cac726e9	197	Larry 5.002delta 1996-Feb-27
d516a115	198
cac726e9	199	Larry 5.002 1996-Feb-29
d516a115	200
cac726e9	201	Charles 5.002_01 1996-Mar-25
d516a115	202
	203	5.003 1996-Jun-25 Security release.
	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.
	255	p54rc2 1997-May-14
	256
	257	Chip 5.004 1997-May-15 A major maintenance release.
	258
	259	Tim 5.004_01 1997-Jun-13 The 5.004 maintenance track.
cac726e9	260	5.004_02 1997-Aug-07
	261	5.004_03 1997-Sep-05
	262	5.004_04 1997-Oct-15
193fb0af	263	5.004m5t1 1998-Mar-04 Maintenance Trials (for 5.004_05).
	264	5.004_04-m2 1997-May-01
	265	5.004_04-m3 1998-May-15
d516a115	266
d516a115	267	Malcolm 5.004_50 1997-Sep-09 The 5.005 development track.
cac726e9	268	5.004_51 1997-Oct-02
	269	5.004_52 1997-Oct-15
	270	5.004_53 1997-Oct-16
	271	5.004_54 1997-Nov-14
	272	5.004_55 1997-Nov-25
	273	5.004_56 1997-Dec-18
d516a115	274	5.004_57 1998-Feb-03
	275	5.004_58 1998-Feb-06
	276	5.004_59 1998-Feb-13
a3cb178b	277	5.004_60 1998-Feb-20
	278	5.004_61 1998-Feb-27
	279	5.004_62 1998-Mar-06
7b8d334a	280	5.004_63 1998-Mar-17
7b8d334a	281	5.004_64 1998-Apr-03
193fb0af	282	5.004_65 1998-May-15
	283	5.004_66 1998-May-29
	284	Sarathy 5.004_67 1998-Jun-15
cac726e9	285
	286	=head2 SELECTED RELEASE SIZES
	287
	288	For example the notation "core: 212 29" in the release 1.000 means that
	289	it had in the core 212 kilobytes, in 29 files. The "core".."doc" are
	290	explained below.
	291
d516a115	292	release core lib ext t doc
cac726e9	293	======================================================================
cac726e9	294
d516a115	295	1.000 212 29 - - - - 38 51 62 3
	296	1.014 219 29 - - - - 39 52 68 4
	297	2.000 309 31 2 3 - - 55 57 92 4
	298	2.001 312 31 2 3 - - 55 57 94 4
	299	3.000 508 36 24 11 - - 79 73 156 5
	300	3.044 645 37 61 20 - - 90 74 190 6
	301	4.000 635 37 59 20 - - 91 75 198 4
	302	4.019 680 37 85 29 - - 98 76 199 4
	303	4.036 709 37 89 30 - - 98 76 208 5
	304	5.000alpha2 785 50 114 32 - - 112 86 209 5
193fb0af	305	5.000alpha3 801 50 117 33 - - 121 87 209 5
193fb0af	306	5.000alpha9 1022 56 149 43 116 29 125 90 217 6
cac726e9	307	5.000a12h 978 49 140 49 205 46 152 97 228 9
193fb0af	308	5.000b3h 1035 53 232 70 216 38 162 94 218 21
d516a115	309	5.000 1038 53 250 76 216 38 154 92 536 62
	310	5.001m 1071 54 388 82 240 38 159 95 544 29
	311	5.002 1121 54 661 101 287 43 155 94 847 35
	312	5.003 1129 54 680 102 291 43 166 100 853 35
	313	5.003_07 1231 60 748 106 396 53 213 137 976 39
	314	5.004 1351 60 1230 136 408 51 355 161 1587 55
	315	5.004_01 1356 60 1258 138 410 51 358 161 1587 55
	316	5.004_04 1375 60 1294 139 413 51 394 162 1629 55
	317	5.004_51 1401 61 1260 140 413 53 358 162 1594 56
	318	5.004_53 1422 62 1295 141 438 70 394 162 1637 56
	319	5.004_56 1501 66 1301 140 447 74 408 165 1648 57
	320	5.004_59 1555 72 1317 142 448 74 424 171 1678 58
193fb0af	321	5.004_62 1602 77 1327 144 629 92 428 173 1674 58
193fb0af	322	5.004_65 1626 77 1358 146 615 92 446 179 1698 60
cac726e9	323
	324	The "core"..."doc" mean the following files from the Perl source code
	325	distribution. The glob notation ** means recursively, (.) means
	326	regular files.
	327
d516a115	328	core *.[hcy]
	329	lib lib/*/.p[ml]
	330	ext ext/*/.{[hcyt],xs,pm}
	331	t t/*/(.)
	332	doc {README,INSTALL,[_.]man{,.?},pod/*/.pod}
cac726e9	333
	334	Here are some statistics for the other subdirectories and one file in
	335	the Perl source distribution for somewhat more selected releases.
	336
	337	======================================================================
	338	Legend: kB #
	339
d516a115	340	1.014 2.001 3.044 4.000 4.019 4.036
d516a115	341
cac726e9	342	atarist - - - - - - - - - - 113 31
	343	Configure 31 1 37 1 62 1 73 1 83 1 86 1
	344	eg - - 34 28 47 39 47 39 47 39 47 39
	345	emacs - - - - - - 67 4 67 4 67 4
	346	h2pl - - - - 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
	347	hints - - - - - - - - 5 42 11 56
	348	msdos - - - - 41 13 57 15 58 15 60 15
	349	os2 - - - - 63 22 81 29 81 29 113 31
	350	usub - - - - 21 16 25 7 43 8 43 8
	351	x2p 103 17 104 17 137 17 147 18 152 19 154 19
	352
	353	======================================================================
	354
d516a115	355	5.000a2 5.000a12h 5.000b3h 5.000 5.001m 5.002 5.003
d516a115	356
cac726e9	357	atarist 113 31 113 31 - - - - - - - - - -
	358	bench - - 0 1 - - - - - - - - - -
	359	Bugs 2 5 26 1 - - - - - - - - - -
	360	dlperl 40 5 - - - - - - - - - - - -
	361	do 127 71 - - - - - - - - - - - -
	362	Configure - - 153 1 159 1 160 1 180 1 201 1 201 1
	363	Doc - - 26 1 75 7 11 1 11 1 - - - -
	364	eg 79 58 53 44 51 43 54 44 54 44 54 44 54 44
	365	emacs 67 4 104 6 104 6 104 1 104 6 108 1 108 1
	366	h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
	367	hints 11 56 12 46 18 48 18 48 44 56 73 59 77 60
	368	msdos 60 15 60 15 - - - - - - - - - -
	369	os2 113 31 113 31 - - - - - - 84 17 56 10
	370	U - - 62 8 112 42 - - - - - - - -
	371	usub 43 8 - - - - - - - - - - - -
	372	utils - - - - - - - - - - 87 7 88 7
	373	vms - - 80 7 123 9 184 15 304 20 500 24 475 26
	374	x2p 171 22 171 21 162 20 162 20 279 20 280 20 280 20
	375
	376	======================================================================
	377
193fb0af	378	5.003_07 5.004 5.004_04 5.004_62 5.004_65
d516a115	379
193fb0af	380	beos - - - - - - - - 1 1
	381	Configure 217 1 225 1 225 1 240 1 248 1
	382	cygwin32 - - 23 5 23 5 23 5 24 5
	383	djgpp - - - - - - 14 5 14 5
	384	eg 54 44 81 62 81 62 81 62 81 62
	385	emacs 143 1 194 1 204 1 212 2 212 2
	386	h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
	387	hints 90 62 129 69 132 71 144 72 151 74
	388	os2 117 42 121 42 127 42 127 44 129 44
	389	plan9 79 15 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15
	390	Porting 51 1 94 2 109 4 203 6 234 8
	391	qnx - - 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2
	392	utils 97 7 112 8 118 8 124 8 156 9
	393	vms 505 27 518 34 524 34 538 34 569 34
	394	win32 - - 285 33 378 36 470 39 493 39
	395	x2p 280 19 281 19 281 19 281 19 282 19
cac726e9	396
	397	=head2 SELECTED PATCH SIZES
	398
193fb0af	399	The "diff lines kb" means that for example the patch 5.003_08, to be
	400	applied on top of the 5.003_07 (or whatever was before the 5.003_08)
	401	added lines for 110 kilobytes, it removed lines for 19 kilobytes, and
cac726e9	402	changed lines for 424 kilobytes. Just the lines themselves are
	403	counted, not their context. The "+ - !" become from the diff(1)s
	404	context diff output format.
	405
	406	Pump- Release Date diff lines kB
	407	king + - !
	408	===========================================================================
	409
	410	Chip 5.003_08 1996-Nov-19 110 19 424
	411	5.003_09 1996-Nov-26 38 9 248
	412	5.003_10 1996-Nov-29 29 2 27
	413	5.003_11 1996-Dec-06 73 12 165
	414	5.003_12 1996-Dec-19 275 6 436
	415	5.003_13 1996-Dec-20 95 1 56
	416	5.003_14 1996-Dec-23 23 7 333
	417	5.003_15 1996-Dec-23 0 0 1
	418	5.003_16 1996-Dec-24 12 3 50
	419	5.003_17 1996-Dec-27 19 1 14
	420	5.003_18 1996-Dec-31 21 1 32
	421	5.003_19 1997-Jan-04 80 3 85
	422	5.003_20 1997-Jan-07 18 1 146
	423	5.003_21 1997-Jan-15 38 10 221
	424	5.003_22 1997-Jan-16 4 0 18
	425	5.003_23 1997-Jan-25 71 15 119
	426	5.003_24 1997-Jan-29 426 1 20
	427	5.003_25 1997-Feb-04 21 8 169
	428	5.003_26 1997-Feb-10 16 1 15
	429	5.003_27 1997-Feb-18 32 10 38
	430	5.003_28 1997-Feb-21 58 4 66
	431	5.003_90 1997-Feb-25 22 2 34
	432	5.003_91 1997-Mar-01 37 1 39
	433	5.003_92 1997-Mar-06 16 3 69
	434	5.003_93 1997-Mar-10 12 3 15
	435	5.003_94 1997-Mar-22 407 7 200
	436	5.003_95 1997-Mar-25 41 1 37
	437	5.003_96 1997-Apr-01 283 5 261
	438	5.003_97 1997-Apr-03 13 2 34
	439	5.003_97a 1997-Apr-05 57 1 27
	440	5.003_97b 1997-Apr-08 14 1 20
	441	5.003_97c 1997-Apr-10 20 1 16
	442	5.003_97d 1997-Apr-13 8 0 16
	443	5.003_97e 1997-Apr-15 15 4 46
	444	5.003_97f 1997-Apr-17 7 1 33
	445	5.003_97g 1997-Apr-18 6 1 42
	446	5.003_97h 1997-Apr-24 23 3 68
	447	5.003_97i 1997-Apr-25 23 1 31
	448	5.003_97j 1997-Apr-28 36 1 49
	449	5.003_98 1997-Apr-30 171 12 539
	450	5.003_99 1997-May-01 6 0 7
	451	5.003_99a 1997-May-09 36 2 61
	452	p54rc1 1997-May-12 8 1 11
	453	p54rc2 1997-May-14 6 0 40
	454
7b8d334a	455	5.004 1997-May-15 4 0 4
cac726e9	456
	457	Tim 5.004_01 1997-Jun-13 222 14 57
	458	5.004_02 1997-Aug-07 112 16 119
	459	5.004_03 1997-Sep-05 109 0 17
	460	5.004_04 1997-Oct-15 66 8 173
	461
	462	=head1 THE KEEPERS OF THE RECORDS
	463
	464	Jarkko Hietaniemi <F<jhi@iki.fi>>.
	465
	466	Thanks to the collective memory of the Perlfolk. In addition to the
193fb0af	467	Keepers of the Pumpkin also Alan Champion, Andreas König, John
cac726e9	468	Macdonald, Matthias Neeracher, Michael Peppler, Randal Schwartz, and
	469	Paul D. Smith sent corrections and additions.
	470
	471	=cut