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