-=pod
-
=head1 NAME
perlhist - the Perl history records
=for RCS
+
+=begin RCS
+
#
-# $Id: perlhist.pod,v 1.32 1998/04/04 12:20:50 jhi Exp $
+# $Id: perlhist.pod,v 1.2 2000/01/24 11:44:47 jhi Exp $
#
+
=end RCS
=head1 DESCRIPTION
=head1 THE KEEPERS OF THE PUMPKIN
Larry Wall, Andy Dougherty, Tom Christiansen, Charles Bailey, Nick
-Ing-Simmons, Chip Salzenberg, Tim Bunce, Malcolm Beattie.
+Ing-Simmons, Chip Salzenberg, Tim Bunce, Malcolm Beattie, Gurusamy
+Sarathy, Graham Barr, Jarkko Hietaniemi.
=head2 PUMPKIN?
[end quote]
The name has stuck. The holder of the pumpkin is sometimes called
-the pumpking or the pumpkineer.
+the pumpking (keeping the source afloat?) or the pumpkineer (pulling
+the strings?).
=head1 THE RECORDS
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
3.037 1990-Oct-20
3.040 1990-Nov-10
3.041 1990-Nov-13
- 3.042..43 1990-Jan-91
+ 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
4.034 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 1993-Mar-18
- 5.003alpha7 1994-Mar-25
+ 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-???-??
- 5.000alpha11 1994-???-??
+ 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-???-??
+ Larry 5.000alpha12 1994-Aug-04
Andy 5.000a12a 1994-Aug-08
5.000a12b 1994-Aug-15
5.000a12c 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 5.000beta1 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-???-??
+ Larry 5.000beta3 1994-Sep-??
Andy 5.000b3a 1994-Sep-18
5.000b3b 1994-Sep-22
5.000b3c 1994-Sep-23
5.000b3f 1994-Sep-30
5.000b3g 1994-Oct-04
Andy 5.000b3h 1994-Oct-07
-
- Larry 5.000 1994-Oct-18
-
+ 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
5.000j 1995-Feb-07
5.000k 1995-Feb-11
5.000l 1995-Feb-21
- 5.000m 1995-???-??
+ 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
5.001m 1995-Jul-02 Very stable.
5.001n 1995-Oct-31 Very unstable.
5.002beta1 1995-Nov-21
- 5.002b1a 1995-Nov-??
+ 5.002b1a 1995-Dec-04
5.002b1b 1995-Dec-04
5.002b1c 1995-Dec-04
5.002b1d 1995-Dec-04
Larry 5.002b3 1996-Feb-02
Andy 5.002gamma 1996-Feb-11
Larry 5.002delta 1996-Feb-27
-
- Larry 5.002 1996-Feb-29
-
+
+ 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_99 1997-May-01
5.003_99a 1997-May-09
p54rc1 1997-May-12 Release Candidates.
- p54rc2 1997-May-14
-
+ 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_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 beta1
+ 5.5.660 2000-Feb-22 beta2
+ 5.5.670 2000-Feb-29 beta3
+ 5.6.0-RC1 2000-Mar-09 release candidate 1
+ 5.6.0-RC2 2000-Mar-14 release candidate 2
+ 5.6.0-RC3 2000-Mar-21 release candidate 3
+ 5.6.0 2000-Mar-22
+
+ Sarathy 5.6.1-TRIAL1 2000-Dec-18 The 5.6 maintenance track.
+ 5.6.1-TRIAL2 2001-Jan-31
+ 5.6.1-TRIAL3 2001-Mar-19
+ 5.6.1-foolish 2001-Apr-01 The "fools-gold" release.
+ 5.6.1 2001-Apr-08
+
+ Jarkko 5.7.0 2000-Sep-02 The 5.7 track: Development.
+ 5.7.1 2001-Apr-09
+ 5.7.2 2001-Jul-13 virtual release candidate 0
=head2 SELECTED RELEASE SIZES
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
- 5.000a3 801 50 117 33 - - 121 87 209 5
- 5.000a9 1022 56 149 43 116 29 125 90 217 6
+ 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
- 5.000beta3h 1035 53 232 70 216 38 162 94 218 21
+ 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_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_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
+ 5.6.0 2930 80 2626 364 1096 129 868 281 2841 93
+ 5.7.0 2977 80 2801 425 1250 132 975 307 3206 100
+ 5.6.1 3049 80 3764 484 1924 159 1025 304 3593 119
+ 5.7.1 3351 84 3442 455 1944 167 1334 357 3698 124
+ 5.7.2 3491 87 4858 618 3290 298 1598 449 3910 139
+ 5.7.3 3415 87 5367 630 14448 410 2205 640 4491 148
The "core"..."doc" mean the following files from the Perl source code
distribution. The glob notation ** means recursively, (.) means
core *.[hcy]
lib lib/**/*.p[ml]
ext ext/**/*.{[hcyt],xs,pm}
- t t/**/*(.)
+ t t/**/*(.) (for 1-5.005_56) or **/*.t (for 5.6.0-5.7.3)
doc {README*,INSTALL,*[_.]man{,.?},pod/**/*.pod}
Here are some statistics for the other subdirectories and one file in
======================================================================
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
+ 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
-
+ 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 - - - - - - - -
+ 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
+ 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
-
- Configure 217 1 225 1 225 1 240 1
- cygwin32 - - 23 5 23 5 23 5
- djgpp - - - - - - 14 5
- eg 54 44 81 62 81 62 81 62
- emacs 143 1 194 1 204 1 212 2
- h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
- hints 90 62 129 69 132 71 144 72
- os2 117 42 121 42 127 42 127 44
- plan9 79 15 82 15 82 15 82 15
- Porting 51 1 94 2 109 4 203 6
- qnx - - 1 2 1 2 1 2
- utils 97 7 112 8 118 8 124 8
- vms 505 27 518 34 524 34 538 34
- win32 - - 285 33 378 36 470 39
- x2p 280 19 281 19 281 19 281 19
+ 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 5.003_07 (or whatever was before it) added
-lines for 110 kilobytes, it removed lines for 19 kilobytes, and
+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
+counted, not their context. The "+ - !" become from the diff(1)
context diff output format.
Pump- Release Date diff lines kB
- king + - !
+ king -------------
+ + - !
===========================================================================
Chip 5.003_08 1996-Nov-19 110 19 424
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 Knig, John
-Macdonald, Matthias Neeracher, Michael Peppler, Randal Schwartz, and
-Paul D. Smith sent corrections and additions.
+Keepers of the Pumpkin also Alan Champion, Mark Dominus,
+Andreas König, John Macdonald, Matthias Neeracher, Jeff Okamoto,
+Michael Peppler, Randal Schwartz, and Paul D. Smith sent corrections
+and additions.
=cut
-