From: Nick Ing-Simmons Date: Sat, 24 Jan 1998 09:47:49 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Add perlhist.pod X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=cac726e9d0fd73b1e6b39e512b9503f2a2c14354;p=p5sagit%2Fp5-mst-13.2.git Add perlhist.pod p4raw-id: //depot/ansiperl@435 --- diff --git a/MANIFEST b/MANIFEST index a9599f4..069a490 100644 --- a/MANIFEST +++ b/MANIFEST @@ -605,6 +605,7 @@ pod/perlfaq9.pod Frequently Asked Questions, Part 9 pod/perlform.pod Format info pod/perlfunc.pod Function info pod/perlguts.pod Internals info +pod/perlhist.pod The Perl history records pod/perlipc.pod IPC info pod/perllocale.pod Locale support info pod/perllol.pod How to use lists of lists diff --git a/pod/perlhist.pod b/pod/perlhist.pod new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9113ed9 --- /dev/null +++ b/pod/perlhist.pod @@ -0,0 +1,451 @@ +=pod + +=head1 NAME + +perlhist - the Perl history records + +=for RCS +# +# $Id: perlhist.pod,v 1.27 1998/01/16 19:50:20 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. + +=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 or the pumpkineer. + +=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-91 + 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 1993-Mar-18 + 5.003alpha7 1994-Mar-25 + Andy 5.000alpha8 1994-Apr-04 + Larry 5.000alpha9 1994-May-05 + 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-???-?? + 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 + + 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 + +=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 + 5.000a3 801 50 117 33 - - 121 87 209 5 + 5.000a9 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 + 5.000 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 + +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_56 + + Configure 217 1 225 1 225 1 232 1 + cygwin32 - - 23 5 23 5 23 5 + djgpp - - - - - - 15 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 71 138 72 + os2 117 42 121 42 127 42 134 44 + plan9 79 15 82 15 82 15 82 15 + Porting 51 1 94 2 109 4 109 4 + qnx - - 1 2 1 2 1 2 + utils 97 7 112 8 118 8 118 8 + vms 505 27 518 34 524 34 538 34 + win32 - - 285 33 378 36 449 38 + x2p 280 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 +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 >. + +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. + +=cut