1PERLHIST(1) Perl Programmers Reference Guide PERLHIST(1)
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6 perlhist - the Perl history records
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9 This document aims to record the Perl source code releases.
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12 Perl history in brief, by Larry Wall:
13 Perl 0 introduced Perl to my officemates.
15 Perl 1 introduced Perl to the world, and changed /\(...\|...\)/ to
16 /(...|...)/. \(Dan Faigin still hasn't forgiven me. :-\)
17 Perl 2 introduced Henry Spencer's regular expression package.
18 Perl 3 introduced the ability to handle binary data (embedded nulls).
19 Perl 4 introduced the first Camel book. Really. We mostly just
20 switched version numbers so the book could refer to 4.000.
21 Perl 5 introduced everything else, including the ability to
22 introduce everything else.
23
25 Larry Wall, Andy Dougherty, Tom Christiansen, Charles Bailey, Nick Ing-
26 Simmons, Chip Salzenberg, Tim Bunce, Malcolm Beattie, Gurusamy Sarathy,
27 Graham Barr, Jarkko Hietaniemi, Hugo van der Sanden, Michael Schwern,
28 Rafael Garcia-Suarez, Nicholas Clark, Richard Clamp, Leon Brocard, Dave
29 Mitchell, Jesse Vincent, Ricardo Signes, Steve Hay, Matt S Trout, David
30 Golden, Florian Ragwitz, Tatsuhiko Miyagawa, Chris "BinGOs" Williams,
31 Zefram, A~Xvar ArnfjA~XrA~X Bjarmason, Stevan Little, Dave Rolsky, Max
32 Maischein, Abigail, Jesse Luehrs and Tony Cook.
33 PUMPKIN?
35 [from Porting/pumpkin.pod in the Perl source code distribution]
36 Chip Salzenberg gets credit for that, with a nod to his cow orker,
38 David Croy. We had passed around various names (baton, token, hot
39 potato) but none caught on. Then, Chip asked:
40 [begin quote]
42 Who has the patch pumpkin?
44 To explain: David Croy once told me that at a previous job, there was
46 one tape drive and multiple systems that used it for backups. But
47 instead of some high-tech exclusion software, they used a low-tech
48 method to prevent multiple simultaneous backups: a stuffed pumpkin. No
49 one was allowed to make backups unless they had the "backup pumpkin".
50 [end quote]
52 The name has stuck. The holder of the pumpkin is sometimes called the
54 pumpking (keeping the source afloat?) or the pumpkineer (pulling the
55 strings?).
56
58 Pump- Release Date Notes
59 king (by no means
60 comprehensive,
61 see Changes*
62 for details)
63 ======================================================================
64 Larry 0 Classified. Don't ask.
66 Larry 1.000 1987-Dec-18
68 1.001..10 1988-Jan-30
70 1.011..14 1988-Feb-02
71 Schwern 1.0.15 2002-Dec-18 Modernization
72 Richard 1.0_16 2003-Dec-18
73 Larry 2.000 1988-Jun-05
75 2.001 1988-Jun-28
77 Larry 3.000 1989-Oct-18
79 3.001 1989-Oct-26
81 3.002..4 1989-Nov-11
82 3.005 1989-Nov-18
83 3.006..8 1989-Dec-22
84 3.009..13 1990-Mar-02
85 3.014 1990-Mar-13
86 3.015 1990-Mar-14
87 3.016..18 1990-Mar-28
88 3.019..27 1990-Aug-10 User subs.
89 3.028 1990-Aug-14
90 3.029..36 1990-Oct-17
91 3.037 1990-Oct-20
92 3.040 1990-Nov-10
93 3.041 1990-Nov-13
94 3.042..43 1991-Jan-??
95 3.044 1991-Jan-12
96 Larry 4.000 1991-Mar-21
98 4.001..3 1991-Apr-12
100 4.004..9 1991-Jun-07
101 4.010 1991-Jun-10
102 4.011..18 1991-Nov-05
103 4.019 1991-Nov-11 Stable.
104 4.020..33 1992-Jun-08
105 4.034 1992-Jun-11
106 4.035 1992-Jun-23
107 Larry 4.036 1993-Feb-05 Very stable.
108 5.000alpha1 1993-Jul-31
110 5.000alpha2 1993-Aug-16
111 5.000alpha3 1993-Oct-10
112 5.000alpha4 1993-???-??
113 5.000alpha5 1993-???-??
114 5.000alpha6 1994-Mar-18
115 5.000alpha7 1994-Mar-25
116 Andy 5.000alpha8 1994-Apr-04
117 Larry 5.000alpha9 1994-May-05 ext appears.
118 5.000alpha10 1994-Jun-11
119 5.000alpha11 1994-Jul-01
120 Andy 5.000a11a 1994-Jul-07 To fit 14.
121 5.000a11b 1994-Jul-14
122 5.000a11c 1994-Jul-19
123 5.000a11d 1994-Jul-22
124 Larry 5.000alpha12 1994-Aug-04
125 Andy 5.000a12a 1994-Aug-08
126 5.000a12b 1994-Aug-15
127 5.000a12c 1994-Aug-22
128 5.000a12d 1994-Aug-22
129 5.000a12e 1994-Aug-22
130 5.000a12f 1994-Aug-24
131 5.000a12g 1994-Aug-24
132 5.000a12h 1994-Aug-24
133 Larry 5.000beta1 1994-Aug-30
134 Andy 5.000b1a 1994-Sep-06
135 Larry 5.000beta2 1994-Sep-14 Core slushified.
136 Andy 5.000b2a 1994-Sep-14
137 5.000b2b 1994-Sep-17
138 5.000b2c 1994-Sep-17
139 Larry 5.000beta3 1994-Sep-??
140 Andy 5.000b3a 1994-Sep-18
141 5.000b3b 1994-Sep-22
142 5.000b3c 1994-Sep-23
143 5.000b3d 1994-Sep-27
144 5.000b3e 1994-Sep-28
145 5.000b3f 1994-Sep-30
146 5.000b3g 1994-Oct-04
147 Andy 5.000b3h 1994-Oct-07
148 Larry? 5.000gamma 1994-Oct-13?
149 Larry 5.000 1994-Oct-17
151 Andy 5.000a 1994-Dec-19
153 5.000b 1995-Jan-18
154 5.000c 1995-Jan-18
155 5.000d 1995-Jan-18
156 5.000e 1995-Jan-18
157 5.000f 1995-Jan-18
158 5.000g 1995-Jan-18
159 5.000h 1995-Jan-18
160 5.000i 1995-Jan-26
161 5.000j 1995-Feb-07
162 5.000k 1995-Feb-11
163 5.000l 1995-Feb-21
164 5.000m 1995-Feb-28
165 5.000n 1995-Mar-07
166 5.000o 1995-Mar-13?
167 Larry 5.001 1995-Mar-13
169 Andy 5.001a 1995-Mar-15
171 5.001b 1995-Mar-31
172 5.001c 1995-Apr-07
173 5.001d 1995-Apr-14
174 5.001e 1995-Apr-18 Stable.
175 5.001f 1995-May-31
176 5.001g 1995-May-25
177 5.001h 1995-May-25
178 5.001i 1995-May-30
179 5.001j 1995-Jun-05
180 5.001k 1995-Jun-06
181 5.001l 1995-Jun-06 Stable.
182 5.001m 1995-Jul-02 Very stable.
183 5.001n 1995-Oct-31 Very unstable.
184 5.002beta1 1995-Nov-21
185 5.002b1a 1995-Dec-04
186 5.002b1b 1995-Dec-04
187 5.002b1c 1995-Dec-04
188 5.002b1d 1995-Dec-04
189 5.002b1e 1995-Dec-08
190 5.002b1f 1995-Dec-08
191 Tom 5.002b1g 1995-Dec-21 Doc release.
192 Andy 5.002b1h 1996-Jan-05
193 5.002b2 1996-Jan-14
194 Larry 5.002b3 1996-Feb-02
195 Andy 5.002gamma 1996-Feb-11
196 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.
203 5.003_01 1996-Jul-31
205 Nick 5.003_02 1996-Aug-10
206 Andy 5.003_03 1996-Aug-28
207 5.003_04 1996-Sep-02
208 5.003_05 1996-Sep-12
209 5.003_06 1996-Oct-07
210 5.003_07 1996-Oct-10
211 Chip 5.003_08 1996-Nov-19
212 5.003_09 1996-Nov-26
213 5.003_10 1996-Nov-29
214 5.003_11 1996-Dec-06
215 5.003_12 1996-Dec-19
216 5.003_13 1996-Dec-20
217 5.003_14 1996-Dec-23
218 5.003_15 1996-Dec-23
219 5.003_16 1996-Dec-24
220 5.003_17 1996-Dec-27
221 5.003_18 1996-Dec-31
222 5.003_19 1997-Jan-04
223 5.003_20 1997-Jan-07
224 5.003_21 1997-Jan-15
225 5.003_22 1997-Jan-16
226 5.003_23 1997-Jan-25
227 5.003_24 1997-Jan-29
228 5.003_25 1997-Feb-04
229 5.003_26 1997-Feb-10
230 5.003_27 1997-Feb-18
231 5.003_28 1997-Feb-21
232 5.003_90 1997-Feb-25 Ramping up to the 5.004 release.
233 5.003_91 1997-Mar-01
234 5.003_92 1997-Mar-06
235 5.003_93 1997-Mar-10
236 5.003_94 1997-Mar-22
237 5.003_95 1997-Mar-25
238 5.003_96 1997-Apr-01
239 5.003_97 1997-Apr-03 Fairly widely used.
240 5.003_97a 1997-Apr-05
241 5.003_97b 1997-Apr-08
242 5.003_97c 1997-Apr-10
243 5.003_97d 1997-Apr-13
244 5.003_97e 1997-Apr-15
245 5.003_97f 1997-Apr-17
246 5.003_97g 1997-Apr-18
247 5.003_97h 1997-Apr-24
248 5.003_97i 1997-Apr-25
249 5.003_97j 1997-Apr-28
250 5.003_98 1997-Apr-30
251 5.003_99 1997-May-01
252 5.003_99a 1997-May-09
253 p54rc1 1997-May-12 Release Candidates.
254 p54rc2 1997-May-14
255 Chip 5.004 1997-May-15 A major maintenance release.
257 Tim 5.004_01-t1 1997-???-?? The 5.004 maintenance track.
259 5.004_01-t2 1997-Jun-11 aka perl5.004m1t2
260 5.004_01 1997-Jun-13
261 5.004_01_01 1997-Jul-29 aka perl5.004m2t1
262 5.004_01_02 1997-Aug-01 aka perl5.004m2t2
263 5.004_01_03 1997-Aug-05 aka perl5.004m2t3
264 5.004_02 1997-Aug-07
265 5.004_02_01 1997-Aug-12 aka perl5.004m3t1
266 5.004_03-t2 1997-Aug-13 aka perl5.004m3t2
267 5.004_03 1997-Sep-05
268 5.004_04-t1 1997-Sep-19 aka perl5.004m4t1
269 5.004_04-t2 1997-Sep-23 aka perl5.004m4t2
270 5.004_04-t3 1997-Oct-10 aka perl5.004m4t3
271 5.004_04-t4 1997-Oct-14 aka perl5.004m4t4
272 5.004_04 1997-Oct-15
273 5.004_04-m1 1998-Mar-04 (5.004m5t1) Maint. trials for 5.004_05.
274 5.004_04-m2 1998-May-01
275 5.004_04-m3 1998-May-15
276 5.004_04-m4 1998-May-19
277 5.004_05-MT5 1998-Jul-21
278 5.004_05-MT6 1998-Oct-09
279 5.004_05-MT7 1998-Nov-22
280 5.004_05-MT8 1998-Dec-03
281 Chip 5.004_05-MT9 1999-Apr-26
282 5.004_05 1999-Apr-29
283 Malcolm 5.004_50 1997-Sep-09 The 5.005 development track.
285 5.004_51 1997-Oct-02
286 5.004_52 1997-Oct-15
287 5.004_53 1997-Oct-16
288 5.004_54 1997-Nov-14
289 5.004_55 1997-Nov-25
290 5.004_56 1997-Dec-18
291 5.004_57 1998-Feb-03
292 5.004_58 1998-Feb-06
293 5.004_59 1998-Feb-13
294 5.004_60 1998-Feb-20
295 5.004_61 1998-Feb-27
296 5.004_62 1998-Mar-06
297 5.004_63 1998-Mar-17
298 5.004_64 1998-Apr-03
299 5.004_65 1998-May-15
300 5.004_66 1998-May-29
301 Sarathy 5.004_67 1998-Jun-15
302 5.004_68 1998-Jun-23
303 5.004_69 1998-Jun-29
304 5.004_70 1998-Jul-06
305 5.004_71 1998-Jul-09
306 5.004_72 1998-Jul-12
307 5.004_73 1998-Jul-13
308 5.004_74 1998-Jul-14 5.005 beta candidate.
309 5.004_75 1998-Jul-15 5.005 beta1.
310 5.004_76 1998-Jul-21 5.005 beta2.
311 Sarathy 5.005 1998-Jul-22 Oneperl.
313 Sarathy 5.005_01 1998-Jul-27 The 5.005 maintenance track.
315 5.005_02-T1 1998-Aug-02
316 5.005_02-T2 1998-Aug-05
317 5.005_02 1998-Aug-08
318 Graham 5.005_03-MT1 1998-Nov-30
319 5.005_03-MT2 1999-Jan-04
320 5.005_03-MT3 1999-Jan-17
321 5.005_03-MT4 1999-Jan-26
322 5.005_03-MT5 1999-Jan-28
323 5.005_03-MT6 1999-Mar-05
324 5.005_03 1999-Mar-28
325 Leon 5.005_04-RC1 2004-Feb-05
326 5.005_04-RC2 2004-Feb-18
327 5.005_04 2004-Feb-23
328 5.005_05-RC1 2009-Feb-16
329 Sarathy 5.005_50 1998-Jul-26 The 5.6 development track.
331 5.005_51 1998-Aug-10
332 5.005_52 1998-Sep-25
333 5.005_53 1998-Oct-31
334 5.005_54 1998-Nov-30
335 5.005_55 1999-Feb-16
336 5.005_56 1999-Mar-01
337 5.005_57 1999-May-25
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.
351 Sarathy 5.6.0 2000-Mar-22
353 Sarathy 5.6.1-TRIAL1 2000-Dec-18 The 5.6 maintenance track.
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
359 Rafael 5.6.2-RC1 2003-Nov-08
360 5.6.2 2003-Nov-15 Fix new build issues
361 Jarkko 5.7.0 2000-Sep-02 The 5.7 track: Development.
363 5.7.1 2001-Apr-09
364 5.7.2 2001-Jul-13 Virtual release candidate 0.
365 5.7.3 2002-Mar-05
366 5.8.0-RC1 2002-Jun-01
367 5.8.0-RC2 2002-Jun-21
368 5.8.0-RC3 2002-Jul-13
369 Jarkko 5.8.0 2002-Jul-18
371 Jarkko 5.8.1-RC1 2003-Jul-10 The 5.8 maintenance track
373 5.8.1-RC2 2003-Jul-11
374 5.8.1-RC3 2003-Jul-30
375 5.8.1-RC4 2003-Aug-01
376 5.8.1-RC5 2003-Sep-22
377 5.8.1 2003-Sep-25
378 Nicholas 5.8.2-RC1 2003-Oct-27
379 5.8.2-RC2 2003-Nov-03
380 5.8.2 2003-Nov-05
381 5.8.3-RC1 2004-Jan-07
382 5.8.3 2004-Jan-14
383 5.8.4-RC1 2004-Apr-05
384 5.8.4-RC2 2004-Apr-15
385 5.8.4 2004-Apr-21
386 5.8.5-RC1 2004-Jul-06
387 5.8.5-RC2 2004-Jul-08
388 5.8.5 2004-Jul-19
389 5.8.6-RC1 2004-Nov-11
390 5.8.6 2004-Nov-27
391 5.8.7-RC1 2005-May-18
392 5.8.7 2005-May-30
393 5.8.8-RC1 2006-Jan-20
394 5.8.8 2006-Jan-31
395 5.8.9-RC1 2008-Nov-10
396 5.8.9-RC2 2008-Dec-06
397 5.8.9 2008-Dec-14
398 Hugo 5.9.0 2003-Oct-27 The 5.9 development track
400 Rafael 5.9.1 2004-Mar-16
401 5.9.2 2005-Apr-01
402 5.9.3 2006-Jan-28
403 5.9.4 2006-Aug-15
404 5.9.5 2007-Jul-07
405 5.10.0-RC1 2007-Nov-17
406 5.10.0-RC2 2007-Nov-25
407 Rafael 5.10.0 2007-Dec-18
409 David M 5.10.1-RC1 2009-Aug-06 The 5.10 maintenance track
411 5.10.1-RC2 2009-Aug-18
412 5.10.1 2009-Aug-22
413 Jesse 5.11.0 2009-Oct-02 The 5.11 development track
415 5.11.1 2009-Oct-20
416 Leon 5.11.2 2009-Nov-20
417 Jesse 5.11.3 2009-Dec-20
418 Ricardo 5.11.4 2010-Jan-20
419 Steve 5.11.5 2010-Feb-20
420 Jesse 5.12.0-RC0 2010-Mar-21
421 5.12.0-RC1 2010-Mar-29
422 5.12.0-RC2 2010-Apr-01
423 5.12.0-RC3 2010-Apr-02
424 5.12.0-RC4 2010-Apr-06
425 5.12.0-RC5 2010-Apr-09
426 Jesse 5.12.0 2010-Apr-12
428 Jesse 5.12.1-RC2 2010-May-13 The 5.12 maintenance track
430 5.12.1-RC1 2010-May-09
431 5.12.1 2010-May-16
432 5.12.2-RC2 2010-Aug-31
433 5.12.2 2010-Sep-06
434 Ricardo 5.12.3-RC1 2011-Jan-09
435 Ricardo 5.12.3-RC2 2011-Jan-14
436 Ricardo 5.12.3-RC3 2011-Jan-17
437 Ricardo 5.12.3 2011-Jan-21
438 Leon 5.12.4-RC1 2011-Jun-08
439 Leon 5.12.4 2011-Jun-20
440 Leon 5.13.0 2010-Apr-20 The 5.13 development track
442 Ricardo 5.13.1 2010-May-20
443 Matt 5.13.2 2010-Jun-22
444 David G 5.13.3 2010-Jul-20
445 Florian 5.13.4 2010-Aug-20
446 Steve 5.13.5 2010-Sep-19
447 Miyagawa 5.13.6 2010-Oct-20
448 BinGOs 5.13.7 2010-Nov-20
449 Zefram 5.13.8 2010-Dec-20
450 Jesse 5.13.9 2011-Jan-20
451 A~Xvar 5.13.10 2011-Feb-20
452 Florian 5.13.11 2011-Mar-20
453 Jesse 5.14.0RC1 2011-Apr-20
454 Jesse 5.14.0RC2 2011-May-04
455 Jesse 5.14.0RC3 2011-May-11
456 Jesse 5.14.0 2011-May-14 The 5.14 maintenance track
458 Jesse 5.14.1 2011-Jun-16
459 Florian 5.14.2-RC1 2011-Sep-19
460 5.14.2 2011-Sep-26
461 David G 5.15.0 2011-Jun-20 The 5.15 development track
463 Zefram 5.15.1 2011-Jul-20
464 Ricardo 5.15.2 2011-Aug-20
465 Stevan 5.15.3 2011-Sep-20
466 Florian 5.15.4 2011-Oct-20
467 Steve 5.15.5 2011-Nov-20
468 Dave R 5.15.6 2011-Dec-20
469 BinGOs 5.15.7 2012-Jan-20
470 Max M 5.15.8 2012-Feb-20
471 Abigail 5.15.9 2012-Mar-20
472 Ricardo 5.16.0-RC0 2012-May-10
473 Ricardo 5.16.0-RC1 2012-May-14
474 Ricardo 5.16.0-RC2 2012-May-15
475 Ricardo 5.16.0 2012-May-20 The 5.16 maintenance track
477 Ricardo 5.16.1-RC1 2012-Aug-03
478 Ricardo 5.16.1 2012-Aug-08
479 Ricardo 5.16.2 2012-Nov-01
480 Ricardo 5.16.3-RC1 2013-Mar-06
481 Ricardo 5.16.3 2013-Mar-11
482 Zefram 5.17.0 2012-May-26 The 5.17 development track
484 Jesse L 5.17.1 2012-Jun-20
485 TonyC 5.17.2 2012-Jul-20
486 Steve 5.17.3 2012-Aug-20
487 Florian 5.17.4 2012-Sep-20
488 Florian 5.17.5 2012-Oct-20
489 Ricardo 5.17.6 2012-Nov-20
490 Dave R 5.17.7 2012-Dec-18
491 Aaron 5.17.8 2013-Jan-20
492 BinGOs 5.17.9 2013-Feb-20
493 SELECTED RELEASE SIZES
495 For example the notation "core: 212 29" in the release 1.000 means
496 that it had in the core 212 kilobytes, in 29 files. The "core".."doc"
497 are explained below.
498 release core lib ext t doc
500 ======================================================================
501 1.000 212 29 - - - - 38 51 62 3
503 1.014 219 29 - - - - 39 52 68 4
504 2.000 309 31 2 3 - - 55 57 92 4
505 2.001 312 31 2 3 - - 55 57 94 4
506 3.000 508 36 24 11 - - 79 73 156 5
507 3.044 645 37 61 20 - - 90 74 190 6
508 4.000 635 37 59 20 - - 91 75 198 4
509 4.019 680 37 85 29 - - 98 76 199 4
510 4.036 709 37 89 30 - - 98 76 208 5
511 5.000alpha2 785 50 114 32 - - 112 86 209 5
512 5.000alpha3 801 50 117 33 - - 121 87 209 5
513 5.000alpha9 1022 56 149 43 116 29 125 90 217 6
514 5.000a12h 978 49 140 49 205 46 152 97 228 9
515 5.000b3h 1035 53 232 70 216 38 162 94 218 21
516 5.000 1038 53 250 76 216 38 154 92 536 62
517 5.001m 1071 54 388 82 240 38 159 95 544 29
518 5.002 1121 54 661 101 287 43 155 94 847 35
519 5.003 1129 54 680 102 291 43 166 100 853 35
520 5.003_07 1231 60 748 106 396 53 213 137 976 39
521 5.004 1351 60 1230 136 408 51 355 161 1587 55
522 5.004_01 1356 60 1258 138 410 51 358 161 1587 55
523 5.004_04 1375 60 1294 139 413 51 394 162 1629 55
524 5.004_05 1463 60 1435 150 394 50 445 175 1855 59
525 5.004_51 1401 61 1260 140 413 53 358 162 1594 56
526 5.004_53 1422 62 1295 141 438 70 394 162 1637 56
527 5.004_56 1501 66 1301 140 447 74 408 165 1648 57
528 5.004_59 1555 72 1317 142 448 74 424 171 1678 58
529 5.004_62 1602 77 1327 144 629 92 428 173 1674 58
530 5.004_65 1626 77 1358 146 615 92 446 179 1698 60
531 5.004_68 1856 74 1382 152 619 92 463 187 1784 60
532 5.004_70 1863 75 1456 154 675 92 494 194 1809 60
533 5.004_73 1874 76 1467 152 762 102 506 196 1883 61
534 5.004_75 1877 76 1467 152 770 103 508 196 1896 62
535 5.005 1896 76 1469 152 795 103 509 197 1945 63
536 5.005_03 1936 77 1541 153 813 104 551 201 2176 72
537 5.005_50 1969 78 1842 301 795 103 514 198 1948 63
538 5.005_53 1999 79 1885 303 806 104 602 224 2002 67
539 5.005_56 2086 79 1970 307 866 113 672 238 2221 75
540 5.6.0 2820 79 2626 364 1096 129 863 280 2840 93
541 5.6.1 2946 78 2921 430 1171 132 1024 304 3330 102
542 5.6.2 2947 78 3143 451 1247 127 1303 387 3406 102
543 5.7.0 2977 80 2801 425 1250 132 975 307 3206 100
544 5.7.1 3351 84 3442 455 1944 167 1334 357 3698 124
545 5.7.2 3491 87 4858 618 3290 298 1598 449 3910 139
546 5.7.3 3299 85 4295 537 2196 300 2176 626 4171 120
547 5.8.0 3489 87 4533 585 2437 331 2588 726 4368 125
548 5.8.1 3674 90 5104 623 2604 353 2983 836 4625 134
549 5.8.2 3633 90 5111 623 2623 357 3019 848 4634 135
550 5.8.3 3625 90 5141 624 2660 363 3083 869 4669 136
551 5.8.4 3653 90 5170 634 2684 368 3148 885 4689 137
552 5.8.5 3664 90 4260 303 2707 369 3208 898 4689 138
553 5.8.6 3690 90 4271 303 3141 396 3411 925 4709 139
554 5.8.7 3788 90 4322 307 3297 401 3485 964 4744 141
555 5.8.8 3895 90 4357 314 3409 431 3622 1017 4979 144
556 5.8.9 4132 93 5508 330 3826 529 4364 1234 5348 152
557 5.9.0 3657 90 4951 626 2603 354 3011 841 4609 135
558 5.9.1 3580 90 5196 634 2665 367 3186 889 4725 138
559 5.9.2 3863 90 4654 312 3283 403 3551 973 4800 142
560 5.9.3 4096 91 5318 381 4806 597 4272 1214 5139 147
561 5.9.4 4393 94 5718 415 4578 642 4646 1310 5335 153
562 5.9.5 4681 96 6849 479 4827 671 5155 1490 5572 159
563 5.10.0 4710 97 7050 486 4899 673 5275 1503 5673 160
564 5.10.1 4858 98 7440 519 6195 921 6147 1751 5151 163
565 5.12.0 4999 100 1146 121 15227 2176 6400 1843 5342 168
566 5.12.1 5000 100 1146 121 15283 2178 6407 1846 5354 169
567 5.12.2 5003 100 1146 121 15404 2178 6413 1846 5376 170
568 5.12.3 5004 100 1146 121 15529 2180 6417 1848 5391 171
569 The "core"..."doc" mean the following files from the Perl source code
571 distribution. The glob notation ** means recursively, (.) means
572 regular files.
573 core *.[hcy]
575 lib lib/**/*.p[ml]
576 ext ext/**/*.{[hcyt],xs,pm} (for -5.10.1) or
577 {dist,ext,cpan}/**/*.{[hcyt],xs,pm} (for 5.12.0-)
578 t t/**/*(.) (for 1-5.005_56) or **/*.t (for 5.6.0-5.7.3)
579 doc {README*,INSTALL,*[_.]man{,.?},pod/**/*.pod}
580 Here are some statistics for the other subdirectories and one file in
582 the Perl source distribution for somewhat more selected releases.
583 ======================================================================
585 Legend: kB #
586 1.014 2.001 3.044
588 Configure 31 1 37 1 62 1
590 eg - - 34 28 47 39
591 h2pl - - - - 12 12
592 msdos - - - - 41 13
593 os2 - - - - 63 22
594 usub - - - - 21 16
595 x2p 103 17 104 17 137 17
596 ======================================================================
598 4.000 4.019 4.036
600 atarist - - - - 113 31
602 Configure 73 1 83 1 86 1
603 eg 47 39 47 39 47 39
604 emacs 67 4 67 4 67 4
605 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12
606 hints - - 5 42 11 56
607 msdos 57 15 58 15 60 15
608 os2 81 29 81 29 113 31
609 usub 25 7 43 8 43 8
610 x2p 147 18 152 19 154 19
611 ======================================================================
613 5.000a2 5.000a12h 5.000b3h 5.000 5.001m
615 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
617 atarist 113 31 113 31 - - - - - -
618 bench - - 0 1 - - - - - -
619 Bugs 2 5 26 1 - - - - - -
620 dlperl 40 5 - - - - - - - -
621 do 127 71 - - - - - - - -
622 Configure - - 153 1 159 1 160 1 180 1
623 Doc - - 26 1 75 7 11 1 11 1
624 eg 79 58 53 44 51 43 54 44 54 44
625 emacs 67 4 104 6 104 6 104 1 104 6
626 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
627 hints 11 56 12 46 18 48 18 48 44 56
628 msdos 60 15 60 15 - - - - - -
629 os2 113 31 113 31 - - - - - -
630 U - - 62 8 112 42 - - - -
631 usub 43 8 - - - - - - - -
632 vms - - 80 7 123 9 184 15 304 20
633 x2p 171 22 171 21 162 20 162 20 279 20
634 ======================================================================
636 5.002 5.003 5.003_07
638 Configure 201 1 201 1 217 1
640 eg 54 44 54 44 54 44
641 emacs 108 1 108 1 143 1
642 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12
643 hints 73 59 77 60 90 62
644 os2 84 17 56 10 117 42
645 plan9 - - - - 79 15
646 Porting - - - - 51 1
647 utils 87 7 88 7 97 7
648 vms 500 24 475 26 505 27
649 x2p 280 20 280 20 280 19
650 ======================================================================
652 5.004 5.004_04 5.004_62 5.004_65 5.004_68
654 beos - - - - - - 1 1 1 1
656 Configure 225 1 225 1 240 1 248 1 256 1
657 cygwin32 23 5 23 5 23 5 24 5 24 5
658 djgpp - - - - 14 5 14 5 14 5
659 eg 81 62 81 62 81 62 81 62 81 62
660 emacs 194 1 204 1 212 2 212 2 212 2
661 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
662 hints 129 69 132 71 144 72 151 74 155 74
663 os2 121 42 127 42 127 44 129 44 129 44
664 plan9 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15
665 Porting 94 2 109 4 203 6 234 8 241 9
666 qnx 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2
667 utils 112 8 118 8 124 8 156 9 159 9
668 vms 518 34 524 34 538 34 569 34 569 34
669 win32 285 33 378 36 470 39 493 39 575 41
670 x2p 281 19 281 19 281 19 282 19 281 19
671 ======================================================================
673 5.004_70 5.004_73 5.004_75 5.005 5.005_03
675 apollo - - - - - - - - 0 1
677 beos 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
678 Configure 256 1 256 1 264 1 264 1 270 1
679 cygwin32 24 5 24 5 24 5 24 5 24 5
680 djgpp 14 5 14 5 14 5 14 5 15 5
681 eg 86 65 86 65 86 65 86 65 86 65
682 emacs 262 2 262 2 262 2 262 2 274 2
683 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
684 hints 157 74 157 74 159 74 160 74 179 77
685 mint - - - - - - - - 4 7
686 mpeix - - - - 5 3 5 3 5 3
687 os2 129 44 139 44 142 44 143 44 148 44
688 plan9 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15
689 Porting 241 9 253 9 259 10 264 12 272 13
690 qnx 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2
691 utils 160 9 160 9 160 9 160 9 164 9
692 vms 570 34 572 34 573 34 575 34 583 34
693 vos - - - - - - - - 156 10
694 win32 577 41 585 41 585 41 587 41 600 42
695 x2p 281 19 281 19 281 19 281 19 281 19
696 ======================================================================
698 5.6.0 5.6.1 5.6.2 5.7.3
700 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
702 beos 5 2 5 2 5 2 6 4
703 Configure 346 1 361 1 363 1 394 1
704 Cross - - - - - - 4 2
705 djgpp 19 6 19 6 19 6 21 7
706 eg 112 71 112 71 112 71 - -
707 emacs 303 4 319 4 319 4 319 4
708 epoc 29 8 35 8 35 8 36 8
709 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15
710 hints 242 83 250 84 321 89 272 87
711 mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9
712 mpeix 9 4 9 4 9 4 9 4
713 NetWare - - - - - - 423 57
714 os2 214 59 224 60 224 60 357 66
715 plan9 92 17 92 17 92 17 85 15
716 Porting 361 15 390 16 390 16 425 21
717 qnx 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3
718 utils 228 12 221 11 222 11 267 13
719 uts - - - - - - 12 3
720 vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4
721 vms 686 38 627 38 627 38 649 36
722 vos 227 12 249 15 248 15 281 17
723 win32 755 41 782 42 801 42 1006 50
724 x2p 307 20 307 20 307 20 345 20
725 ======================================================================
727 5.8.0 5.8.1 5.8.2 5.8.3 5.8.4
729 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
731 beos 6 4 6 4 6 4 6 4 6 4
732 Configure 472 1 493 1 493 1 493 1 494 1
733 Cross 4 2 45 10 45 10 45 10 45 10
734 djgpp 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7
735 emacs 319 4 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4
736 epoc 33 8 33 8 33 8 33 8 33 8
737 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15
738 hints 294 88 321 89 321 89 321 89 348 91
739 mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9
740 mpeix 24 5 25 5 25 5 25 5 25 5
741 NetWare 488 61 490 61 490 61 490 61 488 61
742 os2 361 66 445 67 450 67 488 67 488 67
743 plan9 85 15 325 17 325 17 325 17 321 17
744 Porting 479 22 537 32 538 32 539 32 538 33
745 qnx 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3
746 utils 275 15 258 16 258 16 263 19 263 19
747 uts 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3
748 vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4
749 vms 648 36 654 36 654 36 656 36 656 36
750 vos 330 20 335 20 335 20 335 20 335 20
751 win32 1062 49 1125 49 1127 49 1126 49 1181 56
752 x2p 347 20 348 20 348 20 348 20 348 20
753 ======================================================================
755 5.8.5 5.8.6 5.8.7 5.8.8 5.8.9
757 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
759 beos 6 4 6 4 8 4 8 4 8 4
760 Configure 494 1 494 1 495 1 506 1 520 1
761 Cross 45 10 45 10 45 10 45 10 46 10
762 djgpp 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7
763 emacs 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4 406 4
764 epoc 33 8 33 8 33 8 34 8 35 8
765 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15
766 hints 350 91 352 91 355 94 360 94 387 99
767 mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9
768 mpeix 25 5 25 5 25 5 49 6 49 6
769 NetWare 488 61 488 61 488 61 490 61 491 61
770 os2 488 67 488 67 488 67 488 67 552 70
771 plan9 321 17 321 17 321 17 322 17 324 17
772 Porting 538 34 548 35 549 35 564 37 625 41
773 qnx 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3
774 utils 265 19 265 19 266 19 267 19 281 21
775 uts 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3
776 vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4
777 vms 657 36 658 36 662 36 664 36 716 35
778 vos 335 20 335 20 335 20 336 21 345 22
779 win32 1183 56 1190 56 1199 56 1219 56 1484 68
780 x2p 349 20 349 20 349 20 349 19 350 19
781 ======================================================================
783 5.9.0 5.9.1 5.9.2 5.9.3 5.9.4
785 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
787 beos 6 4 6 4 8 4 8 4 8 4
788 Configure 493 1 493 1 495 1 508 1 512 1
789 Cross 45 10 45 10 45 10 45 10 46 10
790 djgpp 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7
791 emacs 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4
792 epoc 33 8 33 8 33 8 34 8 34 8
793 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15
794 hints 321 89 346 91 355 94 359 94 366 96
795 mad - - - - - - - - 174 6
796 mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9
797 mpeix 25 5 25 5 25 5 49 6 49 6
798 NetWare 489 61 487 61 487 61 489 61 489 61
799 os2 444 67 488 67 488 67 488 67 488 67
800 plan9 325 17 321 17 321 17 322 17 323 17
801 Porting 537 32 536 33 549 36 564 38 576 38
802 qnx 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3
803 symbian - - - - - - 293 53 293 53
804 utils 258 16 263 19 268 20 273 23 275 24
805 uts 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3
806 vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4
807 vms 660 36 547 33 553 33 661 33 696 33
808 vos 11 7 11 7 11 7 11 7 11 7
809 win32 1120 49 1124 51 1191 56 1209 56 1719 90
810 x2p 348 20 348 20 349 20 349 19 349 19
811 ======================================================================
813 5.9.5 5.10.0 5.10.1 5.12.0 5.12.1
815 apollo 8 3 8 3 0 3 0 3 0 3
817 beos 8 4 8 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
818 Configure 518 1 518 1 533 1 536 1 536 1
819 Cross 122 15 122 15 119 15 118 15 118 15
820 djgpp 21 7 21 7 17 7 17 7 17 7
821 emacs 329 4 406 4 402 4 402 4 402 4
822 epoc 34 8 35 8 31 8 31 8 31 8
823 h2pl 24 15 24 15 12 15 12 15 12 15
824 hints 377 98 381 98 385 100 368 97 368 97
825 mad 182 8 182 8 174 8 174 8 174 8
826 mint 11 9 11 9 3 9 - - - -
827 mpeix 49 6 49 6 45 6 45 6 45 6
828 NetWare 489 61 489 61 465 61 466 61 466 61
829 os2 552 70 552 70 507 70 507 70 507 70
830 plan9 324 17 324 17 316 17 316 17 316 17
831 Porting 627 40 632 40 933 53 749 54 749 54
832 qnx 5 3 5 4 1 4 1 4 1 4
833 symbian 300 54 300 54 290 54 288 54 288 54
834 utils 260 26 264 27 268 27 269 27 269 27
835 uts 12 3 12 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
836 vmesa 25 4 25 4 21 4 21 4 21 4
837 vms 690 32 722 32 693 30 645 18 645 18
838 vos 19 8 19 8 16 8 16 8 16 8
839 win32 1482 68 1485 68 1497 70 1841 73 1841 73
840 x2p 349 19 349 19 345 19 345 19 345 19
841 ======================================================================
843 5.12.2 5.12.3
845 apollo 0 3 0 3
847 beos 4 4 4 4
848 Configure 536 1 536 1
849 Cross 118 15 118 15
850 djgpp 17 7 17 7
851 emacs 402 4 402 4
852 epoc 31 8 31 8
853 h2pl 12 15 12 15
854 hints 368 97 368 97
855 mad 174 8 174 8
856 mpeix 45 6 45 6
857 NetWare 466 61 466 61
858 os2 507 70 507 70
859 plan9 316 17 316 17
860 Porting 750 54 750 54
861 qnx 1 4 1 4
862 symbian 288 54 288 54
863 utils 269 27 269 27
864 uts 8 3 8 3
865 vmesa 21 4 21 4
866 vms 646 18 644 18
867 vos 16 8 16 8
868 win32 1841 73 1841 73
869 x2p 345 19 345 19
870 SELECTED PATCH SIZES
872 The "diff lines kB" means that for example the patch 5.003_08, to be
873 applied on top of the 5.003_07 (or whatever was before the 5.003_08)
874 added lines for 110 kilobytes, it removed lines for 19 kilobytes, and
875 changed lines for 424 kilobytes. Just the lines themselves are
876 counted, not their context. The "+ - !" become from the diff(1)
877 context diff output format.
878 Pump- Release Date diff lines kB
880 king -------------
881 + - !
882 ======================================================================
883 Chip 5.003_08 1996-Nov-19 110 19 424
885 5.003_09 1996-Nov-26 38 9 248
886 5.003_10 1996-Nov-29 29 2 27
887 5.003_11 1996-Dec-06 73 12 165
888 5.003_12 1996-Dec-19 275 6 436
889 5.003_13 1996-Dec-20 95 1 56
890 5.003_14 1996-Dec-23 23 7 333
891 5.003_15 1996-Dec-23 0 0 1
892 5.003_16 1996-Dec-24 12 3 50
893 5.003_17 1996-Dec-27 19 1 14
894 5.003_18 1996-Dec-31 21 1 32
895 5.003_19 1997-Jan-04 80 3 85
896 5.003_20 1997-Jan-07 18 1 146
897 5.003_21 1997-Jan-15 38 10 221
898 5.003_22 1997-Jan-16 4 0 18
899 5.003_23 1997-Jan-25 71 15 119
900 5.003_24 1997-Jan-29 426 1 20
901 5.003_25 1997-Feb-04 21 8 169
902 5.003_26 1997-Feb-10 16 1 15
903 5.003_27 1997-Feb-18 32 10 38
904 5.003_28 1997-Feb-21 58 4 66
905 5.003_90 1997-Feb-25 22 2 34
906 5.003_91 1997-Mar-01 37 1 39
907 5.003_92 1997-Mar-06 16 3 69
908 5.003_93 1997-Mar-10 12 3 15
909 5.003_94 1997-Mar-22 407 7 200
910 5.003_95 1997-Mar-25 41 1 37
911 5.003_96 1997-Apr-01 283 5 261
912 5.003_97 1997-Apr-03 13 2 34
913 5.003_97a 1997-Apr-05 57 1 27
914 5.003_97b 1997-Apr-08 14 1 20
915 5.003_97c 1997-Apr-10 20 1 16
916 5.003_97d 1997-Apr-13 8 0 16
917 5.003_97e 1997-Apr-15 15 4 46
918 5.003_97f 1997-Apr-17 7 1 33
919 5.003_97g 1997-Apr-18 6 1 42
920 5.003_97h 1997-Apr-24 23 3 68
921 5.003_97i 1997-Apr-25 23 1 31
922 5.003_97j 1997-Apr-28 36 1 49
923 5.003_98 1997-Apr-30 171 12 539
924 5.003_99 1997-May-01 6 0 7
925 5.003_99a 1997-May-09 36 2 61
926 p54rc1 1997-May-12 8 1 11
927 p54rc2 1997-May-14 6 0 40
928 5.004 1997-May-15 4 0 4
930 Tim 5.004_01 1997-Jun-13 222 14 57
932 5.004_02 1997-Aug-07 112 16 119
933 5.004_03 1997-Sep-05 109 0 17
934 5.004_04 1997-Oct-15 66 8 173
935 The patch-free era
937 In more modern times, named releases don't come as often, and as
939 progress can be followed (nearly) instantly (with rsync, and since late
940 2008, git) patches between versions are no longer provided. However,
941 that doesn't keep us from calculating how large a patch could have
942 been. Which is shown in the table below. Unless noted otherwise, the
943 size mentioned is the patch to bring version x.y.z to x.y.z+1.
944 Sarathy 5.6.1 2001-Apr-08 531 44 651
946 Rafael 5.6.2 2003-Nov-15 20 11 1819
947 Jarkko 5.8.0 2002-Jul-18 1205 31 471 From 5.7.3
949 5.8.1 2003-Sep-25 243 102 6162
951 Nicholas 5.8.2 2003-Nov-05 10 50 788
952 5.8.3 2004-Jan-14 31 13 360
953 5.8.4 2004-Apr-21 33 8 299
954 5.8.5 2004-Jul-19 11 19 255
955 5.8.6 2004-Nov-27 35 3 192
956 5.8.7 2005-May-30 75 34 778
957 5.8.8 2006-Jan-31 131 42 1251
958 5.8.9 2008-Dec-14 340 132 12988
959 Hugo 5.9.0 2003-Oct-27 281 168 7132 From 5.8.0
961 Rafael 5.9.1 2004-Mar-16 57 250 2107
962 5.9.2 2005-Apr-01 720 57 858
963 5.9.3 2006-Jan-28 1124 102 1906
964 5.9.4 2006-Aug-15 896 60 862
965 5.9.5 2007-Jul-07 1149 128 1062
966 5.10.0 2007-Dec-18 50 31 13111 From 5.9.5
968
970 Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>.
971 Thanks to the collective memory of the Perlfolk. In addition to the
973 Keepers of the Pumpkin also Alan Champion, Mark Dominus, Andreas
974 Koenig, John Macdonald, Matthias Neeracher, Jeff Okamoto, Michael
975 Peppler, Randal Schwartz, and Paul D. Smith sent corrections and
976 additions. Abigail added file and patch size data for the 5.6.0 - 5.10
977 era.
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