1PERLHIST(1)            Perl Programmers Reference Guide            PERLHIST(1)
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NAME

6       perlhist - the Perl history records
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DESCRIPTION

9       This document aims to record the Perl source code releases.
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INTRODUCTION

12       Perl history in brief, by Larry Wall:
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14          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.
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THE KEEPERS OF THE PUMPKIN

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, AEvar Arnfjoerd` Bjarmason, Stevan Little, Dave Rolsky, Max
32       Maischein, Abigail, Jesse Luehrs, Tony Cook, Dominic Hargreaves, Aaron
33       Crane, Aristotle Pagaltzis, Matthew Horsfall, Peter Martini, Sawyer X,
34       Chad 'Exodist' Granum, Renee Baecker, Eric Herman, John SJ Anderson,
35       Karen Etheridge, Zak B. Elep, and Tom Hukins.
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37   PUMPKIN?
38       [from Porting/pumpkin.pod in the Perl source code distribution]
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40       Chip Salzenberg gets credit for that, with a nod to his cow orker,
41       David Croy.  We had passed around various names (baton, token, hot
42       potato) but none caught on.  Then, Chip asked:
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44       [begin quote]
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46          Who has the patch pumpkin?
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48       To explain:  David Croy once told me that at a previous job, there was
49       one tape drive and multiple systems that used it for backups.  But
50       instead of some high-tech exclusion software, they used a low-tech
51       method to prevent multiple simultaneous backups: a stuffed pumpkin.  No
52       one was allowed to make backups unless they had the "backup pumpkin".
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54       [end quote]
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56       The name has stuck.  The holder of the pumpkin is sometimes called the
57       pumpking (keeping the source afloat?) or the pumpkineer (pulling the
58       strings?).
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THE RECORDS

61        Pump-  Release         Date            Notes
62        king                                   (by no means
63                                                comprehensive,
64                                                see Changes*
65                                                for details)
66        ======================================================================
67
68        Larry   0              Classified.     Don't ask.
69
70        Larry   1.000          1987-Dec-18
71
72                 1.001..10     1988-Jan-30
73                 1.011..14     1988-Feb-02
74        Schwern  1.0.15        2002-Dec-18     Modernization
75        Richard  1.0_16        2003-Dec-18
76
77        Larry   2.000          1988-Jun-05
78
79                 2.001         1988-Jun-28
80
81        Larry   3.000          1989-Oct-18
82
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
91                 3.019..27     1990-Aug-10     User subs.
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
97                 3.042..43     1991-Jan-??
98                 3.044         1991-Jan-12
99
100        Larry   4.000          1991-Mar-21
101
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
106                 4.019         1991-Nov-11     Stable.
107                 4.020..33     1992-Jun-08
108                 4.034         1992-Jun-11
109                 4.035         1992-Jun-23
110        Larry    4.036         1993-Feb-05     Very stable.
111
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-???-??
117                 5.000alpha6   1994-Mar-18
118                 5.000alpha7   1994-Mar-25
119        Andy     5.000alpha8   1994-Apr-04
120        Larry    5.000alpha9   1994-May-05     ext appears.
121                 5.000alpha10  1994-Jun-11
122                 5.000alpha11  1994-Jul-01
123        Andy     5.000a11a     1994-Jul-07     To fit 14.
124                 5.000a11b     1994-Jul-14
125                 5.000a11c     1994-Jul-19
126                 5.000a11d     1994-Jul-22
127        Larry    5.000alpha12  1994-Aug-04
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-Aug-30
137        Andy     5.000b1a      1994-Sep-06
138        Larry    5.000beta2    1994-Sep-14     Core slushified.
139        Andy     5.000b2a      1994-Sep-14
140                 5.000b2b      1994-Sep-17
141                 5.000b2c      1994-Sep-17
142        Larry    5.000beta3    1994-Sep-??
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
151        Larry?   5.000gamma    1994-Oct-13?
152
153        Larry   5.000          1994-Oct-17
154
155        Andy     5.000a        1994-Dec-19
156                 5.000b        1995-Jan-18
157                 5.000c        1995-Jan-18
158                 5.000d        1995-Jan-18
159                 5.000e        1995-Jan-18
160                 5.000f        1995-Jan-18
161                 5.000g        1995-Jan-18
162                 5.000h        1995-Jan-18
163                 5.000i        1995-Jan-26
164                 5.000j        1995-Feb-07
165                 5.000k        1995-Feb-11
166                 5.000l        1995-Feb-21
167                 5.000m        1995-Feb-28
168                 5.000n        1995-Mar-07
169                 5.000o        1995-Mar-13?
170
171        Larry   5.001          1995-Mar-13
172
173        Andy     5.001a        1995-Mar-15
174                 5.001b        1995-Mar-31
175                 5.001c        1995-Apr-07
176                 5.001d        1995-Apr-14
177                 5.001e        1995-Apr-18     Stable.
178                 5.001f        1995-May-31
179                 5.001g        1995-May-25
180                 5.001h        1995-May-25
181                 5.001i        1995-May-30
182                 5.001j        1995-Jun-05
183                 5.001k        1995-Jun-06
184                 5.001l        1995-Jun-06     Stable.
185                 5.001m        1995-Jul-02     Very stable.
186                 5.001n        1995-Oct-31     Very unstable.
187                 5.002beta1    1995-Nov-21
188                 5.002b1a      1995-Dec-04
189                 5.002b1b      1995-Dec-04
190                 5.002b1c      1995-Dec-04
191                 5.002b1d      1995-Dec-04
192                 5.002b1e      1995-Dec-08
193                 5.002b1f      1995-Dec-08
194        Tom      5.002b1g      1995-Dec-21     Doc release.
195        Andy     5.002b1h      1996-Jan-05
196                 5.002b2       1996-Jan-14
197        Larry    5.002b3       1996-Feb-02
198        Andy     5.002gamma    1996-Feb-11
199        Larry    5.002delta    1996-Feb-27
200
201        Larry   5.002          1996-Feb-29     Prototypes.
202
203        Charles  5.002_01      1996-Mar-25
204
205                5.003          1996-Jun-25     Security release.
206
207                 5.003_01      1996-Jul-31
208        Nick     5.003_02      1996-Aug-10
209        Andy     5.003_03      1996-Aug-28
210                 5.003_04      1996-Sep-02
211                 5.003_05      1996-Sep-12
212                 5.003_06      1996-Oct-07
213                 5.003_07      1996-Oct-10
214        Chip     5.003_08      1996-Nov-19
215                 5.003_09      1996-Nov-26
216                 5.003_10      1996-Nov-29
217                 5.003_11      1996-Dec-06
218                 5.003_12      1996-Dec-19
219                 5.003_13      1996-Dec-20
220                 5.003_14      1996-Dec-23
221                 5.003_15      1996-Dec-23
222                 5.003_16      1996-Dec-24
223                 5.003_17      1996-Dec-27
224                 5.003_18      1996-Dec-31
225                 5.003_19      1997-Jan-04
226                 5.003_20      1997-Jan-07
227                 5.003_21      1997-Jan-15
228                 5.003_22      1997-Jan-16
229                 5.003_23      1997-Jan-25
230                 5.003_24      1997-Jan-29
231                 5.003_25      1997-Feb-04
232                 5.003_26      1997-Feb-10
233                 5.003_27      1997-Feb-18
234                 5.003_28      1997-Feb-21
235                 5.003_90      1997-Feb-25     Ramping up to the 5.004 release.
236                 5.003_91      1997-Mar-01
237                 5.003_92      1997-Mar-06
238                 5.003_93      1997-Mar-10
239                 5.003_94      1997-Mar-22
240                 5.003_95      1997-Mar-25
241                 5.003_96      1997-Apr-01
242                 5.003_97      1997-Apr-03     Fairly widely used.
243                 5.003_97a     1997-Apr-05
244                 5.003_97b     1997-Apr-08
245                 5.003_97c     1997-Apr-10
246                 5.003_97d     1997-Apr-13
247                 5.003_97e     1997-Apr-15
248                 5.003_97f     1997-Apr-17
249                 5.003_97g     1997-Apr-18
250                 5.003_97h     1997-Apr-24
251                 5.003_97i     1997-Apr-25
252                 5.003_97j     1997-Apr-28
253                 5.003_98      1997-Apr-30
254                 5.003_99      1997-May-01
255                 5.003_99a     1997-May-09
256                 p54rc1        1997-May-12     Release Candidates.
257                 p54rc2        1997-May-14
258
259        Chip    5.004          1997-May-15     A major maintenance release.
260
261        Tim      5.004_01-t1   1997-???-??     The 5.004 maintenance track.
262                 5.004_01-t2   1997-Jun-11     aka perl5.004m1t2
263                 5.004_01      1997-Jun-13
264                 5.004_01_01   1997-Jul-29     aka perl5.004m2t1
265                 5.004_01_02   1997-Aug-01     aka perl5.004m2t2
266                 5.004_01_03   1997-Aug-05     aka perl5.004m2t3
267                 5.004_02      1997-Aug-07
268                 5.004_02_01   1997-Aug-12     aka perl5.004m3t1
269                 5.004_03-t2   1997-Aug-13     aka perl5.004m3t2
270                 5.004_03      1997-Sep-05
271                 5.004_04-t1   1997-Sep-19     aka perl5.004m4t1
272                 5.004_04-t2   1997-Sep-23     aka perl5.004m4t2
273                 5.004_04-t3   1997-Oct-10     aka perl5.004m4t3
274                 5.004_04-t4   1997-Oct-14     aka perl5.004m4t4
275                 5.004_04      1997-Oct-15
276                 5.004_04-m1   1998-Mar-04     (5.004m5t1) Maint. trials for 5.004_05.
277                 5.004_04-m2   1998-May-01
278                 5.004_04-m3   1998-May-15
279                 5.004_04-m4   1998-May-19
280                 5.004_05-MT5  1998-Jul-21
281                 5.004_05-MT6  1998-Oct-09
282                 5.004_05-MT7  1998-Nov-22
283                 5.004_05-MT8  1998-Dec-03
284        Chip     5.004_05-MT9  1999-Apr-26
285                 5.004_05      1999-Apr-29
286
287        Malcolm  5.004_50      1997-Sep-09     The 5.005 development track.
288                 5.004_51      1997-Oct-02
289                 5.004_52      1997-Oct-15
290                 5.004_53      1997-Oct-16
291                 5.004_54      1997-Nov-14
292                 5.004_55      1997-Nov-25
293                 5.004_56      1997-Dec-18
294                 5.004_57      1998-Feb-03
295                 5.004_58      1998-Feb-06
296                 5.004_59      1998-Feb-13
297                 5.004_60      1998-Feb-20
298                 5.004_61      1998-Feb-27
299                 5.004_62      1998-Mar-06
300                 5.004_63      1998-Mar-17
301                 5.004_64      1998-Apr-03
302                 5.004_65      1998-May-15
303                 5.004_66      1998-May-29
304        Sarathy  5.004_67      1998-Jun-15
305                 5.004_68      1998-Jun-23
306                 5.004_69      1998-Jun-29
307                 5.004_70      1998-Jul-06
308                 5.004_71      1998-Jul-09
309                 5.004_72      1998-Jul-12
310                 5.004_73      1998-Jul-13
311                 5.004_74      1998-Jul-14     5.005 beta candidate.
312                 5.004_75      1998-Jul-15     5.005 beta1.
313                 5.004_76      1998-Jul-21     5.005 beta2.
314
315        Sarathy  5.005         1998-Jul-22     Oneperl.
316
317        Sarathy  5.005_01      1998-Jul-27     The 5.005 maintenance track.
318                 5.005_02-T1   1998-Aug-02
319                 5.005_02-T2   1998-Aug-05
320                 5.005_02      1998-Aug-08
321        Graham   5.005_03-MT1  1998-Nov-30
322                 5.005_03-MT2  1999-Jan-04
323                 5.005_03-MT3  1999-Jan-17
324                 5.005_03-MT4  1999-Jan-26
325                 5.005_03-MT5  1999-Jan-28
326                 5.005_03-MT6  1999-Mar-05
327                 5.005_03      1999-Mar-28
328        Leon     5.005_04-RC1  2004-Feb-05
329                 5.005_04-RC2  2004-Feb-18
330                 5.005_04      2004-Feb-23
331                 5.005_05-RC1  2009-Feb-16
332
333        Sarathy  5.005_50      1998-Jul-26     The 5.6 development track.
334                 5.005_51      1998-Aug-10
335                 5.005_52      1998-Sep-25
336                 5.005_53      1998-Oct-31
337                 5.005_54      1998-Nov-30
338                 5.005_55      1999-Feb-16
339                 5.005_56      1999-Mar-01
340                 5.005_57      1999-May-25
341                 5.005_58      1999-Jul-27
342                 5.005_59      1999-Aug-02
343                 5.005_60      1999-Aug-02
344                 5.005_61      1999-Aug-20
345                 5.005_62      1999-Oct-15
346                 5.005_63      1999-Dec-09
347                 5.5.640       2000-Feb-02
348                 5.5.650       2000-Feb-08     beta1
349                 5.5.660       2000-Feb-22     beta2
350                 5.5.670       2000-Feb-29     beta3
351                 5.6.0-RC1     2000-Mar-09     Release candidate 1.
352                 5.6.0-RC2     2000-Mar-14     Release candidate 2.
353                 5.6.0-RC3     2000-Mar-21     Release candidate 3.
354
355        Sarathy  5.6.0         2000-Mar-22
356
357        Sarathy  5.6.1-TRIAL1  2000-Dec-18     The 5.6 maintenance track.
358                 5.6.1-TRIAL2  2001-Jan-31
359                 5.6.1-TRIAL3  2001-Mar-19
360                 5.6.1-foolish 2001-Apr-01     The "fools-gold" release.
361                 5.6.1         2001-Apr-08
362        Rafael   5.6.2-RC1     2003-Nov-08
363                 5.6.2         2003-Nov-15     Fix new build issues
364
365        Jarkko   5.7.0         2000-Sep-02     The 5.7 track: Development.
366                 5.7.1         2001-Apr-09
367                 5.7.2         2001-Jul-13     Virtual release candidate 0.
368                 5.7.3         2002-Mar-05
369                 5.8.0-RC1     2002-Jun-01
370                 5.8.0-RC2     2002-Jun-21
371                 5.8.0-RC3     2002-Jul-13
372
373        Jarkko   5.8.0         2002-Jul-18
374
375        Jarkko   5.8.1-RC1     2003-Jul-10     The 5.8 maintenance track
376                 5.8.1-RC2     2003-Jul-11
377                 5.8.1-RC3     2003-Jul-30
378                 5.8.1-RC4     2003-Aug-01
379                 5.8.1-RC5     2003-Sep-22
380                 5.8.1         2003-Sep-25
381        Nicholas 5.8.2-RC1     2003-Oct-27
382                 5.8.2-RC2     2003-Nov-03
383                 5.8.2         2003-Nov-05
384                 5.8.3-RC1     2004-Jan-07
385                 5.8.3         2004-Jan-14
386                 5.8.4-RC1     2004-Apr-05
387                 5.8.4-RC2     2004-Apr-15
388                 5.8.4         2004-Apr-21
389                 5.8.5-RC1     2004-Jul-06
390                 5.8.5-RC2     2004-Jul-08
391                 5.8.5         2004-Jul-19
392                 5.8.6-RC1     2004-Nov-11
393                 5.8.6         2004-Nov-27
394                 5.8.7-RC1     2005-May-18
395                 5.8.7         2005-May-30
396                 5.8.8-RC1     2006-Jan-20
397                 5.8.8         2006-Jan-31
398                 5.8.9-RC1     2008-Nov-10
399                 5.8.9-RC2     2008-Dec-06
400                 5.8.9         2008-Dec-14
401
402        Hugo     5.9.0         2003-Oct-27     The 5.9 development track
403        Rafael   5.9.1         2004-Mar-16
404                 5.9.2         2005-Apr-01
405                 5.9.3         2006-Jan-28
406                 5.9.4         2006-Aug-15
407                 5.9.5         2007-Jul-07
408                 5.10.0-RC1    2007-Nov-17
409                 5.10.0-RC2    2007-Nov-25
410
411        Rafael   5.10.0        2007-Dec-18
412
413        David M  5.10.1-RC1    2009-Aug-06     The 5.10 maintenance track
414                 5.10.1-RC2    2009-Aug-18
415                 5.10.1        2009-Aug-22
416
417        Jesse    5.11.0        2009-Oct-02     The 5.11 development track
418                 5.11.1        2009-Oct-20
419        Leon     5.11.2        2009-Nov-20
420        Jesse    5.11.3        2009-Dec-20
421        Ricardo  5.11.4        2010-Jan-20
422        Steve    5.11.5        2010-Feb-20
423        Jesse    5.12.0-RC0    2010-Mar-21
424                 5.12.0-RC1    2010-Mar-29
425                 5.12.0-RC2    2010-Apr-01
426                 5.12.0-RC3    2010-Apr-02
427                 5.12.0-RC4    2010-Apr-06
428                 5.12.0-RC5    2010-Apr-09
429
430        Jesse    5.12.0        2010-Apr-12
431
432        Jesse    5.12.1-RC2    2010-May-13     The 5.12 maintenance track
433                 5.12.1-RC1    2010-May-09
434                 5.12.1        2010-May-16
435                 5.12.2-RC2    2010-Aug-31
436                 5.12.2        2010-Sep-06
437        Ricardo  5.12.3-RC1    2011-Jan-09
438        Ricardo  5.12.3-RC2    2011-Jan-14
439        Ricardo  5.12.3-RC3    2011-Jan-17
440        Ricardo  5.12.3        2011-Jan-21
441        Leon     5.12.4-RC1    2011-Jun-08
442        Leon     5.12.4        2011-Jun-20
443        Dominic  5.12.5        2012-Nov-10
444
445        Leon     5.13.0        2010-Apr-20     The 5.13 development track
446        Ricardo  5.13.1        2010-May-20
447        Matt     5.13.2        2010-Jun-22
448        David G  5.13.3        2010-Jul-20
449        Florian  5.13.4        2010-Aug-20
450        Steve    5.13.5        2010-Sep-19
451        Miyagawa 5.13.6        2010-Oct-20
452        BinGOs   5.13.7        2010-Nov-20
453        Zefram   5.13.8        2010-Dec-20
454        Jesse    5.13.9        2011-Jan-20
455        AEvar     5.13.10       2011-Feb-20
456        Florian  5.13.11       2011-Mar-20
457        Jesse    5.14.0RC1     2011-Apr-20
458        Jesse    5.14.0RC2     2011-May-04
459        Jesse    5.14.0RC3     2011-May-11
460
461        Jesse    5.14.0        2011-May-14     The 5.14 maintenance track
462        Jesse    5.14.1        2011-Jun-16
463        Florian  5.14.2-RC1    2011-Sep-19
464                 5.14.2        2011-Sep-26
465        Dominic  5.14.3        2012-Oct-12
466        David M  5.14.4-RC1    2013-Mar-05
467        David M  5.14.4-RC2    2013-Mar-07
468        David M  5.14.4        2013-Mar-10
469
470        David G  5.15.0        2011-Jun-20     The 5.15 development track
471        Zefram   5.15.1        2011-Jul-20
472        Ricardo  5.15.2        2011-Aug-20
473        Stevan   5.15.3        2011-Sep-20
474        Florian  5.15.4        2011-Oct-20
475        Steve    5.15.5        2011-Nov-20
476        Dave R   5.15.6        2011-Dec-20
477        BinGOs   5.15.7        2012-Jan-20
478        Max M    5.15.8        2012-Feb-20
479        Abigail  5.15.9        2012-Mar-20
480        Ricardo  5.16.0-RC0    2012-May-10
481        Ricardo  5.16.0-RC1    2012-May-14
482        Ricardo  5.16.0-RC2    2012-May-15
483
484        Ricardo  5.16.0        2012-May-20     The 5.16 maintenance track
485        Ricardo  5.16.1        2012-Aug-08
486        Ricardo  5.16.2        2012-Nov-01
487        Ricardo  5.16.3-RC1    2013-Mar-06
488        Ricardo  5.16.3        2013-Mar-11
489
490        Zefram   5.17.0        2012-May-26     The 5.17 development track
491        Jesse L  5.17.1        2012-Jun-20
492        TonyC    5.17.2        2012-Jul-20
493        Steve    5.17.3        2012-Aug-20
494        Florian  5.17.4        2012-Sep-20
495        Florian  5.17.5        2012-Oct-20
496        Ricardo  5.17.6        2012-Nov-20
497        Dave R   5.17.7        2012-Dec-18
498        Aaron    5.17.8        2013-Jan-20
499        BinGOs   5.17.9        2013-Feb-20
500        Max M    5.17.10       2013-Mar-21
501        Ricardo  5.17.11       2013-Apr-20
502
503        Ricardo  5.18.0-RC1    2013-May-11     The 5.18 maintenance track
504        Ricardo  5.18.0-RC2    2013-May-12
505        Ricardo  5.18.0-RC3    2013-May-13
506        Ricardo  5.18.0-RC4    2013-May-15
507        Ricardo  5.18.0        2013-May-18
508        Ricardo  5.18.1-RC1    2013-Aug-01
509        Ricardo  5.18.1-RC2    2013-Aug-03
510        Ricardo  5.18.1-RC3    2013-Aug-08
511        Ricardo  5.18.1        2013-Aug-12
512        Ricardo  5.18.2        2014-Jan-06
513        Ricardo  5.18.3-RC1    2014-Sep-17
514        Ricardo  5.18.3-RC2    2014-Sep-27
515        Ricardo  5.18.3        2014-Oct-01
516        Ricardo  5.18.4        2014-Oct-01
517
518        Ricardo   5.19.0       2013-May-20     The 5.19 development track
519        David G   5.19.1       2013-Jun-21
520        Aristotle 5.19.2       2013-Jul-22
521        Steve     5.19.3       2013-Aug-20
522        Steve     5.19.4       2013-Sep-20
523        Steve     5.19.5       2013-Oct-20
524        BinGOs    5.19.6       2013-Nov-20
525        Abigail   5.19.7       2013-Dec-20
526        Ricardo   5.19.8       2014-Jan-20
527        TonyC     5.19.9       2014-Feb-20
528        Aaron     5.19.10      2014-Mar-20
529        Steve     5.19.11      2014-Apr-20
530
531        Ricardo   5.20.0-RC1   2014-May-16     The 5.20 maintenance track
532        Ricardo   5.20.0       2014-May-27
533        Steve     5.20.1-RC1   2014-Aug-25
534        Steve     5.20.1-RC2   2014-Sep-07
535        Steve     5.20.1       2014-Sep-14
536        Steve     5.20.2-RC1   2015-Jan-31
537        Steve     5.20.2       2015-Feb-14
538        Steve     5.20.3-RC1   2015-Aug-22
539        Steve     5.20.3-RC2   2015-Aug-29
540        Steve     5.20.3       2015-Sep-12
541
542        Ricardo   5.21.0       2014-May-27     The 5.21 development track
543        Matthew H 5.21.1       2014-Jun-20
544        Abigail   5.21.2       2014-Jul-20
545        Peter     5.21.3       2014-Aug-20
546        Steve     5.21.4       2014-Sep-20
547        Abigail   5.21.5       2014-Oct-20
548        BinGOs    5.21.6       2014-Nov-20
549        Max M     5.21.7       2014-Dec-20
550        Matthew H 5.21.8       2015-Jan-20
551        Sawyer X  5.21.9       2015-Feb-20
552        Steve     5.21.10      2015-Mar-20
553        Steve     5.21.11      2015-Apr-20
554
555        Ricardo   5.22.0-RC1   2015-May-19     The 5.22 maintenance track
556        Ricardo   5.22.0-RC2   2015-May-21
557        Ricardo   5.22.0       2015-Jun-01
558        Steve     5.22.1-RC1   2015-Oct-31
559        Steve     5.22.1-RC2   2015-Nov-15
560        Steve     5.22.1-RC3   2015-Dec-02
561        Steve     5.22.1-RC4   2015-Dec-08
562        Steve     5.22.1       2015-Dec-13
563        Steve     5.22.2-RC1   2016-Apr-10
564        Steve     5.22.2       2016-Apr-29
565        Steve     5.22.3-RC1   2016-Jul-17
566        Steve     5.22.3-RC2   2016-Jul-25
567        Steve     5.22.3-RC3   2016-Aug-11
568        Steve     5.22.3-RC4   2016-Oct-12
569        Steve     5.22.3-RC5   2017-Jan-02
570        Steve     5.22.3       2017-Jan-14
571        Steve     5.22.4-RC1   2017-Jul-01
572        Steve     5.22.4       2017-Jul-15
573
574        Ricardo   5.23.0       2015-Jun-20     The 5.23 development track
575        Matthew H 5.23.1       2015-Jul-20
576        Matthew H 5.23.2       2015-Aug-20
577        Peter     5.23.3       2015-Sep-20
578        Steve     5.23.4       2015-Oct-20
579        Abigail   5.23.5       2015-Nov-20
580        David G   5.23.6       2015-Dec-21
581        Stevan    5.23.7       2016-Jan-20
582        Sawyer X  5.23.8       2016-Feb-20
583        Abigail   5.23.9       2016-Mar-20
584
585        Ricardo   5.24.0-RC1   2016-Apr-13     The 5.24 maintenance track
586        Ricardo   5.24.0-RC2   2016-Apr-23
587        Ricardo   5.24.0-RC3   2016-Apr-26
588        Ricardo   5.24.0-RC4   2016-May-02
589        Ricardo   5.24.0-RC5   2016-May-04
590        Ricardo   5.24.0       2016-May-09
591        Steve     5.24.1-RC1   2016-Jul-17
592        Steve     5.24.1-RC2   2016-Jul-25
593        Steve     5.24.1-RC3   2016-Aug-11
594        Steve     5.24.1-RC4   2016-Oct-12
595        Steve     5.24.1-RC5   2017-Jan-02
596        Steve     5.24.1       2017-Jan-14
597        Steve     5.24.2-RC1   2017-Jul-01
598        Steve     5.24.2       2017-Jul-15
599        Steve     5.24.3-RC1   2017-Sep-10
600        Steve     5.24.3       2017-Sep-22
601        Steve     5.24.4-RC1   2018-Mar-24
602        Steve     5.24.4       2018-Apr-14
603
604        Ricardo   5.25.0       2016-May-09     The 5.25 development track
605        Sawyer X  5.25.1       2016-May-20
606        Matthew H 5.25.2       2016-Jun-20
607        Steve     5.25.3       2016-Jul-20
608        BinGOs    5.25.4       2016-Aug-20
609        Stevan    5.25.5       2016-Sep-20
610        Aaron     5.25.6       2016-Oct-20
611        Chad      5.25.7       2016-Nov-20
612        Sawyer X  5.25.8       2016-Dec-20
613        Abigail   5.25.9       2017-Jan-20
614        Renee     5.25.10      2017-Feb-20
615        Sawyer X  5.25.11      2017-Mar-20
616        Sawyer X  5.25.12      2017-Apr-20
617
618        Sawyer X  5.26.0-RC1   2017-May-11     The 5.26 maintenance track
619        Sawyer X  5.26.0-RC2   2017-May-23
620        Sawyer X  5.26.0       2017-May-30
621        Steve     5.26.1-RC1   2017-Sep-10
622        Steve     5.26.1       2017-Sep-22
623        Steve     5.26.2-RC1   2018-Mar-24
624        Steve     5.26.2       2018-Apr-14
625        Steve     5.26.3-RC1   2018-Nov-08
626        Steve     5.26.3       2018-Nov-29
627
628        Sawyer X  5.27.0       2017-May-31     The 5.27 development track
629        Eric      5.27.1       2017-Jun-20
630        Aaron     5.27.2       2017-Jul-20
631        Matthew H 5.27.3       2017-Aug-21
632        John      5.27.4       2017-Sep-20
633        Steve     5.27.5       2017-Oct-20
634        Ether     5.27.6       2017-Nov-20
635        BinGOs    5.27.7       2017-Dec-20
636        Abigail   5.27.8       2018-Jan-20
637        Renee     5.27.9       2018-Feb-20
638        Todd      5.27.10      2018-Mar-20
639        Sawyer X  5.27.11      2018-Apr-20
640
641        Sawyer X  5.28.0-RC1   2018-May-21     The 5.28 maintenance track
642        Sawyer X  5.28.0-RC2   2018-Jun-06
643        Sawyer X  5.28.0-RC3   2018-Jun-18
644        Sawyer X  5.28.0-RC4   2018-Jun-19
645        Sawyer X  5.28.0       2018-Jun-22
646        Steve     5.28.1-RC1   2018-Nov-08
647        Steve     5.28.1       2018-Nov-29
648        Steve     5.28.2-RC1   2019-Apr-05
649        Steve     5.28.2       2019-Apr-19
650
651        Sawyer X  5.29.0       2018-Jun-26     The 5.29 development track
652        Steve     5.29.1       2018-Jul-20
653        BinGOs    5.29.2       2018-Aug-20
654        John      5.29.3       2018-Sep-20
655        Aaron     5.29.4       2018-Oct-20
656        Ether     5.29.5       2018-Nov-20
657        Abigail   5.29.6       2018-Dec-18
658        Abigail   5.29.7       2019-Jan-20
659        Nicolas R 5.29.8       2019-Feb-20
660        Zak Elep  5.29.9       2019-Mar-20
661        Sawyer X  5.29.10      2019-Apr-20
662
663        Sawyer X  5.30.0-RC1   2019-May-11     The 5.30 maintenance track
664        Sawyer X  5.30.0-RC2   2019-May-17
665        Sawyer X  5.30.0       2019-May-22
666        Steve     5.30.1-RC1   2019-Oct-27
667        Steve     5.30.1       2019-Nov-10
668
669        Sawyer X  5.31.0       2018-May-24     The 5.31 development track
670        Ether     5.31.1       2019-Jun-20
671        Steve     5.31.2       2019-Jul-20
672        Tom H     5.31.3       2019-Aug-20
673        Max M     5.31.4       2019-Sep-20
674        Steve     5.31.5       2019-Oct-20
675
676   SELECTED RELEASE SIZES
677       For example the notation "core: 212  29" in the release 1.000 means
678       that it had in the core 212 kilobytes, in 29 files.  The "core".."doc"
679       are explained below.
680
681        release        core       lib         ext        t         doc
682        ======================================================================
683
684        1.000           212  29      -   -      -    -     38   51     62   3
685        1.014           219  29      -   -      -    -     39   52     68   4
686        2.000           309  31      2   3      -    -     55   57     92   4
687        2.001           312  31      2   3      -    -     55   57     94   4
688        3.000           508  36     24  11      -    -     79   73    156   5
689        3.044           645  37     61  20      -    -     90   74    190   6
690        4.000           635  37     59  20      -    -     91   75    198   4
691        4.019           680  37     85  29      -    -     98   76    199   4
692        4.036           709  37     89  30      -    -     98   76    208   5
693        5.000alpha2     785  50    114  32      -    -    112   86    209   5
694        5.000alpha3     801  50    117  33      -    -    121   87    209   5
695        5.000alpha9    1022  56    149  43    116   29    125   90    217   6
696        5.000a12h       978  49    140  49    205   46    152   97    228   9
697        5.000b3h       1035  53    232  70    216   38    162   94    218  21
698        5.000          1038  53    250  76    216   38    154   92    536  62
699        5.001m         1071  54    388  82    240   38    159   95    544  29
700        5.002          1121  54    661 101    287   43    155   94    847  35
701        5.003          1129  54    680 102    291   43    166  100    853  35
702        5.003_07       1231  60    748 106    396   53    213  137    976  39
703        5.004          1351  60   1230 136    408   51    355  161   1587  55
704        5.004_01       1356  60   1258 138    410   51    358  161   1587  55
705        5.004_04       1375  60   1294 139    413   51    394  162   1629  55
706        5.004_05       1463  60   1435 150    394   50    445  175   1855  59
707        5.004_51       1401  61   1260 140    413   53    358  162   1594  56
708        5.004_53       1422  62   1295 141    438   70    394  162   1637  56
709        5.004_56       1501  66   1301 140    447   74    408  165   1648  57
710        5.004_59       1555  72   1317 142    448   74    424  171   1678  58
711        5.004_62       1602  77   1327 144    629   92    428  173   1674  58
712        5.004_65       1626  77   1358 146    615   92    446  179   1698  60
713        5.004_68       1856  74   1382 152    619   92    463  187   1784  60
714        5.004_70       1863  75   1456 154    675   92    494  194   1809  60
715        5.004_73       1874  76   1467 152    762  102    506  196   1883  61
716        5.004_75       1877  76   1467 152    770  103    508  196   1896  62
717        5.005          1896  76   1469 152    795  103    509  197   1945  63
718        5.005_03       1936  77   1541 153    813  104    551  201   2176  72
719        5.005_50       1969  78   1842 301    795  103    514  198   1948  63
720        5.005_53       1999  79   1885 303    806  104    602  224   2002  67
721        5.005_56       2086  79   1970 307    866  113    672  238   2221  75
722        5.6.0          2820  79   2626 364   1096  129    863  280   2840  93
723        5.6.1          2946  78   2921 430   1171  132   1024  304   3330 102
724        5.6.2          2947  78   3143 451   1247  127   1303  387   3406 102
725        5.7.0          2977  80   2801 425   1250  132    975  307   3206 100
726        5.7.1          3351  84   3442 455   1944  167   1334  357   3698 124
727        5.7.2          3491  87   4858 618   3290  298   1598  449   3910 139
728        5.7.3          3299  85   4295 537   2196  300   2176  626   4171 120
729        5.8.0          3489  87   4533 585   2437  331   2588  726   4368 125
730        5.8.1          3674  90   5104 623   2604  353   2983  836   4625 134
731        5.8.2          3633  90   5111 623   2623  357   3019  848   4634 135
732        5.8.3          3625  90   5141 624   2660  363   3083  869   4669 136
733        5.8.4          3653  90   5170 634   2684  368   3148  885   4689 137
734        5.8.5          3664  90   4260 303   2707  369   3208  898   4689 138
735        5.8.6          3690  90   4271 303   3141  396   3411  925   4709 139
736        5.8.7          3788  90   4322 307   3297  401   3485  964   4744 141
737        5.8.8          3895  90   4357 314   3409  431   3622 1017   4979 144
738        5.8.9          4132  93   5508 330   3826  529   4364 1234   5348 152
739        5.9.0          3657  90   4951 626   2603  354   3011  841   4609 135
740        5.9.1          3580  90   5196 634   2665  367   3186  889   4725 138
741        5.9.2          3863  90   4654 312   3283  403   3551  973   4800 142
742        5.9.3          4096  91   5318 381   4806  597   4272 1214   5139 147
743        5.9.4          4393  94   5718 415   4578  642   4646 1310   5335 153
744        5.9.5          4681  96   6849 479   4827  671   5155 1490   5572 159
745        5.10.0         4710  97   7050 486   4899  673   5275 1503   5673 160
746        5.10.1         4858  98   7440 519   6195  921   6147 1751   5151 163
747        5.12.0         4999 100   1146 121  15227 2176   6400 1843   5342 168
748        5.12.1         5000 100   1146 121  15283 2178   6407 1846   5354 169
749        5.12.2         5003 100   1146 121  15404 2178   6413 1846   5376 170
750        5.12.3         5004 100   1146 121  15529 2180   6417 1848   5391 171
751        5.14.0         5328 104   1100 114  17779 2479   7697 2130   5871 188
752        5.16.0         5562 109   1077  80  20504 2702   8750 2375   4815 152
753        5.18.0         5892 113   1088  79  20077 2760   9365 2439   4943 154
754        5.20.0         6243 115   1187  75  19499 2701   9620 2457   5145 159
755        5.22.0         7819 115   1284  77  19121 2635   9772 2434   5615 176
756        5.24.0         7922 113   1287  77  19535 2677   9994 2465   5702 177
757        5.26.0         9140 121  24925 1200 40643 3017  10514 2614   7854 211
758        5.28.0        13056 128  27267 1230 41745 3130  10952 2715   8185 218
759        5.30.0        13535 128  26294 1237 39643 3080  11083 2711   8252 222
760
761       The "core"..."doc" mean the following files from the Perl source code
762       distribution.  The glob notation ** means recursively, (.) means
763       regular files.
764
765        core   *.[hcy]
766        lib    lib/**/*.p[ml]
767        ext    ext/**/*.{[hcyt],xs,pm} (for -5.10.1) or
768               {dist,ext,cpan}/**/*.{[hcyt],xs,pm} (for 5.12.0-)
769        t      t/**/*(.) (for 1-5.005_56) or **/*.t (for 5.6.0-5.7.3)
770        doc    {README*,INSTALL,*[_.]man{,.?},pod/**/*.pod}
771
772       Here are some statistics for the other subdirectories and one file in
773       the Perl source distribution for somewhat more selected releases.
774
775        ======================================================================
776          Legend:  kB   #
777
778                         1.014      2.001      3.044
779
780        Configure      31    1    37    1    62    1
781        eg              -    -    34   28    47   39
782        h2pl            -    -     -    -    12   12
783        msdos           -    -     -    -    41   13
784        os2             -    -     -    -    63   22
785        usub            -    -     -    -    21   16
786        x2p           103   17   104   17   137   17
787
788        ======================================================================
789
790                         4.000      4.019      4.036
791
792        atarist         -    -     -    -   113   31
793        Configure      73    1    83    1    86    1
794        eg             47   39    47   39    47   39
795        emacs          67    4    67    4    67    4
796        h2pl           12   12    12   12    12   12
797        hints           -    -     5   42    11   56
798        msdos          57   15    58   15    60   15
799        os2            81   29    81   29   113   31
800        usub           25    7    43    8    43    8
801        x2p           147   18   152   19   154   19
802
803        ======================================================================
804
805                       5.000a2  5.000a12h   5.000b3h      5.000     5.001m
806
807        apollo          8    3     8    3     8    3     8    3     8    3
808        atarist       113   31   113   31     -    -     -    -     -    -
809        bench           -    -     0    1     -    -     -    -     -    -
810        Bugs            2    5    26    1     -    -     -    -     -    -
811        dlperl         40    5     -    -     -    -     -    -     -    -
812        do            127   71     -    -     -    -     -    -     -    -
813        Configure       -    -   153    1   159    1   160    1   180    1
814        Doc             -    -    26    1    75    7    11    1    11    1
815        eg             79   58    53   44    51   43    54   44    54   44
816        emacs          67    4   104    6   104    6   104    1   104    6
817        h2pl           12   12    12   12    12   12    12   12    12   12
818        hints          11   56    12   46    18   48    18   48    44   56
819        msdos          60   15    60   15     -    -     -    -     -    -
820        os2           113   31   113   31     -    -     -    -     -    -
821        U               -    -    62    8   112   42     -    -     -    -
822        usub           43    8     -    -     -    -     -    -     -    -
823        vms             -    -    80    7   123    9   184   15   304   20
824        x2p           171   22   171   21   162   20   162   20   279   20
825
826        ======================================================================
827
828                         5.002      5.003   5.003_07
829
830        Configure     201    1   201    1   217    1
831        eg             54   44    54   44    54   44
832        emacs         108    1   108    1   143    1
833        h2pl           12   12    12   12    12   12
834        hints          73   59    77   60    90   62
835        os2            84   17    56   10   117   42
836        plan9           -    -     -    -    79   15
837        Porting         -    -     -    -    51    1
838        utils          87    7    88    7    97    7
839        vms           500   24   475   26   505   27
840        x2p           280   20   280   20   280   19
841
842        ======================================================================
843
844                         5.004   5.004_04   5.004_62   5.004_65   5.004_68
845
846        beos            -    -     -    -     -    -      1   1      1   1
847        Configure     225    1   225    1   240    1    248   1    256   1
848        cygwin32       23    5    23    5    23    5     24   5     24   5
849        djgpp           -    -     -    -    14    5     14   5     14   5
850        eg             81   62    81   62    81   62     81  62     81  62
851        emacs         194    1   204    1   212    2    212   2    212   2
852        h2pl           12   12    12   12    12   12     12  12     12  12
853        hints         129   69   132   71   144   72    151  74    155  74
854        os2           121   42   127   42   127   44    129  44    129  44
855        plan9          82   15    82   15    82   15     82  15     82  15
856        Porting        94    2   109    4   203    6    234   8    241   9
857        qnx             1    2     1    2     1    2      1   2      1   2
858        utils         112    8   118    8   124    8    156   9    159   9
859        vms           518   34   524   34   538   34    569  34    569  34
860        win32         285   33   378   36   470   39    493  39    575  41
861        x2p           281   19   281   19   281   19    282  19    281  19
862
863        ======================================================================
864
865                      5.004_70   5.004_73   5.004_75      5.005   5.005_03
866
867        apollo          -    -     -    -     -    -     -    -      0   1
868        beos            1    1     1    1     1    1     1    1      1   1
869        Configure     256    1   256    1   264    1   264    1    270   1
870        cygwin32       24    5    24    5    24    5    24    5     24   5
871        djgpp          14    5    14    5    14    5    14    5     15   5
872        eg             86   65    86   65    86   65    86   65     86  65
873        emacs         262    2   262    2   262    2   262    2    274   2
874        h2pl           12   12    12   12    12   12    12   12     12  12
875        hints         157   74   157   74   159   74   160   74    179  77
876        mint            -    -     -    -     -    -     -    -      4   7
877        mpeix           -    -     -    -     5    3     5    3      5   3
878        os2           129   44   139   44   142   44   143   44    148  44
879        plan9          82   15    82   15    82   15    82   15     82  15
880        Porting       241    9   253    9   259   10   264   12    272  13
881        qnx             1    2     1    2     1    2     1    2      1   2
882        utils         160    9   160    9   160    9   160    9    164   9
883        vms           570   34   572   34   573   34   575   34    583  34
884        vos             -    -     -    -     -    -     -   -     156  10
885        win32         577   41   585   41   585   41   587   41    600  42
886        x2p           281   19   281   19   281   19   281   19    281  19
887
888        ======================================================================
889
890                         5.6.0      5.6.1      5.6.2      5.7.3
891
892        apollo          8    3     8    3     8    3     8    3
893        beos            5    2     5    2     5    2     6    4
894        Configure     346    1   361    1   363    1   394    1
895        Cross           -    -     -    -     -    -     4    2
896        djgpp          19    6    19    6    19    6    21    7
897        eg            112   71   112   71   112   71     -    -
898        emacs         303    4   319    4   319    4   319    4
899        epoc           29    8    35    8    35    8    36    8
900        h2pl           24   15    24   15    24   15    24   15
901        hints         242   83   250   84   321   89   272   87
902        mint           11    9    11    9    11    9    11    9
903        mpeix           9    4     9    4     9    4     9    4
904        NetWare         -    -     -    -     -    -   423   57
905        os2           214   59   224   60   224   60   357   66
906        plan9          92   17    92   17    92   17    85   15
907        Porting       361   15   390   16   390   16   425   21
908        qnx             5    3     5    3     5    3     5    3
909        utils         228   12   221   11   222   11   267   13
910        uts             -    -     -    -     -    -    12    3
911        vmesa          25    4    25    4    25    4    25    4
912        vms           686   38   627   38   627   38   649   36
913        vos           227   12   249   15   248   15   281   17
914        win32         755   41   782   42   801   42  1006   50
915        x2p           307   20   307   20   307   20   345   20
916
917        ======================================================================
918
919                         5.8.0      5.8.1      5.8.2      5.8.3      5.8.4
920
921        apollo          8    3     8    3     8    3     8    3     8    3
922        beos            6    4     6    4     6    4     6    4     6    4
923        Configure     472    1   493    1   493    1   493    1   494    1
924        Cross           4    2    45   10    45   10    45   10    45   10
925        djgpp          21    7    21    7    21    7    21    7    21    7
926        emacs         319    4   329    4   329    4   329    4   329    4
927        epoc           33    8    33    8    33    8    33    8    33    8
928        h2pl           24   15    24   15    24   15    24   15    24   15
929        hints         294   88   321   89   321   89   321   89   348   91
930        mint           11    9    11    9    11    9    11    9    11    9
931        mpeix          24    5    25    5    25    5    25    5    25    5
932        NetWare       488   61   490   61   490   61   490   61   488   61
933        os2           361   66   445   67   450   67   488   67   488   67
934        plan9          85   15   325   17   325   17   325   17   321   17
935        Porting       479   22   537   32   538   32   539   32   538   33
936        qnx             5    3     5    3     5    3     5    3     5    3
937        utils         275   15   258   16   258   16   263   19   263   19
938        uts            12    3    12    3    12    3    12    3    12    3
939        vmesa          25    4    25    4    25    4    25    4    25    4
940        vms           648   36   654   36   654   36   656   36   656   36
941        vos           330   20   335   20   335   20   335   20   335   20
942        win32        1062   49  1125   49  1127   49  1126   49  1181   56
943        x2p           347   20   348   20   348   20   348   20   348   20
944
945        ======================================================================
946
947                         5.8.5      5.8.6      5.8.7      5.8.8      5.8.9
948
949        apollo          8    3     8    3     8    3     8    3     8    3
950        beos            6    4     6    4     8    4     8    4     8    4
951        Configure     494    1   494    1   495    1   506    1   520    1
952        Cross          45   10    45   10    45   10    45   10    46   10
953        djgpp          21    7    21    7    21    7    21    7    21    7
954        emacs         329    4   329    4   329    4   329    4   406    4
955        epoc           33    8    33    8    33    8    34    8    35    8
956        h2pl           24   15    24   15    24   15    24   15    24   15
957        hints         350   91   352   91   355   94   360   94   387   99
958        mint           11    9    11    9    11    9    11    9    11    9
959        mpeix          25    5    25    5    25    5    49    6    49    6
960        NetWare       488   61   488   61   488   61   490   61   491   61
961        os2           488   67   488   67   488   67   488   67   552   70
962        plan9         321   17   321   17   321   17   322   17   324   17
963        Porting       538   34   548   35   549   35   564   37   625   41
964        qnx             5    3     5    3     5    3     5    3     5    3
965        utils         265   19   265   19   266   19   267   19   281   21
966        uts            12    3    12    3    12    3    12    3    12    3
967        vmesa          25    4    25    4    25    4    25    4    25    4
968        vms           657   36   658   36   662   36   664   36   716   35
969        vos           335   20   335   20   335   20   336   21   345   22
970        win32        1183   56  1190   56  1199   56  1219   56  1484   68
971        x2p           349   20   349   20   349   20   349   19   350   19
972
973        ======================================================================
974
975                         5.9.0      5.9.1      5.9.2      5.9.3      5.9.4
976
977        apollo          8    3     8    3     8    3     8    3     8    3
978        beos            6    4     6    4     8    4     8    4     8    4
979        Configure     493    1   493    1   495    1   508    1   512    1
980        Cross          45   10    45   10    45   10    45   10    46   10
981        djgpp          21    7    21    7    21    7    21    7    21    7
982        emacs         329    4   329    4   329    4   329    4   329    4
983        epoc           33    8    33    8    33    8    34    8    34    8
984        h2pl           24   15    24   15    24   15    24   15    24   15
985        hints         321   89   346   91   355   94   359   94   366   96
986        mad             -    -     -    -     -    -     -    -   174    6
987        mint           11    9    11    9    11    9    11    9    11    9
988        mpeix          25    5    25    5    25    5    49    6    49    6
989        NetWare       489   61   487   61   487   61   489   61   489   61
990        os2           444   67   488   67   488   67   488   67   488   67
991        plan9         325   17   321   17   321   17   322   17   323   17
992        Porting       537   32   536   33   549   36   564   38   576   38
993        qnx             5    3     5    3     5    3     5    3     5    3
994        symbian         -    -     -    -     -    -   293   53   293   53
995        utils         258   16   263   19   268   20   273   23   275   24
996        uts            12    3    12    3    12    3    12    3    12    3
997        vmesa          25    4    25    4    25    4    25    4    25    4
998        vms           660   36   547   33   553   33   661   33   696   33
999        vos            11    7    11    7    11    7    11    7    11    7
1000        win32        1120   49  1124   51  1191   56  1209   56  1719   90
1001        x2p           348   20   348   20   349   20   349   19   349   19
1002
1003        ======================================================================
1004
1005                         5.9.5     5.10.0     5.10.1     5.12.0     5.12.1
1006
1007        apollo          8    3     8    3     0    3     0    3     0    3
1008        beos            8    4     8    4     4    4     4    4     4    4
1009        Configure     518    1   518    1   533    1   536    1   536    1
1010        Cross         122   15   122   15   119   15   118   15   118   15
1011        djgpp          21    7    21    7    17    7    17    7    17    7
1012        emacs         329    4   406    4   402    4   402    4   402    4
1013        epoc           34    8    35    8    31    8    31    8    31    8
1014        h2pl           24   15    24   15    12   15    12   15    12   15
1015        hints         377   98   381   98   385  100   368   97   368   97
1016        mad           182    8   182    8   174    8   174    8   174    8
1017        mint           11    9    11    9     3    9     -    -     -    -
1018        mpeix          49    6    49    6    45    6    45    6    45    6
1019        NetWare       489   61   489   61   465   61   466   61   466   61
1020        os2           552   70   552   70   507   70   507   70   507   70
1021        plan9         324   17   324   17   316   17   316   17   316   17
1022        Porting       627   40   632   40   933   53   749   54   749   54
1023        qnx             5    3     5    4     1    4     1    4     1    4
1024        symbian       300   54   300   54   290   54   288   54   288   54
1025        utils         260   26   264   27   268   27   269   27   269   27
1026        uts            12    3    12    3     8    3     8    3     8    3
1027        vmesa          25    4    25    4    21    4    21    4    21    4
1028        vms           690   32   722   32   693   30   645   18   645   18
1029        vos            19    8    19    8    16    8    16    8    16    8
1030        win32        1482   68  1485   68  1497   70  1841   73  1841   73
1031        x2p           349   19   349   19   345   19   345   19   345   19
1032
1033        ======================================================================
1034
1035                        5.12.2     5.12.3      5.14.0     5.16.0       5.18.0
1036
1037        apollo          0    3     0    3      -    -     -    -      -     -
1038        beos            4    4     4    4      5    4     5    4      -     -
1039        Configure     536    1   536    1    539    1   547    1    550     1
1040        Cross         118   15   118   15    118   15   118   15    118    15
1041        djgpp          17    7    17    7     18    7    18    7     18     7
1042        emacs         402    4   402    4      -    -     -    -      -     -
1043        epoc           31    8    31    8     32    8    30    8      -     -
1044        h2pl           12   15    12   15     15   15    15   15     13    15
1045        hints         368   97   368   97    370   96   371   96    354    91
1046        mad           174    8   174    8    176    8   176    8    174     8
1047        mpeix          45    6    45    6     46    6    46    6      -     -
1048        NetWare       466   61   466   61    473   61   472   61    469    61
1049        os2           507   70   507   70    518   70   519   70    510    70
1050        plan9         316   17   316   17    319   17   319   17    318    17
1051        Porting       750   54   750   54    855   60  1093   69   1149    70
1052        qnx             1    4     1    4      2    4     2    4      1     4
1053        symbian       288   54   288   54    292   54   292   54    290    54
1054        utils         269   27   269   27    249   29   245   30    246    31
1055        uts             8    3     8    3      9    3     9    3      -     -
1056        vmesa          21    4    21    4     22    4    22    4      -     -
1057        vms           646   18   644   18    639   17   571   15    564    15
1058        vos            16    8    16    8     17    8     9    7      8     7
1059        win32        1841   73  1841   73   1833   72  1655   67   1157    62
1060        x2p           345   19   345   19    346   19   345   19    344    20
1061
1062        ======================================================================
1063
1064                         5.20.0           5.22.0          5.24.0
1065
1066        Configure    552      1       570      1      586      1
1067        Cross        118     15       118     15      118     15
1068        djgpp         18      7        17      7       17      7
1069        h2pl          13     15        13     15       13     15
1070        hints        355     90       356     87      362     87
1071        mad          174      8         -      -        -      -
1072        NetWare      467     61       466     61      467     61
1073        os2          510     70       510     70      510     70
1074        plan9        316     17       317     17      314     17
1075        Porting     1204     68      1393     71     1321     71
1076        qnx            1      4         1      4        1      4
1077        symbian      290     54       291     54      292     54
1078        utils        241     27       242     27      679     53
1079        vms          538     12       532     12      524     12
1080        vos            8      7         8      7        8      7
1081        win32       1183     64      1201     64     1268     65
1082        x2p          341     19         -      -        -      -
1083
1084        ======================================================================
1085
1086                         5.26.0           5.28.0           5.30.0
1087
1088        Configure    593      1       580      1       587      1
1089        Cross        122     15       125     15       126     15
1090        djgpp         21      7        21      7        21      7
1091        h2pl          24     15        24     15        24     15
1092        hints        376     87       364     85       372     86
1093        mad            -      -         -      -         -      -
1094        NetWare      499     61       493     61       493     61
1095        os2          552     70       552     70       552     70
1096        plan9        322     17       309     17       308     17
1097        Porting     1380     73      1462     75      1460     74
1098        qnx            5      4         5      4         5      4
1099        symbian      315     54       315     54       315     54
1100        utils        578     50       584     50       587     50
1101        vms          527     12       526     12       526     12
1102        vos           12      7        12      7        12      7
1103        win32       1313     65      1326     65      1331     65
1104        x2p            -      -         -      -         -      -
1105
1106   SELECTED PATCH SIZES
1107       The "diff lines kB" means that for example the patch 5.003_08, to be
1108       applied on top of the 5.003_07 (or whatever was before the 5.003_08)
1109       added lines for 110 kilobytes, it removed lines for 19 kilobytes, and
1110       changed lines for 424 kilobytes.  Just the lines themselves are
1111       counted, not their context.  The "+ - !" become from the diff(1)
1112       context diff output format.
1113
1114        Pump-  Release         Date              diff lines kB
1115        king                                     -------------
1116                                                 +     -     !
1117        ======================================================================
1118
1119        Chip     5.003_08      1996-Nov-19     110    19   424
1120                 5.003_09      1996-Nov-26      38     9   248
1121                 5.003_10      1996-Nov-29      29     2    27
1122                 5.003_11      1996-Dec-06      73    12   165
1123                 5.003_12      1996-Dec-19     275     6   436
1124                 5.003_13      1996-Dec-20      95     1    56
1125                 5.003_14      1996-Dec-23      23     7   333
1126                 5.003_15      1996-Dec-23       0     0     1
1127                 5.003_16      1996-Dec-24      12     3    50
1128                 5.003_17      1996-Dec-27      19     1    14
1129                 5.003_18      1996-Dec-31      21     1    32
1130                 5.003_19      1997-Jan-04      80     3    85
1131                 5.003_20      1997-Jan-07      18     1   146
1132                 5.003_21      1997-Jan-15      38    10   221
1133                 5.003_22      1997-Jan-16       4     0    18
1134                 5.003_23      1997-Jan-25      71    15   119
1135                 5.003_24      1997-Jan-29     426     1    20
1136                 5.003_25      1997-Feb-04      21     8   169
1137                 5.003_26      1997-Feb-10      16     1    15
1138                 5.003_27      1997-Feb-18      32    10    38
1139                 5.003_28      1997-Feb-21      58     4    66
1140                 5.003_90      1997-Feb-25      22     2    34
1141                 5.003_91      1997-Mar-01      37     1    39
1142                 5.003_92      1997-Mar-06      16     3    69
1143                 5.003_93      1997-Mar-10      12     3    15
1144                 5.003_94      1997-Mar-22     407     7   200
1145                 5.003_95      1997-Mar-25      41     1    37
1146                 5.003_96      1997-Apr-01     283     5   261
1147                 5.003_97      1997-Apr-03      13     2    34
1148                 5.003_97a     1997-Apr-05      57     1    27
1149                 5.003_97b     1997-Apr-08      14     1    20
1150                 5.003_97c     1997-Apr-10      20     1    16
1151                 5.003_97d     1997-Apr-13       8     0    16
1152                 5.003_97e     1997-Apr-15      15     4    46
1153                 5.003_97f     1997-Apr-17       7     1    33
1154                 5.003_97g     1997-Apr-18       6     1    42
1155                 5.003_97h     1997-Apr-24      23     3    68
1156                 5.003_97i     1997-Apr-25      23     1    31
1157                 5.003_97j     1997-Apr-28      36     1    49
1158                 5.003_98      1997-Apr-30     171    12   539
1159                 5.003_99      1997-May-01       6     0     7
1160                 5.003_99a     1997-May-09      36     2    61
1161                 p54rc1        1997-May-12       8     1    11
1162                 p54rc2        1997-May-14       6     0    40
1163
1164               5.004           1997-May-15       4     0     4
1165
1166        Tim      5.004_01      1997-Jun-13     222    14    57
1167                 5.004_02      1997-Aug-07     112    16   119
1168                 5.004_03      1997-Sep-05     109     0    17
1169                 5.004_04      1997-Oct-15      66     8   173
1170
1171       The patch-free era
1172
1173       In more modern times, named releases don't come as often, and as
1174       progress can be followed (nearly) instantly (with rsync, and since late
1175       2008, git) patches between versions are no longer provided. However,
1176       that doesn't keep us from calculating how large a patch could have
1177       been. Which is shown in the table below. Unless noted otherwise, the
1178       size mentioned is the patch to bring version x.y.z to x.y.z+1.
1179
1180        Sarathy  5.6.1         2001-Apr-08     531    44   651
1181        Rafael   5.6.2         2003-Nov-15      20    11  1819
1182
1183        Jarkko   5.8.0         2002-Jul-18    1205    31   471   From 5.7.3
1184
1185                 5.8.1         2003-Sep-25     243   102  6162
1186        Nicholas 5.8.2         2003-Nov-05      10    50   788
1187                 5.8.3         2004-Jan-14      31    13   360
1188                 5.8.4         2004-Apr-21      33     8   299
1189                 5.8.5         2004-Jul-19      11    19   255
1190                 5.8.6         2004-Nov-27      35     3   192
1191                 5.8.7         2005-May-30      75    34   778
1192                 5.8.8         2006-Jan-31     131    42  1251
1193                 5.8.9         2008-Dec-14     340   132 12988
1194
1195        Hugo     5.9.0         2003-Oct-27     281   168  7132   From 5.8.0
1196        Rafael   5.9.1         2004-Mar-16      57   250  2107
1197                 5.9.2         2005-Apr-01     720    57   858
1198                 5.9.3         2006-Jan-28    1124   102  1906
1199                 5.9.4         2006-Aug-15     896    60   862
1200                 5.9.5         2007-Jul-07    1149   128  1062
1201
1202                 5.10.0        2007-Dec-18      50    31 13111   From 5.9.5
1203

THE KEEPERS OF THE RECORDS

1205       Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>.
1206
1207       Thanks to the collective memory of the Perlfolk.  In addition to the
1208       Keepers of the Pumpkin also Alan Champion, Mark Dominus, Andreas
1209       Koenig, John Macdonald, Matthias Neeracher, Jeff Okamoto, Michael
1210       Peppler, Randal Schwartz, and Paul D. Smith sent corrections and
1211       additions. Abigail added file and patch size data for the 5.6.0 - 5.10
1212       era.
1213
1214
1215
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