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.
30 PUMPKIN?
32 [from Porting/pumpkin.pod in the Perl source code distribution]
33 Chip Salzenberg gets credit for that, with a nod to his cow orker,
35 David Croy. We had passed around various names (baton, token, hot
36 potato) but none caught on. Then, Chip asked:
37 [begin quote]
39 Who has the patch pumpkin?
41 To explain: David Croy once told me once that at a previous job, there
43 was one tape drive and multiple systems that used it for backups. But
44 instead of some high-tech exclusion software, they used a low-tech
45 method to prevent multiple simultaneous backups: a stuffed pumpkin. No
46 one was allowed to make backups unless they had the "backup pumpkin".
47 [end quote]
49 The name has stuck. The holder of the pumpkin is sometimes called the
51 pumpking (keeping the source afloat?) or the pumpkineer (pulling the
52 strings?).
53
55 Pump- Release Date Notes
56 king (by no means
57 comprehensive,
58 see Changes*
59 for details)
60 ======================================================================
61 Larry 0 Classified. Don't ask.
63 Larry 1.000 1987-Dec-18
65 1.001..10 1988-Jan-30
67 1.011..14 1988-Feb-02
68 Schwern 1.0.15 2002-Dec-18 Modernization
69 Richard 1.0.16 2003-Dec-18
70 Larry 2.000 1988-Jun-05
72 2.001 1988-Jun-28
74 Larry 3.000 1989-Oct-18
76 3.001 1989-Oct-26
78 3.002..4 1989-Nov-11
79 3.005 1989-Nov-18
80 3.006..8 1989-Dec-22
81 3.009..13 1990-Mar-02
82 3.014 1990-Mar-13
83 3.015 1990-Mar-14
84 3.016..18 1990-Mar-28
85 3.019..27 1990-Aug-10 User subs.
86 3.028 1990-Aug-14
87 3.029..36 1990-Oct-17
88 3.037 1990-Oct-20
89 3.040 1990-Nov-10
90 3.041 1990-Nov-13
91 3.042..43 1991-Jan-??
92 3.044 1991-Jan-12
93 Larry 4.000 1991-Mar-21
95 4.001..3 1991-Apr-12
97 4.004..9 1991-Jun-07
98 4.010 1991-Jun-10
99 4.011..18 1991-Nov-05
100 4.019 1991-Nov-11 Stable.
101 4.020..33 1992-Jun-08
102 4.034 1992-Jun-11
103 4.035 1992-Jun-23
104 Larry 4.036 1993-Feb-05 Very stable.
105 5.000alpha1 1993-Jul-31
107 5.000alpha2 1993-Aug-16
108 5.000alpha3 1993-Oct-10
109 5.000alpha4 1993-???-??
110 5.000alpha5 1993-???-??
111 5.000alpha6 1994-Mar-18
112 5.000alpha7 1994-Mar-25
113 Andy 5.000alpha8 1994-Apr-04
114 Larry 5.000alpha9 1994-May-05 ext appears.
115 5.000alpha10 1994-Jun-11
116 5.000alpha11 1994-Jul-01
117 Andy 5.000a11a 1994-Jul-07 To fit 14.
118 5.000a11b 1994-Jul-14
119 5.000a11c 1994-Jul-19
120 5.000a11d 1994-Jul-22
121 Larry 5.000alpha12 1994-Aug-04
122 Andy 5.000a12a 1994-Aug-08
123 5.000a12b 1994-Aug-15
124 5.000a12c 1994-Aug-22
125 5.000a12d 1994-Aug-22
126 5.000a12e 1994-Aug-22
127 5.000a12f 1994-Aug-24
128 5.000a12g 1994-Aug-24
129 5.000a12h 1994-Aug-24
130 Larry 5.000beta1 1994-Aug-30
131 Andy 5.000b1a 1994-Sep-06
132 Larry 5.000beta2 1994-Sep-14 Core slushified.
133 Andy 5.000b2a 1994-Sep-14
134 5.000b2b 1994-Sep-17
135 5.000b2c 1994-Sep-17
136 Larry 5.000beta3 1994-Sep-??
137 Andy 5.000b3a 1994-Sep-18
138 5.000b3b 1994-Sep-22
139 5.000b3c 1994-Sep-23
140 5.000b3d 1994-Sep-27
141 5.000b3e 1994-Sep-28
142 5.000b3f 1994-Sep-30
143 5.000b3g 1994-Oct-04
144 Andy 5.000b3h 1994-Oct-07
145 Larry? 5.000gamma 1994-Oct-13?
146 Larry 5.000 1994-Oct-17
148 Andy 5.000a 1994-Dec-19
150 5.000b 1995-Jan-18
151 5.000c 1995-Jan-18
152 5.000d 1995-Jan-18
153 5.000e 1995-Jan-18
154 5.000f 1995-Jan-18
155 5.000g 1995-Jan-18
156 5.000h 1995-Jan-18
157 5.000i 1995-Jan-26
158 5.000j 1995-Feb-07
159 5.000k 1995-Feb-11
160 5.000l 1995-Feb-21
161 5.000m 1995-Feb-28
162 5.000n 1995-Mar-07
163 5.000o 1995-Mar-13?
164 Larry 5.001 1995-Mar-13
166 Andy 5.001a 1995-Mar-15
168 5.001b 1995-Mar-31
169 5.001c 1995-Apr-07
170 5.001d 1995-Apr-14
171 5.001e 1995-Apr-18 Stable.
172 5.001f 1995-May-31
173 5.001g 1995-May-25
174 5.001h 1995-May-25
175 5.001i 1995-May-30
176 5.001j 1995-Jun-05
177 5.001k 1995-Jun-06
178 5.001l 1995-Jun-06 Stable.
179 5.001m 1995-Jul-02 Very stable.
180 5.001n 1995-Oct-31 Very unstable.
181 5.002beta1 1995-Nov-21
182 5.002b1a 1995-Dec-04
183 5.002b1b 1995-Dec-04
184 5.002b1c 1995-Dec-04
185 5.002b1d 1995-Dec-04
186 5.002b1e 1995-Dec-08
187 5.002b1f 1995-Dec-08
188 Tom 5.002b1g 1995-Dec-21 Doc release.
189 Andy 5.002b1h 1996-Jan-05
190 5.002b2 1996-Jan-14
191 Larry 5.002b3 1996-Feb-02
192 Andy 5.002gamma 1996-Feb-11
193 Larry 5.002delta 1996-Feb-27
194 Larry 5.002 1996-Feb-29 Prototypes.
196 Charles 5.002_01 1996-Mar-25
198 5.003 1996-Jun-25 Security release.
200 5.003_01 1996-Jul-31
202 Nick 5.003_02 1996-Aug-10
203 Andy 5.003_03 1996-Aug-28
204 5.003_04 1996-Sep-02
205 5.003_05 1996-Sep-12
206 5.003_06 1996-Oct-07
207 5.003_07 1996-Oct-10
208 Chip 5.003_08 1996-Nov-19
209 5.003_09 1996-Nov-26
210 5.003_10 1996-Nov-29
211 5.003_11 1996-Dec-06
212 5.003_12 1996-Dec-19
213 5.003_13 1996-Dec-20
214 5.003_14 1996-Dec-23
215 5.003_15 1996-Dec-23
216 5.003_16 1996-Dec-24
217 5.003_17 1996-Dec-27
218 5.003_18 1996-Dec-31
219 5.003_19 1997-Jan-04
220 5.003_20 1997-Jan-07
221 5.003_21 1997-Jan-15
222 5.003_22 1997-Jan-16
223 5.003_23 1997-Jan-25
224 5.003_24 1997-Jan-29
225 5.003_25 1997-Feb-04
226 5.003_26 1997-Feb-10
227 5.003_27 1997-Feb-18
228 5.003_28 1997-Feb-21
229 5.003_90 1997-Feb-25 Ramping up to the 5.004 release.
230 5.003_91 1997-Mar-01
231 5.003_92 1997-Mar-06
232 5.003_93 1997-Mar-10
233 5.003_94 1997-Mar-22
234 5.003_95 1997-Mar-25
235 5.003_96 1997-Apr-01
236 5.003_97 1997-Apr-03 Fairly widely used.
237 5.003_97a 1997-Apr-05
238 5.003_97b 1997-Apr-08
239 5.003_97c 1997-Apr-10
240 5.003_97d 1997-Apr-13
241 5.003_97e 1997-Apr-15
242 5.003_97f 1997-Apr-17
243 5.003_97g 1997-Apr-18
244 5.003_97h 1997-Apr-24
245 5.003_97i 1997-Apr-25
246 5.003_97j 1997-Apr-28
247 5.003_98 1997-Apr-30
248 5.003_99 1997-May-01
249 5.003_99a 1997-May-09
250 p54rc1 1997-May-12 Release Candidates.
251 p54rc2 1997-May-14
252 Chip 5.004 1997-May-15 A major maintenance release.
254 Tim 5.004_01-t1 1997-???-?? The 5.004 maintenance track.
256 5.004_01-t2 1997-Jun-11 aka perl5.004m1t2
257 5.004_01 1997-Jun-13
258 5.004_01_01 1997-Jul-29 aka perl5.004m2t1
259 5.004_01_02 1997-Aug-01 aka perl5.004m2t2
260 5.004_01_03 1997-Aug-05 aka perl5.004m2t3
261 5.004_02 1997-Aug-07
262 5.004_02_01 1997-Aug-12 aka perl5.004m3t1
263 5.004_03-t2 1997-Aug-13 aka perl5.004m3t2
264 5.004_03 1997-Sep-05
265 5.004_04-t1 1997-Sep-19 aka perl5.004m4t1
266 5.004_04-t2 1997-Sep-23 aka perl5.004m4t2
267 5.004_04-t3 1997-Oct-10 aka perl5.004m4t3
268 5.004_04-t4 1997-Oct-14 aka perl5.004m4t4
269 5.004_04 1997-Oct-15
270 5.004_04-m1 1998-Mar-04 (5.004m5t1) Maint. trials for 5.004_05.
271 5.004_04-m2 1998-May-01
272 5.004_04-m3 1998-May-15
273 5.004_04-m4 1998-May-19
274 5.004_05-MT5 1998-Jul-21
275 5.004_05-MT6 1998-Oct-09
276 5.004_05-MT7 1998-Nov-22
277 5.004_05-MT8 1998-Dec-03
278 Chip 5.004_05-MT9 1999-Apr-26
279 5.004_05 1999-Apr-29
280 Malcolm 5.004_50 1997-Sep-09 The 5.005 development track.
282 5.004_51 1997-Oct-02
283 5.004_52 1997-Oct-15
284 5.004_53 1997-Oct-16
285 5.004_54 1997-Nov-14
286 5.004_55 1997-Nov-25
287 5.004_56 1997-Dec-18
288 5.004_57 1998-Feb-03
289 5.004_58 1998-Feb-06
290 5.004_59 1998-Feb-13
291 5.004_60 1998-Feb-20
292 5.004_61 1998-Feb-27
293 5.004_62 1998-Mar-06
294 5.004_63 1998-Mar-17
295 5.004_64 1998-Apr-03
296 5.004_65 1998-May-15
297 5.004_66 1998-May-29
298 Sarathy 5.004_67 1998-Jun-15
299 5.004_68 1998-Jun-23
300 5.004_69 1998-Jun-29
301 5.004_70 1998-Jul-06
302 5.004_71 1998-Jul-09
303 5.004_72 1998-Jul-12
304 5.004_73 1998-Jul-13
305 5.004_74 1998-Jul-14 5.005 beta candidate.
306 5.004_75 1998-Jul-15 5.005 beta1.
307 5.004_76 1998-Jul-21 5.005 beta2.
308 5.005 1998-Jul-22 Oneperl.
309 Sarathy 5.005_01 1998-Jul-27 The 5.005 maintenance track.
311 5.005_02-T1 1998-Aug-02
312 5.005_02-T2 1998-Aug-05
313 5.005_02 1998-Aug-08
314 Graham 5.005_03-MT1 1998-Nov-30
315 5.005_03-MT2 1999-Jan-04
316 5.005_03-MT3 1999-Jan-17
317 5.005_03-MT4 1999-Jan-26
318 5.005_03-MT5 1999-Jan-28
319 5.005_03-MT6 1999-Mar-05
320 5.005_03 1999-Mar-28
321 Leon 5.005_04-RC1 2004-Feb-05
322 5.005_04-RC2 2004-Feb-18
323 5.005_04 2004-Feb-23
324 Sarathy 5.005_50 1998-Jul-26 The 5.6 development track.
326 5.005_51 1998-Aug-10
327 5.005_52 1998-Sep-25
328 5.005_53 1998-Oct-31
329 5.005_54 1998-Nov-30
330 5.005_55 1999-Feb-16
331 5.005_56 1999-Mar-01
332 5.005_57 1999-May-25
333 5.005_58 1999-Jul-27
334 5.005_59 1999-Aug-02
335 5.005_60 1999-Aug-02
336 5.005_61 1999-Aug-20
337 5.005_62 1999-Oct-15
338 5.005_63 1999-Dec-09
339 5.5.640 2000-Feb-02
340 5.5.650 2000-Feb-08 beta1
341 5.5.660 2000-Feb-22 beta2
342 5.5.670 2000-Feb-29 beta3
343 5.6.0-RC1 2000-Mar-09 Release candidate 1.
344 5.6.0-RC2 2000-Mar-14 Release candidate 2.
345 5.6.0-RC3 2000-Mar-21 Release candidate 3.
346 5.6.0 2000-Mar-22
347 Sarathy 5.6.1-TRIAL1 2000-Dec-18 The 5.6 maintenance track.
349 5.6.1-TRIAL2 2001-Jan-31
350 5.6.1-TRIAL3 2001-Mar-19
351 5.6.1-foolish 2001-Apr-01 The "fools-gold" release.
352 5.6.1 2001-Apr-08
353 Rafael 5.6.2-RC1 2003-Nov-08
354 5.6.2 2003-Nov-15 Fix new build issues
355 Jarkko 5.7.0 2000-Sep-02 The 5.7 track: Development.
357 5.7.1 2001-Apr-09
358 5.7.2 2001-Jul-13 Virtual release candidate 0.
359 5.7.3 2002-Mar-05
360 5.8.0-RC1 2002-Jun-01
361 5.8.0-RC2 2002-Jun-21
362 5.8.0-RC3 2002-Jul-13
363 5.8.0 2002-Jul-18
364 5.8.1-RC1 2003-Jul-10
365 5.8.1-RC2 2003-Jul-11
366 5.8.1-RC3 2003-Jul-30
367 5.8.1-RC4 2003-Aug-01
368 5.8.1-RC5 2003-Sep-22
369 5.8.1 2003-Sep-25
370 Nicholas 5.8.2-RC1 2003-Oct-27
371 5.8.2-RC2 2003-Nov-03
372 5.8.2 2003-Nov-05
373 5.8.3-RC1 2004-Jan-07
374 5.8.3 2004-Jan-14
375 5.8.4-RC1 2004-Apr-05
376 5.8.4-RC2 2004-Apr-15
377 5.8.4 2004-Apr-21
378 5.8.5-RC1 2004-Jul-06
379 5.8.5-RC2 2004-Jul-08
380 5.8.5 2004-Jul-19
381 5.8.6-RC1 2004-Nov-11
382 5.8.6 2004-Nov-27
383 5.8.7-RC1 2005-May-18
384 5.8.7 2005-May-30
385 5.8.8-RC1 2006-Jan-20
386 5.8.8 2006-Jan-31
387 5.8.9-RC1 2008-Nov-10
388 5.8.9-RC2 2008-Dec-06
389 5.8.9 2008-Dec-14
390 Hugo 5.9.0 2003-Oct-27
392 Rafael 5.9.1 2004-Mar-16
393 5.9.2 2005-Apr-01
394 5.9.3 2006-Jan-28
395 5.9.4 2006-Aug-15
396 5.9.5 2007-Jul-07
397 5.10.0-RC1 2007-Nov-17
398 5.10.0-RC2 2007-Nov-25
399 5.10.0 2007-Dec-18
400 David 5.10.1-RC1 2009-Aug-06
401 5.10.1-RC2 2009-Aug-18
402 5.10.1 2009-Aug-22
403 SELECTED RELEASE SIZES
405 For example the notation "core: 212 29" in the release 1.000 means
406 that it had in the core 212 kilobytes, in 29 files. The "core".."doc"
407 are explained below.
408 release core lib ext t doc
410 ======================================================================
411 1.000 212 29 - - - - 38 51 62 3
413 1.014 219 29 - - - - 39 52 68 4
414 2.000 309 31 2 3 - - 55 57 92 4
415 2.001 312 31 2 3 - - 55 57 94 4
416 3.000 508 36 24 11 - - 79 73 156 5
417 3.044 645 37 61 20 - - 90 74 190 6
418 4.000 635 37 59 20 - - 91 75 198 4
419 4.019 680 37 85 29 - - 98 76 199 4
420 4.036 709 37 89 30 - - 98 76 208 5
421 5.000alpha2 785 50 114 32 - - 112 86 209 5
422 5.000alpha3 801 50 117 33 - - 121 87 209 5
423 5.000alpha9 1022 56 149 43 116 29 125 90 217 6
424 5.000a12h 978 49 140 49 205 46 152 97 228 9
425 5.000b3h 1035 53 232 70 216 38 162 94 218 21
426 5.000 1038 53 250 76 216 38 154 92 536 62
427 5.001m 1071 54 388 82 240 38 159 95 544 29
428 5.002 1121 54 661 101 287 43 155 94 847 35
429 5.003 1129 54 680 102 291 43 166 100 853 35
430 5.003_07 1231 60 748 106 396 53 213 137 976 39
431 5.004 1351 60 1230 136 408 51 355 161 1587 55
432 5.004_01 1356 60 1258 138 410 51 358 161 1587 55
433 5.004_04 1375 60 1294 139 413 51 394 162 1629 55
434 5.004_05 1463 60 1435 150 394 50 445 175 1855 59
435 5.004_51 1401 61 1260 140 413 53 358 162 1594 56
436 5.004_53 1422 62 1295 141 438 70 394 162 1637 56
437 5.004_56 1501 66 1301 140 447 74 408 165 1648 57
438 5.004_59 1555 72 1317 142 448 74 424 171 1678 58
439 5.004_62 1602 77 1327 144 629 92 428 173 1674 58
440 5.004_65 1626 77 1358 146 615 92 446 179 1698 60
441 5.004_68 1856 74 1382 152 619 92 463 187 1784 60
442 5.004_70 1863 75 1456 154 675 92 494 194 1809 60
443 5.004_73 1874 76 1467 152 762 102 506 196 1883 61
444 5.004_75 1877 76 1467 152 770 103 508 196 1896 62
445 5.005 1896 76 1469 152 795 103 509 197 1945 63
446 5.005_03 1936 77 1541 153 813 104 551 201 2176 72
447 5.005_50 1969 78 1842 301 795 103 514 198 1948 63
448 5.005_53 1999 79 1885 303 806 104 602 224 2002 67
449 5.005_56 2086 79 1970 307 866 113 672 238 2221 75
450 5.6.0 2820 79 2626 364 1096 129 863 280 2840 93
451 5.6.1 2946 78 2921 430 1171 132 1024 304 3330 102
452 5.6.2 2947 78 3143 451 1247 127 1303 387 3406 102
453 5.7.0 2977 80 2801 425 1250 132 975 307 3206 100
454 5.7.1 3351 84 3442 455 1944 167 1334 357 3698 124
455 5.7.2 3491 87 4858 618 3290 298 1598 449 3910 139
456 5.7.3 3299 85 4295 537 2196 300 2176 626 4171 120
457 5.8.0 3489 87 4533 585 2437 331 2588 726 4368 125
458 5.8.1 3674 90 5104 623 2604 353 2983 836 4625 134
459 5.8.2 3633 90 5111 623 2623 357 3019 848 4634 135
460 5.8.3 3625 90 5141 624 2660 363 3083 869 4669 136
461 5.8.4 3653 90 5170 634 2684 368 3148 885 4689 137
462 5.8.5 3664 90 4260 303 2707 369 3208 898 4689 138
463 5.8.6 3690 90 4271 303 3141 396 3411 925 4709 139
464 5.8.7 3788 90 4322 307 3297 401 3485 964 4744 141
465 5.8.8 3895 90 4357 314 3409 431 3622 1017 4979 144
466 5.8.9 4132 93 5508 330 3826 529 4364 1234 5348 152
467 5.9.0 3657 90 4951 626 2603 354 3011 841 4609 135
468 5.9.1 3580 90 5196 634 2665 367 3186 889 4725 138
469 5.9.2 3863 90 4654 312 3283 403 3551 973 4800 142
470 5.9.3 4096 91 5318 381 4806 597 4272 1214 5139 147
471 5.9.4 4393 94 5718 415 4578 642 4646 1310 5335 153
472 5.9.5 4681 96 6849 479 4827 671 5155 1490 5572 159
473 5.10.0 4710 97 7050 486 4899 673 5275 1503 5673 160
474 The "core"..."doc" mean the following files from the Perl source code
476 distribution. The glob notation ** means recursively, (.) means
477 regular files.
478 core *.[hcy]
480 lib lib/**/*.p[ml]
481 ext ext/**/*.{[hcyt],xs,pm}
482 t t/**/*(.) (for 1-5.005_56) or **/*.t (for 5.6.0-5.7.3)
483 doc {README*,INSTALL,*[_.]man{,.?},pod/**/*.pod}
484 Here are some statistics for the other subdirectories and one file in
486 the Perl source distribution for somewhat more selected releases.
487 ======================================================================
489 Legend: kB #
490 1.014 2.001 3.044
492 Configure 31 1 37 1 62 1
494 eg - - 34 28 47 39
495 h2pl - - - - 12 12
496 msdos - - - - 41 13
497 os2 - - - - 63 22
498 usub - - - - 21 16
499 x2p 103 17 104 17 137 17
500 ======================================================================
502 4.000 4.019 4.036
504 atarist - - - - 113 31
506 Configure 73 1 83 1 86 1
507 eg 47 39 47 39 47 39
508 emacs 67 4 67 4 67 4
509 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12
510 hints - - 5 42 11 56
511 msdos 57 15 58 15 60 15
512 os2 81 29 81 29 113 31
513 usub 25 7 43 8 43 8
514 x2p 147 18 152 19 154 19
515 ======================================================================
517 5.000a2 5.000a12h 5.000b3h 5.000 5.001m
519 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
521 atarist 113 31 113 31 - - - - - -
522 bench - - 0 1 - - - - - -
523 Bugs 2 5 26 1 - - - - - -
524 dlperl 40 5 - - - - - - - -
525 do 127 71 - - - - - - - -
526 Configure - - 153 1 159 1 160 1 180 1
527 Doc - - 26 1 75 7 11 1 11 1
528 eg 79 58 53 44 51 43 54 44 54 44
529 emacs 67 4 104 6 104 6 104 1 104 6
530 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
531 hints 11 56 12 46 18 48 18 48 44 56
532 msdos 60 15 60 15 - - - - - -
533 os2 113 31 113 31 - - - - - -
534 U - - 62 8 112 42 - - - -
535 usub 43 8 - - - - - - - -
536 vms - - 80 7 123 9 184 15 304 20
537 x2p 171 22 171 21 162 20 162 20 279 20
538 ======================================================================
540 5.002 5.003 5.003_07
542 Configure 201 1 201 1 217 1
544 eg 54 44 54 44 54 44
545 emacs 108 1 108 1 143 1
546 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12
547 hints 73 59 77 60 90 62
548 os2 84 17 56 10 117 42
549 plan9 - - - - 79 15
550 Porting - - - - 51 1
551 utils 87 7 88 7 97 7
552 vms 500 24 475 26 505 27
553 x2p 280 20 280 20 280 19
554 ======================================================================
556 5.004 5.004_04 5.004_62 5.004_65 5.004_68
558 beos - - - - - - 1 1 1 1
560 Configure 225 1 225 1 240 1 248 1 256 1
561 cygwin32 23 5 23 5 23 5 24 5 24 5
562 djgpp - - - - 14 5 14 5 14 5
563 eg 81 62 81 62 81 62 81 62 81 62
564 emacs 194 1 204 1 212 2 212 2 212 2
565 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
566 hints 129 69 132 71 144 72 151 74 155 74
567 os2 121 42 127 42 127 44 129 44 129 44
568 plan9 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15
569 Porting 94 2 109 4 203 6 234 8 241 9
570 qnx 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2
571 utils 112 8 118 8 124 8 156 9 159 9
572 vms 518 34 524 34 538 34 569 34 569 34
573 win32 285 33 378 36 470 39 493 39 575 41
574 x2p 281 19 281 19 281 19 282 19 281 19
575 ======================================================================
577 5.004_70 5.004_73 5.004_75 5.005 5.005_03
579 apollo - - - - - - - - 0 1
581 beos 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
582 Configure 256 1 256 1 264 1 264 1 270 1
583 cygwin32 24 5 24 5 24 5 24 5 24 5
584 djgpp 14 5 14 5 14 5 14 5 15 5
585 eg 86 65 86 65 86 65 86 65 86 65
586 emacs 262 2 262 2 262 2 262 2 274 2
587 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
588 hints 157 74 157 74 159 74 160 74 179 77
589 mint - - - - - - - - 4 7
590 mpeix - - - - 5 3 5 3 5 3
591 os2 129 44 139 44 142 44 143 44 148 44
592 plan9 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15
593 Porting 241 9 253 9 259 10 264 12 272 13
594 qnx 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2
595 utils 160 9 160 9 160 9 160 9 164 9
596 vms 570 34 572 34 573 34 575 34 583 34
597 vos - - - - - - - - 156 10
598 win32 577 41 585 41 585 41 587 41 600 42
599 x2p 281 19 281 19 281 19 281 19 281 19
600 ======================================================================
602 5.6.0 5.6.1 5.6.2 5.7.3
604 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
606 beos 5 2 5 2 5 2 6 4
607 Configure 346 1 361 1 363 1 394 1
608 Cross - - - - - - 4 2
609 djgpp 19 6 19 6 19 6 21 7
610 eg 112 71 112 71 112 71 - -
611 emacs 303 4 319 4 319 4 319 4
612 epoc 29 8 35 8 35 8 36 8
613 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15
614 hints 242 83 250 84 321 89 272 87
615 mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9
616 mpeix 9 4 9 4 9 4 9 4
617 NetWare - - - - - - 423 57
618 os2 214 59 224 60 224 60 357 66
619 plan9 92 17 92 17 92 17 85 15
620 Porting 361 15 390 16 390 16 425 21
621 qnx 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3
622 utils 228 12 221 11 222 11 267 13
623 uts - - - - - - 12 3
624 vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4
625 vms 686 38 627 38 627 38 649 36
626 vos 227 12 249 15 248 15 281 17
627 win32 755 41 782 42 801 42 1006 50
628 x2p 307 20 307 20 307 20 345 20
629 ======================================================================
631 5.8.0 5.8.1 5.8.2 5.8.3 5.8.4
633 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
635 beos 6 4 6 4 6 4 6 4 6 4
636 Configure 472 1 493 1 493 1 493 1 494 1
637 Cross 4 2 45 10 45 10 45 10 45 10
638 djgpp 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7
639 emacs 319 4 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4
640 epoc 33 8 33 8 33 8 33 8 33 8
641 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15
642 hints 294 88 321 89 321 89 321 89 348 91
643 mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9
644 mpeix 24 5 25 5 25 5 25 5 25 5
645 NetWare 488 61 490 61 490 61 490 61 488 61
646 os2 361 66 445 67 450 67 488 67 488 67
647 plan9 85 15 325 17 325 17 325 17 321 17
648 Porting 479 22 537 32 538 32 539 32 538 33
649 qnx 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3
650 utils 275 15 258 16 258 16 263 19 263 19
651 uts 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3
652 vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4
653 vms 648 36 654 36 654 36 656 36 656 36
654 vos 330 20 335 20 335 20 335 20 335 20
655 win32 1062 49 1125 49 1127 49 1126 49 1181 56
656 x2p 347 20 348 20 348 20 348 20 348 20
657 ======================================================================
659 5.8.5 5.8.6 5.8.7 5.8.8 5.8.9
661 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
663 beos 6 4 6 4 8 4 8 4 8 4
664 Configure 494 1 494 1 495 1 506 1 520 1
665 Cross 45 10 45 10 45 10 45 10 46 10
666 djgpp 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7
667 emacs 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4 406 4
668 epoc 33 8 33 8 33 8 34 8 35 8
669 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15
670 hints 350 91 352 91 355 94 360 94 387 99
671 mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9
672 mpeix 25 5 25 5 25 5 49 6 49 6
673 NetWare 488 61 488 61 488 61 490 61 491 61
674 os2 488 67 488 67 488 67 488 67 552 70
675 plan9 321 17 321 17 321 17 322 17 324 17
676 Porting 538 34 548 35 549 35 564 37 625 41
677 qnx 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3
678 utils 265 19 265 19 266 19 267 19 281 21
679 uts 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3
680 vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4
681 vms 657 36 658 36 662 36 664 36 716 35
682 vos 335 20 335 20 335 20 336 21 345 22
683 win32 1183 56 1190 56 1199 56 1219 56 1484 68
684 x2p 349 20 349 20 349 20 349 19 350 19
685 ======================================================================
687 5.9.0 5.9.1 5.9.2 5.9.3 5.9.4
689 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
691 beos 6 4 6 4 8 4 8 4 8 4
692 Configure 493 1 493 1 495 1 508 1 512 1
693 Cross 45 10 45 10 45 10 45 10 46 10
694 djgpp 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7
695 emacs 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4
696 epoc 33 8 33 8 33 8 34 8 34 8
697 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15
698 hints 321 89 346 91 355 94 359 94 366 96
699 mad - - - - - - - - 174 6
700 mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9
701 mpeix 25 5 25 5 25 5 49 6 49 6
702 NetWare 489 61 487 61 487 61 489 61 489 61
703 os2 444 67 488 67 488 67 488 67 488 67
704 plan9 325 17 321 17 321 17 322 17 323 17
705 Porting 537 32 536 33 549 36 564 38 576 38
706 qnx 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3
707 symbian - - - - - - 293 53 293 53
708 utils 258 16 263 19 268 20 273 23 275 24
709 uts 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3
710 vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4
711 vms 660 36 547 33 553 33 661 33 696 33
712 vos 11 7 11 7 11 7 11 7 11 7
713 win32 1120 49 1124 51 1191 56 1209 56 1719 90
714 x2p 348 20 348 20 349 20 349 19 349 19
715 ======================================================================
717 5.9.5 5.10.0
719 apollo 8 3 8 3
721 beos 8 4 8 4
722 Configure 518 1 518 1
723 Cross 122 15 122 15
724 djgpp 21 7 21 7
725 emacs 329 4 406 4
726 epoc 34 8 35 8
727 h2pl 24 15 24 15
728 hints 377 98 381 98
729 mad 182 8 182 8
730 mint 11 9 11 9
731 mpeix 49 6 49 6
732 NetWare 489 61 489 61
733 os2 552 70 552 70
734 plan9 324 17 324 17
735 Porting 627 40 632 40
736 qnx 5 3 5 4
737 symbian 300 54 300 54
738 utils 260 26 264 27
739 uts 12 3 12 3
740 vmesa 25 4 25 4
741 vms 690 32 722 32
742 vos 19 8 19 8
743 win32 1482 68 1485 68
744 x2p 349 19 349 19
745 SELECTED PATCH SIZES
747 The "diff lines kB" means that for example the patch 5.003_08, to be
748 applied on top of the 5.003_07 (or whatever was before the 5.003_08)
749 added lines for 110 kilobytes, it removed lines for 19 kilobytes, and
750 changed lines for 424 kilobytes. Just the lines themselves are
751 counted, not their context. The "+ - !" become from the diff(1)
752 context diff output format.
753 Pump- Release Date diff lines kB
755 king -------------
756 + - !
757 ======================================================================
758 Chip 5.003_08 1996-Nov-19 110 19 424
760 5.003_09 1996-Nov-26 38 9 248
761 5.003_10 1996-Nov-29 29 2 27
762 5.003_11 1996-Dec-06 73 12 165
763 5.003_12 1996-Dec-19 275 6 436
764 5.003_13 1996-Dec-20 95 1 56
765 5.003_14 1996-Dec-23 23 7 333
766 5.003_15 1996-Dec-23 0 0 1
767 5.003_16 1996-Dec-24 12 3 50
768 5.003_17 1996-Dec-27 19 1 14
769 5.003_18 1996-Dec-31 21 1 32
770 5.003_19 1997-Jan-04 80 3 85
771 5.003_20 1997-Jan-07 18 1 146
772 5.003_21 1997-Jan-15 38 10 221
773 5.003_22 1997-Jan-16 4 0 18
774 5.003_23 1997-Jan-25 71 15 119
775 5.003_24 1997-Jan-29 426 1 20
776 5.003_25 1997-Feb-04 21 8 169
777 5.003_26 1997-Feb-10 16 1 15
778 5.003_27 1997-Feb-18 32 10 38
779 5.003_28 1997-Feb-21 58 4 66
780 5.003_90 1997-Feb-25 22 2 34
781 5.003_91 1997-Mar-01 37 1 39
782 5.003_92 1997-Mar-06 16 3 69
783 5.003_93 1997-Mar-10 12 3 15
784 5.003_94 1997-Mar-22 407 7 200
785 5.003_95 1997-Mar-25 41 1 37
786 5.003_96 1997-Apr-01 283 5 261
787 5.003_97 1997-Apr-03 13 2 34
788 5.003_97a 1997-Apr-05 57 1 27
789 5.003_97b 1997-Apr-08 14 1 20
790 5.003_97c 1997-Apr-10 20 1 16
791 5.003_97d 1997-Apr-13 8 0 16
792 5.003_97e 1997-Apr-15 15 4 46
793 5.003_97f 1997-Apr-17 7 1 33
794 5.003_97g 1997-Apr-18 6 1 42
795 5.003_97h 1997-Apr-24 23 3 68
796 5.003_97i 1997-Apr-25 23 1 31
797 5.003_97j 1997-Apr-28 36 1 49
798 5.003_98 1997-Apr-30 171 12 539
799 5.003_99 1997-May-01 6 0 7
800 5.003_99a 1997-May-09 36 2 61
801 p54rc1 1997-May-12 8 1 11
802 p54rc2 1997-May-14 6 0 40
803 5.004 1997-May-15 4 0 4
805 Tim 5.004_01 1997-Jun-13 222 14 57
807 5.004_02 1997-Aug-07 112 16 119
808 5.004_03 1997-Sep-05 109 0 17
809 5.004_04 1997-Oct-15 66 8 173
810 The patch-free era
812 In more modern times, named releases don't come as often, and as
814 progress can be followed (nearly) instantly (with rsync, and since late
815 2008, git) patches between versions are no longer provided. However,
816 that doesn't keep us from calculating how large a patch could have
817 been. Which is shown in the table below. Unless noted otherwise, the
818 size mentioned is the patch to bring version x.y.z to x.y.z+1.
819 Sarathy 5.6.1 2001-Apr-08 531 44 651
821 Rafael 5.6.2 2003-Nov-15 20 11 1819
822 Jarkko 5.8.0 2002-Jul-18 1205 31 471 From 5.7.3
824 5.8.1 2003-Sep-25 243 102 6162
826 Nicholas 5.8.2 2003-Nov-05 10 50 788
827 5.8.3 2004-Jan-14 31 13 360
828 5.8.4 2004-Apr-21 33 8 299
829 5.8.5 2004-Jul-19 11 19 255
830 5.8.6 2004-Nov-27 35 3 192
831 5.8.7 2005-May-30 75 34 778
832 5.8.8 2006-Jan-31 131 42 1251
833 5.8.9 2008-Dec-14 340 132 12988
834 Hugo 5.9.0 2003-Oct-27 281 168 7132 From 5.8.0
836 Rafael 5.9.1 2004-Mar-16 57 250 2107
837 5.9.2 2005-Apr-01 720 57 858
838 5.9.3 2006-Jan-28 1124 102 1906
839 5.9.4 2006-Aug-15 896 60 862
840 5.9.5 2007-Jul-07 1149 128 1062
841 5.10.0 2007-Dec-18 50 31 13111 From 5.9.5
843
845 Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>.
846 Thanks to the collective memory of the Perlfolk. In addition to the
848 Keepers of the Pumpkin also Alan Champion, Mark Dominus, Andreas
849 KA~Xnig, John Macdonald, Matthias Neeracher, Jeff Okamoto, Michael
850 Peppler, Randal Schwartz, and Paul D. Smith sent corrections and
851 additions. Abigail added file and patch size data for the 5.6.0 - 5.10
852 era.
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