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       and Karen Etheridge.
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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
649        Sawyer X  5.29.0       2018-Jun-26     The 5.29 development track
650        Steve     5.29.1       2018-Jul-20
651        BinGOs    5.29.2       2018-Aug-20
652        John      5.29.3       2019-Sep-20
653
654   SELECTED RELEASE SIZES
655       For example the notation "core: 212  29" in the release 1.000 means
656       that it had in the core 212 kilobytes, in 29 files.  The "core".."doc"
657       are explained below.
658
659        release        core       lib         ext        t         doc
660        ======================================================================
661
662        1.000           212  29      -   -      -    -     38   51     62   3
663        1.014           219  29      -   -      -    -     39   52     68   4
664        2.000           309  31      2   3      -    -     55   57     92   4
665        2.001           312  31      2   3      -    -     55   57     94   4
666        3.000           508  36     24  11      -    -     79   73    156   5
667        3.044           645  37     61  20      -    -     90   74    190   6
668        4.000           635  37     59  20      -    -     91   75    198   4
669        4.019           680  37     85  29      -    -     98   76    199   4
670        4.036           709  37     89  30      -    -     98   76    208   5
671        5.000alpha2     785  50    114  32      -    -    112   86    209   5
672        5.000alpha3     801  50    117  33      -    -    121   87    209   5
673        5.000alpha9    1022  56    149  43    116   29    125   90    217   6
674        5.000a12h       978  49    140  49    205   46    152   97    228   9
675        5.000b3h       1035  53    232  70    216   38    162   94    218  21
676        5.000          1038  53    250  76    216   38    154   92    536  62
677        5.001m         1071  54    388  82    240   38    159   95    544  29
678        5.002          1121  54    661 101    287   43    155   94    847  35
679        5.003          1129  54    680 102    291   43    166  100    853  35
680        5.003_07       1231  60    748 106    396   53    213  137    976  39
681        5.004          1351  60   1230 136    408   51    355  161   1587  55
682        5.004_01       1356  60   1258 138    410   51    358  161   1587  55
683        5.004_04       1375  60   1294 139    413   51    394  162   1629  55
684        5.004_05       1463  60   1435 150    394   50    445  175   1855  59
685        5.004_51       1401  61   1260 140    413   53    358  162   1594  56
686        5.004_53       1422  62   1295 141    438   70    394  162   1637  56
687        5.004_56       1501  66   1301 140    447   74    408  165   1648  57
688        5.004_59       1555  72   1317 142    448   74    424  171   1678  58
689        5.004_62       1602  77   1327 144    629   92    428  173   1674  58
690        5.004_65       1626  77   1358 146    615   92    446  179   1698  60
691        5.004_68       1856  74   1382 152    619   92    463  187   1784  60
692        5.004_70       1863  75   1456 154    675   92    494  194   1809  60
693        5.004_73       1874  76   1467 152    762  102    506  196   1883  61
694        5.004_75       1877  76   1467 152    770  103    508  196   1896  62
695        5.005          1896  76   1469 152    795  103    509  197   1945  63
696        5.005_03       1936  77   1541 153    813  104    551  201   2176  72
697        5.005_50       1969  78   1842 301    795  103    514  198   1948  63
698        5.005_53       1999  79   1885 303    806  104    602  224   2002  67
699        5.005_56       2086  79   1970 307    866  113    672  238   2221  75
700        5.6.0          2820  79   2626 364   1096  129    863  280   2840  93
701        5.6.1          2946  78   2921 430   1171  132   1024  304   3330 102
702        5.6.2          2947  78   3143 451   1247  127   1303  387   3406 102
703        5.7.0          2977  80   2801 425   1250  132    975  307   3206 100
704        5.7.1          3351  84   3442 455   1944  167   1334  357   3698 124
705        5.7.2          3491  87   4858 618   3290  298   1598  449   3910 139
706        5.7.3          3299  85   4295 537   2196  300   2176  626   4171 120
707        5.8.0          3489  87   4533 585   2437  331   2588  726   4368 125
708        5.8.1          3674  90   5104 623   2604  353   2983  836   4625 134
709        5.8.2          3633  90   5111 623   2623  357   3019  848   4634 135
710        5.8.3          3625  90   5141 624   2660  363   3083  869   4669 136
711        5.8.4          3653  90   5170 634   2684  368   3148  885   4689 137
712        5.8.5          3664  90   4260 303   2707  369   3208  898   4689 138
713        5.8.6          3690  90   4271 303   3141  396   3411  925   4709 139
714        5.8.7          3788  90   4322 307   3297  401   3485  964   4744 141
715        5.8.8          3895  90   4357 314   3409  431   3622 1017   4979 144
716        5.8.9          4132  93   5508 330   3826  529   4364 1234   5348 152
717        5.9.0          3657  90   4951 626   2603  354   3011  841   4609 135
718        5.9.1          3580  90   5196 634   2665  367   3186  889   4725 138
719        5.9.2          3863  90   4654 312   3283  403   3551  973   4800 142
720        5.9.3          4096  91   5318 381   4806  597   4272 1214   5139 147
721        5.9.4          4393  94   5718 415   4578  642   4646 1310   5335 153
722        5.9.5          4681  96   6849 479   4827  671   5155 1490   5572 159
723        5.10.0         4710  97   7050 486   4899  673   5275 1503   5673 160
724        5.10.1         4858  98   7440 519   6195  921   6147 1751   5151 163
725        5.12.0         4999 100   1146 121  15227 2176   6400 1843   5342 168
726        5.12.1         5000 100   1146 121  15283 2178   6407 1846   5354 169
727        5.12.2         5003 100   1146 121  15404 2178   6413 1846   5376 170
728        5.12.3         5004 100   1146 121  15529 2180   6417 1848   5391 171
729        5.14.0         5328 104   1100 114  17779 2479   7697 2130   5871 188
730        5.16.0         5562 109   1077  80  20504 2702   8750 2375   4815 152
731        5.18.0         5892 113   1088  79  20077 2760   9365 2439   4943 154
732        5.20.0         6243 115   1187  75  19499 2701   9620 2457   5145 159
733        5.22.0         7819 115   1284  77  19121 2635   9772 2434   5615 176
734        5.24.0         7922 113   1287  77  19535 2677   9994 2465   5702 177
735        5.26.0         9140 121  24925 1200 40643 3017  10514 2614   7854 211
736        5.28.0        13056 128  27267 1230 41745 3130  10952 2715   8185 218
737
738       The "core"..."doc" mean the following files from the Perl source code
739       distribution.  The glob notation ** means recursively, (.) means
740       regular files.
741
742        core   *.[hcy]
743        lib    lib/**/*.p[ml]
744        ext    ext/**/*.{[hcyt],xs,pm} (for -5.10.1) or
745               {dist,ext,cpan}/**/*.{[hcyt],xs,pm} (for 5.12.0-)
746        t      t/**/*(.) (for 1-5.005_56) or **/*.t (for 5.6.0-5.7.3)
747        doc    {README*,INSTALL,*[_.]man{,.?},pod/**/*.pod}
748
749       Here are some statistics for the other subdirectories and one file in
750       the Perl source distribution for somewhat more selected releases.
751
752        ======================================================================
753          Legend:  kB   #
754
755                         1.014      2.001      3.044
756
757        Configure      31    1    37    1    62    1
758        eg              -    -    34   28    47   39
759        h2pl            -    -     -    -    12   12
760        msdos           -    -     -    -    41   13
761        os2             -    -     -    -    63   22
762        usub            -    -     -    -    21   16
763        x2p           103   17   104   17   137   17
764
765        ======================================================================
766
767                         4.000      4.019      4.036
768
769        atarist         -    -     -    -   113   31
770        Configure      73    1    83    1    86    1
771        eg             47   39    47   39    47   39
772        emacs          67    4    67    4    67    4
773        h2pl           12   12    12   12    12   12
774        hints           -    -     5   42    11   56
775        msdos          57   15    58   15    60   15
776        os2            81   29    81   29   113   31
777        usub           25    7    43    8    43    8
778        x2p           147   18   152   19   154   19
779
780        ======================================================================
781
782                       5.000a2  5.000a12h   5.000b3h      5.000     5.001m
783
784        apollo          8    3     8    3     8    3     8    3     8    3
785        atarist       113   31   113   31     -    -     -    -     -    -
786        bench           -    -     0    1     -    -     -    -     -    -
787        Bugs            2    5    26    1     -    -     -    -     -    -
788        dlperl         40    5     -    -     -    -     -    -     -    -
789        do            127   71     -    -     -    -     -    -     -    -
790        Configure       -    -   153    1   159    1   160    1   180    1
791        Doc             -    -    26    1    75    7    11    1    11    1
792        eg             79   58    53   44    51   43    54   44    54   44
793        emacs          67    4   104    6   104    6   104    1   104    6
794        h2pl           12   12    12   12    12   12    12   12    12   12
795        hints          11   56    12   46    18   48    18   48    44   56
796        msdos          60   15    60   15     -    -     -    -     -    -
797        os2           113   31   113   31     -    -     -    -     -    -
798        U               -    -    62    8   112   42     -    -     -    -
799        usub           43    8     -    -     -    -     -    -     -    -
800        vms             -    -    80    7   123    9   184   15   304   20
801        x2p           171   22   171   21   162   20   162   20   279   20
802
803        ======================================================================
804
805                         5.002      5.003   5.003_07
806
807        Configure     201    1   201    1   217    1
808        eg             54   44    54   44    54   44
809        emacs         108    1   108    1   143    1
810        h2pl           12   12    12   12    12   12
811        hints          73   59    77   60    90   62
812        os2            84   17    56   10   117   42
813        plan9           -    -     -    -    79   15
814        Porting         -    -     -    -    51    1
815        utils          87    7    88    7    97    7
816        vms           500   24   475   26   505   27
817        x2p           280   20   280   20   280   19
818
819        ======================================================================
820
821                         5.004   5.004_04   5.004_62   5.004_65   5.004_68
822
823        beos            -    -     -    -     -    -      1   1      1   1
824        Configure     225    1   225    1   240    1    248   1    256   1
825        cygwin32       23    5    23    5    23    5     24   5     24   5
826        djgpp           -    -     -    -    14    5     14   5     14   5
827        eg             81   62    81   62    81   62     81  62     81  62
828        emacs         194    1   204    1   212    2    212   2    212   2
829        h2pl           12   12    12   12    12   12     12  12     12  12
830        hints         129   69   132   71   144   72    151  74    155  74
831        os2           121   42   127   42   127   44    129  44    129  44
832        plan9          82   15    82   15    82   15     82  15     82  15
833        Porting        94    2   109    4   203    6    234   8    241   9
834        qnx             1    2     1    2     1    2      1   2      1   2
835        utils         112    8   118    8   124    8    156   9    159   9
836        vms           518   34   524   34   538   34    569  34    569  34
837        win32         285   33   378   36   470   39    493  39    575  41
838        x2p           281   19   281   19   281   19    282  19    281  19
839
840        ======================================================================
841
842                      5.004_70   5.004_73   5.004_75      5.005   5.005_03
843
844        apollo          -    -     -    -     -    -     -    -      0   1
845        beos            1    1     1    1     1    1     1    1      1   1
846        Configure     256    1   256    1   264    1   264    1    270   1
847        cygwin32       24    5    24    5    24    5    24    5     24   5
848        djgpp          14    5    14    5    14    5    14    5     15   5
849        eg             86   65    86   65    86   65    86   65     86  65
850        emacs         262    2   262    2   262    2   262    2    274   2
851        h2pl           12   12    12   12    12   12    12   12     12  12
852        hints         157   74   157   74   159   74   160   74    179  77
853        mint            -    -     -    -     -    -     -    -      4   7
854        mpeix           -    -     -    -     5    3     5    3      5   3
855        os2           129   44   139   44   142   44   143   44    148  44
856        plan9          82   15    82   15    82   15    82   15     82  15
857        Porting       241    9   253    9   259   10   264   12    272  13
858        qnx             1    2     1    2     1    2     1    2      1   2
859        utils         160    9   160    9   160    9   160    9    164   9
860        vms           570   34   572   34   573   34   575   34    583  34
861        vos             -    -     -    -     -    -     -   -     156  10
862        win32         577   41   585   41   585   41   587   41    600  42
863        x2p           281   19   281   19   281   19   281   19    281  19
864
865        ======================================================================
866
867                         5.6.0      5.6.1      5.6.2      5.7.3
868
869        apollo          8    3     8    3     8    3     8    3
870        beos            5    2     5    2     5    2     6    4
871        Configure     346    1   361    1   363    1   394    1
872        Cross           -    -     -    -     -    -     4    2
873        djgpp          19    6    19    6    19    6    21    7
874        eg            112   71   112   71   112   71     -    -
875        emacs         303    4   319    4   319    4   319    4
876        epoc           29    8    35    8    35    8    36    8
877        h2pl           24   15    24   15    24   15    24   15
878        hints         242   83   250   84   321   89   272   87
879        mint           11    9    11    9    11    9    11    9
880        mpeix           9    4     9    4     9    4     9    4
881        NetWare         -    -     -    -     -    -   423   57
882        os2           214   59   224   60   224   60   357   66
883        plan9          92   17    92   17    92   17    85   15
884        Porting       361   15   390   16   390   16   425   21
885        qnx             5    3     5    3     5    3     5    3
886        utils         228   12   221   11   222   11   267   13
887        uts             -    -     -    -     -    -    12    3
888        vmesa          25    4    25    4    25    4    25    4
889        vms           686   38   627   38   627   38   649   36
890        vos           227   12   249   15   248   15   281   17
891        win32         755   41   782   42   801   42  1006   50
892        x2p           307   20   307   20   307   20   345   20
893
894        ======================================================================
895
896                         5.8.0      5.8.1      5.8.2      5.8.3      5.8.4
897
898        apollo          8    3     8    3     8    3     8    3     8    3
899        beos            6    4     6    4     6    4     6    4     6    4
900        Configure     472    1   493    1   493    1   493    1   494    1
901        Cross           4    2    45   10    45   10    45   10    45   10
902        djgpp          21    7    21    7    21    7    21    7    21    7
903        emacs         319    4   329    4   329    4   329    4   329    4
904        epoc           33    8    33    8    33    8    33    8    33    8
905        h2pl           24   15    24   15    24   15    24   15    24   15
906        hints         294   88   321   89   321   89   321   89   348   91
907        mint           11    9    11    9    11    9    11    9    11    9
908        mpeix          24    5    25    5    25    5    25    5    25    5
909        NetWare       488   61   490   61   490   61   490   61   488   61
910        os2           361   66   445   67   450   67   488   67   488   67
911        plan9          85   15   325   17   325   17   325   17   321   17
912        Porting       479   22   537   32   538   32   539   32   538   33
913        qnx             5    3     5    3     5    3     5    3     5    3
914        utils         275   15   258   16   258   16   263   19   263   19
915        uts            12    3    12    3    12    3    12    3    12    3
916        vmesa          25    4    25    4    25    4    25    4    25    4
917        vms           648   36   654   36   654   36   656   36   656   36
918        vos           330   20   335   20   335   20   335   20   335   20
919        win32        1062   49  1125   49  1127   49  1126   49  1181   56
920        x2p           347   20   348   20   348   20   348   20   348   20
921
922        ======================================================================
923
924                         5.8.5      5.8.6      5.8.7      5.8.8      5.8.9
925
926        apollo          8    3     8    3     8    3     8    3     8    3
927        beos            6    4     6    4     8    4     8    4     8    4
928        Configure     494    1   494    1   495    1   506    1   520    1
929        Cross          45   10    45   10    45   10    45   10    46   10
930        djgpp          21    7    21    7    21    7    21    7    21    7
931        emacs         329    4   329    4   329    4   329    4   406    4
932        epoc           33    8    33    8    33    8    34    8    35    8
933        h2pl           24   15    24   15    24   15    24   15    24   15
934        hints         350   91   352   91   355   94   360   94   387   99
935        mint           11    9    11    9    11    9    11    9    11    9
936        mpeix          25    5    25    5    25    5    49    6    49    6
937        NetWare       488   61   488   61   488   61   490   61   491   61
938        os2           488   67   488   67   488   67   488   67   552   70
939        plan9         321   17   321   17   321   17   322   17   324   17
940        Porting       538   34   548   35   549   35   564   37   625   41
941        qnx             5    3     5    3     5    3     5    3     5    3
942        utils         265   19   265   19   266   19   267   19   281   21
943        uts            12    3    12    3    12    3    12    3    12    3
944        vmesa          25    4    25    4    25    4    25    4    25    4
945        vms           657   36   658   36   662   36   664   36   716   35
946        vos           335   20   335   20   335   20   336   21   345   22
947        win32        1183   56  1190   56  1199   56  1219   56  1484   68
948        x2p           349   20   349   20   349   20   349   19   350   19
949
950        ======================================================================
951
952                         5.9.0      5.9.1      5.9.2      5.9.3      5.9.4
953
954        apollo          8    3     8    3     8    3     8    3     8    3
955        beos            6    4     6    4     8    4     8    4     8    4
956        Configure     493    1   493    1   495    1   508    1   512    1
957        Cross          45   10    45   10    45   10    45   10    46   10
958        djgpp          21    7    21    7    21    7    21    7    21    7
959        emacs         329    4   329    4   329    4   329    4   329    4
960        epoc           33    8    33    8    33    8    34    8    34    8
961        h2pl           24   15    24   15    24   15    24   15    24   15
962        hints         321   89   346   91   355   94   359   94   366   96
963        mad             -    -     -    -     -    -     -    -   174    6
964        mint           11    9    11    9    11    9    11    9    11    9
965        mpeix          25    5    25    5    25    5    49    6    49    6
966        NetWare       489   61   487   61   487   61   489   61   489   61
967        os2           444   67   488   67   488   67   488   67   488   67
968        plan9         325   17   321   17   321   17   322   17   323   17
969        Porting       537   32   536   33   549   36   564   38   576   38
970        qnx             5    3     5    3     5    3     5    3     5    3
971        symbian         -    -     -    -     -    -   293   53   293   53
972        utils         258   16   263   19   268   20   273   23   275   24
973        uts            12    3    12    3    12    3    12    3    12    3
974        vmesa          25    4    25    4    25    4    25    4    25    4
975        vms           660   36   547   33   553   33   661   33   696   33
976        vos            11    7    11    7    11    7    11    7    11    7
977        win32        1120   49  1124   51  1191   56  1209   56  1719   90
978        x2p           348   20   348   20   349   20   349   19   349   19
979
980        ======================================================================
981
982                         5.9.5     5.10.0     5.10.1     5.12.0     5.12.1
983
984        apollo          8    3     8    3     0    3     0    3     0    3
985        beos            8    4     8    4     4    4     4    4     4    4
986        Configure     518    1   518    1   533    1   536    1   536    1
987        Cross         122   15   122   15   119   15   118   15   118   15
988        djgpp          21    7    21    7    17    7    17    7    17    7
989        emacs         329    4   406    4   402    4   402    4   402    4
990        epoc           34    8    35    8    31    8    31    8    31    8
991        h2pl           24   15    24   15    12   15    12   15    12   15
992        hints         377   98   381   98   385  100   368   97   368   97
993        mad           182    8   182    8   174    8   174    8   174    8
994        mint           11    9    11    9     3    9     -    -     -    -
995        mpeix          49    6    49    6    45    6    45    6    45    6
996        NetWare       489   61   489   61   465   61   466   61   466   61
997        os2           552   70   552   70   507   70   507   70   507   70
998        plan9         324   17   324   17   316   17   316   17   316   17
999        Porting       627   40   632   40   933   53   749   54   749   54
1000        qnx             5    3     5    4     1    4     1    4     1    4
1001        symbian       300   54   300   54   290   54   288   54   288   54
1002        utils         260   26   264   27   268   27   269   27   269   27
1003        uts            12    3    12    3     8    3     8    3     8    3
1004        vmesa          25    4    25    4    21    4    21    4    21    4
1005        vms           690   32   722   32   693   30   645   18   645   18
1006        vos            19    8    19    8    16    8    16    8    16    8
1007        win32        1482   68  1485   68  1497   70  1841   73  1841   73
1008        x2p           349   19   349   19   345   19   345   19   345   19
1009
1010        ======================================================================
1011
1012                        5.12.2     5.12.3      5.14.0     5.16.0       5.18.0
1013
1014        apollo          0    3     0    3      -    -     -    -      -     -
1015        beos            4    4     4    4      5    4     5    4      -     -
1016        Configure     536    1   536    1    539    1   547    1    550     1
1017        Cross         118   15   118   15    118   15   118   15    118    15
1018        djgpp          17    7    17    7     18    7    18    7     18     7
1019        emacs         402    4   402    4      -    -     -    -      -     -
1020        epoc           31    8    31    8     32    8    30    8      -     -
1021        h2pl           12   15    12   15     15   15    15   15     13    15
1022        hints         368   97   368   97    370   96   371   96    354    91
1023        mad           174    8   174    8    176    8   176    8    174     8
1024        mpeix          45    6    45    6     46    6    46    6      -     -
1025        NetWare       466   61   466   61    473   61   472   61    469    61
1026        os2           507   70   507   70    518   70   519   70    510    70
1027        plan9         316   17   316   17    319   17   319   17    318    17
1028        Porting       750   54   750   54    855   60  1093   69   1149    70
1029        qnx             1    4     1    4      2    4     2    4      1     4
1030        symbian       288   54   288   54    292   54   292   54    290    54
1031        utils         269   27   269   27    249   29   245   30    246    31
1032        uts             8    3     8    3      9    3     9    3      -     -
1033        vmesa          21    4    21    4     22    4    22    4      -     -
1034        vms           646   18   644   18    639   17   571   15    564    15
1035        vos            16    8    16    8     17    8     9    7      8     7
1036        win32        1841   73  1841   73   1833   72  1655   67   1157    62
1037        x2p           345   19   345   19    346   19   345   19    344    20
1038
1039        ======================================================================
1040
1041                         5.20.0           5.22.0          5.24.0
1042
1043        Configure    552      1       570      1      586      1
1044        Cross        118     15       118     15      118     15
1045        djgpp         18      7        17      7       17      7
1046        h2pl          13     15        13     15       13     15
1047        hints        355     90       356     87      362     87
1048        mad          174      8         -      -        -      -
1049        NetWare      467     61       466     61      467     61
1050        os2          510     70       510     70      510     70
1051        plan9        316     17       317     17      314     17
1052        Porting     1204     68      1393     71     1321     71
1053        qnx            1      4         1      4        1      4
1054        symbian      290     54       291     54      292     54
1055        utils        241     27       242     27      679     53
1056        vms          538     12       532     12      524     12
1057        vos            8      7         8      7        8      7
1058        win32       1183     64      1201     64     1268     65
1059        x2p          341     19         -      -        -      -
1060
1061        ======================================================================
1062
1063                         5.26.0           5.28.0
1064
1065        Configure    593      1       580      1
1066        Cross        122     15       125     15
1067        djgpp         21      7        21      7
1068        h2pl          24     15        24     15
1069        hints        376     87       364     85
1070        mad            -      -         -      -
1071        NetWare      499     61       493     61
1072        os2          552     70       552     70
1073        plan9        322     17       309     17
1074        Porting     1380     73      1462     75
1075        qnx            5      4         5      4
1076        symbian      315     54       315     54
1077        utils        578     50       584     50
1078        vms          527     12       526     12
1079        vos           12      7        12      7
1080        win32       1313     65      1326     65
1081        x2p            -      -         -      -
1082
1083   SELECTED PATCH SIZES
1084       The "diff lines kB" means that for example the patch 5.003_08, to be
1085       applied on top of the 5.003_07 (or whatever was before the 5.003_08)
1086       added lines for 110 kilobytes, it removed lines for 19 kilobytes, and
1087       changed lines for 424 kilobytes.  Just the lines themselves are
1088       counted, not their context.  The "+ - !" become from the diff(1)
1089       context diff output format.
1090
1091        Pump-  Release         Date              diff lines kB
1092        king                                     -------------
1093                                                 +     -     !
1094        ======================================================================
1095
1096        Chip     5.003_08      1996-Nov-19     110    19   424
1097                 5.003_09      1996-Nov-26      38     9   248
1098                 5.003_10      1996-Nov-29      29     2    27
1099                 5.003_11      1996-Dec-06      73    12   165
1100                 5.003_12      1996-Dec-19     275     6   436
1101                 5.003_13      1996-Dec-20      95     1    56
1102                 5.003_14      1996-Dec-23      23     7   333
1103                 5.003_15      1996-Dec-23       0     0     1
1104                 5.003_16      1996-Dec-24      12     3    50
1105                 5.003_17      1996-Dec-27      19     1    14
1106                 5.003_18      1996-Dec-31      21     1    32
1107                 5.003_19      1997-Jan-04      80     3    85
1108                 5.003_20      1997-Jan-07      18     1   146
1109                 5.003_21      1997-Jan-15      38    10   221
1110                 5.003_22      1997-Jan-16       4     0    18
1111                 5.003_23      1997-Jan-25      71    15   119
1112                 5.003_24      1997-Jan-29     426     1    20
1113                 5.003_25      1997-Feb-04      21     8   169
1114                 5.003_26      1997-Feb-10      16     1    15
1115                 5.003_27      1997-Feb-18      32    10    38
1116                 5.003_28      1997-Feb-21      58     4    66
1117                 5.003_90      1997-Feb-25      22     2    34
1118                 5.003_91      1997-Mar-01      37     1    39
1119                 5.003_92      1997-Mar-06      16     3    69
1120                 5.003_93      1997-Mar-10      12     3    15
1121                 5.003_94      1997-Mar-22     407     7   200
1122                 5.003_95      1997-Mar-25      41     1    37
1123                 5.003_96      1997-Apr-01     283     5   261
1124                 5.003_97      1997-Apr-03      13     2    34
1125                 5.003_97a     1997-Apr-05      57     1    27
1126                 5.003_97b     1997-Apr-08      14     1    20
1127                 5.003_97c     1997-Apr-10      20     1    16
1128                 5.003_97d     1997-Apr-13       8     0    16
1129                 5.003_97e     1997-Apr-15      15     4    46
1130                 5.003_97f     1997-Apr-17       7     1    33
1131                 5.003_97g     1997-Apr-18       6     1    42
1132                 5.003_97h     1997-Apr-24      23     3    68
1133                 5.003_97i     1997-Apr-25      23     1    31
1134                 5.003_97j     1997-Apr-28      36     1    49
1135                 5.003_98      1997-Apr-30     171    12   539
1136                 5.003_99      1997-May-01       6     0     7
1137                 5.003_99a     1997-May-09      36     2    61
1138                 p54rc1        1997-May-12       8     1    11
1139                 p54rc2        1997-May-14       6     0    40
1140
1141               5.004           1997-May-15       4     0     4
1142
1143        Tim      5.004_01      1997-Jun-13     222    14    57
1144                 5.004_02      1997-Aug-07     112    16   119
1145                 5.004_03      1997-Sep-05     109     0    17
1146                 5.004_04      1997-Oct-15      66     8   173
1147
1148       The patch-free era
1149
1150       In more modern times, named releases don't come as often, and as
1151       progress can be followed (nearly) instantly (with rsync, and since late
1152       2008, git) patches between versions are no longer provided. However,
1153       that doesn't keep us from calculating how large a patch could have
1154       been. Which is shown in the table below. Unless noted otherwise, the
1155       size mentioned is the patch to bring version x.y.z to x.y.z+1.
1156
1157        Sarathy  5.6.1         2001-Apr-08     531    44   651
1158        Rafael   5.6.2         2003-Nov-15      20    11  1819
1159
1160        Jarkko   5.8.0         2002-Jul-18    1205    31   471   From 5.7.3
1161
1162                 5.8.1         2003-Sep-25     243   102  6162
1163        Nicholas 5.8.2         2003-Nov-05      10    50   788
1164                 5.8.3         2004-Jan-14      31    13   360
1165                 5.8.4         2004-Apr-21      33     8   299
1166                 5.8.5         2004-Jul-19      11    19   255
1167                 5.8.6         2004-Nov-27      35     3   192
1168                 5.8.7         2005-May-30      75    34   778
1169                 5.8.8         2006-Jan-31     131    42  1251
1170                 5.8.9         2008-Dec-14     340   132 12988
1171
1172        Hugo     5.9.0         2003-Oct-27     281   168  7132   From 5.8.0
1173        Rafael   5.9.1         2004-Mar-16      57   250  2107
1174                 5.9.2         2005-Apr-01     720    57   858
1175                 5.9.3         2006-Jan-28    1124   102  1906
1176                 5.9.4         2006-Aug-15     896    60   862
1177                 5.9.5         2007-Jul-07    1149   128  1062
1178
1179                 5.10.0        2007-Dec-18      50    31 13111   From 5.9.5
1180

THE KEEPERS OF THE RECORDS

1182       Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>.
1183
1184       Thanks to the collective memory of the Perlfolk.  In addition to the
1185       Keepers of the Pumpkin also Alan Champion, Mark Dominus, Andreas
1186       Koenig, John Macdonald, Matthias Neeracher, Jeff Okamoto, Michael
1187       Peppler, Randal Schwartz, and Paul D. Smith sent corrections and
1188       additions. Abigail added file and patch size data for the 5.6.0 - 5.10
1189       era.
1190
1191
1192
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