1PERLHIST(1) Perl Programmers Reference Guide PERLHIST(1)
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6 perlhist - the Perl history records
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9 This document aims to record the Perl source code releases.
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12 Perl history in brief, by Larry Wall:
13 Perl 0 introduced Perl to my officemates.
15 Perl 1 introduced Perl to the world, and changed /\(...\|...\)/ to
16 /(...|...)/. \(Dan Faigin still hasn't forgiven me. :-\)
17 Perl 2 introduced Henry Spencer's regular expression package.
18 Perl 3 introduced the ability to handle binary data (embedded nulls).
19 Perl 4 introduced the first Camel book. Really. We mostly just
20 switched version numbers so the book could refer to 4.000.
21 Perl 5 introduced everything else, including the ability to
22 introduce everything else.
23
25 Larry Wall, Andy Dougherty, Tom Christiansen, Charles Bailey, Nick Ing-
26 Simmons, Chip Salzenberg, Tim Bunce, Malcolm Beattie, Gurusamy Sarathy,
27 Graham Barr, Jarkko Hietaniemi, Hugo van der Sanden, Michael Schwern,
28 Rafael Garcia-Suarez, Nicholas Clark, Richard Clamp, Leon Brocard, Dave
29 Mitchell, Jesse Vincent, Ricardo Signes, Steve Hay.
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 Sarathy 5.005 1998-Jul-22 Oneperl.
310 Sarathy 5.005_01 1998-Jul-27 The 5.005 maintenance track.
312 5.005_02-T1 1998-Aug-02
313 5.005_02-T2 1998-Aug-05
314 5.005_02 1998-Aug-08
315 Graham 5.005_03-MT1 1998-Nov-30
316 5.005_03-MT2 1999-Jan-04
317 5.005_03-MT3 1999-Jan-17
318 5.005_03-MT4 1999-Jan-26
319 5.005_03-MT5 1999-Jan-28
320 5.005_03-MT6 1999-Mar-05
321 5.005_03 1999-Mar-28
322 Leon 5.005_04-RC1 2004-Feb-05
323 5.005_04-RC2 2004-Feb-18
324 5.005_04 2004-Feb-23
325 Sarathy 5.005_50 1998-Jul-26 The 5.6 development track.
327 5.005_51 1998-Aug-10
328 5.005_52 1998-Sep-25
329 5.005_53 1998-Oct-31
330 5.005_54 1998-Nov-30
331 5.005_55 1999-Feb-16
332 5.005_56 1999-Mar-01
333 5.005_57 1999-May-25
334 5.005_58 1999-Jul-27
335 5.005_59 1999-Aug-02
336 5.005_60 1999-Aug-02
337 5.005_61 1999-Aug-20
338 5.005_62 1999-Oct-15
339 5.005_63 1999-Dec-09
340 5.5.640 2000-Feb-02
341 5.5.650 2000-Feb-08 beta1
342 5.5.660 2000-Feb-22 beta2
343 5.5.670 2000-Feb-29 beta3
344 5.6.0-RC1 2000-Mar-09 Release candidate 1.
345 5.6.0-RC2 2000-Mar-14 Release candidate 2.
346 5.6.0-RC3 2000-Mar-21 Release candidate 3.
347 Sarathy 5.6.0 2000-Mar-22
349 Sarathy 5.6.1-TRIAL1 2000-Dec-18 The 5.6 maintenance track.
351 5.6.1-TRIAL2 2001-Jan-31
352 5.6.1-TRIAL3 2001-Mar-19
353 5.6.1-foolish 2001-Apr-01 The "fools-gold" release.
354 5.6.1 2001-Apr-08
355 Rafael 5.6.2-RC1 2003-Nov-08
356 5.6.2 2003-Nov-15 Fix new build issues
357 Jarkko 5.7.0 2000-Sep-02 The 5.7 track: Development.
359 5.7.1 2001-Apr-09
360 5.7.2 2001-Jul-13 Virtual release candidate 0.
361 5.7.3 2002-Mar-05
362 5.8.0-RC1 2002-Jun-01
363 5.8.0-RC2 2002-Jun-21
364 5.8.0-RC3 2002-Jul-13
365 Jarkko 5.8.0 2002-Jul-18
367 Jarkko 5.8.1-RC1 2003-Jul-10 The 5.8 maintenance track
369 5.8.1-RC2 2003-Jul-11
370 5.8.1-RC3 2003-Jul-30
371 5.8.1-RC4 2003-Aug-01
372 5.8.1-RC5 2003-Sep-22
373 5.8.1 2003-Sep-25
374 Nicholas 5.8.2-RC1 2003-Oct-27
375 5.8.2-RC2 2003-Nov-03
376 5.8.2 2003-Nov-05
377 5.8.3-RC1 2004-Jan-07
378 5.8.3 2004-Jan-14
379 5.8.4-RC1 2004-Apr-05
380 5.8.4-RC2 2004-Apr-15
381 5.8.4 2004-Apr-21
382 5.8.5-RC1 2004-Jul-06
383 5.8.5-RC2 2004-Jul-08
384 5.8.5 2004-Jul-19
385 5.8.6-RC1 2004-Nov-11
386 5.8.6 2004-Nov-27
387 5.8.7-RC1 2005-May-18
388 5.8.7 2005-May-30
389 5.8.8-RC1 2006-Jan-20
390 5.8.8 2006-Jan-31
391 5.8.9-RC1 2008-Nov-10
392 5.8.9-RC2 2008-Dec-06
393 5.8.9 2008-Dec-14
394 Hugo 5.9.0 2003-Oct-27 The 5.9 development track
396 Rafael 5.9.1 2004-Mar-16
397 5.9.2 2005-Apr-01
398 5.9.3 2006-Jan-28
399 5.9.4 2006-Aug-15
400 5.9.5 2007-Jul-07
401 5.10.0-RC1 2007-Nov-17
402 5.10.0-RC2 2007-Nov-25
403 Rafael 5.10.0 2007-Dec-18
405 David 5.10.1-RC1 2009-Aug-06 The 5.10 maintenance track
407 5.10.1-RC2 2009-Aug-18
408 5.10.1 2009-Aug-22
409 Jesse 5.11.0 2009-Oct-02 The 5.11 development track
411 5.11.1 2009-Oct-20
412 Leon 5.11.2 2009-Nov-20
413 Jesse 5.11.3 2009-Dec-20
414 Ricardo 5.11.4 2010-Jan-20
415 Steve 5.11.5 2010-Feb-20
416 Jesse 5.12.0-RC1 2010-Mar-29
417 Jesse 5.12.0 2010-Apr-12
419 Jesse 5.12.1 2010-May-16
420 Jesse 5.12.2 2010-Sep-06
421 Ricardo 5.12.3-RC1 2011-Jan-09
422 Ricardo 5.12.3-RC2 2011-Jan-14
423 Ricardo 5.12.3-RC3 2011-Jan-17
424 Ricardo 5.12.3 2011-Jan-21
425 Leon 5.12.4-RC1 2011-Jun-08
426 Leon 5.12.4 2011-Jun-20
427 Leon 5.13.0 2010-Apr-20 The 5.13 development track
429 Ricardo 5.13.1 2010-May-20
430 Matt 5.13.2 2010-Jun-22
431 David G 5.13.3 2010-Jul-20
432 Florian 5.13.4 2010-Aug-20
433 Steve 5.13.5 2010-Sep-19
434 Miyagawa 5.13.6 2010-Oct-20
435 BinGOs 5.13.7 2010-Nov-20
436 Zefram 5.13.8 2010-Dec-20
437 Jesse 5.13.9 2011-Jan-20
438 A~XAXvar 5.13.10 2011-Feb-20
439 Florian 5.13.11 2011-Mar-20
440 Jesse 5.14.0RC1 2011-Apr-20
441 Jesse 5.14.0RC2 2011-May-04
442 Jesse 5.14.0RC3 2011-May-11
443 Jesse 5.14.0 2011-May-14
445 SELECTED RELEASE SIZES
447 For example the notation "core: 212 29" in the release 1.000 means
448 that it had in the core 212 kilobytes, in 29 files. The "core".."doc"
449 are explained below.
450 release core lib ext t doc
452 ======================================================================
453 1.000 212 29 - - - - 38 51 62 3
455 1.014 219 29 - - - - 39 52 68 4
456 2.000 309 31 2 3 - - 55 57 92 4
457 2.001 312 31 2 3 - - 55 57 94 4
458 3.000 508 36 24 11 - - 79 73 156 5
459 3.044 645 37 61 20 - - 90 74 190 6
460 4.000 635 37 59 20 - - 91 75 198 4
461 4.019 680 37 85 29 - - 98 76 199 4
462 4.036 709 37 89 30 - - 98 76 208 5
463 5.000alpha2 785 50 114 32 - - 112 86 209 5
464 5.000alpha3 801 50 117 33 - - 121 87 209 5
465 5.000alpha9 1022 56 149 43 116 29 125 90 217 6
466 5.000a12h 978 49 140 49 205 46 152 97 228 9
467 5.000b3h 1035 53 232 70 216 38 162 94 218 21
468 5.000 1038 53 250 76 216 38 154 92 536 62
469 5.001m 1071 54 388 82 240 38 159 95 544 29
470 5.002 1121 54 661 101 287 43 155 94 847 35
471 5.003 1129 54 680 102 291 43 166 100 853 35
472 5.003_07 1231 60 748 106 396 53 213 137 976 39
473 5.004 1351 60 1230 136 408 51 355 161 1587 55
474 5.004_01 1356 60 1258 138 410 51 358 161 1587 55
475 5.004_04 1375 60 1294 139 413 51 394 162 1629 55
476 5.004_05 1463 60 1435 150 394 50 445 175 1855 59
477 5.004_51 1401 61 1260 140 413 53 358 162 1594 56
478 5.004_53 1422 62 1295 141 438 70 394 162 1637 56
479 5.004_56 1501 66 1301 140 447 74 408 165 1648 57
480 5.004_59 1555 72 1317 142 448 74 424 171 1678 58
481 5.004_62 1602 77 1327 144 629 92 428 173 1674 58
482 5.004_65 1626 77 1358 146 615 92 446 179 1698 60
483 5.004_68 1856 74 1382 152 619 92 463 187 1784 60
484 5.004_70 1863 75 1456 154 675 92 494 194 1809 60
485 5.004_73 1874 76 1467 152 762 102 506 196 1883 61
486 5.004_75 1877 76 1467 152 770 103 508 196 1896 62
487 5.005 1896 76 1469 152 795 103 509 197 1945 63
488 5.005_03 1936 77 1541 153 813 104 551 201 2176 72
489 5.005_50 1969 78 1842 301 795 103 514 198 1948 63
490 5.005_53 1999 79 1885 303 806 104 602 224 2002 67
491 5.005_56 2086 79 1970 307 866 113 672 238 2221 75
492 5.6.0 2820 79 2626 364 1096 129 863 280 2840 93
493 5.6.1 2946 78 2921 430 1171 132 1024 304 3330 102
494 5.6.2 2947 78 3143 451 1247 127 1303 387 3406 102
495 5.7.0 2977 80 2801 425 1250 132 975 307 3206 100
496 5.7.1 3351 84 3442 455 1944 167 1334 357 3698 124
497 5.7.2 3491 87 4858 618 3290 298 1598 449 3910 139
498 5.7.3 3299 85 4295 537 2196 300 2176 626 4171 120
499 5.8.0 3489 87 4533 585 2437 331 2588 726 4368 125
500 5.8.1 3674 90 5104 623 2604 353 2983 836 4625 134
501 5.8.2 3633 90 5111 623 2623 357 3019 848 4634 135
502 5.8.3 3625 90 5141 624 2660 363 3083 869 4669 136
503 5.8.4 3653 90 5170 634 2684 368 3148 885 4689 137
504 5.8.5 3664 90 4260 303 2707 369 3208 898 4689 138
505 5.8.6 3690 90 4271 303 3141 396 3411 925 4709 139
506 5.8.7 3788 90 4322 307 3297 401 3485 964 4744 141
507 5.8.8 3895 90 4357 314 3409 431 3622 1017 4979 144
508 5.8.9 4132 93 5508 330 3826 529 4364 1234 5348 152
509 5.9.0 3657 90 4951 626 2603 354 3011 841 4609 135
510 5.9.1 3580 90 5196 634 2665 367 3186 889 4725 138
511 5.9.2 3863 90 4654 312 3283 403 3551 973 4800 142
512 5.9.3 4096 91 5318 381 4806 597 4272 1214 5139 147
513 5.9.4 4393 94 5718 415 4578 642 4646 1310 5335 153
514 5.9.5 4681 96 6849 479 4827 671 5155 1490 5572 159
515 5.10.0 4710 97 7050 486 4899 673 5275 1503 5673 160
516 5.10.1 4858 98 7440 519 6195 921 6147 1751 5151 163
517 5.12.0 4999 100 1146 121 15227 2176 6400 1843 5342 168
518 5.12.1 5000 100 1146 121 15283 2178 6407 1846 5354 169
519 The "core"..."doc" mean the following files from the Perl source code
521 distribution. The glob notation ** means recursively, (.) means
522 regular files.
523 core *.[hcy]
525 lib lib/**/*.p[ml]
526 ext ext/**/*.{[hcyt],xs,pm} (for -5.10.1) or
527 {dist,ext,cpan}/**/*.{[hcyt],xs,pm} (for 5.12.0-)
528 t t/**/*(.) (for 1-5.005_56) or **/*.t (for 5.6.0-5.7.3)
529 doc {README*,INSTALL,*[_.]man{,.?},pod/**/*.pod}
530 Here are some statistics for the other subdirectories and one file in
532 the Perl source distribution for somewhat more selected releases.
533 ======================================================================
535 Legend: kB #
536 1.014 2.001 3.044
538 Configure 31 1 37 1 62 1
540 eg - - 34 28 47 39
541 h2pl - - - - 12 12
542 msdos - - - - 41 13
543 os2 - - - - 63 22
544 usub - - - - 21 16
545 x2p 103 17 104 17 137 17
546 ======================================================================
548 4.000 4.019 4.036
550 atarist - - - - 113 31
552 Configure 73 1 83 1 86 1
553 eg 47 39 47 39 47 39
554 emacs 67 4 67 4 67 4
555 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12
556 hints - - 5 42 11 56
557 msdos 57 15 58 15 60 15
558 os2 81 29 81 29 113 31
559 usub 25 7 43 8 43 8
560 x2p 147 18 152 19 154 19
561 ======================================================================
563 5.000a2 5.000a12h 5.000b3h 5.000 5.001m
565 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
567 atarist 113 31 113 31 - - - - - -
568 bench - - 0 1 - - - - - -
569 Bugs 2 5 26 1 - - - - - -
570 dlperl 40 5 - - - - - - - -
571 do 127 71 - - - - - - - -
572 Configure - - 153 1 159 1 160 1 180 1
573 Doc - - 26 1 75 7 11 1 11 1
574 eg 79 58 53 44 51 43 54 44 54 44
575 emacs 67 4 104 6 104 6 104 1 104 6
576 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
577 hints 11 56 12 46 18 48 18 48 44 56
578 msdos 60 15 60 15 - - - - - -
579 os2 113 31 113 31 - - - - - -
580 U - - 62 8 112 42 - - - -
581 usub 43 8 - - - - - - - -
582 vms - - 80 7 123 9 184 15 304 20
583 x2p 171 22 171 21 162 20 162 20 279 20
584 ======================================================================
586 5.002 5.003 5.003_07
588 Configure 201 1 201 1 217 1
590 eg 54 44 54 44 54 44
591 emacs 108 1 108 1 143 1
592 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12
593 hints 73 59 77 60 90 62
594 os2 84 17 56 10 117 42
595 plan9 - - - - 79 15
596 Porting - - - - 51 1
597 utils 87 7 88 7 97 7
598 vms 500 24 475 26 505 27
599 x2p 280 20 280 20 280 19
600 ======================================================================
602 5.004 5.004_04 5.004_62 5.004_65 5.004_68
604 beos - - - - - - 1 1 1 1
606 Configure 225 1 225 1 240 1 248 1 256 1
607 cygwin32 23 5 23 5 23 5 24 5 24 5
608 djgpp - - - - 14 5 14 5 14 5
609 eg 81 62 81 62 81 62 81 62 81 62
610 emacs 194 1 204 1 212 2 212 2 212 2
611 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
612 hints 129 69 132 71 144 72 151 74 155 74
613 os2 121 42 127 42 127 44 129 44 129 44
614 plan9 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15
615 Porting 94 2 109 4 203 6 234 8 241 9
616 qnx 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2
617 utils 112 8 118 8 124 8 156 9 159 9
618 vms 518 34 524 34 538 34 569 34 569 34
619 win32 285 33 378 36 470 39 493 39 575 41
620 x2p 281 19 281 19 281 19 282 19 281 19
621 ======================================================================
623 5.004_70 5.004_73 5.004_75 5.005 5.005_03
625 apollo - - - - - - - - 0 1
627 beos 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
628 Configure 256 1 256 1 264 1 264 1 270 1
629 cygwin32 24 5 24 5 24 5 24 5 24 5
630 djgpp 14 5 14 5 14 5 14 5 15 5
631 eg 86 65 86 65 86 65 86 65 86 65
632 emacs 262 2 262 2 262 2 262 2 274 2
633 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
634 hints 157 74 157 74 159 74 160 74 179 77
635 mint - - - - - - - - 4 7
636 mpeix - - - - 5 3 5 3 5 3
637 os2 129 44 139 44 142 44 143 44 148 44
638 plan9 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15
639 Porting 241 9 253 9 259 10 264 12 272 13
640 qnx 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2
641 utils 160 9 160 9 160 9 160 9 164 9
642 vms 570 34 572 34 573 34 575 34 583 34
643 vos - - - - - - - - 156 10
644 win32 577 41 585 41 585 41 587 41 600 42
645 x2p 281 19 281 19 281 19 281 19 281 19
646 ======================================================================
648 5.6.0 5.6.1 5.6.2 5.7.3
650 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
652 beos 5 2 5 2 5 2 6 4
653 Configure 346 1 361 1 363 1 394 1
654 Cross - - - - - - 4 2
655 djgpp 19 6 19 6 19 6 21 7
656 eg 112 71 112 71 112 71 - -
657 emacs 303 4 319 4 319 4 319 4
658 epoc 29 8 35 8 35 8 36 8
659 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15
660 hints 242 83 250 84 321 89 272 87
661 mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9
662 mpeix 9 4 9 4 9 4 9 4
663 NetWare - - - - - - 423 57
664 os2 214 59 224 60 224 60 357 66
665 plan9 92 17 92 17 92 17 85 15
666 Porting 361 15 390 16 390 16 425 21
667 qnx 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3
668 utils 228 12 221 11 222 11 267 13
669 uts - - - - - - 12 3
670 vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4
671 vms 686 38 627 38 627 38 649 36
672 vos 227 12 249 15 248 15 281 17
673 win32 755 41 782 42 801 42 1006 50
674 x2p 307 20 307 20 307 20 345 20
675 ======================================================================
677 5.8.0 5.8.1 5.8.2 5.8.3 5.8.4
679 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
681 beos 6 4 6 4 6 4 6 4 6 4
682 Configure 472 1 493 1 493 1 493 1 494 1
683 Cross 4 2 45 10 45 10 45 10 45 10
684 djgpp 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7
685 emacs 319 4 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4
686 epoc 33 8 33 8 33 8 33 8 33 8
687 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15
688 hints 294 88 321 89 321 89 321 89 348 91
689 mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9
690 mpeix 24 5 25 5 25 5 25 5 25 5
691 NetWare 488 61 490 61 490 61 490 61 488 61
692 os2 361 66 445 67 450 67 488 67 488 67
693 plan9 85 15 325 17 325 17 325 17 321 17
694 Porting 479 22 537 32 538 32 539 32 538 33
695 qnx 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3
696 utils 275 15 258 16 258 16 263 19 263 19
697 uts 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3
698 vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4
699 vms 648 36 654 36 654 36 656 36 656 36
700 vos 330 20 335 20 335 20 335 20 335 20
701 win32 1062 49 1125 49 1127 49 1126 49 1181 56
702 x2p 347 20 348 20 348 20 348 20 348 20
703 ======================================================================
705 5.8.5 5.8.6 5.8.7 5.8.8 5.8.9
707 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
709 beos 6 4 6 4 8 4 8 4 8 4
710 Configure 494 1 494 1 495 1 506 1 520 1
711 Cross 45 10 45 10 45 10 45 10 46 10
712 djgpp 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7
713 emacs 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4 406 4
714 epoc 33 8 33 8 33 8 34 8 35 8
715 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15
716 hints 350 91 352 91 355 94 360 94 387 99
717 mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9
718 mpeix 25 5 25 5 25 5 49 6 49 6
719 NetWare 488 61 488 61 488 61 490 61 491 61
720 os2 488 67 488 67 488 67 488 67 552 70
721 plan9 321 17 321 17 321 17 322 17 324 17
722 Porting 538 34 548 35 549 35 564 37 625 41
723 qnx 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3
724 utils 265 19 265 19 266 19 267 19 281 21
725 uts 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3
726 vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4
727 vms 657 36 658 36 662 36 664 36 716 35
728 vos 335 20 335 20 335 20 336 21 345 22
729 win32 1183 56 1190 56 1199 56 1219 56 1484 68
730 x2p 349 20 349 20 349 20 349 19 350 19
731 ======================================================================
733 5.9.0 5.9.1 5.9.2 5.9.3 5.9.4
735 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
737 beos 6 4 6 4 8 4 8 4 8 4
738 Configure 493 1 493 1 495 1 508 1 512 1
739 Cross 45 10 45 10 45 10 45 10 46 10
740 djgpp 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7
741 emacs 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4
742 epoc 33 8 33 8 33 8 34 8 34 8
743 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15
744 hints 321 89 346 91 355 94 359 94 366 96
745 mad - - - - - - - - 174 6
746 mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9
747 mpeix 25 5 25 5 25 5 49 6 49 6
748 NetWare 489 61 487 61 487 61 489 61 489 61
749 os2 444 67 488 67 488 67 488 67 488 67
750 plan9 325 17 321 17 321 17 322 17 323 17
751 Porting 537 32 536 33 549 36 564 38 576 38
752 qnx 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3
753 symbian - - - - - - 293 53 293 53
754 utils 258 16 263 19 268 20 273 23 275 24
755 uts 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3
756 vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4
757 vms 660 36 547 33 553 33 661 33 696 33
758 vos 11 7 11 7 11 7 11 7 11 7
759 win32 1120 49 1124 51 1191 56 1209 56 1719 90
760 x2p 348 20 348 20 349 20 349 19 349 19
761 ======================================================================
763 5.9.5 5.10.0 5.10.1 5.12.0 5.12.1
765 apollo 8 3 8 3 0 3 0 3 0 3
767 beos 8 4 8 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
768 Configure 518 1 518 1 533 1 536 1 536 1
769 Cross 122 15 122 15 119 15 118 15 118 15
770 djgpp 21 7 21 7 17 7 17 7 17 7
771 emacs 329 4 406 4 402 4 402 4 402 4
772 epoc 34 8 35 8 31 8 31 8 31 8
773 h2pl 24 15 24 15 12 15 12 15 12 15
774 hints 377 98 381 98 385 100 368 97 368 97
775 mad 182 8 182 8 174 8 174 8 174 8
776 mint 11 9 11 9 3 9 - - - -
777 mpeix 49 6 49 6 45 6 45 6 45 6
778 NetWare 489 61 489 61 465 61 466 61 466 61
779 os2 552 70 552 70 507 70 507 70 507 70
780 plan9 324 17 324 17 316 17 316 17 316 17
781 Porting 627 40 632 40 933 53 749 54 749 54
782 qnx 5 3 5 4 1 4 1 4 1 4
783 symbian 300 54 300 54 290 54 288 54 288 54
784 utils 260 26 264 27 268 27 269 27 269 27
785 uts 12 3 12 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
786 vmesa 25 4 25 4 21 4 21 4 21 4
787 vms 690 32 722 32 693 30 645 18 645 18
788 vos 19 8 19 8 16 8 16 8 16 8
789 win32 1482 68 1485 68 1497 70 1841 73 1841 73
790 x2p 349 19 349 19 345 19 345 19 345 19
791 SELECTED PATCH SIZES
793 The "diff lines kB" means that for example the patch 5.003_08, to be
794 applied on top of the 5.003_07 (or whatever was before the 5.003_08)
795 added lines for 110 kilobytes, it removed lines for 19 kilobytes, and
796 changed lines for 424 kilobytes. Just the lines themselves are
797 counted, not their context. The "+ - !" become from the diff(1)
798 context diff output format.
799 Pump- Release Date diff lines kB
801 king -------------
802 + - !
803 ======================================================================
804 Chip 5.003_08 1996-Nov-19 110 19 424
806 5.003_09 1996-Nov-26 38 9 248
807 5.003_10 1996-Nov-29 29 2 27
808 5.003_11 1996-Dec-06 73 12 165
809 5.003_12 1996-Dec-19 275 6 436
810 5.003_13 1996-Dec-20 95 1 56
811 5.003_14 1996-Dec-23 23 7 333
812 5.003_15 1996-Dec-23 0 0 1
813 5.003_16 1996-Dec-24 12 3 50
814 5.003_17 1996-Dec-27 19 1 14
815 5.003_18 1996-Dec-31 21 1 32
816 5.003_19 1997-Jan-04 80 3 85
817 5.003_20 1997-Jan-07 18 1 146
818 5.003_21 1997-Jan-15 38 10 221
819 5.003_22 1997-Jan-16 4 0 18
820 5.003_23 1997-Jan-25 71 15 119
821 5.003_24 1997-Jan-29 426 1 20
822 5.003_25 1997-Feb-04 21 8 169
823 5.003_26 1997-Feb-10 16 1 15
824 5.003_27 1997-Feb-18 32 10 38
825 5.003_28 1997-Feb-21 58 4 66
826 5.003_90 1997-Feb-25 22 2 34
827 5.003_91 1997-Mar-01 37 1 39
828 5.003_92 1997-Mar-06 16 3 69
829 5.003_93 1997-Mar-10 12 3 15
830 5.003_94 1997-Mar-22 407 7 200
831 5.003_95 1997-Mar-25 41 1 37
832 5.003_96 1997-Apr-01 283 5 261
833 5.003_97 1997-Apr-03 13 2 34
834 5.003_97a 1997-Apr-05 57 1 27
835 5.003_97b 1997-Apr-08 14 1 20
836 5.003_97c 1997-Apr-10 20 1 16
837 5.003_97d 1997-Apr-13 8 0 16
838 5.003_97e 1997-Apr-15 15 4 46
839 5.003_97f 1997-Apr-17 7 1 33
840 5.003_97g 1997-Apr-18 6 1 42
841 5.003_97h 1997-Apr-24 23 3 68
842 5.003_97i 1997-Apr-25 23 1 31
843 5.003_97j 1997-Apr-28 36 1 49
844 5.003_98 1997-Apr-30 171 12 539
845 5.003_99 1997-May-01 6 0 7
846 5.003_99a 1997-May-09 36 2 61
847 p54rc1 1997-May-12 8 1 11
848 p54rc2 1997-May-14 6 0 40
849 5.004 1997-May-15 4 0 4
851 Tim 5.004_01 1997-Jun-13 222 14 57
853 5.004_02 1997-Aug-07 112 16 119
854 5.004_03 1997-Sep-05 109 0 17
855 5.004_04 1997-Oct-15 66 8 173
856 The patch-free era
858 In more modern times, named releases don't come as often, and as
860 progress can be followed (nearly) instantly (with rsync, and since late
861 2008, git) patches between versions are no longer provided. However,
862 that doesn't keep us from calculating how large a patch could have
863 been. Which is shown in the table below. Unless noted otherwise, the
864 size mentioned is the patch to bring version x.y.z to x.y.z+1.
865 Sarathy 5.6.1 2001-Apr-08 531 44 651
867 Rafael 5.6.2 2003-Nov-15 20 11 1819
868 Jarkko 5.8.0 2002-Jul-18 1205 31 471 From 5.7.3
870 5.8.1 2003-Sep-25 243 102 6162
872 Nicholas 5.8.2 2003-Nov-05 10 50 788
873 5.8.3 2004-Jan-14 31 13 360
874 5.8.4 2004-Apr-21 33 8 299
875 5.8.5 2004-Jul-19 11 19 255
876 5.8.6 2004-Nov-27 35 3 192
877 5.8.7 2005-May-30 75 34 778
878 5.8.8 2006-Jan-31 131 42 1251
879 5.8.9 2008-Dec-14 340 132 12988
880 Hugo 5.9.0 2003-Oct-27 281 168 7132 From 5.8.0
882 Rafael 5.9.1 2004-Mar-16 57 250 2107
883 5.9.2 2005-Apr-01 720 57 858
884 5.9.3 2006-Jan-28 1124 102 1906
885 5.9.4 2006-Aug-15 896 60 862
886 5.9.5 2007-Jul-07 1149 128 1062
887 5.10.0 2007-Dec-18 50 31 13111 From 5.9.5
889
891 Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>.
892 Thanks to the collective memory of the Perlfolk. In addition to the
894 Keepers of the Pumpkin also Alan Champion, Mark Dominus, Andreas
895 KA~XAXnig, John Macdonald, Matthias Neeracher, Jeff Okamoto, Michael
896 Peppler, Randal Schwartz, and Paul D. Smith sent corrections and
897 additions. Abigail added file and patch size data for the 5.6.0 - 5.10
898 era.
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