1PERLHIST(1) Perl Programmers Reference Guide PERLHIST(1)
2
6 perlhist - the Perl history records
7
9 This document aims to record the Perl source code releases.
10
12 Perl history in brief, by Larry Wall:
13 Perl 0 introduced Perl to my officemates.
15 Perl 1 introduced Perl to the world, and changed /\(...\|...\)/ to
16 /(...|...)/. \(Dan Faigin still hasn't forgiven me. :-\)
17 Perl 2 introduced Henry Spencer's regular expression package.
18 Perl 3 introduced the ability to handle binary data (embedded nulls).
19 Perl 4 introduced the first Camel book. Really. We mostly just
20 switched version numbers so the book could refer to 4.000.
21 Perl 5 introduced everything else, including the ability to
22 introduce everything else.
23
25 Larry Wall, Andy Dougherty, Tom Christiansen, Charles Bailey, Nick Ing-
26 Simmons, Chip Salzenberg, Tim Bunce, Malcolm Beattie, Gurusamy Sarathy,
27 Graham Barr, Jarkko Hietaniemi, Hugo van der Sanden, Michael Schwern,
28 Rafael Garcia-Suarez, Nicholas Clark, Richard Clamp, Leon Brocard, Dave
29 Mitchell, Jesse Vincent, Ricardo Signes, Steve Hay, Matt S Trout, David
30 Golden, Florian Ragwitz, Tatsuhiko Miyagawa, Chris "BinGOs" Williams,
31 Zefram, AEvar Arnfjoerd` Bjarmason, Stevan Little, Dave Rolsky, Max
32 Maischein, Abigail, Jesse Luehrs, Tony Cook, Dominic Hargreaves, Aaron
33 Crane, Aristotle Pagaltzis, Matthew Horsfall, Peter Martini, Sawyer X,
34 Chad 'Exodist' Granum, Renee Baecker, Eric Herman, John SJ Anderson,
35 Karen Etheridge, Zak B. Elep, and Tom Hukins.
36 PUMPKIN?
38 [from Porting/pumpkin.pod in the Perl source code distribution]
39 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:
43 [begin quote]
45 Who has the patch pumpkin?
47 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".
53 [end quote]
55 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?).
59
61 Pump- Release Date Notes
62 king (by no means
63 comprehensive,
64 see Changes*
65 for details)
66 ======================================================================
67 Larry 0 Classified. Don't ask.
69 Larry 1.000 1987-Dec-18
71 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 Larry 2.000 1988-Jun-05
78 2.001 1988-Jun-28
80 Larry 3.000 1989-Oct-18
82 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 Larry 4.000 1991-Mar-21
101 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 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 Larry 5.000 1994-Oct-17
154 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 Larry 5.001 1995-Mar-13
172 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 Larry 5.002 1996-Feb-29 Prototypes.
202 Charles 5.002_01 1996-Mar-25
204 5.003 1996-Jun-25 Security release.
206 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 Chip 5.004 1997-May-15 A major maintenance release.
260 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 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 Sarathy 5.005 1998-Jul-22 Oneperl.
316 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 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 Sarathy 5.6.0 2000-Mar-22
356 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 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 Jarkko 5.8.0 2002-Jul-18
374 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 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 Rafael 5.10.0 2007-Dec-18
412 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 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 Jesse 5.12.0 2010-Apr-12
431 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Sawyer X 5.28.0-RC1 2018-May-21 The 5.28 maintenance track
642 Sawyer X 5.28.0-RC2 2018-Jun-06
643 Sawyer X 5.28.0-RC3 2018-Jun-18
644 Sawyer X 5.28.0-RC4 2018-Jun-19
645 Sawyer X 5.28.0 2018-Jun-22
646 Steve 5.28.1-RC1 2018-Nov-08
647 Steve 5.28.1 2018-Nov-29
648 Steve 5.28.2-RC1 2019-Apr-05
649 Steve 5.28.2 2019-Apr-19
650 Sawyer X 5.29.0 2018-Jun-26 The 5.29 development track
652 Steve 5.29.1 2018-Jul-20
653 BinGOs 5.29.2 2018-Aug-20
654 John 5.29.3 2018-Sep-20
655 Aaron 5.29.4 2018-Oct-20
656 Ether 5.29.5 2018-Nov-20
657 Abigail 5.29.6 2018-Dec-18
658 Abigail 5.29.7 2019-Jan-20
659 Nicolas R 5.29.8 2019-Feb-20
660 Zak Elep 5.29.9 2019-Mar-20
661 Sawyer X 5.29.10 2019-Apr-20
662 Sawyer X 5.30.0-RC1 2019-May-11 The 5.30 maintenance track
664 Sawyer X 5.30.0-RC2 2019-May-17
665 Sawyer X 5.30.0 2019-May-22
666 Steve 5.30.1-RC1 2019-Oct-27
667 Steve 5.30.1 2019-Nov-10
668 Sawyer X 5.31.0 2018-May-24 The 5.31 development track
670 Ether 5.31.1 2019-Jun-20
671 Steve 5.31.2 2019-Jul-20
672 Tom H 5.31.3 2019-Aug-20
673 Max M 5.31.4 2019-Sep-20
674 Steve 5.31.5 2019-Oct-20
675 SELECTED RELEASE SIZES
677 For example the notation "core: 212 29" in the release 1.000 means
678 that it had in the core 212 kilobytes, in 29 files. The "core".."doc"
679 are explained below.
680 release core lib ext t doc
682 ======================================================================
683 1.000 212 29 - - - - 38 51 62 3
685 1.014 219 29 - - - - 39 52 68 4
686 2.000 309 31 2 3 - - 55 57 92 4
687 2.001 312 31 2 3 - - 55 57 94 4
688 3.000 508 36 24 11 - - 79 73 156 5
689 3.044 645 37 61 20 - - 90 74 190 6
690 4.000 635 37 59 20 - - 91 75 198 4
691 4.019 680 37 85 29 - - 98 76 199 4
692 4.036 709 37 89 30 - - 98 76 208 5
693 5.000alpha2 785 50 114 32 - - 112 86 209 5
694 5.000alpha3 801 50 117 33 - - 121 87 209 5
695 5.000alpha9 1022 56 149 43 116 29 125 90 217 6
696 5.000a12h 978 49 140 49 205 46 152 97 228 9
697 5.000b3h 1035 53 232 70 216 38 162 94 218 21
698 5.000 1038 53 250 76 216 38 154 92 536 62
699 5.001m 1071 54 388 82 240 38 159 95 544 29
700 5.002 1121 54 661 101 287 43 155 94 847 35
701 5.003 1129 54 680 102 291 43 166 100 853 35
702 5.003_07 1231 60 748 106 396 53 213 137 976 39
703 5.004 1351 60 1230 136 408 51 355 161 1587 55
704 5.004_01 1356 60 1258 138 410 51 358 161 1587 55
705 5.004_04 1375 60 1294 139 413 51 394 162 1629 55
706 5.004_05 1463 60 1435 150 394 50 445 175 1855 59
707 5.004_51 1401 61 1260 140 413 53 358 162 1594 56
708 5.004_53 1422 62 1295 141 438 70 394 162 1637 56
709 5.004_56 1501 66 1301 140 447 74 408 165 1648 57
710 5.004_59 1555 72 1317 142 448 74 424 171 1678 58
711 5.004_62 1602 77 1327 144 629 92 428 173 1674 58
712 5.004_65 1626 77 1358 146 615 92 446 179 1698 60
713 5.004_68 1856 74 1382 152 619 92 463 187 1784 60
714 5.004_70 1863 75 1456 154 675 92 494 194 1809 60
715 5.004_73 1874 76 1467 152 762 102 506 196 1883 61
716 5.004_75 1877 76 1467 152 770 103 508 196 1896 62
717 5.005 1896 76 1469 152 795 103 509 197 1945 63
718 5.005_03 1936 77 1541 153 813 104 551 201 2176 72
719 5.005_50 1969 78 1842 301 795 103 514 198 1948 63
720 5.005_53 1999 79 1885 303 806 104 602 224 2002 67
721 5.005_56 2086 79 1970 307 866 113 672 238 2221 75
722 5.6.0 2820 79 2626 364 1096 129 863 280 2840 93
723 5.6.1 2946 78 2921 430 1171 132 1024 304 3330 102
724 5.6.2 2947 78 3143 451 1247 127 1303 387 3406 102
725 5.7.0 2977 80 2801 425 1250 132 975 307 3206 100
726 5.7.1 3351 84 3442 455 1944 167 1334 357 3698 124
727 5.7.2 3491 87 4858 618 3290 298 1598 449 3910 139
728 5.7.3 3299 85 4295 537 2196 300 2176 626 4171 120
729 5.8.0 3489 87 4533 585 2437 331 2588 726 4368 125
730 5.8.1 3674 90 5104 623 2604 353 2983 836 4625 134
731 5.8.2 3633 90 5111 623 2623 357 3019 848 4634 135
732 5.8.3 3625 90 5141 624 2660 363 3083 869 4669 136
733 5.8.4 3653 90 5170 634 2684 368 3148 885 4689 137
734 5.8.5 3664 90 4260 303 2707 369 3208 898 4689 138
735 5.8.6 3690 90 4271 303 3141 396 3411 925 4709 139
736 5.8.7 3788 90 4322 307 3297 401 3485 964 4744 141
737 5.8.8 3895 90 4357 314 3409 431 3622 1017 4979 144
738 5.8.9 4132 93 5508 330 3826 529 4364 1234 5348 152
739 5.9.0 3657 90 4951 626 2603 354 3011 841 4609 135
740 5.9.1 3580 90 5196 634 2665 367 3186 889 4725 138
741 5.9.2 3863 90 4654 312 3283 403 3551 973 4800 142
742 5.9.3 4096 91 5318 381 4806 597 4272 1214 5139 147
743 5.9.4 4393 94 5718 415 4578 642 4646 1310 5335 153
744 5.9.5 4681 96 6849 479 4827 671 5155 1490 5572 159
745 5.10.0 4710 97 7050 486 4899 673 5275 1503 5673 160
746 5.10.1 4858 98 7440 519 6195 921 6147 1751 5151 163
747 5.12.0 4999 100 1146 121 15227 2176 6400 1843 5342 168
748 5.12.1 5000 100 1146 121 15283 2178 6407 1846 5354 169
749 5.12.2 5003 100 1146 121 15404 2178 6413 1846 5376 170
750 5.12.3 5004 100 1146 121 15529 2180 6417 1848 5391 171
751 5.14.0 5328 104 1100 114 17779 2479 7697 2130 5871 188
752 5.16.0 5562 109 1077 80 20504 2702 8750 2375 4815 152
753 5.18.0 5892 113 1088 79 20077 2760 9365 2439 4943 154
754 5.20.0 6243 115 1187 75 19499 2701 9620 2457 5145 159
755 5.22.0 7819 115 1284 77 19121 2635 9772 2434 5615 176
756 5.24.0 7922 113 1287 77 19535 2677 9994 2465 5702 177
757 5.26.0 9140 121 24925 1200 40643 3017 10514 2614 7854 211
758 5.28.0 13056 128 27267 1230 41745 3130 10952 2715 8185 218
759 5.30.0 13535 128 26294 1237 39643 3080 11083 2711 8252 222
760 The "core"..."doc" mean the following files from the Perl source code
762 distribution. The glob notation ** means recursively, (.) means
763 regular files.
764 core *.[hcy]
766 lib lib/**/*.p[ml]
767 ext ext/**/*.{[hcyt],xs,pm} (for -5.10.1) or
768 {dist,ext,cpan}/**/*.{[hcyt],xs,pm} (for 5.12.0-)
769 t t/**/*(.) (for 1-5.005_56) or **/*.t (for 5.6.0-5.7.3)
770 doc {README*,INSTALL,*[_.]man{,.?},pod/**/*.pod}
771 Here are some statistics for the other subdirectories and one file in
773 the Perl source distribution for somewhat more selected releases.
774 ======================================================================
776 Legend: kB #
777 1.014 2.001 3.044
779 Configure 31 1 37 1 62 1
781 eg - - 34 28 47 39
782 h2pl - - - - 12 12
783 msdos - - - - 41 13
784 os2 - - - - 63 22
785 usub - - - - 21 16
786 x2p 103 17 104 17 137 17
787 ======================================================================
789 4.000 4.019 4.036
791 atarist - - - - 113 31
793 Configure 73 1 83 1 86 1
794 eg 47 39 47 39 47 39
795 emacs 67 4 67 4 67 4
796 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12
797 hints - - 5 42 11 56
798 msdos 57 15 58 15 60 15
799 os2 81 29 81 29 113 31
800 usub 25 7 43 8 43 8
801 x2p 147 18 152 19 154 19
802 ======================================================================
804 5.000a2 5.000a12h 5.000b3h 5.000 5.001m
806 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
808 atarist 113 31 113 31 - - - - - -
809 bench - - 0 1 - - - - - -
810 Bugs 2 5 26 1 - - - - - -
811 dlperl 40 5 - - - - - - - -
812 do 127 71 - - - - - - - -
813 Configure - - 153 1 159 1 160 1 180 1
814 Doc - - 26 1 75 7 11 1 11 1
815 eg 79 58 53 44 51 43 54 44 54 44
816 emacs 67 4 104 6 104 6 104 1 104 6
817 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
818 hints 11 56 12 46 18 48 18 48 44 56
819 msdos 60 15 60 15 - - - - - -
820 os2 113 31 113 31 - - - - - -
821 U - - 62 8 112 42 - - - -
822 usub 43 8 - - - - - - - -
823 vms - - 80 7 123 9 184 15 304 20
824 x2p 171 22 171 21 162 20 162 20 279 20
825 ======================================================================
827 5.002 5.003 5.003_07
829 Configure 201 1 201 1 217 1
831 eg 54 44 54 44 54 44
832 emacs 108 1 108 1 143 1
833 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12
834 hints 73 59 77 60 90 62
835 os2 84 17 56 10 117 42
836 plan9 - - - - 79 15
837 Porting - - - - 51 1
838 utils 87 7 88 7 97 7
839 vms 500 24 475 26 505 27
840 x2p 280 20 280 20 280 19
841 ======================================================================
843 5.004 5.004_04 5.004_62 5.004_65 5.004_68
845 beos - - - - - - 1 1 1 1
847 Configure 225 1 225 1 240 1 248 1 256 1
848 cygwin32 23 5 23 5 23 5 24 5 24 5
849 djgpp - - - - 14 5 14 5 14 5
850 eg 81 62 81 62 81 62 81 62 81 62
851 emacs 194 1 204 1 212 2 212 2 212 2
852 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
853 hints 129 69 132 71 144 72 151 74 155 74
854 os2 121 42 127 42 127 44 129 44 129 44
855 plan9 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15
856 Porting 94 2 109 4 203 6 234 8 241 9
857 qnx 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2
858 utils 112 8 118 8 124 8 156 9 159 9
859 vms 518 34 524 34 538 34 569 34 569 34
860 win32 285 33 378 36 470 39 493 39 575 41
861 x2p 281 19 281 19 281 19 282 19 281 19
862 ======================================================================
864 5.004_70 5.004_73 5.004_75 5.005 5.005_03
866 apollo - - - - - - - - 0 1
868 beos 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
869 Configure 256 1 256 1 264 1 264 1 270 1
870 cygwin32 24 5 24 5 24 5 24 5 24 5
871 djgpp 14 5 14 5 14 5 14 5 15 5
872 eg 86 65 86 65 86 65 86 65 86 65
873 emacs 262 2 262 2 262 2 262 2 274 2
874 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
875 hints 157 74 157 74 159 74 160 74 179 77
876 mint - - - - - - - - 4 7
877 mpeix - - - - 5 3 5 3 5 3
878 os2 129 44 139 44 142 44 143 44 148 44
879 plan9 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15
880 Porting 241 9 253 9 259 10 264 12 272 13
881 qnx 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2
882 utils 160 9 160 9 160 9 160 9 164 9
883 vms 570 34 572 34 573 34 575 34 583 34
884 vos - - - - - - - - 156 10
885 win32 577 41 585 41 585 41 587 41 600 42
886 x2p 281 19 281 19 281 19 281 19 281 19
887 ======================================================================
889 5.6.0 5.6.1 5.6.2 5.7.3
891 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
893 beos 5 2 5 2 5 2 6 4
894 Configure 346 1 361 1 363 1 394 1
895 Cross - - - - - - 4 2
896 djgpp 19 6 19 6 19 6 21 7
897 eg 112 71 112 71 112 71 - -
898 emacs 303 4 319 4 319 4 319 4
899 epoc 29 8 35 8 35 8 36 8
900 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15
901 hints 242 83 250 84 321 89 272 87
902 mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9
903 mpeix 9 4 9 4 9 4 9 4
904 NetWare - - - - - - 423 57
905 os2 214 59 224 60 224 60 357 66
906 plan9 92 17 92 17 92 17 85 15
907 Porting 361 15 390 16 390 16 425 21
908 qnx 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3
909 utils 228 12 221 11 222 11 267 13
910 uts - - - - - - 12 3
911 vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4
912 vms 686 38 627 38 627 38 649 36
913 vos 227 12 249 15 248 15 281 17
914 win32 755 41 782 42 801 42 1006 50
915 x2p 307 20 307 20 307 20 345 20
916 ======================================================================
918 5.8.0 5.8.1 5.8.2 5.8.3 5.8.4
920 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
922 beos 6 4 6 4 6 4 6 4 6 4
923 Configure 472 1 493 1 493 1 493 1 494 1
924 Cross 4 2 45 10 45 10 45 10 45 10
925 djgpp 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7
926 emacs 319 4 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4
927 epoc 33 8 33 8 33 8 33 8 33 8
928 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15
929 hints 294 88 321 89 321 89 321 89 348 91
930 mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9
931 mpeix 24 5 25 5 25 5 25 5 25 5
932 NetWare 488 61 490 61 490 61 490 61 488 61
933 os2 361 66 445 67 450 67 488 67 488 67
934 plan9 85 15 325 17 325 17 325 17 321 17
935 Porting 479 22 537 32 538 32 539 32 538 33
936 qnx 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3
937 utils 275 15 258 16 258 16 263 19 263 19
938 uts 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3
939 vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4
940 vms 648 36 654 36 654 36 656 36 656 36
941 vos 330 20 335 20 335 20 335 20 335 20
942 win32 1062 49 1125 49 1127 49 1126 49 1181 56
943 x2p 347 20 348 20 348 20 348 20 348 20
944 ======================================================================
946 5.8.5 5.8.6 5.8.7 5.8.8 5.8.9
948 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
950 beos 6 4 6 4 8 4 8 4 8 4
951 Configure 494 1 494 1 495 1 506 1 520 1
952 Cross 45 10 45 10 45 10 45 10 46 10
953 djgpp 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7
954 emacs 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4 406 4
955 epoc 33 8 33 8 33 8 34 8 35 8
956 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15
957 hints 350 91 352 91 355 94 360 94 387 99
958 mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9
959 mpeix 25 5 25 5 25 5 49 6 49 6
960 NetWare 488 61 488 61 488 61 490 61 491 61
961 os2 488 67 488 67 488 67 488 67 552 70
962 plan9 321 17 321 17 321 17 322 17 324 17
963 Porting 538 34 548 35 549 35 564 37 625 41
964 qnx 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3
965 utils 265 19 265 19 266 19 267 19 281 21
966 uts 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3
967 vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4
968 vms 657 36 658 36 662 36 664 36 716 35
969 vos 335 20 335 20 335 20 336 21 345 22
970 win32 1183 56 1190 56 1199 56 1219 56 1484 68
971 x2p 349 20 349 20 349 20 349 19 350 19
972 ======================================================================
974 5.9.0 5.9.1 5.9.2 5.9.3 5.9.4
976 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
978 beos 6 4 6 4 8 4 8 4 8 4
979 Configure 493 1 493 1 495 1 508 1 512 1
980 Cross 45 10 45 10 45 10 45 10 46 10
981 djgpp 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7
982 emacs 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4
983 epoc 33 8 33 8 33 8 34 8 34 8
984 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15
985 hints 321 89 346 91 355 94 359 94 366 96
986 mad - - - - - - - - 174 6
987 mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9
988 mpeix 25 5 25 5 25 5 49 6 49 6
989 NetWare 489 61 487 61 487 61 489 61 489 61
990 os2 444 67 488 67 488 67 488 67 488 67
991 plan9 325 17 321 17 321 17 322 17 323 17
992 Porting 537 32 536 33 549 36 564 38 576 38
993 qnx 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3
994 symbian - - - - - - 293 53 293 53
995 utils 258 16 263 19 268 20 273 23 275 24
996 uts 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3
997 vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4
998 vms 660 36 547 33 553 33 661 33 696 33
999 vos 11 7 11 7 11 7 11 7 11 7
1000 win32 1120 49 1124 51 1191 56 1209 56 1719 90
1001 x2p 348 20 348 20 349 20 349 19 349 19
1002 ======================================================================
1004 5.9.5 5.10.0 5.10.1 5.12.0 5.12.1
1006 apollo 8 3 8 3 0 3 0 3 0 3
1008 beos 8 4 8 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
1009 Configure 518 1 518 1 533 1 536 1 536 1
1010 Cross 122 15 122 15 119 15 118 15 118 15
1011 djgpp 21 7 21 7 17 7 17 7 17 7
1012 emacs 329 4 406 4 402 4 402 4 402 4
1013 epoc 34 8 35 8 31 8 31 8 31 8
1014 h2pl 24 15 24 15 12 15 12 15 12 15
1015 hints 377 98 381 98 385 100 368 97 368 97
1016 mad 182 8 182 8 174 8 174 8 174 8
1017 mint 11 9 11 9 3 9 - - - -
1018 mpeix 49 6 49 6 45 6 45 6 45 6
1019 NetWare 489 61 489 61 465 61 466 61 466 61
1020 os2 552 70 552 70 507 70 507 70 507 70
1021 plan9 324 17 324 17 316 17 316 17 316 17
1022 Porting 627 40 632 40 933 53 749 54 749 54
1023 qnx 5 3 5 4 1 4 1 4 1 4
1024 symbian 300 54 300 54 290 54 288 54 288 54
1025 utils 260 26 264 27 268 27 269 27 269 27
1026 uts 12 3 12 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
1027 vmesa 25 4 25 4 21 4 21 4 21 4
1028 vms 690 32 722 32 693 30 645 18 645 18
1029 vos 19 8 19 8 16 8 16 8 16 8
1030 win32 1482 68 1485 68 1497 70 1841 73 1841 73
1031 x2p 349 19 349 19 345 19 345 19 345 19
1032 ======================================================================
1034 5.12.2 5.12.3 5.14.0 5.16.0 5.18.0
1036 apollo 0 3 0 3 - - - - - -
1038 beos 4 4 4 4 5 4 5 4 - -
1039 Configure 536 1 536 1 539 1 547 1 550 1
1040 Cross 118 15 118 15 118 15 118 15 118 15
1041 djgpp 17 7 17 7 18 7 18 7 18 7
1042 emacs 402 4 402 4 - - - - - -
1043 epoc 31 8 31 8 32 8 30 8 - -
1044 h2pl 12 15 12 15 15 15 15 15 13 15
1045 hints 368 97 368 97 370 96 371 96 354 91
1046 mad 174 8 174 8 176 8 176 8 174 8
1047 mpeix 45 6 45 6 46 6 46 6 - -
1048 NetWare 466 61 466 61 473 61 472 61 469 61
1049 os2 507 70 507 70 518 70 519 70 510 70
1050 plan9 316 17 316 17 319 17 319 17 318 17
1051 Porting 750 54 750 54 855 60 1093 69 1149 70
1052 qnx 1 4 1 4 2 4 2 4 1 4
1053 symbian 288 54 288 54 292 54 292 54 290 54
1054 utils 269 27 269 27 249 29 245 30 246 31
1055 uts 8 3 8 3 9 3 9 3 - -
1056 vmesa 21 4 21 4 22 4 22 4 - -
1057 vms 646 18 644 18 639 17 571 15 564 15
1058 vos 16 8 16 8 17 8 9 7 8 7
1059 win32 1841 73 1841 73 1833 72 1655 67 1157 62
1060 x2p 345 19 345 19 346 19 345 19 344 20
1061 ======================================================================
1063 5.20.0 5.22.0 5.24.0
1065 Configure 552 1 570 1 586 1
1067 Cross 118 15 118 15 118 15
1068 djgpp 18 7 17 7 17 7
1069 h2pl 13 15 13 15 13 15
1070 hints 355 90 356 87 362 87
1071 mad 174 8 - - - -
1072 NetWare 467 61 466 61 467 61
1073 os2 510 70 510 70 510 70
1074 plan9 316 17 317 17 314 17
1075 Porting 1204 68 1393 71 1321 71
1076 qnx 1 4 1 4 1 4
1077 symbian 290 54 291 54 292 54
1078 utils 241 27 242 27 679 53
1079 vms 538 12 532 12 524 12
1080 vos 8 7 8 7 8 7
1081 win32 1183 64 1201 64 1268 65
1082 x2p 341 19 - - - -
1083 ======================================================================
1085 5.26.0 5.28.0 5.30.0
1087 Configure 593 1 580 1 587 1
1089 Cross 122 15 125 15 126 15
1090 djgpp 21 7 21 7 21 7
1091 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15
1092 hints 376 87 364 85 372 86
1093 mad - - - - - -
1094 NetWare 499 61 493 61 493 61
1095 os2 552 70 552 70 552 70
1096 plan9 322 17 309 17 308 17
1097 Porting 1380 73 1462 75 1460 74
1098 qnx 5 4 5 4 5 4
1099 symbian 315 54 315 54 315 54
1100 utils 578 50 584 50 587 50
1101 vms 527 12 526 12 526 12
1102 vos 12 7 12 7 12 7
1103 win32 1313 65 1326 65 1331 65
1104 x2p - - - - - -
1105 SELECTED PATCH SIZES
1107 The "diff lines kB" means that for example the patch 5.003_08, to be
1108 applied on top of the 5.003_07 (or whatever was before the 5.003_08)
1109 added lines for 110 kilobytes, it removed lines for 19 kilobytes, and
1110 changed lines for 424 kilobytes. Just the lines themselves are
1111 counted, not their context. The "+ - !" become from the diff(1)
1112 context diff output format.
1113 Pump- Release Date diff lines kB
1115 king -------------
1116 + - !
1117 ======================================================================
1118 Chip 5.003_08 1996-Nov-19 110 19 424
1120 5.003_09 1996-Nov-26 38 9 248
1121 5.003_10 1996-Nov-29 29 2 27
1122 5.003_11 1996-Dec-06 73 12 165
1123 5.003_12 1996-Dec-19 275 6 436
1124 5.003_13 1996-Dec-20 95 1 56
1125 5.003_14 1996-Dec-23 23 7 333
1126 5.003_15 1996-Dec-23 0 0 1
1127 5.003_16 1996-Dec-24 12 3 50
1128 5.003_17 1996-Dec-27 19 1 14
1129 5.003_18 1996-Dec-31 21 1 32
1130 5.003_19 1997-Jan-04 80 3 85
1131 5.003_20 1997-Jan-07 18 1 146
1132 5.003_21 1997-Jan-15 38 10 221
1133 5.003_22 1997-Jan-16 4 0 18
1134 5.003_23 1997-Jan-25 71 15 119
1135 5.003_24 1997-Jan-29 426 1 20
1136 5.003_25 1997-Feb-04 21 8 169
1137 5.003_26 1997-Feb-10 16 1 15
1138 5.003_27 1997-Feb-18 32 10 38
1139 5.003_28 1997-Feb-21 58 4 66
1140 5.003_90 1997-Feb-25 22 2 34
1141 5.003_91 1997-Mar-01 37 1 39
1142 5.003_92 1997-Mar-06 16 3 69
1143 5.003_93 1997-Mar-10 12 3 15
1144 5.003_94 1997-Mar-22 407 7 200
1145 5.003_95 1997-Mar-25 41 1 37
1146 5.003_96 1997-Apr-01 283 5 261
1147 5.003_97 1997-Apr-03 13 2 34
1148 5.003_97a 1997-Apr-05 57 1 27
1149 5.003_97b 1997-Apr-08 14 1 20
1150 5.003_97c 1997-Apr-10 20 1 16
1151 5.003_97d 1997-Apr-13 8 0 16
1152 5.003_97e 1997-Apr-15 15 4 46
1153 5.003_97f 1997-Apr-17 7 1 33
1154 5.003_97g 1997-Apr-18 6 1 42
1155 5.003_97h 1997-Apr-24 23 3 68
1156 5.003_97i 1997-Apr-25 23 1 31
1157 5.003_97j 1997-Apr-28 36 1 49
1158 5.003_98 1997-Apr-30 171 12 539
1159 5.003_99 1997-May-01 6 0 7
1160 5.003_99a 1997-May-09 36 2 61
1161 p54rc1 1997-May-12 8 1 11
1162 p54rc2 1997-May-14 6 0 40
1163 5.004 1997-May-15 4 0 4
1165 Tim 5.004_01 1997-Jun-13 222 14 57
1167 5.004_02 1997-Aug-07 112 16 119
1168 5.004_03 1997-Sep-05 109 0 17
1169 5.004_04 1997-Oct-15 66 8 173
1170 The patch-free era
1172 In more modern times, named releases don't come as often, and as
1174 progress can be followed (nearly) instantly (with rsync, and since late
1175 2008, git) patches between versions are no longer provided. However,
1176 that doesn't keep us from calculating how large a patch could have
1177 been. Which is shown in the table below. Unless noted otherwise, the
1178 size mentioned is the patch to bring version x.y.z to x.y.z+1.
1179 Sarathy 5.6.1 2001-Apr-08 531 44 651
1181 Rafael 5.6.2 2003-Nov-15 20 11 1819
1182 Jarkko 5.8.0 2002-Jul-18 1205 31 471 From 5.7.3
1184 5.8.1 2003-Sep-25 243 102 6162
1186 Nicholas 5.8.2 2003-Nov-05 10 50 788
1187 5.8.3 2004-Jan-14 31 13 360
1188 5.8.4 2004-Apr-21 33 8 299
1189 5.8.5 2004-Jul-19 11 19 255
1190 5.8.6 2004-Nov-27 35 3 192
1191 5.8.7 2005-May-30 75 34 778
1192 5.8.8 2006-Jan-31 131 42 1251
1193 5.8.9 2008-Dec-14 340 132 12988
1194 Hugo 5.9.0 2003-Oct-27 281 168 7132 From 5.8.0
1196 Rafael 5.9.1 2004-Mar-16 57 250 2107
1197 5.9.2 2005-Apr-01 720 57 858
1198 5.9.3 2006-Jan-28 1124 102 1906
1199 5.9.4 2006-Aug-15 896 60 862
1200 5.9.5 2007-Jul-07 1149 128 1062
1201 5.10.0 2007-Dec-18 50 31 13111 From 5.9.5
1203
1205 Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>.
1206 Thanks to the collective memory of the Perlfolk. In addition to the
1208 Keepers of the Pumpkin also Alan Champion, Mark Dominus, Andreas
1209 Koenig, John Macdonald, Matthias Neeracher, Jeff Okamoto, Michael
1210 Peppler, Randal Schwartz, and Paul D. Smith sent corrections and
1211 additions. Abigail added file and patch size data for the 5.6.0 - 5.10
1212 era.
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