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:
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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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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, Tom Hukins, and Richard Leach.
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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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61 Pump- Release Date Notes
62 kin (by no means
63 Holder comprehensive,
64 see Changes*
65 for details)
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68 Larry 0 Classified. Don't ask.
69
70 Larry 1.000 1987-Dec-18
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72 1.001..10 1988-Jan-30
73 1.011..14 1988-Feb-02
74 Schwern 1.0.15 2002-Dec-18 Modernization
75 Richard 1.0_16 2003-Dec-18
76
77 Larry 2.000 1988-Jun-05
78
79 2.001 1988-Jun-28
80
81 Larry 3.000 1989-Oct-18
82
83 3.001 1989-Oct-26
84 3.002..4 1989-Nov-11
85 3.005 1989-Nov-18
86 3.006..8 1989-Dec-22
87 3.009..13 1990-Mar-02
88 3.014 1990-Mar-13
89 3.015 1990-Mar-14
90 3.016..18 1990-Mar-28
91 3.019..27 1990-Aug-10 User subs.
92 3.028 1990-Aug-14
93 3.029..36 1990-Oct-17
94 3.037 1990-Oct-20
95 3.040 1990-Nov-10
96 3.041 1990-Nov-13
97 3.042..43 1991-Jan-??
98 3.044 1991-Jan-12
99
100 Larry 4.000 1991-Mar-21
101
102 4.001..3 1991-Apr-12
103 4.004..9 1991-Jun-07
104 4.010 1991-Jun-10
105 4.011..18 1991-Nov-05
106 4.019 1991-Nov-11 Stable.
107 4.020..33 1992-Jun-08
108 4.034 1992-Jun-11
109 4.035 1992-Jun-23
110 Larry 4.036 1993-Feb-05 Very stable.
111
112 5.000alpha1 1993-Jul-31
113 5.000alpha2 1993-Aug-16
114 5.000alpha3 1993-Oct-10
115 5.000alpha4 1993-???-??
116 5.000alpha5 1993-???-??
117 5.000alpha6 1994-Mar-18
118 5.000alpha7 1994-Mar-25
119 Andy 5.000alpha8 1994-Apr-04
120 Larry 5.000alpha9 1994-May-05 ext appears.
121 5.000alpha10 1994-Jun-11
122 5.000alpha11 1994-Jul-01
123 Andy 5.000a11a 1994-Jul-07 To fit 14.
124 5.000a11b 1994-Jul-14
125 5.000a11c 1994-Jul-19
126 5.000a11d 1994-Jul-22
127 Larry 5.000alpha12 1994-Aug-04
128 Andy 5.000a12a 1994-Aug-08
129 5.000a12b 1994-Aug-15
130 5.000a12c 1994-Aug-22
131 5.000a12d 1994-Aug-22
132 5.000a12e 1994-Aug-22
133 5.000a12f 1994-Aug-24
134 5.000a12g 1994-Aug-24
135 5.000a12h 1994-Aug-24
136 Larry 5.000beta1 1994-Aug-30
137 Andy 5.000b1a 1994-Sep-06
138 Larry 5.000beta2 1994-Sep-14 Core slushified.
139 Andy 5.000b2a 1994-Sep-14
140 5.000b2b 1994-Sep-17
141 5.000b2c 1994-Sep-17
142 Larry 5.000beta3 1994-Sep-??
143 Andy 5.000b3a 1994-Sep-18
144 5.000b3b 1994-Sep-22
145 5.000b3c 1994-Sep-23
146 5.000b3d 1994-Sep-27
147 5.000b3e 1994-Sep-28
148 5.000b3f 1994-Sep-30
149 5.000b3g 1994-Oct-04
150 Andy 5.000b3h 1994-Oct-07
151 Larry? 5.000gamma 1994-Oct-13?
152
153 Larry 5.000 1994-Oct-17
154
155 Andy 5.000a 1994-Dec-19
156 5.000b 1995-Jan-18
157 5.000c 1995-Jan-18
158 5.000d 1995-Jan-18
159 5.000e 1995-Jan-18
160 5.000f 1995-Jan-18
161 5.000g 1995-Jan-18
162 5.000h 1995-Jan-18
163 5.000i 1995-Jan-26
164 5.000j 1995-Feb-07
165 5.000k 1995-Feb-11
166 5.000l 1995-Feb-21
167 5.000m 1995-Feb-28
168 5.000n 1995-Mar-07
169 5.000o 1995-Mar-13?
170
171 Larry 5.001 1995-Mar-13
172
173 Andy 5.001a 1995-Mar-15
174 5.001b 1995-Mar-31
175 5.001c 1995-Apr-07
176 5.001d 1995-Apr-14
177 5.001e 1995-Apr-18 Stable.
178 5.001f 1995-May-31
179 5.001g 1995-May-25
180 5.001h 1995-May-25
181 5.001i 1995-May-30
182 5.001j 1995-Jun-05
183 5.001k 1995-Jun-06
184 5.001l 1995-Jun-06 Stable.
185 5.001m 1995-Jul-02 Very stable.
186 5.001n 1995-Oct-31 Very unstable.
187 5.002beta1 1995-Nov-21
188 5.002b1a 1995-Dec-04
189 5.002b1b 1995-Dec-04
190 5.002b1c 1995-Dec-04
191 5.002b1d 1995-Dec-04
192 5.002b1e 1995-Dec-08
193 5.002b1f 1995-Dec-08
194 Tom 5.002b1g 1995-Dec-21 Doc release.
195 Andy 5.002b1h 1996-Jan-05
196 5.002b2 1996-Jan-14
197 Larry 5.002b3 1996-Feb-02
198 Andy 5.002gamma 1996-Feb-11
199 Larry 5.002delta 1996-Feb-27
200
201 Larry 5.002 1996-Feb-29 Prototypes.
202
203 Charles 5.002_01 1996-Mar-25
204
205 5.003 1996-Jun-25 Security release.
206
207 5.003_01 1996-Jul-31
208 Nick 5.003_02 1996-Aug-10
209 Andy 5.003_03 1996-Aug-28
210 5.003_04 1996-Sep-02
211 5.003_05 1996-Sep-12
212 5.003_06 1996-Oct-07
213 5.003_07 1996-Oct-10
214 Chip 5.003_08 1996-Nov-19
215 5.003_09 1996-Nov-26
216 5.003_10 1996-Nov-29
217 5.003_11 1996-Dec-06
218 5.003_12 1996-Dec-19
219 5.003_13 1996-Dec-20
220 5.003_14 1996-Dec-23
221 5.003_15 1996-Dec-23
222 5.003_16 1996-Dec-24
223 5.003_17 1996-Dec-27
224 5.003_18 1996-Dec-31
225 5.003_19 1997-Jan-04
226 5.003_20 1997-Jan-07
227 5.003_21 1997-Jan-15
228 5.003_22 1997-Jan-16
229 5.003_23 1997-Jan-25
230 5.003_24 1997-Jan-29
231 5.003_25 1997-Feb-04
232 5.003_26 1997-Feb-10
233 5.003_27 1997-Feb-18
234 5.003_28 1997-Feb-21
235 5.003_90 1997-Feb-25 Ramping up to the 5.004 release.
236 5.003_91 1997-Mar-01
237 5.003_92 1997-Mar-06
238 5.003_93 1997-Mar-10
239 5.003_94 1997-Mar-22
240 5.003_95 1997-Mar-25
241 5.003_96 1997-Apr-01
242 5.003_97 1997-Apr-03 Fairly widely used.
243 5.003_97a 1997-Apr-05
244 5.003_97b 1997-Apr-08
245 5.003_97c 1997-Apr-10
246 5.003_97d 1997-Apr-13
247 5.003_97e 1997-Apr-15
248 5.003_97f 1997-Apr-17
249 5.003_97g 1997-Apr-18
250 5.003_97h 1997-Apr-24
251 5.003_97i 1997-Apr-25
252 5.003_97j 1997-Apr-28
253 5.003_98 1997-Apr-30
254 5.003_99 1997-May-01
255 5.003_99a 1997-May-09
256 p54rc1 1997-May-12 Release Candidates.
257 p54rc2 1997-May-14
258
259 Chip 5.004 1997-May-15 A major maintenance release.
260
261 Tim 5.004_01-t1 1997-???-?? The 5.004 maintenance track.
262 5.004_01-t2 1997-Jun-11 aka perl5.004m1t2
263 5.004_01 1997-Jun-13
264 5.004_01_01 1997-Jul-29 aka perl5.004m2t1
265 5.004_01_02 1997-Aug-01 aka perl5.004m2t2
266 5.004_01_03 1997-Aug-05 aka perl5.004m2t3
267 5.004_02 1997-Aug-07
268 5.004_02_01 1997-Aug-12 aka perl5.004m3t1
269 5.004_03-t2 1997-Aug-13 aka perl5.004m3t2
270 5.004_03 1997-Sep-05
271 5.004_04-t1 1997-Sep-19 aka perl5.004m4t1
272 5.004_04-t2 1997-Sep-23 aka perl5.004m4t2
273 5.004_04-t3 1997-Oct-10 aka perl5.004m4t3
274 5.004_04-t4 1997-Oct-14 aka perl5.004m4t4
275 5.004_04 1997-Oct-15
276 5.004_04-m1 1998-Mar-04 (5.004m5t1) Maint. trials for 5.004_05.
277 5.004_04-m2 1998-May-01
278 5.004_04-m3 1998-May-15
279 5.004_04-m4 1998-May-19
280 5.004_05-MT5 1998-Jul-21
281 5.004_05-MT6 1998-Oct-09
282 5.004_05-MT7 1998-Nov-22
283 5.004_05-MT8 1998-Dec-03
284 Chip 5.004_05-MT9 1999-Apr-26
285 5.004_05 1999-Apr-29
286
287 Malcolm 5.004_50 1997-Sep-09 The 5.005 development track.
288 5.004_51 1997-Oct-02
289 5.004_52 1997-Oct-15
290 5.004_53 1997-Oct-16
291 5.004_54 1997-Nov-14
292 5.004_55 1997-Nov-25
293 5.004_56 1997-Dec-18
294 5.004_57 1998-Feb-03
295 5.004_58 1998-Feb-06
296 5.004_59 1998-Feb-13
297 5.004_60 1998-Feb-20
298 5.004_61 1998-Feb-27
299 5.004_62 1998-Mar-06
300 5.004_63 1998-Mar-17
301 5.004_64 1998-Apr-03
302 5.004_65 1998-May-15
303 5.004_66 1998-May-29
304 Sarathy 5.004_67 1998-Jun-15
305 5.004_68 1998-Jun-23
306 5.004_69 1998-Jun-29
307 5.004_70 1998-Jul-06
308 5.004_71 1998-Jul-09
309 5.004_72 1998-Jul-12
310 5.004_73 1998-Jul-13
311 5.004_74 1998-Jul-14 5.005 beta candidate.
312 5.004_75 1998-Jul-15 5.005 beta1.
313 5.004_76 1998-Jul-21 5.005 beta2.
314
315 Sarathy 5.005 1998-Jul-22 Oneperl.
316
317 Sarathy 5.005_01 1998-Jul-27 The 5.005 maintenance track.
318 5.005_02-T1 1998-Aug-02
319 5.005_02-T2 1998-Aug-05
320 5.005_02 1998-Aug-08
321 Graham 5.005_03-MT1 1998-Nov-30
322 5.005_03-MT2 1999-Jan-04
323 5.005_03-MT3 1999-Jan-17
324 5.005_03-MT4 1999-Jan-26
325 5.005_03-MT5 1999-Jan-28
326 5.005_03-MT6 1999-Mar-05
327 5.005_03 1999-Mar-28
328 Leon 5.005_04-RC1 2004-Feb-05
329 5.005_04-RC2 2004-Feb-18
330 5.005_04 2004-Feb-23
331 5.005_05-RC1 2009-Feb-16
332
333 Sarathy 5.005_50 1998-Jul-26 The 5.6 development track.
334 5.005_51 1998-Aug-10
335 5.005_52 1998-Sep-25
336 5.005_53 1998-Oct-31
337 5.005_54 1998-Nov-30
338 5.005_55 1999-Feb-16
339 5.005_56 1999-Mar-01
340 5.005_57 1999-May-25
341 5.005_58 1999-Jul-27
342 5.005_59 1999-Aug-02
343 5.005_60 1999-Aug-02
344 5.005_61 1999-Aug-20
345 5.005_62 1999-Oct-15
346 5.005_63 1999-Dec-09
347 5.5.640 2000-Feb-02
348 5.5.650 2000-Feb-08 beta1
349 5.5.660 2000-Feb-22 beta2
350 5.5.670 2000-Feb-29 beta3
351 5.6.0-RC1 2000-Mar-09 Release candidate 1.
352 5.6.0-RC2 2000-Mar-14 Release candidate 2.
353 5.6.0-RC3 2000-Mar-21 Release candidate 3.
354
355 Sarathy 5.6.0 2000-Mar-22
356
357 Sarathy 5.6.1-TRIAL1 2000-Dec-18 The 5.6 maintenance track.
358 5.6.1-TRIAL2 2001-Jan-31
359 5.6.1-TRIAL3 2001-Mar-19
360 5.6.1-foolish 2001-Apr-01 The "fools-gold" release.
361 5.6.1 2001-Apr-08
362 Rafael 5.6.2-RC1 2003-Nov-08
363 5.6.2 2003-Nov-15 Fix new build issues
364
365 Jarkko 5.7.0 2000-Sep-02 The 5.7 track: Development.
366 5.7.1 2001-Apr-09
367 5.7.2 2001-Jul-13 Virtual release candidate 0.
368 5.7.3 2002-Mar-05
369 5.8.0-RC1 2002-Jun-01
370 5.8.0-RC2 2002-Jun-21
371 5.8.0-RC3 2002-Jul-13
372
373 Jarkko 5.8.0 2002-Jul-18
374
375 Jarkko 5.8.1-RC1 2003-Jul-10 The 5.8 maintenance track
376 5.8.1-RC2 2003-Jul-11
377 5.8.1-RC3 2003-Jul-30
378 5.8.1-RC4 2003-Aug-01
379 5.8.1-RC5 2003-Sep-22
380 5.8.1 2003-Sep-25
381 Nicholas 5.8.2-RC1 2003-Oct-27
382 5.8.2-RC2 2003-Nov-03
383 5.8.2 2003-Nov-05
384 5.8.3-RC1 2004-Jan-07
385 5.8.3 2004-Jan-14
386 5.8.4-RC1 2004-Apr-05
387 5.8.4-RC2 2004-Apr-15
388 5.8.4 2004-Apr-21
389 5.8.5-RC1 2004-Jul-06
390 5.8.5-RC2 2004-Jul-08
391 5.8.5 2004-Jul-19
392 5.8.6-RC1 2004-Nov-11
393 5.8.6 2004-Nov-27
394 5.8.7-RC1 2005-May-18
395 5.8.7 2005-May-30
396 5.8.8-RC1 2006-Jan-20
397 5.8.8 2006-Jan-31
398 5.8.9-RC1 2008-Nov-10
399 5.8.9-RC2 2008-Dec-06
400 5.8.9 2008-Dec-14
401
402 Hugo 5.9.0 2003-Oct-27 The 5.9 development track
403 Rafael 5.9.1 2004-Mar-16
404 5.9.2 2005-Apr-01
405 5.9.3 2006-Jan-28
406 5.9.4 2006-Aug-15
407 5.9.5 2007-Jul-07
408 5.10.0-RC1 2007-Nov-17
409 5.10.0-RC2 2007-Nov-25
410
411 Rafael 5.10.0 2007-Dec-18
412
413 David M 5.10.1-RC1 2009-Aug-06 The 5.10 maintenance track
414 5.10.1-RC2 2009-Aug-18
415 5.10.1 2009-Aug-22
416
417 Jesse 5.11.0 2009-Oct-02 The 5.11 development track
418 5.11.1 2009-Oct-20
419 Leon 5.11.2 2009-Nov-20
420 Jesse 5.11.3 2009-Dec-20
421 Ricardo 5.11.4 2010-Jan-20
422 Steve 5.11.5 2010-Feb-20
423 Jesse 5.12.0-RC0 2010-Mar-21
424 5.12.0-RC1 2010-Mar-29
425 5.12.0-RC2 2010-Apr-01
426 5.12.0-RC3 2010-Apr-02
427 5.12.0-RC4 2010-Apr-06
428 5.12.0-RC5 2010-Apr-09
429
430 Jesse 5.12.0 2010-Apr-12
431
432 Jesse 5.12.1-RC2 2010-May-13 The 5.12 maintenance track
433 5.12.1-RC1 2010-May-09
434 5.12.1 2010-May-16
435 5.12.2-RC2 2010-Aug-31
436 5.12.2 2010-Sep-06
437 Ricardo 5.12.3-RC1 2011-Jan-09
438 Ricardo 5.12.3-RC2 2011-Jan-14
439 Ricardo 5.12.3-RC3 2011-Jan-17
440 Ricardo 5.12.3 2011-Jan-21
441 Leon 5.12.4-RC1 2011-Jun-08
442 Leon 5.12.4 2011-Jun-20
443 Dominic 5.12.5 2012-Nov-10
444
445 Leon 5.13.0 2010-Apr-20 The 5.13 development track
446 Ricardo 5.13.1 2010-May-20
447 Matt 5.13.2 2010-Jun-22
448 David G 5.13.3 2010-Jul-20
449 Florian 5.13.4 2010-Aug-20
450 Steve 5.13.5 2010-Sep-19
451 Miyagawa 5.13.6 2010-Oct-20
452 BinGOs 5.13.7 2010-Nov-20
453 Zefram 5.13.8 2010-Dec-20
454 Jesse 5.13.9 2011-Jan-20
455 AEvar 5.13.10 2011-Feb-20
456 Florian 5.13.11 2011-Mar-20
457 Jesse 5.14.0RC1 2011-Apr-20
458 Jesse 5.14.0RC2 2011-May-04
459 Jesse 5.14.0RC3 2011-May-11
460
461 Jesse 5.14.0 2011-May-14 The 5.14 maintenance track
462 Jesse 5.14.1 2011-Jun-16
463 Florian 5.14.2-RC1 2011-Sep-19
464 5.14.2 2011-Sep-26
465 Dominic 5.14.3 2012-Oct-12
466 David M 5.14.4-RC1 2013-Mar-05
467 David M 5.14.4-RC2 2013-Mar-07
468 David M 5.14.4 2013-Mar-10
469
470 David G 5.15.0 2011-Jun-20 The 5.15 development track
471 Zefram 5.15.1 2011-Jul-20
472 Ricardo 5.15.2 2011-Aug-20
473 Stevan 5.15.3 2011-Sep-20
474 Florian 5.15.4 2011-Oct-20
475 Steve 5.15.5 2011-Nov-20
476 Dave R 5.15.6 2011-Dec-20
477 BinGOs 5.15.7 2012-Jan-20
478 Max M 5.15.8 2012-Feb-20
479 Abigail 5.15.9 2012-Mar-20
480 Ricardo 5.16.0-RC0 2012-May-10
481 Ricardo 5.16.0-RC1 2012-May-14
482 Ricardo 5.16.0-RC2 2012-May-15
483
484 Ricardo 5.16.0 2012-May-20 The 5.16 maintenance track
485 Ricardo 5.16.1 2012-Aug-08
486 Ricardo 5.16.2 2012-Nov-01
487 Ricardo 5.16.3-RC1 2013-Mar-06
488 Ricardo 5.16.3 2013-Mar-11
489
490 Zefram 5.17.0 2012-May-26 The 5.17 development track
491 Jesse L 5.17.1 2012-Jun-20
492 TonyC 5.17.2 2012-Jul-20
493 Steve 5.17.3 2012-Aug-20
494 Florian 5.17.4 2012-Sep-20
495 Florian 5.17.5 2012-Oct-20
496 Ricardo 5.17.6 2012-Nov-20
497 Dave R 5.17.7 2012-Dec-18
498 Aaron 5.17.8 2013-Jan-20
499 BinGOs 5.17.9 2013-Feb-20
500 Max M 5.17.10 2013-Mar-21
501 Ricardo 5.17.11 2013-Apr-20
502
503 Ricardo 5.18.0-RC1 2013-May-11 The 5.18 maintenance track
504 Ricardo 5.18.0-RC2 2013-May-12
505 Ricardo 5.18.0-RC3 2013-May-13
506 Ricardo 5.18.0-RC4 2013-May-15
507 Ricardo 5.18.0 2013-May-18
508 Ricardo 5.18.1-RC1 2013-Aug-01
509 Ricardo 5.18.1-RC2 2013-Aug-03
510 Ricardo 5.18.1-RC3 2013-Aug-08
511 Ricardo 5.18.1 2013-Aug-12
512 Ricardo 5.18.2 2014-Jan-06
513 Ricardo 5.18.3-RC1 2014-Sep-17
514 Ricardo 5.18.3-RC2 2014-Sep-27
515 Ricardo 5.18.3 2014-Oct-01
516 Ricardo 5.18.4 2014-Oct-01
517
518 Ricardo 5.19.0 2013-May-20 The 5.19 development track
519 David G 5.19.1 2013-Jun-21
520 Aristotle 5.19.2 2013-Jul-22
521 Steve 5.19.3 2013-Aug-20
522 Steve 5.19.4 2013-Sep-20
523 Steve 5.19.5 2013-Oct-20
524 BinGOs 5.19.6 2013-Nov-20
525 Abigail 5.19.7 2013-Dec-20
526 Ricardo 5.19.8 2014-Jan-20
527 TonyC 5.19.9 2014-Feb-20
528 Aaron 5.19.10 2014-Mar-20
529 Steve 5.19.11 2014-Apr-20
530
531 Ricardo 5.20.0-RC1 2014-May-16 The 5.20 maintenance track
532 Ricardo 5.20.0 2014-May-27
533 Steve 5.20.1-RC1 2014-Aug-25
534 Steve 5.20.1-RC2 2014-Sep-07
535 Steve 5.20.1 2014-Sep-14
536 Steve 5.20.2-RC1 2015-Jan-31
537 Steve 5.20.2 2015-Feb-14
538 Steve 5.20.3-RC1 2015-Aug-22
539 Steve 5.20.3-RC2 2015-Aug-29
540 Steve 5.20.3 2015-Sep-12
541
542 Ricardo 5.21.0 2014-May-27 The 5.21 development track
543 Matthew H 5.21.1 2014-Jun-20
544 Abigail 5.21.2 2014-Jul-20
545 Peter 5.21.3 2014-Aug-20
546 Steve 5.21.4 2014-Sep-20
547 Abigail 5.21.5 2014-Oct-20
548 BinGOs 5.21.6 2014-Nov-20
549 Max M 5.21.7 2014-Dec-20
550 Matthew H 5.21.8 2015-Jan-20
551 Sawyer X 5.21.9 2015-Feb-20
552 Steve 5.21.10 2015-Mar-20
553 Steve 5.21.11 2015-Apr-20
554
555 Ricardo 5.22.0-RC1 2015-May-19 The 5.22 maintenance track
556 Ricardo 5.22.0-RC2 2015-May-21
557 Ricardo 5.22.0 2015-Jun-01
558 Steve 5.22.1-RC1 2015-Oct-31
559 Steve 5.22.1-RC2 2015-Nov-15
560 Steve 5.22.1-RC3 2015-Dec-02
561 Steve 5.22.1-RC4 2015-Dec-08
562 Steve 5.22.1 2015-Dec-13
563 Steve 5.22.2-RC1 2016-Apr-10
564 Steve 5.22.2 2016-Apr-29
565 Steve 5.22.3-RC1 2016-Jul-17
566 Steve 5.22.3-RC2 2016-Jul-25
567 Steve 5.22.3-RC3 2016-Aug-11
568 Steve 5.22.3-RC4 2016-Oct-12
569 Steve 5.22.3-RC5 2017-Jan-02
570 Steve 5.22.3 2017-Jan-14
571 Steve 5.22.4-RC1 2017-Jul-01
572 Steve 5.22.4 2017-Jul-15
573
574 Ricardo 5.23.0 2015-Jun-20 The 5.23 development track
575 Matthew H 5.23.1 2015-Jul-20
576 Matthew H 5.23.2 2015-Aug-20
577 Peter 5.23.3 2015-Sep-20
578 Steve 5.23.4 2015-Oct-20
579 Abigail 5.23.5 2015-Nov-20
580 David G 5.23.6 2015-Dec-21
581 Stevan 5.23.7 2016-Jan-20
582 Sawyer X 5.23.8 2016-Feb-20
583 Abigail 5.23.9 2016-Mar-20
584
585 Ricardo 5.24.0-RC1 2016-Apr-13 The 5.24 maintenance track
586 Ricardo 5.24.0-RC2 2016-Apr-23
587 Ricardo 5.24.0-RC3 2016-Apr-26
588 Ricardo 5.24.0-RC4 2016-May-02
589 Ricardo 5.24.0-RC5 2016-May-04
590 Ricardo 5.24.0 2016-May-09
591 Steve 5.24.1-RC1 2016-Jul-17
592 Steve 5.24.1-RC2 2016-Jul-25
593 Steve 5.24.1-RC3 2016-Aug-11
594 Steve 5.24.1-RC4 2016-Oct-12
595 Steve 5.24.1-RC5 2017-Jan-02
596 Steve 5.24.1 2017-Jan-14
597 Steve 5.24.2-RC1 2017-Jul-01
598 Steve 5.24.2 2017-Jul-15
599 Steve 5.24.3-RC1 2017-Sep-10
600 Steve 5.24.3 2017-Sep-22
601 Steve 5.24.4-RC1 2018-Mar-24
602 Steve 5.24.4 2018-Apr-14
603
604 Ricardo 5.25.0 2016-May-09 The 5.25 development track
605 Sawyer X 5.25.1 2016-May-20
606 Matthew H 5.25.2 2016-Jun-20
607 Steve 5.25.3 2016-Jul-20
608 BinGOs 5.25.4 2016-Aug-20
609 Stevan 5.25.5 2016-Sep-20
610 Aaron 5.25.6 2016-Oct-20
611 Chad 5.25.7 2016-Nov-20
612 Sawyer X 5.25.8 2016-Dec-20
613 Abigail 5.25.9 2017-Jan-20
614 Renee 5.25.10 2017-Feb-20
615 Sawyer X 5.25.11 2017-Mar-20
616 Sawyer X 5.25.12 2017-Apr-20
617
618 Sawyer X 5.26.0-RC1 2017-May-11 The 5.26 maintenance track
619 Sawyer X 5.26.0-RC2 2017-May-23
620 Sawyer X 5.26.0 2017-May-30
621 Steve 5.26.1-RC1 2017-Sep-10
622 Steve 5.26.1 2017-Sep-22
623 Steve 5.26.2-RC1 2018-Mar-24
624 Steve 5.26.2 2018-Apr-14
625 Steve 5.26.3-RC1 2018-Nov-08
626 Steve 5.26.3 2018-Nov-29
627
628 Sawyer X 5.27.0 2017-May-31 The 5.27 development track
629 Eric 5.27.1 2017-Jun-20
630 Aaron 5.27.2 2017-Jul-20
631 Matthew H 5.27.3 2017-Aug-21
632 John 5.27.4 2017-Sep-20
633 Steve 5.27.5 2017-Oct-20
634 Ether 5.27.6 2017-Nov-20
635 BinGOs 5.27.7 2017-Dec-20
636 Abigail 5.27.8 2018-Jan-20
637 Renee 5.27.9 2018-Feb-20
638 Todd 5.27.10 2018-Mar-20
639 Sawyer X 5.27.11 2018-Apr-20
640
641 Sawyer X 5.28.0-RC1 2018-May-21 The 5.28 maintenance track
642 Sawyer X 5.28.0-RC2 2018-Jun-06
643 Sawyer X 5.28.0-RC3 2018-Jun-18
644 Sawyer X 5.28.0-RC4 2018-Jun-19
645 Sawyer X 5.28.0 2018-Jun-22
646 Steve 5.28.1-RC1 2018-Nov-08
647 Steve 5.28.1 2018-Nov-29
648 Steve 5.28.2-RC1 2019-Apr-05
649 Steve 5.28.2 2019-Apr-19
650 Steve 5.28.3-RC1 2020-May-18
651 Steve 5.28.3 2020-Jun-01
652
653 Sawyer X 5.29.0 2018-Jun-26 The 5.29 development track
654 Steve 5.29.1 2018-Jul-20
655 BinGOs 5.29.2 2018-Aug-20
656 John 5.29.3 2018-Sep-20
657 Aaron 5.29.4 2018-Oct-20
658 Ether 5.29.5 2018-Nov-20
659 Abigail 5.29.6 2018-Dec-18
660 Abigail 5.29.7 2019-Jan-20
661 Nicolas R 5.29.8 2019-Feb-20
662 Zak Elep 5.29.9 2019-Mar-20
663 Sawyer X 5.29.10 2019-Apr-20
664
665 Sawyer X 5.30.0-RC1 2019-May-11 The 5.30 maintenance track
666 Sawyer X 5.30.0-RC2 2019-May-17
667 Sawyer X 5.30.0 2019-May-22
668 Steve 5.30.1-RC1 2019-Oct-27
669 Steve 5.30.1 2019-Nov-10
670 Steve 5.30.2-RC1 2020-Feb-29
671 Steve 5.30.2 2020-Mar-14
672 Steve 5.30.3-RC1 2020-May-18
673 Steve 5.30.3 2020-Jun-01
674
675 Sawyer X 5.31.0 2019-May-24 The 5.31 development track
676 Ether 5.31.1 2019-Jun-20
677 Steve 5.31.2 2019-Jul-20
678 Tom H 5.31.3 2019-Aug-20
679 Max M 5.31.4 2019-Sep-20
680 Steve 5.31.5 2019-Oct-20
681 BinGOs 5.31.6 2019-Nov-20
682 Nicolas R 5.31.7 2019-Dec-20
683 Matthew H 5.31.8 2020-Jan-20
684 Renee 5.31.9 2020-Feb-20
685 Sawyer X 5.31.10 2020-Mar-20
686 Sawyer X 5.31.11 2020-Apr-28
687
688 Sawyer X 5.32.0-RC0 2020-May-30 The 5.32 maintenance track
689 Sawyer X 5.32.0-RC1 2020-Jun-07
690 Sawyer X 5.32.0 2020-Jun-20
691 Steve 5.32.1-RC1 2021-Jan-09
692 Steve 5.32.1 2021-Jan-23
693
694 Sawyer X 5.33.0 2020-Jul-17 The 5.33 development track
695 Ether 5.33.1 2020-Aug-20
696 Sawyer X 5.33.2 2020-Sep-20
697 Steve 5.33.3 2020-Oct-20
698 Tom H 5.33.4 2020-Nov-20
699 Max M 5.33.5 2020-Dec-20
700 Richard L 5.33.6 2021-Jan-20
701 Renee 5.33.7 2021-Feb-20
702 Nicolas R 5.33.8 2021-Mar-20
703 Todd R 5.33.9 2021-Apr-20
704
705 Sawyer X 5.34.0-RC1 2021-May-04 The 5.34 maintenance track
706 Sawyer X 5.34.0-RC2 2021-May-15
707 Sawyer X 5.34.0 2021-May-20
708
709 SELECTED RELEASE SIZES
710 For example the notation "core: 212 29" in the release 1.000 means
711 that it had in the core 212 kilobytes, in 29 files. The "core".."doc"
712 are explained below.
713
714 release core lib ext t doc
715 ======================================================================
716
717 1.000 212 29 - - - - 38 51 62 3
718 1.014 219 29 - - - - 39 52 68 4
719 2.000 309 31 2 3 - - 55 57 92 4
720 2.001 312 31 2 3 - - 55 57 94 4
721 3.000 508 36 24 11 - - 79 73 156 5
722 3.044 645 37 61 20 - - 90 74 190 6
723 4.000 635 37 59 20 - - 91 75 198 4
724 4.019 680 37 85 29 - - 98 76 199 4
725 4.036 709 37 89 30 - - 98 76 208 5
726 5.000alpha2 785 50 114 32 - - 112 86 209 5
727 5.000alpha3 801 50 117 33 - - 121 87 209 5
728 5.000alpha9 1022 56 149 43 116 29 125 90 217 6
729 5.000a12h 978 49 140 49 205 46 152 97 228 9
730 5.000b3h 1035 53 232 70 216 38 162 94 218 21
731 5.000 1038 53 250 76 216 38 154 92 536 62
732 5.001m 1071 54 388 82 240 38 159 95 544 29
733 5.002 1121 54 661 101 287 43 155 94 847 35
734 5.003 1129 54 680 102 291 43 166 100 853 35
735 5.003_07 1231 60 748 106 396 53 213 137 976 39
736 5.004 1351 60 1230 136 408 51 355 161 1587 55
737 5.004_01 1356 60 1258 138 410 51 358 161 1587 55
738 5.004_04 1375 60 1294 139 413 51 394 162 1629 55
739 5.004_05 1463 60 1435 150 394 50 445 175 1855 59
740 5.004_51 1401 61 1260 140 413 53 358 162 1594 56
741 5.004_53 1422 62 1295 141 438 70 394 162 1637 56
742 5.004_56 1501 66 1301 140 447 74 408 165 1648 57
743 5.004_59 1555 72 1317 142 448 74 424 171 1678 58
744 5.004_62 1602 77 1327 144 629 92 428 173 1674 58
745 5.004_65 1626 77 1358 146 615 92 446 179 1698 60
746 5.004_68 1856 74 1382 152 619 92 463 187 1784 60
747 5.004_70 1863 75 1456 154 675 92 494 194 1809 60
748 5.004_73 1874 76 1467 152 762 102 506 196 1883 61
749 5.004_75 1877 76 1467 152 770 103 508 196 1896 62
750 5.005 1896 76 1469 152 795 103 509 197 1945 63
751 5.005_03 1936 77 1541 153 813 104 551 201 2176 72
752 5.005_50 1969 78 1842 301 795 103 514 198 1948 63
753 5.005_53 1999 79 1885 303 806 104 602 224 2002 67
754 5.005_56 2086 79 1970 307 866 113 672 238 2221 75
755 5.6.0 2820 79 2626 364 1096 129 863 280 2840 93
756 5.6.1 2946 78 2921 430 1171 132 1024 304 3330 102
757 5.6.2 2947 78 3143 451 1247 127 1303 387 3406 102
758 5.7.0 2977 80 2801 425 1250 132 975 307 3206 100
759 5.7.1 3351 84 3442 455 1944 167 1334 357 3698 124
760 5.7.2 3491 87 4858 618 3290 298 1598 449 3910 139
761 5.7.3 3299 85 4295 537 2196 300 2176 626 4171 120
762 5.8.0 3489 87 4533 585 2437 331 2588 726 4368 125
763 5.8.1 3674 90 5104 623 2604 353 2983 836 4625 134
764 5.8.2 3633 90 5111 623 2623 357 3019 848 4634 135
765 5.8.3 3625 90 5141 624 2660 363 3083 869 4669 136
766 5.8.4 3653 90 5170 634 2684 368 3148 885 4689 137
767 5.8.5 3664 90 4260 303 2707 369 3208 898 4689 138
768 5.8.6 3690 90 4271 303 3141 396 3411 925 4709 139
769 5.8.7 3788 90 4322 307 3297 401 3485 964 4744 141
770 5.8.8 3895 90 4357 314 3409 431 3622 1017 4979 144
771 5.8.9 4132 93 5508 330 3826 529 4364 1234 5348 152
772 5.9.0 3657 90 4951 626 2603 354 3011 841 4609 135
773 5.9.1 3580 90 5196 634 2665 367 3186 889 4725 138
774 5.9.2 3863 90 4654 312 3283 403 3551 973 4800 142
775 5.9.3 4096 91 5318 381 4806 597 4272 1214 5139 147
776 5.9.4 4393 94 5718 415 4578 642 4646 1310 5335 153
777 5.9.5 4681 96 6849 479 4827 671 5155 1490 5572 159
778 5.10.0 4710 97 7050 486 4899 673 5275 1503 5673 160
779 5.10.1 4858 98 7440 519 6195 921 6147 1751 5151 163
780 5.12.0 4999 100 1146 121 15227 2176 6400 1843 5342 168
781 5.12.1 5000 100 1146 121 15283 2178 6407 1846 5354 169
782 5.12.2 5003 100 1146 121 15404 2178 6413 1846 5376 170
783 5.12.3 5004 100 1146 121 15529 2180 6417 1848 5391 171
784 5.14.0 5328 104 1100 114 17779 2479 7697 2130 5871 188
785 5.16.0 5562 109 1077 80 20504 2702 8750 2375 4815 152
786 5.18.0 5892 113 1088 79 20077 2760 9365 2439 4943 154
787 5.20.0 6243 115 1187 75 19499 2701 9620 2457 5145 159
788 5.22.0 7819 115 1284 77 19121 2635 9772 2434 5615 176
789 5.24.0 7922 113 1287 77 19535 2677 9994 2465 5702 177
790 5.26.0 9140 121 24925 1200 40643 3017 10514 2614 7854 211
791 5.28.0 13056 128 27267 1230 41745 3130 10952 2715 8185 218
792 5.30.0 13535 128 26294 1237 39643 3080 11083 2711 8252 222
793 5.32.0 14147 127 25562 1255 40869 3098 11334 2734 8407 225
794 5.34.0 14620 126 28150 1262 42711 3138 11535 2774 8791 228
795
796 The "core"..."doc" mean the following files from the Perl source code
797 distribution. The glob notation ** means recursively, (.) means
798 regular files.
799
800 core *.[hcy]
801 lib lib/**/*.p[ml]
802 ext ext/**/*.{[hcyt],xs,pm} (for -5.10.1) or
803 {dist,ext,cpan}/**/*.{[hcyt],xs,pm} (for 5.12.0-)
804 t t/**/*(.) (for 1-5.005_56) or **/*.t (for 5.6.0-5.7.3)
805 doc {README*,INSTALL,*[_.]man{,.?},pod/**/*.pod}
806
807 Here are some statistics for the other subdirectories and one file in
808 the Perl source distribution for somewhat more selected releases.
809
810 ======================================================================
811 Legend: kB #
812
813 1.014 2.001 3.044
814
815 Configure 31 1 37 1 62 1
816 eg - - 34 28 47 39
817 h2pl - - - - 12 12
818 msdos - - - - 41 13
819 os2 - - - - 63 22
820 usub - - - - 21 16
821 x2p 103 17 104 17 137 17
822
823 ======================================================================
824
825 4.000 4.019 4.036
826
827 atarist - - - - 113 31
828 Configure 73 1 83 1 86 1
829 eg 47 39 47 39 47 39
830 emacs 67 4 67 4 67 4
831 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12
832 hints - - 5 42 11 56
833 msdos 57 15 58 15 60 15
834 os2 81 29 81 29 113 31
835 usub 25 7 43 8 43 8
836 x2p 147 18 152 19 154 19
837
838 ======================================================================
839
840 5.000a2 5.000a12h 5.000b3h 5.000 5.001m
841
842 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
843 atarist 113 31 113 31 - - - - - -
844 bench - - 0 1 - - - - - -
845 Bugs 2 5 26 1 - - - - - -
846 dlperl 40 5 - - - - - - - -
847 do 127 71 - - - - - - - -
848 Configure - - 153 1 159 1 160 1 180 1
849 Doc - - 26 1 75 7 11 1 11 1
850 eg 79 58 53 44 51 43 54 44 54 44
851 emacs 67 4 104 6 104 6 104 1 104 6
852 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
853 hints 11 56 12 46 18 48 18 48 44 56
854 msdos 60 15 60 15 - - - - - -
855 os2 113 31 113 31 - - - - - -
856 U - - 62 8 112 42 - - - -
857 usub 43 8 - - - - - - - -
858 vms - - 80 7 123 9 184 15 304 20
859 x2p 171 22 171 21 162 20 162 20 279 20
860
861 ======================================================================
862
863 5.002 5.003 5.003_07
864
865 Configure 201 1 201 1 217 1
866 eg 54 44 54 44 54 44
867 emacs 108 1 108 1 143 1
868 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12
869 hints 73 59 77 60 90 62
870 os2 84 17 56 10 117 42
871 plan9 - - - - 79 15
872 Porting - - - - 51 1
873 utils 87 7 88 7 97 7
874 vms 500 24 475 26 505 27
875 x2p 280 20 280 20 280 19
876
877 ======================================================================
878
879 5.004 5.004_04 5.004_62 5.004_65 5.004_68
880
881 beos - - - - - - 1 1 1 1
882 Configure 225 1 225 1 240 1 248 1 256 1
883 cygwin32 23 5 23 5 23 5 24 5 24 5
884 djgpp - - - - 14 5 14 5 14 5
885 eg 81 62 81 62 81 62 81 62 81 62
886 emacs 194 1 204 1 212 2 212 2 212 2
887 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
888 hints 129 69 132 71 144 72 151 74 155 74
889 os2 121 42 127 42 127 44 129 44 129 44
890 plan9 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15
891 Porting 94 2 109 4 203 6 234 8 241 9
892 qnx 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2
893 utils 112 8 118 8 124 8 156 9 159 9
894 vms 518 34 524 34 538 34 569 34 569 34
895 win32 285 33 378 36 470 39 493 39 575 41
896 x2p 281 19 281 19 281 19 282 19 281 19
897
898 ======================================================================
899
900 5.004_70 5.004_73 5.004_75 5.005 5.005_03
901
902 apollo - - - - - - - - 0 1
903 beos 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
904 Configure 256 1 256 1 264 1 264 1 270 1
905 cygwin32 24 5 24 5 24 5 24 5 24 5
906 djgpp 14 5 14 5 14 5 14 5 15 5
907 eg 86 65 86 65 86 65 86 65 86 65
908 emacs 262 2 262 2 262 2 262 2 274 2
909 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
910 hints 157 74 157 74 159 74 160 74 179 77
911 mint - - - - - - - - 4 7
912 mpeix - - - - 5 3 5 3 5 3
913 os2 129 44 139 44 142 44 143 44 148 44
914 plan9 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15
915 Porting 241 9 253 9 259 10 264 12 272 13
916 qnx 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2
917 utils 160 9 160 9 160 9 160 9 164 9
918 vms 570 34 572 34 573 34 575 34 583 34
919 vos - - - - - - - - 156 10
920 win32 577 41 585 41 585 41 587 41 600 42
921 x2p 281 19 281 19 281 19 281 19 281 19
922
923 ======================================================================
924
925 5.6.0 5.6.1 5.6.2 5.7.3
926
927 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
928 beos 5 2 5 2 5 2 6 4
929 Configure 346 1 361 1 363 1 394 1
930 Cross - - - - - - 4 2
931 djgpp 19 6 19 6 19 6 21 7
932 eg 112 71 112 71 112 71 - -
933 emacs 303 4 319 4 319 4 319 4
934 epoc 29 8 35 8 35 8 36 8
935 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15
936 hints 242 83 250 84 321 89 272 87
937 mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9
938 mpeix 9 4 9 4 9 4 9 4
939 NetWare - - - - - - 423 57
940 os2 214 59 224 60 224 60 357 66
941 plan9 92 17 92 17 92 17 85 15
942 Porting 361 15 390 16 390 16 425 21
943 qnx 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3
944 utils 228 12 221 11 222 11 267 13
945 uts - - - - - - 12 3
946 vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4
947 vms 686 38 627 38 627 38 649 36
948 vos 227 12 249 15 248 15 281 17
949 win32 755 41 782 42 801 42 1006 50
950 x2p 307 20 307 20 307 20 345 20
951
952 ======================================================================
953
954 5.8.0 5.8.1 5.8.2 5.8.3 5.8.4
955
956 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
957 beos 6 4 6 4 6 4 6 4 6 4
958 Configure 472 1 493 1 493 1 493 1 494 1
959 Cross 4 2 45 10 45 10 45 10 45 10
960 djgpp 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7
961 emacs 319 4 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4
962 epoc 33 8 33 8 33 8 33 8 33 8
963 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15
964 hints 294 88 321 89 321 89 321 89 348 91
965 mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9
966 mpeix 24 5 25 5 25 5 25 5 25 5
967 NetWare 488 61 490 61 490 61 490 61 488 61
968 os2 361 66 445 67 450 67 488 67 488 67
969 plan9 85 15 325 17 325 17 325 17 321 17
970 Porting 479 22 537 32 538 32 539 32 538 33
971 qnx 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3
972 utils 275 15 258 16 258 16 263 19 263 19
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 648 36 654 36 654 36 656 36 656 36
976 vos 330 20 335 20 335 20 335 20 335 20
977 win32 1062 49 1125 49 1127 49 1126 49 1181 56
978 x2p 347 20 348 20 348 20 348 20 348 20
979
980 ======================================================================
981
982 5.8.5 5.8.6 5.8.7 5.8.8 5.8.9
983
984 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
985 beos 6 4 6 4 8 4 8 4 8 4
986 Configure 494 1 494 1 495 1 506 1 520 1
987 Cross 45 10 45 10 45 10 45 10 46 10
988 djgpp 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7
989 emacs 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4 406 4
990 epoc 33 8 33 8 33 8 34 8 35 8
991 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15
992 hints 350 91 352 91 355 94 360 94 387 99
993 mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9
994 mpeix 25 5 25 5 25 5 49 6 49 6
995 NetWare 488 61 488 61 488 61 490 61 491 61
996 os2 488 67 488 67 488 67 488 67 552 70
997 plan9 321 17 321 17 321 17 322 17 324 17
998 Porting 538 34 548 35 549 35 564 37 625 41
999 qnx 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3
1000 utils 265 19 265 19 266 19 267 19 281 21
1001 uts 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3
1002 vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4
1003 vms 657 36 658 36 662 36 664 36 716 35
1004 vos 335 20 335 20 335 20 336 21 345 22
1005 win32 1183 56 1190 56 1199 56 1219 56 1484 68
1006 x2p 349 20 349 20 349 20 349 19 350 19
1007
1008 ======================================================================
1009
1010 5.9.0 5.9.1 5.9.2 5.9.3 5.9.4
1011
1012 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
1013 beos 6 4 6 4 8 4 8 4 8 4
1014 Configure 493 1 493 1 495 1 508 1 512 1
1015 Cross 45 10 45 10 45 10 45 10 46 10
1016 djgpp 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7
1017 emacs 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4
1018 epoc 33 8 33 8 33 8 34 8 34 8
1019 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15
1020 hints 321 89 346 91 355 94 359 94 366 96
1021 mad - - - - - - - - 174 6
1022 mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9
1023 mpeix 25 5 25 5 25 5 49 6 49 6
1024 NetWare 489 61 487 61 487 61 489 61 489 61
1025 os2 444 67 488 67 488 67 488 67 488 67
1026 plan9 325 17 321 17 321 17 322 17 323 17
1027 Porting 537 32 536 33 549 36 564 38 576 38
1028 qnx 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3
1029 symbian - - - - - - 293 53 293 53
1030 utils 258 16 263 19 268 20 273 23 275 24
1031 uts 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3
1032 vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4
1033 vms 660 36 547 33 553 33 661 33 696 33
1034 vos 11 7 11 7 11 7 11 7 11 7
1035 win32 1120 49 1124 51 1191 56 1209 56 1719 90
1036 x2p 348 20 348 20 349 20 349 19 349 19
1037
1038 ======================================================================
1039
1040 5.9.5 5.10.0 5.10.1 5.12.0 5.12.1
1041
1042 apollo 8 3 8 3 0 3 0 3 0 3
1043 beos 8 4 8 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
1044 Configure 518 1 518 1 533 1 536 1 536 1
1045 Cross 122 15 122 15 119 15 118 15 118 15
1046 djgpp 21 7 21 7 17 7 17 7 17 7
1047 emacs 329 4 406 4 402 4 402 4 402 4
1048 epoc 34 8 35 8 31 8 31 8 31 8
1049 h2pl 24 15 24 15 12 15 12 15 12 15
1050 hints 377 98 381 98 385 100 368 97 368 97
1051 mad 182 8 182 8 174 8 174 8 174 8
1052 mint 11 9 11 9 3 9 - - - -
1053 mpeix 49 6 49 6 45 6 45 6 45 6
1054 NetWare 489 61 489 61 465 61 466 61 466 61
1055 os2 552 70 552 70 507 70 507 70 507 70
1056 plan9 324 17 324 17 316 17 316 17 316 17
1057 Porting 627 40 632 40 933 53 749 54 749 54
1058 qnx 5 3 5 4 1 4 1 4 1 4
1059 symbian 300 54 300 54 290 54 288 54 288 54
1060 utils 260 26 264 27 268 27 269 27 269 27
1061 uts 12 3 12 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
1062 vmesa 25 4 25 4 21 4 21 4 21 4
1063 vms 690 32 722 32 693 30 645 18 645 18
1064 vos 19 8 19 8 16 8 16 8 16 8
1065 win32 1482 68 1485 68 1497 70 1841 73 1841 73
1066 x2p 349 19 349 19 345 19 345 19 345 19
1067
1068 ======================================================================
1069
1070 5.12.2 5.12.3 5.14.0 5.16.0 5.18.0
1071
1072 apollo 0 3 0 3 - - - - - -
1073 beos 4 4 4 4 5 4 5 4 - -
1074 Configure 536 1 536 1 539 1 547 1 550 1
1075 Cross 118 15 118 15 118 15 118 15 118 15
1076 djgpp 17 7 17 7 18 7 18 7 18 7
1077 emacs 402 4 402 4 - - - - - -
1078 epoc 31 8 31 8 32 8 30 8 - -
1079 h2pl 12 15 12 15 15 15 15 15 13 15
1080 hints 368 97 368 97 370 96 371 96 354 91
1081 mad 174 8 174 8 176 8 176 8 174 8
1082 mpeix 45 6 45 6 46 6 46 6 - -
1083 NetWare 466 61 466 61 473 61 472 61 469 61
1084 os2 507 70 507 70 518 70 519 70 510 70
1085 plan9 316 17 316 17 319 17 319 17 318 17
1086 Porting 750 54 750 54 855 60 1093 69 1149 70
1087 qnx 1 4 1 4 2 4 2 4 1 4
1088 symbian 288 54 288 54 292 54 292 54 290 54
1089 utils 269 27 269 27 249 29 245 30 246 31
1090 uts 8 3 8 3 9 3 9 3 - -
1091 vmesa 21 4 21 4 22 4 22 4 - -
1092 vms 646 18 644 18 639 17 571 15 564 15
1093 vos 16 8 16 8 17 8 9 7 8 7
1094 win32 1841 73 1841 73 1833 72 1655 67 1157 62
1095 x2p 345 19 345 19 346 19 345 19 344 20
1096
1097 ======================================================================
1098
1099 5.20.0 5.22.0 5.24.0
1100
1101 Configure 552 1 570 1 586 1
1102 Cross 118 15 118 15 118 15
1103 djgpp 18 7 17 7 17 7
1104 h2pl 13 15 13 15 13 15
1105 hints 355 90 356 87 362 87
1106 mad 174 8 - - - -
1107 NetWare 467 61 466 61 467 61
1108 os2 510 70 510 70 510 70
1109 plan9 316 17 317 17 314 17
1110 Porting 1204 68 1393 71 1321 71
1111 qnx 1 4 1 4 1 4
1112 symbian 290 54 291 54 292 54
1113 utils 241 27 242 27 679 53
1114 vms 538 12 532 12 524 12
1115 vos 8 7 8 7 8 7
1116 win32 1183 64 1201 64 1268 65
1117 x2p 341 19 - - - -
1118
1119 ======================================================================
1120
1121 5.26.0 5.28.0 5.30.0
1122
1123 Configure 593 1 580 1 587 1
1124 Cross 122 15 125 15 126 15
1125 djgpp 21 7 21 7 21 7
1126 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15
1127 hints 376 87 364 85 372 86
1128 mad - - - - - -
1129 NetWare 499 61 493 61 493 61
1130 os2 552 70 552 70 552 70
1131 plan9 322 17 309 17 308 17
1132 Porting 1380 73 1462 75 1460 74
1133 qnx 5 4 5 4 5 4
1134 symbian 315 54 315 54 315 54
1135 utils 578 50 584 50 587 50
1136 vms 527 12 526 12 526 12
1137 vos 12 7 12 7 12 7
1138 win32 1313 65 1326 65 1331 65
1139 x2p - - - - - -
1140
1141 5.32.0 5.34.0
1142
1143 Configure 588 1 592 1
1144 Cross 126 15 126 15
1145 djgpp 21 7 22 7
1146 h2pl 24 15 24 15
1147 hints 363 86 364 86
1148 NetWare 484 61 533 61
1149 os2 552 70 580 70
1150 plan9 308 17 325 20
1151 Porting 1482 75 1514 75
1152 qnx 5 4 5 4
1153 symbian 307 54 - -
1154 utils 583 52 597 52
1155 vms 527 12 549 12
1156 vos 12 7 12 7
1157 win32 1011 47 1001 46
1158
1159 SELECTED PATCH SIZES
1160 The "diff lines kB" means that for example the patch 5.003_08, to be
1161 applied on top of the 5.003_07 (or whatever was before the 5.003_08)
1162 added lines for 110 kilobytes, it removed lines for 19 kilobytes, and
1163 changed lines for 424 kilobytes. Just the lines themselves are
1164 counted, not their context. The "+ - !" become from the diff(1)
1165 context diff output format.
1166
1167 Pump- Release Date diff lines kB
1168 king -------------
1169 + - !
1170 ======================================================================
1171
1172 Chip 5.003_08 1996-Nov-19 110 19 424
1173 5.003_09 1996-Nov-26 38 9 248
1174 5.003_10 1996-Nov-29 29 2 27
1175 5.003_11 1996-Dec-06 73 12 165
1176 5.003_12 1996-Dec-19 275 6 436
1177 5.003_13 1996-Dec-20 95 1 56
1178 5.003_14 1996-Dec-23 23 7 333
1179 5.003_15 1996-Dec-23 0 0 1
1180 5.003_16 1996-Dec-24 12 3 50
1181 5.003_17 1996-Dec-27 19 1 14
1182 5.003_18 1996-Dec-31 21 1 32
1183 5.003_19 1997-Jan-04 80 3 85
1184 5.003_20 1997-Jan-07 18 1 146
1185 5.003_21 1997-Jan-15 38 10 221
1186 5.003_22 1997-Jan-16 4 0 18
1187 5.003_23 1997-Jan-25 71 15 119
1188 5.003_24 1997-Jan-29 426 1 20
1189 5.003_25 1997-Feb-04 21 8 169
1190 5.003_26 1997-Feb-10 16 1 15
1191 5.003_27 1997-Feb-18 32 10 38
1192 5.003_28 1997-Feb-21 58 4 66
1193 5.003_90 1997-Feb-25 22 2 34
1194 5.003_91 1997-Mar-01 37 1 39
1195 5.003_92 1997-Mar-06 16 3 69
1196 5.003_93 1997-Mar-10 12 3 15
1197 5.003_94 1997-Mar-22 407 7 200
1198 5.003_95 1997-Mar-25 41 1 37
1199 5.003_96 1997-Apr-01 283 5 261
1200 5.003_97 1997-Apr-03 13 2 34
1201 5.003_97a 1997-Apr-05 57 1 27
1202 5.003_97b 1997-Apr-08 14 1 20
1203 5.003_97c 1997-Apr-10 20 1 16
1204 5.003_97d 1997-Apr-13 8 0 16
1205 5.003_97e 1997-Apr-15 15 4 46
1206 5.003_97f 1997-Apr-17 7 1 33
1207 5.003_97g 1997-Apr-18 6 1 42
1208 5.003_97h 1997-Apr-24 23 3 68
1209 5.003_97i 1997-Apr-25 23 1 31
1210 5.003_97j 1997-Apr-28 36 1 49
1211 5.003_98 1997-Apr-30 171 12 539
1212 5.003_99 1997-May-01 6 0 7
1213 5.003_99a 1997-May-09 36 2 61
1214 p54rc1 1997-May-12 8 1 11
1215 p54rc2 1997-May-14 6 0 40
1216
1217 5.004 1997-May-15 4 0 4
1218
1219 Tim 5.004_01 1997-Jun-13 222 14 57
1220 5.004_02 1997-Aug-07 112 16 119
1221 5.004_03 1997-Sep-05 109 0 17
1222 5.004_04 1997-Oct-15 66 8 173
1223
1224 The patch-free era
1225
1226 In more modern times, named releases don't come as often, and as
1227 progress can be followed (nearly) instantly (with rsync, and since late
1228 2008, git) patches between versions are no longer provided. However,
1229 that doesn't keep us from calculating how large a patch could have
1230 been. Which is shown in the table below. Unless noted otherwise, the
1231 size mentioned is the patch to bring version x.y.z to x.y.z+1.
1232
1233 Sarathy 5.6.1 2001-Apr-08 531 44 651
1234 Rafael 5.6.2 2003-Nov-15 20 11 1819
1235
1236 Jarkko 5.8.0 2002-Jul-18 1205 31 471 From 5.7.3
1237
1238 5.8.1 2003-Sep-25 243 102 6162
1239 Nicholas 5.8.2 2003-Nov-05 10 50 788
1240 5.8.3 2004-Jan-14 31 13 360
1241 5.8.4 2004-Apr-21 33 8 299
1242 5.8.5 2004-Jul-19 11 19 255
1243 5.8.6 2004-Nov-27 35 3 192
1244 5.8.7 2005-May-30 75 34 778
1245 5.8.8 2006-Jan-31 131 42 1251
1246 5.8.9 2008-Dec-14 340 132 12988
1247
1248 Hugo 5.9.0 2003-Oct-27 281 168 7132 From 5.8.0
1249 Rafael 5.9.1 2004-Mar-16 57 250 2107
1250 5.9.2 2005-Apr-01 720 57 858
1251 5.9.3 2006-Jan-28 1124 102 1906
1252 5.9.4 2006-Aug-15 896 60 862
1253 5.9.5 2007-Jul-07 1149 128 1062
1254
1255 5.10.0 2007-Dec-18 50 31 13111 From 5.9.5
1256
1258 Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>.
1259
1260 Thanks to the collective memory of the Perlfolk. In addition to the
1261 Keepers of the Pumpkin also Alan Champion, Mark Dominus, Andreas
1262 Koenig, John Macdonald, Matthias Neeracher, Jeff Okamoto, Michael
1263 Peppler, Randal Schwartz, and Paul D. Smith sent corrections and
1264 additions. Abigail added file and patch size data for the 5.6.0 - 5.10
1265 era.
1266
1267
1268
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