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.
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, Tom Hukins, Richard Leach, and Neil
36 Bowers.
37 PUMPKIN?
39 [from Porting/pumpkin.pod in the Perl source code distribution]
40 Chip Salzenberg gets credit for that, with a nod to his cow orker,
42 David Croy. We had passed around various names (baton, token, hot
43 potato) but none caught on. Then, Chip asked:
44 [begin quote]
46 Who has the patch pumpkin?
48 To explain: David Croy once told me that at a previous job, there was
50 one tape drive and multiple systems that used it for backups. But
51 instead of some high-tech exclusion software, they used a low-tech
52 method to prevent multiple simultaneous backups: a stuffed pumpkin. No
53 one was allowed to make backups unless they had the "backup pumpkin".
54 [end quote]
56 The name has stuck. The holder of the pumpkin is sometimes called the
58 pumpking (keeping the source afloat?) or the pumpkineer (pulling the
59 strings?).
60
62 Pump- Release Date Notes
63 kin (by no means
64 Holder comprehensive,
65 see Changes*
66 for details)
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68 Larry 0 Classified. Don't ask.
70 Larry 1.000 1987-Dec-18
72 1.001..10 1988-Jan-30
74 1.011..14 1988-Feb-02
75 Schwern 1.0.15 2002-Dec-18 Modernization
76 Richard 1.0_16 2003-Dec-18
77 Larry 2.000 1988-Jun-05
79 2.001 1988-Jun-28
81 Larry 3.000 1989-Oct-18
83 3.001 1989-Oct-26
85 3.002..4 1989-Nov-11
86 3.005 1989-Nov-18
87 3.006..8 1989-Dec-22
88 3.009..13 1990-Mar-02
89 3.014 1990-Mar-13
90 3.015 1990-Mar-14
91 3.016..18 1990-Mar-28
92 3.019..27 1990-Aug-10 User subs.
93 3.028 1990-Aug-14
94 3.029..36 1990-Oct-17
95 3.037 1990-Oct-20
96 3.040 1990-Nov-10
97 3.041 1990-Nov-13
98 3.042..43 1991-Jan-??
99 3.044 1991-Jan-12
100 Larry 4.000 1991-Mar-21
102 4.001..3 1991-Apr-12
104 4.004..9 1991-Jun-07
105 4.010 1991-Jun-10
106 4.011..18 1991-Nov-05
107 4.019 1991-Nov-11 Stable.
108 4.020..33 1992-Jun-08
109 4.034 1992-Jun-11
110 4.035 1992-Jun-23
111 Larry 4.036 1993-Feb-05 Very stable.
112 5.000alpha1 1993-Jul-31
114 5.000alpha2 1993-Aug-16
115 5.000alpha3 1993-Oct-10
116 5.000alpha4 1993-???-??
117 5.000alpha5 1993-???-??
118 5.000alpha6 1994-Mar-18
119 5.000alpha7 1994-Mar-25
120 Andy 5.000alpha8 1994-Apr-04
121 Larry 5.000alpha9 1994-May-05 ext appears.
122 5.000alpha10 1994-Jun-11
123 5.000alpha11 1994-Jul-01
124 Andy 5.000a11a 1994-Jul-07 To fit 14.
125 5.000a11b 1994-Jul-14
126 5.000a11c 1994-Jul-19
127 5.000a11d 1994-Jul-22
128 Larry 5.000alpha12 1994-Aug-04
129 Andy 5.000a12a 1994-Aug-08
130 5.000a12b 1994-Aug-15
131 5.000a12c 1994-Aug-22
132 5.000a12d 1994-Aug-22
133 5.000a12e 1994-Aug-22
134 5.000a12f 1994-Aug-24
135 5.000a12g 1994-Aug-24
136 5.000a12h 1994-Aug-24
137 Larry 5.000beta1 1994-Aug-30
138 Andy 5.000b1a 1994-Sep-06
139 Larry 5.000beta2 1994-Sep-14 Core slushified.
140 Andy 5.000b2a 1994-Sep-14
141 5.000b2b 1994-Sep-17
142 5.000b2c 1994-Sep-17
143 Larry 5.000beta3 1994-Sep-??
144 Andy 5.000b3a 1994-Sep-18
145 5.000b3b 1994-Sep-22
146 5.000b3c 1994-Sep-23
147 5.000b3d 1994-Sep-27
148 5.000b3e 1994-Sep-28
149 5.000b3f 1994-Sep-30
150 5.000b3g 1994-Oct-04
151 Andy 5.000b3h 1994-Oct-07
152 Larry? 5.000gamma 1994-Oct-13?
153 Larry 5.000 1994-Oct-17
155 Andy 5.000a 1994-Dec-19
157 5.000b 1995-Jan-18
158 5.000c 1995-Jan-18
159 5.000d 1995-Jan-18
160 5.000e 1995-Jan-18
161 5.000f 1995-Jan-18
162 5.000g 1995-Jan-18
163 5.000h 1995-Jan-18
164 5.000i 1995-Jan-26
165 5.000j 1995-Feb-07
166 5.000k 1995-Feb-11
167 5.000l 1995-Feb-21
168 5.000m 1995-Feb-28
169 5.000n 1995-Mar-07
170 5.000o 1995-Mar-13?
171 Larry 5.001 1995-Mar-13
173 Andy 5.001a 1995-Mar-15
175 5.001b 1995-Mar-31
176 5.001c 1995-Apr-07
177 5.001d 1995-Apr-14
178 5.001e 1995-Apr-18 Stable.
179 5.001f 1995-May-31
180 5.001g 1995-May-25
181 5.001h 1995-May-25
182 5.001i 1995-May-30
183 5.001j 1995-Jun-05
184 5.001k 1995-Jun-06
185 5.001l 1995-Jun-06 Stable.
186 5.001m 1995-Jul-02 Very stable.
187 5.001n 1995-Oct-31 Very unstable.
188 5.002beta1 1995-Nov-21
189 5.002b1a 1995-Dec-04
190 5.002b1b 1995-Dec-04
191 5.002b1c 1995-Dec-04
192 5.002b1d 1995-Dec-04
193 5.002b1e 1995-Dec-08
194 5.002b1f 1995-Dec-08
195 Tom 5.002b1g 1995-Dec-21 Doc release.
196 Andy 5.002b1h 1996-Jan-05
197 5.002b2 1996-Jan-14
198 Larry 5.002b3 1996-Feb-02
199 Andy 5.002gamma 1996-Feb-11
200 Larry 5.002delta 1996-Feb-27
201 Larry 5.002 1996-Feb-29 Prototypes.
203 Charles 5.002_01 1996-Mar-25
205 5.003 1996-Jun-25 Security release.
207 5.003_01 1996-Jul-31
209 Nick 5.003_02 1996-Aug-10
210 Andy 5.003_03 1996-Aug-28
211 5.003_04 1996-Sep-02
212 5.003_05 1996-Sep-12
213 5.003_06 1996-Oct-07
214 5.003_07 1996-Oct-10
215 Chip 5.003_08 1996-Nov-19
216 5.003_09 1996-Nov-26
217 5.003_10 1996-Nov-29
218 5.003_11 1996-Dec-06
219 5.003_12 1996-Dec-19
220 5.003_13 1996-Dec-20
221 5.003_14 1996-Dec-23
222 5.003_15 1996-Dec-23
223 5.003_16 1996-Dec-24
224 5.003_17 1996-Dec-27
225 5.003_18 1996-Dec-31
226 5.003_19 1997-Jan-04
227 5.003_20 1997-Jan-07
228 5.003_21 1997-Jan-15
229 5.003_22 1997-Jan-16
230 5.003_23 1997-Jan-25
231 5.003_24 1997-Jan-29
232 5.003_25 1997-Feb-04
233 5.003_26 1997-Feb-10
234 5.003_27 1997-Feb-18
235 5.003_28 1997-Feb-21
236 5.003_90 1997-Feb-25 Ramping up to the 5.004 release.
237 5.003_91 1997-Mar-01
238 5.003_92 1997-Mar-06
239 5.003_93 1997-Mar-10
240 5.003_94 1997-Mar-22
241 5.003_95 1997-Mar-25
242 5.003_96 1997-Apr-01
243 5.003_97 1997-Apr-03 Fairly widely used.
244 5.003_97a 1997-Apr-05
245 5.003_97b 1997-Apr-08
246 5.003_97c 1997-Apr-10
247 5.003_97d 1997-Apr-13
248 5.003_97e 1997-Apr-15
249 5.003_97f 1997-Apr-17
250 5.003_97g 1997-Apr-18
251 5.003_97h 1997-Apr-24
252 5.003_97i 1997-Apr-25
253 5.003_97j 1997-Apr-28
254 5.003_98 1997-Apr-30
255 5.003_99 1997-May-01
256 5.003_99a 1997-May-09
257 p54rc1 1997-May-12 Release Candidates.
258 p54rc2 1997-May-14
259 Chip 5.004 1997-May-15 A major maintenance release.
261 Tim 5.004_01-t1 1997-???-?? The 5.004 maintenance track.
263 5.004_01-t2 1997-Jun-11 aka perl5.004m1t2
264 5.004_01 1997-Jun-13
265 5.004_01_01 1997-Jul-29 aka perl5.004m2t1
266 5.004_01_02 1997-Aug-01 aka perl5.004m2t2
267 5.004_01_03 1997-Aug-05 aka perl5.004m2t3
268 5.004_02 1997-Aug-07
269 5.004_02_01 1997-Aug-12 aka perl5.004m3t1
270 5.004_03-t2 1997-Aug-13 aka perl5.004m3t2
271 5.004_03 1997-Sep-05
272 5.004_04-t1 1997-Sep-19 aka perl5.004m4t1
273 5.004_04-t2 1997-Sep-23 aka perl5.004m4t2
274 5.004_04-t3 1997-Oct-10 aka perl5.004m4t3
275 5.004_04-t4 1997-Oct-14 aka perl5.004m4t4
276 5.004_04 1997-Oct-15
277 5.004_04-m1 1998-Mar-04 (5.004m5t1) Maint. trials for 5.004_05.
278 5.004_04-m2 1998-May-01
279 5.004_04-m3 1998-May-15
280 5.004_04-m4 1998-May-19
281 5.004_05-MT5 1998-Jul-21
282 5.004_05-MT6 1998-Oct-09
283 5.004_05-MT7 1998-Nov-22
284 5.004_05-MT8 1998-Dec-03
285 Chip 5.004_05-MT9 1999-Apr-26
286 5.004_05 1999-Apr-29
287 Malcolm 5.004_50 1997-Sep-09 The 5.005 development track.
289 5.004_51 1997-Oct-02
290 5.004_52 1997-Oct-15
291 5.004_53 1997-Oct-16
292 5.004_54 1997-Nov-14
293 5.004_55 1997-Nov-25
294 5.004_56 1997-Dec-18
295 5.004_57 1998-Feb-03
296 5.004_58 1998-Feb-06
297 5.004_59 1998-Feb-13
298 5.004_60 1998-Feb-20
299 5.004_61 1998-Feb-27
300 5.004_62 1998-Mar-06
301 5.004_63 1998-Mar-17
302 5.004_64 1998-Apr-03
303 5.004_65 1998-May-15
304 5.004_66 1998-May-29
305 Sarathy 5.004_67 1998-Jun-15
306 5.004_68 1998-Jun-23
307 5.004_69 1998-Jun-29
308 5.004_70 1998-Jul-06
309 5.004_71 1998-Jul-09
310 5.004_72 1998-Jul-12
311 5.004_73 1998-Jul-13
312 5.004_74 1998-Jul-14 5.005 beta candidate.
313 5.004_75 1998-Jul-15 5.005 beta1.
314 5.004_76 1998-Jul-21 5.005 beta2.
315 Sarathy 5.005 1998-Jul-22 Oneperl.
317 Sarathy 5.005_01 1998-Jul-27 The 5.005 maintenance track.
319 5.005_02-T1 1998-Aug-02
320 5.005_02-T2 1998-Aug-05
321 5.005_02 1998-Aug-08
322 Graham 5.005_03-MT1 1998-Nov-30
323 5.005_03-MT2 1999-Jan-04
324 5.005_03-MT3 1999-Jan-17
325 5.005_03-MT4 1999-Jan-26
326 5.005_03-MT5 1999-Jan-28
327 5.005_03-MT6 1999-Mar-05
328 5.005_03 1999-Mar-28
329 Leon 5.005_04-RC1 2004-Feb-05
330 5.005_04-RC2 2004-Feb-18
331 5.005_04 2004-Feb-23
332 5.005_05-RC1 2009-Feb-16
333 Sarathy 5.005_50 1998-Jul-26 The 5.6 development track.
335 5.005_51 1998-Aug-10
336 5.005_52 1998-Sep-25
337 5.005_53 1998-Oct-31
338 5.005_54 1998-Nov-30
339 5.005_55 1999-Feb-16
340 5.005_56 1999-Mar-01
341 5.005_57 1999-May-25
342 5.005_58 1999-Jul-27
343 5.005_59 1999-Aug-02
344 5.005_60 1999-Aug-02
345 5.005_61 1999-Aug-20
346 5.005_62 1999-Oct-15
347 5.005_63 1999-Dec-09
348 5.5.640 2000-Feb-02
349 5.5.650 2000-Feb-08 beta1
350 5.5.660 2000-Feb-22 beta2
351 5.5.670 2000-Feb-29 beta3
352 5.6.0-RC1 2000-Mar-09 Release candidate 1.
353 5.6.0-RC2 2000-Mar-14 Release candidate 2.
354 5.6.0-RC3 2000-Mar-21 Release candidate 3.
355 Sarathy 5.6.0 2000-Mar-22
357 Sarathy 5.6.1-TRIAL1 2000-Dec-18 The 5.6 maintenance track.
359 5.6.1-TRIAL2 2001-Jan-31
360 5.6.1-TRIAL3 2001-Mar-19
361 5.6.1-foolish 2001-Apr-01 The "fools-gold" release.
362 5.6.1 2001-Apr-08
363 Rafael 5.6.2-RC1 2003-Nov-08
364 5.6.2 2003-Nov-15 Fix new build issues
365 Jarkko 5.7.0 2000-Sep-02 The 5.7 track: Development.
367 5.7.1 2001-Apr-09
368 5.7.2 2001-Jul-13 Virtual release candidate 0.
369 5.7.3 2002-Mar-05
370 5.8.0-RC1 2002-Jun-01
371 5.8.0-RC2 2002-Jun-21
372 5.8.0-RC3 2002-Jul-13
373 Jarkko 5.8.0 2002-Jul-18
375 Jarkko 5.8.1-RC1 2003-Jul-10 The 5.8 maintenance track
377 5.8.1-RC2 2003-Jul-11
378 5.8.1-RC3 2003-Jul-30
379 5.8.1-RC4 2003-Aug-01
380 5.8.1-RC5 2003-Sep-22
381 5.8.1 2003-Sep-25
382 Nicholas 5.8.2-RC1 2003-Oct-27
383 5.8.2-RC2 2003-Nov-03
384 5.8.2 2003-Nov-05
385 5.8.3-RC1 2004-Jan-07
386 5.8.3 2004-Jan-14
387 5.8.4-RC1 2004-Apr-05
388 5.8.4-RC2 2004-Apr-15
389 5.8.4 2004-Apr-21
390 5.8.5-RC1 2004-Jul-06
391 5.8.5-RC2 2004-Jul-08
392 5.8.5 2004-Jul-19
393 5.8.6-RC1 2004-Nov-11
394 5.8.6 2004-Nov-27
395 5.8.7-RC1 2005-May-18
396 5.8.7 2005-May-30
397 5.8.8-RC1 2006-Jan-20
398 5.8.8 2006-Jan-31
399 5.8.9-RC1 2008-Nov-10
400 5.8.9-RC2 2008-Dec-06
401 5.8.9 2008-Dec-14
402 Hugo 5.9.0 2003-Oct-27 The 5.9 development track
404 Rafael 5.9.1 2004-Mar-16
405 5.9.2 2005-Apr-01
406 5.9.3 2006-Jan-28
407 5.9.4 2006-Aug-15
408 5.9.5 2007-Jul-07
409 5.10.0-RC1 2007-Nov-17
410 5.10.0-RC2 2007-Nov-25
411 Rafael 5.10.0 2007-Dec-18
413 David M 5.10.1-RC1 2009-Aug-06 The 5.10 maintenance track
415 5.10.1-RC2 2009-Aug-18
416 5.10.1 2009-Aug-22
417 Jesse 5.11.0 2009-Oct-02 The 5.11 development track
419 5.11.1 2009-Oct-20
420 Leon 5.11.2 2009-Nov-20
421 Jesse 5.11.3 2009-Dec-20
422 Ricardo 5.11.4 2010-Jan-20
423 Steve 5.11.5 2010-Feb-20
424 Jesse 5.12.0-RC0 2010-Mar-21
425 5.12.0-RC1 2010-Mar-29
426 5.12.0-RC2 2010-Apr-01
427 5.12.0-RC3 2010-Apr-02
428 5.12.0-RC4 2010-Apr-06
429 5.12.0-RC5 2010-Apr-09
430 Jesse 5.12.0 2010-Apr-12
432 Jesse 5.12.1-RC2 2010-May-13 The 5.12 maintenance track
434 5.12.1-RC1 2010-May-09
435 5.12.1 2010-May-16
436 5.12.2-RC2 2010-Aug-31
437 5.12.2 2010-Sep-06
438 Ricardo 5.12.3-RC1 2011-Jan-09
439 Ricardo 5.12.3-RC2 2011-Jan-14
440 Ricardo 5.12.3-RC3 2011-Jan-17
441 Ricardo 5.12.3 2011-Jan-21
442 Leon 5.12.4-RC1 2011-Jun-08
443 Leon 5.12.4 2011-Jun-20
444 Dominic 5.12.5 2012-Nov-10
445 Leon 5.13.0 2010-Apr-20 The 5.13 development track
447 Ricardo 5.13.1 2010-May-20
448 Matt 5.13.2 2010-Jun-22
449 David G 5.13.3 2010-Jul-20
450 Florian 5.13.4 2010-Aug-20
451 Steve 5.13.5 2010-Sep-19
452 Miyagawa 5.13.6 2010-Oct-20
453 BinGOs 5.13.7 2010-Nov-20
454 Zefram 5.13.8 2010-Dec-20
455 Jesse 5.13.9 2011-Jan-20
456 AEvar 5.13.10 2011-Feb-20
457 Florian 5.13.11 2011-Mar-20
458 Jesse 5.14.0RC1 2011-Apr-20
459 Jesse 5.14.0RC2 2011-May-04
460 Jesse 5.14.0RC3 2011-May-11
461 Jesse 5.14.0 2011-May-14 The 5.14 maintenance track
463 Jesse 5.14.1 2011-Jun-16
464 Florian 5.14.2-RC1 2011-Sep-19
465 5.14.2 2011-Sep-26
466 Dominic 5.14.3 2012-Oct-12
467 David M 5.14.4-RC1 2013-Mar-05
468 David M 5.14.4-RC2 2013-Mar-07
469 David M 5.14.4 2013-Mar-10
470 David G 5.15.0 2011-Jun-20 The 5.15 development track
472 Zefram 5.15.1 2011-Jul-20
473 Ricardo 5.15.2 2011-Aug-20
474 Stevan 5.15.3 2011-Sep-20
475 Florian 5.15.4 2011-Oct-20
476 Steve 5.15.5 2011-Nov-20
477 Dave R 5.15.6 2011-Dec-20
478 BinGOs 5.15.7 2012-Jan-20
479 Max M 5.15.8 2012-Feb-20
480 Abigail 5.15.9 2012-Mar-20
481 Ricardo 5.16.0-RC0 2012-May-10
482 Ricardo 5.16.0-RC1 2012-May-14
483 Ricardo 5.16.0-RC2 2012-May-15
484 Ricardo 5.16.0 2012-May-20 The 5.16 maintenance track
486 Ricardo 5.16.1 2012-Aug-08
487 Ricardo 5.16.2 2012-Nov-01
488 Ricardo 5.16.3-RC1 2013-Mar-06
489 Ricardo 5.16.3 2013-Mar-11
490 Zefram 5.17.0 2012-May-26 The 5.17 development track
492 Jesse L 5.17.1 2012-Jun-20
493 TonyC 5.17.2 2012-Jul-20
494 Steve 5.17.3 2012-Aug-20
495 Florian 5.17.4 2012-Sep-20
496 Florian 5.17.5 2012-Oct-20
497 Ricardo 5.17.6 2012-Nov-20
498 Dave R 5.17.7 2012-Dec-18
499 Aaron 5.17.8 2013-Jan-20
500 BinGOs 5.17.9 2013-Feb-20
501 Max M 5.17.10 2013-Mar-21
502 Ricardo 5.17.11 2013-Apr-20
503 Ricardo 5.18.0-RC1 2013-May-11 The 5.18 maintenance track
505 Ricardo 5.18.0-RC2 2013-May-12
506 Ricardo 5.18.0-RC3 2013-May-13
507 Ricardo 5.18.0-RC4 2013-May-15
508 Ricardo 5.18.0 2013-May-18
509 Ricardo 5.18.1-RC1 2013-Aug-01
510 Ricardo 5.18.1-RC2 2013-Aug-03
511 Ricardo 5.18.1-RC3 2013-Aug-08
512 Ricardo 5.18.1 2013-Aug-12
513 Ricardo 5.18.2 2014-Jan-06
514 Ricardo 5.18.3-RC1 2014-Sep-17
515 Ricardo 5.18.3-RC2 2014-Sep-27
516 Ricardo 5.18.3 2014-Oct-01
517 Ricardo 5.18.4 2014-Oct-01
518 Ricardo 5.19.0 2013-May-20 The 5.19 development track
520 David G 5.19.1 2013-Jun-21
521 Aristotle 5.19.2 2013-Jul-22
522 Steve 5.19.3 2013-Aug-20
523 Steve 5.19.4 2013-Sep-20
524 Steve 5.19.5 2013-Oct-20
525 BinGOs 5.19.6 2013-Nov-20
526 Abigail 5.19.7 2013-Dec-20
527 Ricardo 5.19.8 2014-Jan-20
528 TonyC 5.19.9 2014-Feb-20
529 Aaron 5.19.10 2014-Mar-20
530 Steve 5.19.11 2014-Apr-20
531 Ricardo 5.20.0-RC1 2014-May-16 The 5.20 maintenance track
533 Ricardo 5.20.0 2014-May-27
534 Steve 5.20.1-RC1 2014-Aug-25
535 Steve 5.20.1-RC2 2014-Sep-07
536 Steve 5.20.1 2014-Sep-14
537 Steve 5.20.2-RC1 2015-Jan-31
538 Steve 5.20.2 2015-Feb-14
539 Steve 5.20.3-RC1 2015-Aug-22
540 Steve 5.20.3-RC2 2015-Aug-29
541 Steve 5.20.3 2015-Sep-12
542 Ricardo 5.21.0 2014-May-27 The 5.21 development track
544 Matthew H 5.21.1 2014-Jun-20
545 Abigail 5.21.2 2014-Jul-20
546 Peter 5.21.3 2014-Aug-20
547 Steve 5.21.4 2014-Sep-20
548 Abigail 5.21.5 2014-Oct-20
549 BinGOs 5.21.6 2014-Nov-20
550 Max M 5.21.7 2014-Dec-20
551 Matthew H 5.21.8 2015-Jan-20
552 Sawyer X 5.21.9 2015-Feb-20
553 Steve 5.21.10 2015-Mar-20
554 Steve 5.21.11 2015-Apr-20
555 Ricardo 5.22.0-RC1 2015-May-19 The 5.22 maintenance track
557 Ricardo 5.22.0-RC2 2015-May-21
558 Ricardo 5.22.0 2015-Jun-01
559 Steve 5.22.1-RC1 2015-Oct-31
560 Steve 5.22.1-RC2 2015-Nov-15
561 Steve 5.22.1-RC3 2015-Dec-02
562 Steve 5.22.1-RC4 2015-Dec-08
563 Steve 5.22.1 2015-Dec-13
564 Steve 5.22.2-RC1 2016-Apr-10
565 Steve 5.22.2 2016-Apr-29
566 Steve 5.22.3-RC1 2016-Jul-17
567 Steve 5.22.3-RC2 2016-Jul-25
568 Steve 5.22.3-RC3 2016-Aug-11
569 Steve 5.22.3-RC4 2016-Oct-12
570 Steve 5.22.3-RC5 2017-Jan-02
571 Steve 5.22.3 2017-Jan-14
572 Steve 5.22.4-RC1 2017-Jul-01
573 Steve 5.22.4 2017-Jul-15
574 Ricardo 5.23.0 2015-Jun-20 The 5.23 development track
576 Matthew H 5.23.1 2015-Jul-20
577 Matthew H 5.23.2 2015-Aug-20
578 Peter 5.23.3 2015-Sep-20
579 Steve 5.23.4 2015-Oct-20
580 Abigail 5.23.5 2015-Nov-20
581 David G 5.23.6 2015-Dec-21
582 Stevan 5.23.7 2016-Jan-20
583 Sawyer X 5.23.8 2016-Feb-20
584 Abigail 5.23.9 2016-Mar-20
585 Ricardo 5.24.0-RC1 2016-Apr-13 The 5.24 maintenance track
587 Ricardo 5.24.0-RC2 2016-Apr-23
588 Ricardo 5.24.0-RC3 2016-Apr-26
589 Ricardo 5.24.0-RC4 2016-May-02
590 Ricardo 5.24.0-RC5 2016-May-04
591 Ricardo 5.24.0 2016-May-09
592 Steve 5.24.1-RC1 2016-Jul-17
593 Steve 5.24.1-RC2 2016-Jul-25
594 Steve 5.24.1-RC3 2016-Aug-11
595 Steve 5.24.1-RC4 2016-Oct-12
596 Steve 5.24.1-RC5 2017-Jan-02
597 Steve 5.24.1 2017-Jan-14
598 Steve 5.24.2-RC1 2017-Jul-01
599 Steve 5.24.2 2017-Jul-15
600 Steve 5.24.3-RC1 2017-Sep-10
601 Steve 5.24.3 2017-Sep-22
602 Steve 5.24.4-RC1 2018-Mar-24
603 Steve 5.24.4 2018-Apr-14
604 Ricardo 5.25.0 2016-May-09 The 5.25 development track
606 Sawyer X 5.25.1 2016-May-20
607 Matthew H 5.25.2 2016-Jun-20
608 Steve 5.25.3 2016-Jul-20
609 BinGOs 5.25.4 2016-Aug-20
610 Stevan 5.25.5 2016-Sep-20
611 Aaron 5.25.6 2016-Oct-20
612 Chad 5.25.7 2016-Nov-20
613 Sawyer X 5.25.8 2016-Dec-20
614 Abigail 5.25.9 2017-Jan-20
615 Renee 5.25.10 2017-Feb-20
616 Sawyer X 5.25.11 2017-Mar-20
617 Sawyer X 5.25.12 2017-Apr-20
618 Sawyer X 5.26.0-RC1 2017-May-11 The 5.26 maintenance track
620 Sawyer X 5.26.0-RC2 2017-May-23
621 Sawyer X 5.26.0 2017-May-30
622 Steve 5.26.1-RC1 2017-Sep-10
623 Steve 5.26.1 2017-Sep-22
624 Steve 5.26.2-RC1 2018-Mar-24
625 Steve 5.26.2 2018-Apr-14
626 Steve 5.26.3-RC1 2018-Nov-08
627 Steve 5.26.3 2018-Nov-29
628 Sawyer X 5.27.0 2017-May-31 The 5.27 development track
630 Eric 5.27.1 2017-Jun-20
631 Aaron 5.27.2 2017-Jul-20
632 Matthew H 5.27.3 2017-Aug-21
633 John 5.27.4 2017-Sep-20
634 Steve 5.27.5 2017-Oct-20
635 Ether 5.27.6 2017-Nov-20
636 BinGOs 5.27.7 2017-Dec-20
637 Abigail 5.27.8 2018-Jan-20
638 Renee 5.27.9 2018-Feb-20
639 Todd 5.27.10 2018-Mar-20
640 Sawyer X 5.27.11 2018-Apr-20
641 Sawyer X 5.28.0-RC1 2018-May-21 The 5.28 maintenance track
643 Sawyer X 5.28.0-RC2 2018-Jun-06
644 Sawyer X 5.28.0-RC3 2018-Jun-18
645 Sawyer X 5.28.0-RC4 2018-Jun-19
646 Sawyer X 5.28.0 2018-Jun-22
647 Steve 5.28.1-RC1 2018-Nov-08
648 Steve 5.28.1 2018-Nov-29
649 Steve 5.28.2-RC1 2019-Apr-05
650 Steve 5.28.2 2019-Apr-19
651 Steve 5.28.3-RC1 2020-May-18
652 Steve 5.28.3 2020-Jun-01
653 Sawyer X 5.29.0 2018-Jun-26 The 5.29 development track
655 Steve 5.29.1 2018-Jul-20
656 BinGOs 5.29.2 2018-Aug-20
657 John 5.29.3 2018-Sep-20
658 Aaron 5.29.4 2018-Oct-20
659 Ether 5.29.5 2018-Nov-20
660 Abigail 5.29.6 2018-Dec-18
661 Abigail 5.29.7 2019-Jan-20
662 Nicolas R 5.29.8 2019-Feb-20
663 Zak Elep 5.29.9 2019-Mar-20
664 Sawyer X 5.29.10 2019-Apr-20
665 Sawyer X 5.30.0-RC1 2019-May-11 The 5.30 maintenance track
667 Sawyer X 5.30.0-RC2 2019-May-17
668 Sawyer X 5.30.0 2019-May-22
669 Steve 5.30.1-RC1 2019-Oct-27
670 Steve 5.30.1 2019-Nov-10
671 Steve 5.30.2-RC1 2020-Feb-29
672 Steve 5.30.2 2020-Mar-14
673 Steve 5.30.3-RC1 2020-May-18
674 Steve 5.30.3 2020-Jun-01
675 Sawyer X 5.31.0 2019-May-24 The 5.31 development track
677 Ether 5.31.1 2019-Jun-20
678 Steve 5.31.2 2019-Jul-20
679 Tom H 5.31.3 2019-Aug-20
680 Max M 5.31.4 2019-Sep-20
681 Steve 5.31.5 2019-Oct-20
682 BinGOs 5.31.6 2019-Nov-20
683 Nicolas R 5.31.7 2019-Dec-20
684 Matthew H 5.31.8 2020-Jan-20
685 Renee 5.31.9 2020-Feb-20
686 Sawyer X 5.31.10 2020-Mar-20
687 Sawyer X 5.31.11 2020-Apr-28
688 Sawyer X 5.32.0-RC0 2020-May-30 The 5.32 maintenance track
690 Sawyer X 5.32.0-RC1 2020-Jun-07
691 Sawyer X 5.32.0 2020-Jun-20
692 Steve 5.32.1-RC1 2021-Jan-09
693 Steve 5.32.1 2021-Jan-23
694 Sawyer X 5.33.0 2020-Jul-17 The 5.33 development track
696 Ether 5.33.1 2020-Aug-20
697 Sawyer X 5.33.2 2020-Sep-20
698 Steve 5.33.3 2020-Oct-20
699 Tom H 5.33.4 2020-Nov-20
700 Max M 5.33.5 2020-Dec-20
701 Richard L 5.33.6 2021-Jan-20
702 Renee 5.33.7 2021-Feb-20
703 Nicolas R 5.33.8 2021-Mar-20
704 Todd R 5.33.9 2021-Apr-20
705 Sawyer X 5.34.0-RC1 2021-May-04 The 5.34 maintenance track
707 Sawyer X 5.34.0-RC2 2021-May-15
708 Sawyer X 5.34.0 2021-May-20
709 Steve 5.34.1-RC1 2022-Feb-27
710 Steve 5.34.1-RC2 2022-Mar-06
711 Steve 5.34.1 2022-Mar-13
712 Ricardo 5.35.0 2021-May-20 The 5.35 development track
714 Max 5.35.1 2021-Jun-20
715 Neil B 5.35.2 2021-Jul-23
716 Ether 5.35.3 2021-Aug-20
717 Matthew H 5.35.4 2021-Sep-20
718 Leon T 5.35.5 2021-Oct-21
719 Richard L 5.35.6 2021-Nov-20
720 Neil B 5.35.7 2021-Dec-20
721 Nicolas R 5.35.8 2022-Jan-20
722 Renee 5.35.9 2022-Feb-20
723 SELECTED RELEASE SIZES
725 For example the notation "core: 212 29" in the release 1.000 means
726 that it had in the core 212 kilobytes, in 29 files. The "core".."doc"
727 are explained below.
728 release core lib ext t doc
730 ======================================================================
731 1.000 212 29 - - - - 38 51 62 3
733 1.014 219 29 - - - - 39 52 68 4
734 2.000 309 31 2 3 - - 55 57 92 4
735 2.001 312 31 2 3 - - 55 57 94 4
736 3.000 508 36 24 11 - - 79 73 156 5
737 3.044 645 37 61 20 - - 90 74 190 6
738 4.000 635 37 59 20 - - 91 75 198 4
739 4.019 680 37 85 29 - - 98 76 199 4
740 4.036 709 37 89 30 - - 98 76 208 5
741 5.000alpha2 785 50 114 32 - - 112 86 209 5
742 5.000alpha3 801 50 117 33 - - 121 87 209 5
743 5.000alpha9 1022 56 149 43 116 29 125 90 217 6
744 5.000a12h 978 49 140 49 205 46 152 97 228 9
745 5.000b3h 1035 53 232 70 216 38 162 94 218 21
746 5.000 1038 53 250 76 216 38 154 92 536 62
747 5.001m 1071 54 388 82 240 38 159 95 544 29
748 5.002 1121 54 661 101 287 43 155 94 847 35
749 5.003 1129 54 680 102 291 43 166 100 853 35
750 5.003_07 1231 60 748 106 396 53 213 137 976 39
751 5.004 1351 60 1230 136 408 51 355 161 1587 55
752 5.004_01 1356 60 1258 138 410 51 358 161 1587 55
753 5.004_04 1375 60 1294 139 413 51 394 162 1629 55
754 5.004_05 1463 60 1435 150 394 50 445 175 1855 59
755 5.004_51 1401 61 1260 140 413 53 358 162 1594 56
756 5.004_53 1422 62 1295 141 438 70 394 162 1637 56
757 5.004_56 1501 66 1301 140 447 74 408 165 1648 57
758 5.004_59 1555 72 1317 142 448 74 424 171 1678 58
759 5.004_62 1602 77 1327 144 629 92 428 173 1674 58
760 5.004_65 1626 77 1358 146 615 92 446 179 1698 60
761 5.004_68 1856 74 1382 152 619 92 463 187 1784 60
762 5.004_70 1863 75 1456 154 675 92 494 194 1809 60
763 5.004_73 1874 76 1467 152 762 102 506 196 1883 61
764 5.004_75 1877 76 1467 152 770 103 508 196 1896 62
765 5.005 1896 76 1469 152 795 103 509 197 1945 63
766 5.005_03 1936 77 1541 153 813 104 551 201 2176 72
767 5.005_50 1969 78 1842 301 795 103 514 198 1948 63
768 5.005_53 1999 79 1885 303 806 104 602 224 2002 67
769 5.005_56 2086 79 1970 307 866 113 672 238 2221 75
770 5.6.0 2820 79 2626 364 1096 129 863 280 2840 93
771 5.6.1 2946 78 2921 430 1171 132 1024 304 3330 102
772 5.6.2 2947 78 3143 451 1247 127 1303 387 3406 102
773 5.7.0 2977 80 2801 425 1250 132 975 307 3206 100
774 5.7.1 3351 84 3442 455 1944 167 1334 357 3698 124
775 5.7.2 3491 87 4858 618 3290 298 1598 449 3910 139
776 5.7.3 3299 85 4295 537 2196 300 2176 626 4171 120
777 5.8.0 3489 87 4533 585 2437 331 2588 726 4368 125
778 5.8.1 3674 90 5104 623 2604 353 2983 836 4625 134
779 5.8.2 3633 90 5111 623 2623 357 3019 848 4634 135
780 5.8.3 3625 90 5141 624 2660 363 3083 869 4669 136
781 5.8.4 3653 90 5170 634 2684 368 3148 885 4689 137
782 5.8.5 3664 90 4260 303 2707 369 3208 898 4689 138
783 5.8.6 3690 90 4271 303 3141 396 3411 925 4709 139
784 5.8.7 3788 90 4322 307 3297 401 3485 964 4744 141
785 5.8.8 3895 90 4357 314 3409 431 3622 1017 4979 144
786 5.8.9 4132 93 5508 330 3826 529 4364 1234 5348 152
787 5.9.0 3657 90 4951 626 2603 354 3011 841 4609 135
788 5.9.1 3580 90 5196 634 2665 367 3186 889 4725 138
789 5.9.2 3863 90 4654 312 3283 403 3551 973 4800 142
790 5.9.3 4096 91 5318 381 4806 597 4272 1214 5139 147
791 5.9.4 4393 94 5718 415 4578 642 4646 1310 5335 153
792 5.9.5 4681 96 6849 479 4827 671 5155 1490 5572 159
793 5.10.0 4710 97 7050 486 4899 673 5275 1503 5673 160
794 5.10.1 4858 98 7440 519 6195 921 6147 1751 5151 163
795 5.12.0 4999 100 1146 121 15227 2176 6400 1843 5342 168
796 5.12.1 5000 100 1146 121 15283 2178 6407 1846 5354 169
797 5.12.2 5003 100 1146 121 15404 2178 6413 1846 5376 170
798 5.12.3 5004 100 1146 121 15529 2180 6417 1848 5391 171
799 5.14.0 5328 104 1100 114 17779 2479 7697 2130 5871 188
800 5.16.0 5562 109 1077 80 20504 2702 8750 2375 4815 152
801 5.18.0 5892 113 1088 79 20077 2760 9365 2439 4943 154
802 5.20.0 6243 115 1187 75 19499 2701 9620 2457 5145 159
803 5.22.0 7819 115 1284 77 19121 2635 9772 2434 5615 176
804 5.24.0 7922 113 1287 77 19535 2677 9994 2465 5702 177
805 5.26.0 9140 121 24925 1200 40643 3017 10514 2614 7854 211
806 5.28.0 13056 128 27267 1230 41745 3130 10952 2715 8185 218
807 5.30.0 13535 128 26294 1237 39643 3080 11083 2711 8252 222
808 5.32.0 14147 127 25562 1255 40869 3098 11334 2734 8407 225
809 5.34.0 14620 126 28150 1262 42711 3138 11535 2774 8791 228
810 The "core"..."doc" mean the following files from the Perl source code
812 distribution. The glob notation ** means recursively, (.) means
813 regular files.
814 core *.[hcy]
816 lib lib/**/*.p[ml]
817 ext ext/**/*.{[hcyt],xs,pm} (for -5.10.1) or
818 {dist,ext,cpan}/**/*.{[hcyt],xs,pm} (for 5.12.0-)
819 t t/**/*(.) (for 1-5.005_56) or **/*.t (for 5.6.0-5.7.3)
820 doc {README*,INSTALL,*[_.]man{,.?},pod/**/*.pod}
821 Here are some statistics for the other subdirectories and one file in
823 the Perl source distribution for somewhat more selected releases.
824 ======================================================================
826 Legend: kB #
827 1.014 2.001 3.044
829 Configure 31 1 37 1 62 1
831 eg - - 34 28 47 39
832 h2pl - - - - 12 12
833 msdos - - - - 41 13
834 os2 - - - - 63 22
835 usub - - - - 21 16
836 x2p 103 17 104 17 137 17
837 ======================================================================
839 4.000 4.019 4.036
841 atarist - - - - 113 31
843 Configure 73 1 83 1 86 1
844 eg 47 39 47 39 47 39
845 emacs 67 4 67 4 67 4
846 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12
847 hints - - 5 42 11 56
848 msdos 57 15 58 15 60 15
849 os2 81 29 81 29 113 31
850 usub 25 7 43 8 43 8
851 x2p 147 18 152 19 154 19
852 ======================================================================
854 5.000a2 5.000a12h 5.000b3h 5.000 5.001m
856 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
858 atarist 113 31 113 31 - - - - - -
859 bench - - 0 1 - - - - - -
860 Bugs 2 5 26 1 - - - - - -
861 dlperl 40 5 - - - - - - - -
862 do 127 71 - - - - - - - -
863 Configure - - 153 1 159 1 160 1 180 1
864 Doc - - 26 1 75 7 11 1 11 1
865 eg 79 58 53 44 51 43 54 44 54 44
866 emacs 67 4 104 6 104 6 104 1 104 6
867 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
868 hints 11 56 12 46 18 48 18 48 44 56
869 msdos 60 15 60 15 - - - - - -
870 os2 113 31 113 31 - - - - - -
871 U - - 62 8 112 42 - - - -
872 usub 43 8 - - - - - - - -
873 vms - - 80 7 123 9 184 15 304 20
874 x2p 171 22 171 21 162 20 162 20 279 20
875 ======================================================================
877 5.002 5.003 5.003_07
879 Configure 201 1 201 1 217 1
881 eg 54 44 54 44 54 44
882 emacs 108 1 108 1 143 1
883 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12
884 hints 73 59 77 60 90 62
885 os2 84 17 56 10 117 42
886 plan9 - - - - 79 15
887 Porting - - - - 51 1
888 utils 87 7 88 7 97 7
889 vms 500 24 475 26 505 27
890 x2p 280 20 280 20 280 19
891 ======================================================================
893 5.004 5.004_04 5.004_62 5.004_65 5.004_68
895 beos - - - - - - 1 1 1 1
897 Configure 225 1 225 1 240 1 248 1 256 1
898 cygwin32 23 5 23 5 23 5 24 5 24 5
899 djgpp - - - - 14 5 14 5 14 5
900 eg 81 62 81 62 81 62 81 62 81 62
901 emacs 194 1 204 1 212 2 212 2 212 2
902 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
903 hints 129 69 132 71 144 72 151 74 155 74
904 os2 121 42 127 42 127 44 129 44 129 44
905 plan9 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15
906 Porting 94 2 109 4 203 6 234 8 241 9
907 qnx 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2
908 utils 112 8 118 8 124 8 156 9 159 9
909 vms 518 34 524 34 538 34 569 34 569 34
910 win32 285 33 378 36 470 39 493 39 575 41
911 x2p 281 19 281 19 281 19 282 19 281 19
912 ======================================================================
914 5.004_70 5.004_73 5.004_75 5.005 5.005_03
916 apollo - - - - - - - - 0 1
918 beos 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
919 Configure 256 1 256 1 264 1 264 1 270 1
920 cygwin32 24 5 24 5 24 5 24 5 24 5
921 djgpp 14 5 14 5 14 5 14 5 15 5
922 eg 86 65 86 65 86 65 86 65 86 65
923 emacs 262 2 262 2 262 2 262 2 274 2
924 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
925 hints 157 74 157 74 159 74 160 74 179 77
926 mint - - - - - - - - 4 7
927 mpeix - - - - 5 3 5 3 5 3
928 os2 129 44 139 44 142 44 143 44 148 44
929 plan9 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15
930 Porting 241 9 253 9 259 10 264 12 272 13
931 qnx 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2
932 utils 160 9 160 9 160 9 160 9 164 9
933 vms 570 34 572 34 573 34 575 34 583 34
934 vos - - - - - - - - 156 10
935 win32 577 41 585 41 585 41 587 41 600 42
936 x2p 281 19 281 19 281 19 281 19 281 19
937 ======================================================================
939 5.6.0 5.6.1 5.6.2 5.7.3
941 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
943 beos 5 2 5 2 5 2 6 4
944 Configure 346 1 361 1 363 1 394 1
945 Cross - - - - - - 4 2
946 djgpp 19 6 19 6 19 6 21 7
947 eg 112 71 112 71 112 71 - -
948 emacs 303 4 319 4 319 4 319 4
949 epoc 29 8 35 8 35 8 36 8
950 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15
951 hints 242 83 250 84 321 89 272 87
952 mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9
953 mpeix 9 4 9 4 9 4 9 4
954 NetWare - - - - - - 423 57
955 os2 214 59 224 60 224 60 357 66
956 plan9 92 17 92 17 92 17 85 15
957 Porting 361 15 390 16 390 16 425 21
958 qnx 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3
959 utils 228 12 221 11 222 11 267 13
960 uts - - - - - - 12 3
961 vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4
962 vms 686 38 627 38 627 38 649 36
963 vos 227 12 249 15 248 15 281 17
964 win32 755 41 782 42 801 42 1006 50
965 x2p 307 20 307 20 307 20 345 20
966 ======================================================================
968 5.8.0 5.8.1 5.8.2 5.8.3 5.8.4
970 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
972 beos 6 4 6 4 6 4 6 4 6 4
973 Configure 472 1 493 1 493 1 493 1 494 1
974 Cross 4 2 45 10 45 10 45 10 45 10
975 djgpp 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7
976 emacs 319 4 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4
977 epoc 33 8 33 8 33 8 33 8 33 8
978 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15
979 hints 294 88 321 89 321 89 321 89 348 91
980 mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9
981 mpeix 24 5 25 5 25 5 25 5 25 5
982 NetWare 488 61 490 61 490 61 490 61 488 61
983 os2 361 66 445 67 450 67 488 67 488 67
984 plan9 85 15 325 17 325 17 325 17 321 17
985 Porting 479 22 537 32 538 32 539 32 538 33
986 qnx 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3
987 utils 275 15 258 16 258 16 263 19 263 19
988 uts 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3
989 vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4
990 vms 648 36 654 36 654 36 656 36 656 36
991 vos 330 20 335 20 335 20 335 20 335 20
992 win32 1062 49 1125 49 1127 49 1126 49 1181 56
993 x2p 347 20 348 20 348 20 348 20 348 20
994 ======================================================================
996 5.8.5 5.8.6 5.8.7 5.8.8 5.8.9
998 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
1000 beos 6 4 6 4 8 4 8 4 8 4
1001 Configure 494 1 494 1 495 1 506 1 520 1
1002 Cross 45 10 45 10 45 10 45 10 46 10
1003 djgpp 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7
1004 emacs 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4 406 4
1005 epoc 33 8 33 8 33 8 34 8 35 8
1006 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15
1007 hints 350 91 352 91 355 94 360 94 387 99
1008 mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9
1009 mpeix 25 5 25 5 25 5 49 6 49 6
1010 NetWare 488 61 488 61 488 61 490 61 491 61
1011 os2 488 67 488 67 488 67 488 67 552 70
1012 plan9 321 17 321 17 321 17 322 17 324 17
1013 Porting 538 34 548 35 549 35 564 37 625 41
1014 qnx 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3
1015 utils 265 19 265 19 266 19 267 19 281 21
1016 uts 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3
1017 vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4
1018 vms 657 36 658 36 662 36 664 36 716 35
1019 vos 335 20 335 20 335 20 336 21 345 22
1020 win32 1183 56 1190 56 1199 56 1219 56 1484 68
1021 x2p 349 20 349 20 349 20 349 19 350 19
1022 ======================================================================
1024 5.9.0 5.9.1 5.9.2 5.9.3 5.9.4
1026 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
1028 beos 6 4 6 4 8 4 8 4 8 4
1029 Configure 493 1 493 1 495 1 508 1 512 1
1030 Cross 45 10 45 10 45 10 45 10 46 10
1031 djgpp 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7
1032 emacs 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4
1033 epoc 33 8 33 8 33 8 34 8 34 8
1034 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15
1035 hints 321 89 346 91 355 94 359 94 366 96
1036 mad - - - - - - - - 174 6
1037 mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9
1038 mpeix 25 5 25 5 25 5 49 6 49 6
1039 NetWare 489 61 487 61 487 61 489 61 489 61
1040 os2 444 67 488 67 488 67 488 67 488 67
1041 plan9 325 17 321 17 321 17 322 17 323 17
1042 Porting 537 32 536 33 549 36 564 38 576 38
1043 qnx 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3
1044 symbian - - - - - - 293 53 293 53
1045 utils 258 16 263 19 268 20 273 23 275 24
1046 uts 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3
1047 vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4
1048 vms 660 36 547 33 553 33 661 33 696 33
1049 vos 11 7 11 7 11 7 11 7 11 7
1050 win32 1120 49 1124 51 1191 56 1209 56 1719 90
1051 x2p 348 20 348 20 349 20 349 19 349 19
1052 ======================================================================
1054 5.9.5 5.10.0 5.10.1 5.12.0 5.12.1
1056 apollo 8 3 8 3 0 3 0 3 0 3
1058 beos 8 4 8 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
1059 Configure 518 1 518 1 533 1 536 1 536 1
1060 Cross 122 15 122 15 119 15 118 15 118 15
1061 djgpp 21 7 21 7 17 7 17 7 17 7
1062 emacs 329 4 406 4 402 4 402 4 402 4
1063 epoc 34 8 35 8 31 8 31 8 31 8
1064 h2pl 24 15 24 15 12 15 12 15 12 15
1065 hints 377 98 381 98 385 100 368 97 368 97
1066 mad 182 8 182 8 174 8 174 8 174 8
1067 mint 11 9 11 9 3 9 - - - -
1068 mpeix 49 6 49 6 45 6 45 6 45 6
1069 NetWare 489 61 489 61 465 61 466 61 466 61
1070 os2 552 70 552 70 507 70 507 70 507 70
1071 plan9 324 17 324 17 316 17 316 17 316 17
1072 Porting 627 40 632 40 933 53 749 54 749 54
1073 qnx 5 3 5 4 1 4 1 4 1 4
1074 symbian 300 54 300 54 290 54 288 54 288 54
1075 utils 260 26 264 27 268 27 269 27 269 27
1076 uts 12 3 12 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
1077 vmesa 25 4 25 4 21 4 21 4 21 4
1078 vms 690 32 722 32 693 30 645 18 645 18
1079 vos 19 8 19 8 16 8 16 8 16 8
1080 win32 1482 68 1485 68 1497 70 1841 73 1841 73
1081 x2p 349 19 349 19 345 19 345 19 345 19
1082 ======================================================================
1084 5.12.2 5.12.3 5.14.0 5.16.0 5.18.0
1086 apollo 0 3 0 3 - - - - - -
1088 beos 4 4 4 4 5 4 5 4 - -
1089 Configure 536 1 536 1 539 1 547 1 550 1
1090 Cross 118 15 118 15 118 15 118 15 118 15
1091 djgpp 17 7 17 7 18 7 18 7 18 7
1092 emacs 402 4 402 4 - - - - - -
1093 epoc 31 8 31 8 32 8 30 8 - -
1094 h2pl 12 15 12 15 15 15 15 15 13 15
1095 hints 368 97 368 97 370 96 371 96 354 91
1096 mad 174 8 174 8 176 8 176 8 174 8
1097 mpeix 45 6 45 6 46 6 46 6 - -
1098 NetWare 466 61 466 61 473 61 472 61 469 61
1099 os2 507 70 507 70 518 70 519 70 510 70
1100 plan9 316 17 316 17 319 17 319 17 318 17
1101 Porting 750 54 750 54 855 60 1093 69 1149 70
1102 qnx 1 4 1 4 2 4 2 4 1 4
1103 symbian 288 54 288 54 292 54 292 54 290 54
1104 utils 269 27 269 27 249 29 245 30 246 31
1105 uts 8 3 8 3 9 3 9 3 - -
1106 vmesa 21 4 21 4 22 4 22 4 - -
1107 vms 646 18 644 18 639 17 571 15 564 15
1108 vos 16 8 16 8 17 8 9 7 8 7
1109 win32 1841 73 1841 73 1833 72 1655 67 1157 62
1110 x2p 345 19 345 19 346 19 345 19 344 20
1111 ======================================================================
1113 5.20.0 5.22.0 5.24.0
1115 Configure 552 1 570 1 586 1
1117 Cross 118 15 118 15 118 15
1118 djgpp 18 7 17 7 17 7
1119 h2pl 13 15 13 15 13 15
1120 hints 355 90 356 87 362 87
1121 mad 174 8 - - - -
1122 NetWare 467 61 466 61 467 61
1123 os2 510 70 510 70 510 70
1124 plan9 316 17 317 17 314 17
1125 Porting 1204 68 1393 71 1321 71
1126 qnx 1 4 1 4 1 4
1127 symbian 290 54 291 54 292 54
1128 utils 241 27 242 27 679 53
1129 vms 538 12 532 12 524 12
1130 vos 8 7 8 7 8 7
1131 win32 1183 64 1201 64 1268 65
1132 x2p 341 19 - - - -
1133 ======================================================================
1135 5.26.0 5.28.0 5.30.0
1137 Configure 593 1 580 1 587 1
1139 Cross 122 15 125 15 126 15
1140 djgpp 21 7 21 7 21 7
1141 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15
1142 hints 376 87 364 85 372 86
1143 mad - - - - - -
1144 NetWare 499 61 493 61 493 61
1145 os2 552 70 552 70 552 70
1146 plan9 322 17 309 17 308 17
1147 Porting 1380 73 1462 75 1460 74
1148 qnx 5 4 5 4 5 4
1149 symbian 315 54 315 54 315 54
1150 utils 578 50 584 50 587 50
1151 vms 527 12 526 12 526 12
1152 vos 12 7 12 7 12 7
1153 win32 1313 65 1326 65 1331 65
1154 x2p - - - - - -
1155 5.32.0 5.34.0
1157 Configure 588 1 592 1
1159 Cross 126 15 126 15
1160 djgpp 21 7 22 7
1161 h2pl 24 15 24 15
1162 hints 363 86 364 86
1163 NetWare 484 61 533 61
1164 os2 552 70 580 70
1165 plan9 308 17 325 20
1166 Porting 1482 75 1514 75
1167 qnx 5 4 5 4
1168 symbian 307 54 - -
1169 utils 583 52 597 52
1170 vms 527 12 549 12
1171 vos 12 7 12 7
1172 win32 1011 47 1001 46
1173 SELECTED PATCH SIZES
1175 The "diff lines kB" means that for example the patch 5.003_08, to be
1176 applied on top of the 5.003_07 (or whatever was before the 5.003_08)
1177 added lines for 110 kilobytes, it removed lines for 19 kilobytes, and
1178 changed lines for 424 kilobytes. Just the lines themselves are
1179 counted, not their context. The "+ - !" become from the diff(1)
1180 context diff output format.
1181 Pump- Release Date diff lines kB
1183 king -------------
1184 + - !
1185 ======================================================================
1186 Chip 5.003_08 1996-Nov-19 110 19 424
1188 5.003_09 1996-Nov-26 38 9 248
1189 5.003_10 1996-Nov-29 29 2 27
1190 5.003_11 1996-Dec-06 73 12 165
1191 5.003_12 1996-Dec-19 275 6 436
1192 5.003_13 1996-Dec-20 95 1 56
1193 5.003_14 1996-Dec-23 23 7 333
1194 5.003_15 1996-Dec-23 0 0 1
1195 5.003_16 1996-Dec-24 12 3 50
1196 5.003_17 1996-Dec-27 19 1 14
1197 5.003_18 1996-Dec-31 21 1 32
1198 5.003_19 1997-Jan-04 80 3 85
1199 5.003_20 1997-Jan-07 18 1 146
1200 5.003_21 1997-Jan-15 38 10 221
1201 5.003_22 1997-Jan-16 4 0 18
1202 5.003_23 1997-Jan-25 71 15 119
1203 5.003_24 1997-Jan-29 426 1 20
1204 5.003_25 1997-Feb-04 21 8 169
1205 5.003_26 1997-Feb-10 16 1 15
1206 5.003_27 1997-Feb-18 32 10 38
1207 5.003_28 1997-Feb-21 58 4 66
1208 5.003_90 1997-Feb-25 22 2 34
1209 5.003_91 1997-Mar-01 37 1 39
1210 5.003_92 1997-Mar-06 16 3 69
1211 5.003_93 1997-Mar-10 12 3 15
1212 5.003_94 1997-Mar-22 407 7 200
1213 5.003_95 1997-Mar-25 41 1 37
1214 5.003_96 1997-Apr-01 283 5 261
1215 5.003_97 1997-Apr-03 13 2 34
1216 5.003_97a 1997-Apr-05 57 1 27
1217 5.003_97b 1997-Apr-08 14 1 20
1218 5.003_97c 1997-Apr-10 20 1 16
1219 5.003_97d 1997-Apr-13 8 0 16
1220 5.003_97e 1997-Apr-15 15 4 46
1221 5.003_97f 1997-Apr-17 7 1 33
1222 5.003_97g 1997-Apr-18 6 1 42
1223 5.003_97h 1997-Apr-24 23 3 68
1224 5.003_97i 1997-Apr-25 23 1 31
1225 5.003_97j 1997-Apr-28 36 1 49
1226 5.003_98 1997-Apr-30 171 12 539
1227 5.003_99 1997-May-01 6 0 7
1228 5.003_99a 1997-May-09 36 2 61
1229 p54rc1 1997-May-12 8 1 11
1230 p54rc2 1997-May-14 6 0 40
1231 5.004 1997-May-15 4 0 4
1233 Tim 5.004_01 1997-Jun-13 222 14 57
1235 5.004_02 1997-Aug-07 112 16 119
1236 5.004_03 1997-Sep-05 109 0 17
1237 5.004_04 1997-Oct-15 66 8 173
1238 The patch-free era
1240 In more modern times, named releases don't come as often, and as
1242 progress can be followed (nearly) instantly (with rsync, and since late
1243 2008, git) patches between versions are no longer provided. However,
1244 that doesn't keep us from calculating how large a patch could have
1245 been. Which is shown in the table below. Unless noted otherwise, the
1246 size mentioned is the patch to bring version x.y.z to x.y.z+1.
1247 Sarathy 5.6.1 2001-Apr-08 531 44 651
1249 Rafael 5.6.2 2003-Nov-15 20 11 1819
1250 Jarkko 5.8.0 2002-Jul-18 1205 31 471 From 5.7.3
1252 5.8.1 2003-Sep-25 243 102 6162
1254 Nicholas 5.8.2 2003-Nov-05 10 50 788
1255 5.8.3 2004-Jan-14 31 13 360
1256 5.8.4 2004-Apr-21 33 8 299
1257 5.8.5 2004-Jul-19 11 19 255
1258 5.8.6 2004-Nov-27 35 3 192
1259 5.8.7 2005-May-30 75 34 778
1260 5.8.8 2006-Jan-31 131 42 1251
1261 5.8.9 2008-Dec-14 340 132 12988
1262 Hugo 5.9.0 2003-Oct-27 281 168 7132 From 5.8.0
1264 Rafael 5.9.1 2004-Mar-16 57 250 2107
1265 5.9.2 2005-Apr-01 720 57 858
1266 5.9.3 2006-Jan-28 1124 102 1906
1267 5.9.4 2006-Aug-15 896 60 862
1268 5.9.5 2007-Jul-07 1149 128 1062
1269 5.10.0 2007-Dec-18 50 31 13111 From 5.9.5
1271
1273 Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>.
1274 Thanks to the collective memory of the Perlfolk. In addition to the
1276 Keepers of the Pumpkin also Alan Champion, Mark Dominus, Andreas
1277 Koenig, John Macdonald, Matthias Neeracher, Jeff Okamoto, Michael
1278 Peppler, Randal Schwartz, and Paul D. Smith sent corrections and
1279 additions. Abigail added file and patch size data for the 5.6.0 - 5.10
1280 era.
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