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
278 5.004_05.
279 5.004_04-m2 1998-May-01
280 5.004_04-m3 1998-May-15
281 5.004_04-m4 1998-May-19
282 5.004_05-MT5 1998-Jul-21
283 5.004_05-MT6 1998-Oct-09
284 5.004_05-MT7 1998-Nov-22
285 5.004_05-MT8 1998-Dec-03
286 Chip 5.004_05-MT9 1999-Apr-26
287 5.004_05 1999-Apr-29
288 Malcolm 5.004_50 1997-Sep-09 The 5.005 development track.
290 5.004_51 1997-Oct-02
291 5.004_52 1997-Oct-15
292 5.004_53 1997-Oct-16
293 5.004_54 1997-Nov-14
294 5.004_55 1997-Nov-25
295 5.004_56 1997-Dec-18
296 5.004_57 1998-Feb-03
297 5.004_58 1998-Feb-06
298 5.004_59 1998-Feb-13
299 5.004_60 1998-Feb-20
300 5.004_61 1998-Feb-27
301 5.004_62 1998-Mar-06
302 5.004_63 1998-Mar-17
303 5.004_64 1998-Apr-03
304 5.004_65 1998-May-15
305 5.004_66 1998-May-29
306 Sarathy 5.004_67 1998-Jun-15
307 5.004_68 1998-Jun-23
308 5.004_69 1998-Jun-29
309 5.004_70 1998-Jul-06
310 5.004_71 1998-Jul-09
311 5.004_72 1998-Jul-12
312 5.004_73 1998-Jul-13
313 5.004_74 1998-Jul-14 5.005 beta candidate.
314 5.004_75 1998-Jul-15 5.005 beta1.
315 5.004_76 1998-Jul-21 5.005 beta2.
316 Sarathy 5.005 1998-Jul-22 Oneperl.
318 Sarathy 5.005_01 1998-Jul-27 The 5.005 maintenance track.
320 5.005_02-T1 1998-Aug-02
321 5.005_02-T2 1998-Aug-05
322 5.005_02 1998-Aug-08
323 Graham 5.005_03-MT1 1998-Nov-30
324 5.005_03-MT2 1999-Jan-04
325 5.005_03-MT3 1999-Jan-17
326 5.005_03-MT4 1999-Jan-26
327 5.005_03-MT5 1999-Jan-28
328 5.005_03-MT6 1999-Mar-05
329 5.005_03 1999-Mar-28
330 Leon 5.005_04-RC1 2004-Feb-05
331 5.005_04-RC2 2004-Feb-18
332 5.005_04 2004-Feb-23
333 5.005_05-RC1 2009-Feb-16
334 Sarathy 5.005_50 1998-Jul-26 The 5.6 development track.
336 5.005_51 1998-Aug-10
337 5.005_52 1998-Sep-25
338 5.005_53 1998-Oct-31
339 5.005_54 1998-Nov-30
340 5.005_55 1999-Feb-16
341 5.005_56 1999-Mar-01
342 5.005_57 1999-May-25
343 5.005_58 1999-Jul-27
344 5.005_59 1999-Aug-02
345 5.005_60 1999-Aug-02
346 5.005_61 1999-Aug-20
347 5.005_62 1999-Oct-15
348 5.005_63 1999-Dec-09
349 5.5.640 2000-Feb-02
350 5.5.650 2000-Feb-08 beta1
351 5.5.660 2000-Feb-22 beta2
352 5.5.670 2000-Feb-29 beta3
353 5.6.0-RC1 2000-Mar-09 Release candidate 1.
354 5.6.0-RC2 2000-Mar-14 Release candidate 2.
355 5.6.0-RC3 2000-Mar-21 Release candidate 3.
356 Sarathy 5.6.0 2000-Mar-22
358 Sarathy 5.6.1-TRIAL1 2000-Dec-18 The 5.6 maintenance track.
360 5.6.1-TRIAL2 2001-Jan-31
361 5.6.1-TRIAL3 2001-Mar-19
362 5.6.1-foolish 2001-Apr-01 The "fools-gold" release.
363 5.6.1 2001-Apr-08
364 Rafael 5.6.2-RC1 2003-Nov-08
365 5.6.2 2003-Nov-15 Fix new build issues
366 Jarkko 5.7.0 2000-Sep-02 The 5.7 track: Development.
368 5.7.1 2001-Apr-09
369 5.7.2 2001-Jul-13 Virtual release candidate 0.
370 5.7.3 2002-Mar-05
371 5.8.0-RC1 2002-Jun-01
372 5.8.0-RC2 2002-Jun-21
373 5.8.0-RC3 2002-Jul-13
374 Jarkko 5.8.0 2002-Jul-18
376 Jarkko 5.8.1-RC1 2003-Jul-10 The 5.8 maintenance track
378 5.8.1-RC2 2003-Jul-11
379 5.8.1-RC3 2003-Jul-30
380 5.8.1-RC4 2003-Aug-01
381 5.8.1-RC5 2003-Sep-22
382 5.8.1 2003-Sep-25
383 Nicholas 5.8.2-RC1 2003-Oct-27
384 5.8.2-RC2 2003-Nov-03
385 5.8.2 2003-Nov-05
386 5.8.3-RC1 2004-Jan-07
387 5.8.3 2004-Jan-14
388 5.8.4-RC1 2004-Apr-05
389 5.8.4-RC2 2004-Apr-15
390 5.8.4 2004-Apr-21
391 5.8.5-RC1 2004-Jul-06
392 5.8.5-RC2 2004-Jul-08
393 5.8.5 2004-Jul-19
394 5.8.6-RC1 2004-Nov-11
395 5.8.6 2004-Nov-27
396 5.8.7-RC1 2005-May-18
397 5.8.7 2005-May-30
398 5.8.8-RC1 2006-Jan-20
399 5.8.8 2006-Jan-31
400 5.8.9-RC1 2008-Nov-10
401 5.8.9-RC2 2008-Dec-06
402 5.8.9 2008-Dec-14
403 Hugo 5.9.0 2003-Oct-27 The 5.9 development track
405 Rafael 5.9.1 2004-Mar-16
406 5.9.2 2005-Apr-01
407 5.9.3 2006-Jan-28
408 5.9.4 2006-Aug-15
409 5.9.5 2007-Jul-07
410 5.10.0-RC1 2007-Nov-17
411 5.10.0-RC2 2007-Nov-25
412 Rafael 5.10.0 2007-Dec-18
414 David M 5.10.1-RC1 2009-Aug-06 The 5.10 maintenance track
416 5.10.1-RC2 2009-Aug-18
417 5.10.1 2009-Aug-22
418 Jesse 5.11.0 2009-Oct-02 The 5.11 development track
420 5.11.1 2009-Oct-20
421 Leon 5.11.2 2009-Nov-20
422 Jesse 5.11.3 2009-Dec-20
423 Ricardo 5.11.4 2010-Jan-20
424 Steve 5.11.5 2010-Feb-20
425 Jesse 5.12.0-RC0 2010-Mar-21
426 5.12.0-RC1 2010-Mar-29
427 5.12.0-RC2 2010-Apr-01
428 5.12.0-RC3 2010-Apr-02
429 5.12.0-RC4 2010-Apr-06
430 5.12.0-RC5 2010-Apr-09
431 Jesse 5.12.0 2010-Apr-12
433 Jesse 5.12.1-RC2 2010-May-13 The 5.12 maintenance track
435 5.12.1-RC1 2010-May-09
436 5.12.1 2010-May-16
437 5.12.2-RC2 2010-Aug-31
438 5.12.2 2010-Sep-06
439 Ricardo 5.12.3-RC1 2011-Jan-09
440 Ricardo 5.12.3-RC2 2011-Jan-14
441 Ricardo 5.12.3-RC3 2011-Jan-17
442 Ricardo 5.12.3 2011-Jan-21
443 Leon 5.12.4-RC1 2011-Jun-08
444 Leon 5.12.4 2011-Jun-20
445 Dominic 5.12.5 2012-Nov-10
446 Leon 5.13.0 2010-Apr-20 The 5.13 development track
448 Ricardo 5.13.1 2010-May-20
449 Matt 5.13.2 2010-Jun-22
450 David G 5.13.3 2010-Jul-20
451 Florian 5.13.4 2010-Aug-20
452 Steve 5.13.5 2010-Sep-19
453 Miyagawa 5.13.6 2010-Oct-20
454 BinGOs 5.13.7 2010-Nov-20
455 Zefram 5.13.8 2010-Dec-20
456 Jesse 5.13.9 2011-Jan-20
457 AEvar 5.13.10 2011-Feb-20
458 Florian 5.13.11 2011-Mar-20
459 Jesse 5.14.0RC1 2011-Apr-20
460 Jesse 5.14.0RC2 2011-May-04
461 Jesse 5.14.0RC3 2011-May-11
462 Jesse 5.14.0 2011-May-14 The 5.14 maintenance track
464 Jesse 5.14.1 2011-Jun-16
465 Florian 5.14.2-RC1 2011-Sep-19
466 5.14.2 2011-Sep-26
467 Dominic 5.14.3 2012-Oct-12
468 David M 5.14.4-RC1 2013-Mar-05
469 David M 5.14.4-RC2 2013-Mar-07
470 David M 5.14.4 2013-Mar-10
471 David G 5.15.0 2011-Jun-20 The 5.15 development track
473 Zefram 5.15.1 2011-Jul-20
474 Ricardo 5.15.2 2011-Aug-20
475 Stevan 5.15.3 2011-Sep-20
476 Florian 5.15.4 2011-Oct-20
477 Steve 5.15.5 2011-Nov-20
478 Dave R 5.15.6 2011-Dec-20
479 BinGOs 5.15.7 2012-Jan-20
480 Max M 5.15.8 2012-Feb-20
481 Abigail 5.15.9 2012-Mar-20
482 Ricardo 5.16.0-RC0 2012-May-10
483 Ricardo 5.16.0-RC1 2012-May-14
484 Ricardo 5.16.0-RC2 2012-May-15
485 Ricardo 5.16.0 2012-May-20 The 5.16 maintenance track
487 Ricardo 5.16.1 2012-Aug-08
488 Ricardo 5.16.2 2012-Nov-01
489 Ricardo 5.16.3-RC1 2013-Mar-06
490 Ricardo 5.16.3 2013-Mar-11
491 Zefram 5.17.0 2012-May-26 The 5.17 development track
493 Jesse L 5.17.1 2012-Jun-20
494 TonyC 5.17.2 2012-Jul-20
495 Steve 5.17.3 2012-Aug-20
496 Florian 5.17.4 2012-Sep-20
497 Florian 5.17.5 2012-Oct-20
498 Ricardo 5.17.6 2012-Nov-20
499 Dave R 5.17.7 2012-Dec-18
500 Aaron 5.17.8 2013-Jan-20
501 BinGOs 5.17.9 2013-Feb-20
502 Max M 5.17.10 2013-Mar-21
503 Ricardo 5.17.11 2013-Apr-20
504 Ricardo 5.18.0-RC1 2013-May-11 The 5.18 maintenance track
506 Ricardo 5.18.0-RC2 2013-May-12
507 Ricardo 5.18.0-RC3 2013-May-13
508 Ricardo 5.18.0-RC4 2013-May-15
509 Ricardo 5.18.0 2013-May-18
510 Ricardo 5.18.1-RC1 2013-Aug-01
511 Ricardo 5.18.1-RC2 2013-Aug-03
512 Ricardo 5.18.1-RC3 2013-Aug-08
513 Ricardo 5.18.1 2013-Aug-12
514 Ricardo 5.18.2 2014-Jan-06
515 Ricardo 5.18.3-RC1 2014-Sep-17
516 Ricardo 5.18.3-RC2 2014-Sep-27
517 Ricardo 5.18.3 2014-Oct-01
518 Ricardo 5.18.4 2014-Oct-01
519 Ricardo 5.19.0 2013-May-20 The 5.19 development track
521 David G 5.19.1 2013-Jun-21
522 Aristotle 5.19.2 2013-Jul-22
523 Steve 5.19.3 2013-Aug-20
524 Steve 5.19.4 2013-Sep-20
525 Steve 5.19.5 2013-Oct-20
526 BinGOs 5.19.6 2013-Nov-20
527 Abigail 5.19.7 2013-Dec-20
528 Ricardo 5.19.8 2014-Jan-20
529 TonyC 5.19.9 2014-Feb-20
530 Aaron 5.19.10 2014-Mar-20
531 Steve 5.19.11 2014-Apr-20
532 Ricardo 5.20.0-RC1 2014-May-16 The 5.20 maintenance track
534 Ricardo 5.20.0 2014-May-27
535 Steve 5.20.1-RC1 2014-Aug-25
536 Steve 5.20.1-RC2 2014-Sep-07
537 Steve 5.20.1 2014-Sep-14
538 Steve 5.20.2-RC1 2015-Jan-31
539 Steve 5.20.2 2015-Feb-14
540 Steve 5.20.3-RC1 2015-Aug-22
541 Steve 5.20.3-RC2 2015-Aug-29
542 Steve 5.20.3 2015-Sep-12
543 Ricardo 5.21.0 2014-May-27 The 5.21 development track
545 Matthew H 5.21.1 2014-Jun-20
546 Abigail 5.21.2 2014-Jul-20
547 Peter 5.21.3 2014-Aug-20
548 Steve 5.21.4 2014-Sep-20
549 Abigail 5.21.5 2014-Oct-20
550 BinGOs 5.21.6 2014-Nov-20
551 Max M 5.21.7 2014-Dec-20
552 Matthew H 5.21.8 2015-Jan-20
553 Sawyer X 5.21.9 2015-Feb-20
554 Steve 5.21.10 2015-Mar-20
555 Steve 5.21.11 2015-Apr-20
556 Ricardo 5.22.0-RC1 2015-May-19 The 5.22 maintenance track
558 Ricardo 5.22.0-RC2 2015-May-21
559 Ricardo 5.22.0 2015-Jun-01
560 Steve 5.22.1-RC1 2015-Oct-31
561 Steve 5.22.1-RC2 2015-Nov-15
562 Steve 5.22.1-RC3 2015-Dec-02
563 Steve 5.22.1-RC4 2015-Dec-08
564 Steve 5.22.1 2015-Dec-13
565 Steve 5.22.2-RC1 2016-Apr-10
566 Steve 5.22.2 2016-Apr-29
567 Steve 5.22.3-RC1 2016-Jul-17
568 Steve 5.22.3-RC2 2016-Jul-25
569 Steve 5.22.3-RC3 2016-Aug-11
570 Steve 5.22.3-RC4 2016-Oct-12
571 Steve 5.22.3-RC5 2017-Jan-02
572 Steve 5.22.3 2017-Jan-14
573 Steve 5.22.4-RC1 2017-Jul-01
574 Steve 5.22.4 2017-Jul-15
575 Ricardo 5.23.0 2015-Jun-20 The 5.23 development track
577 Matthew H 5.23.1 2015-Jul-20
578 Matthew H 5.23.2 2015-Aug-20
579 Peter 5.23.3 2015-Sep-20
580 Steve 5.23.4 2015-Oct-20
581 Abigail 5.23.5 2015-Nov-20
582 David G 5.23.6 2015-Dec-21
583 Stevan 5.23.7 2016-Jan-20
584 Sawyer X 5.23.8 2016-Feb-20
585 Abigail 5.23.9 2016-Mar-20
586 Ricardo 5.24.0-RC1 2016-Apr-13 The 5.24 maintenance track
588 Ricardo 5.24.0-RC2 2016-Apr-23
589 Ricardo 5.24.0-RC3 2016-Apr-26
590 Ricardo 5.24.0-RC4 2016-May-02
591 Ricardo 5.24.0-RC5 2016-May-04
592 Ricardo 5.24.0 2016-May-09
593 Steve 5.24.1-RC1 2016-Jul-17
594 Steve 5.24.1-RC2 2016-Jul-25
595 Steve 5.24.1-RC3 2016-Aug-11
596 Steve 5.24.1-RC4 2016-Oct-12
597 Steve 5.24.1-RC5 2017-Jan-02
598 Steve 5.24.1 2017-Jan-14
599 Steve 5.24.2-RC1 2017-Jul-01
600 Steve 5.24.2 2017-Jul-15
601 Steve 5.24.3-RC1 2017-Sep-10
602 Steve 5.24.3 2017-Sep-22
603 Steve 5.24.4-RC1 2018-Mar-24
604 Steve 5.24.4 2018-Apr-14
605 Ricardo 5.25.0 2016-May-09 The 5.25 development track
607 Sawyer X 5.25.1 2016-May-20
608 Matthew H 5.25.2 2016-Jun-20
609 Steve 5.25.3 2016-Jul-20
610 BinGOs 5.25.4 2016-Aug-20
611 Stevan 5.25.5 2016-Sep-20
612 Aaron 5.25.6 2016-Oct-20
613 Chad 5.25.7 2016-Nov-20
614 Sawyer X 5.25.8 2016-Dec-20
615 Abigail 5.25.9 2017-Jan-20
616 Renee 5.25.10 2017-Feb-20
617 Sawyer X 5.25.11 2017-Mar-20
618 Sawyer X 5.25.12 2017-Apr-20
619 Sawyer X 5.26.0-RC1 2017-May-11 The 5.26 maintenance track
621 Sawyer X 5.26.0-RC2 2017-May-23
622 Sawyer X 5.26.0 2017-May-30
623 Steve 5.26.1-RC1 2017-Sep-10
624 Steve 5.26.1 2017-Sep-22
625 Steve 5.26.2-RC1 2018-Mar-24
626 Steve 5.26.2 2018-Apr-14
627 Steve 5.26.3-RC1 2018-Nov-08
628 Steve 5.26.3 2018-Nov-29
629 Sawyer X 5.27.0 2017-May-31 The 5.27 development track
631 Eric 5.27.1 2017-Jun-20
632 Aaron 5.27.2 2017-Jul-20
633 Matthew H 5.27.3 2017-Aug-21
634 John 5.27.4 2017-Sep-20
635 Steve 5.27.5 2017-Oct-20
636 Ether 5.27.6 2017-Nov-20
637 BinGOs 5.27.7 2017-Dec-20
638 Abigail 5.27.8 2018-Jan-20
639 Renee 5.27.9 2018-Feb-20
640 Todd 5.27.10 2018-Mar-20
641 Sawyer X 5.27.11 2018-Apr-20
642 Sawyer X 5.28.0-RC1 2018-May-21 The 5.28 maintenance track
644 Sawyer X 5.28.0-RC2 2018-Jun-06
645 Sawyer X 5.28.0-RC3 2018-Jun-18
646 Sawyer X 5.28.0-RC4 2018-Jun-19
647 Sawyer X 5.28.0 2018-Jun-22
648 Steve 5.28.1-RC1 2018-Nov-08
649 Steve 5.28.1 2018-Nov-29
650 Steve 5.28.2-RC1 2019-Apr-05
651 Steve 5.28.2 2019-Apr-19
652 Steve 5.28.3-RC1 2020-May-18
653 Steve 5.28.3 2020-Jun-01
654 Sawyer X 5.29.0 2018-Jun-26 The 5.29 development track
656 Steve 5.29.1 2018-Jul-20
657 BinGOs 5.29.2 2018-Aug-20
658 John 5.29.3 2018-Sep-20
659 Aaron 5.29.4 2018-Oct-20
660 Ether 5.29.5 2018-Nov-20
661 Abigail 5.29.6 2018-Dec-18
662 Abigail 5.29.7 2019-Jan-20
663 Nicolas R 5.29.8 2019-Feb-20
664 Zak Elep 5.29.9 2019-Mar-20
665 Sawyer X 5.29.10 2019-Apr-20
666 Sawyer X 5.30.0-RC1 2019-May-11 The 5.30 maintenance track
668 Sawyer X 5.30.0-RC2 2019-May-17
669 Sawyer X 5.30.0 2019-May-22
670 Steve 5.30.1-RC1 2019-Oct-27
671 Steve 5.30.1 2019-Nov-10
672 Steve 5.30.2-RC1 2020-Feb-29
673 Steve 5.30.2 2020-Mar-14
674 Steve 5.30.3-RC1 2020-May-18
675 Steve 5.30.3 2020-Jun-01
676 Sawyer X 5.31.0 2019-May-24 The 5.31 development track
678 Ether 5.31.1 2019-Jun-20
679 Steve 5.31.2 2019-Jul-20
680 Tom H 5.31.3 2019-Aug-20
681 Max M 5.31.4 2019-Sep-20
682 Steve 5.31.5 2019-Oct-20
683 BinGOs 5.31.6 2019-Nov-20
684 Nicolas R 5.31.7 2019-Dec-20
685 Matthew H 5.31.8 2020-Jan-20
686 Renee 5.31.9 2020-Feb-20
687 Sawyer X 5.31.10 2020-Mar-20
688 Sawyer X 5.31.11 2020-Apr-28
689 Sawyer X 5.32.0-RC0 2020-May-30 The 5.32 maintenance track
691 Sawyer X 5.32.0-RC1 2020-Jun-07
692 Sawyer X 5.32.0 2020-Jun-20
693 Steve 5.32.1-RC1 2021-Jan-09
694 Steve 5.32.1 2021-Jan-23
695 Sawyer X 5.33.0 2020-Jul-17 The 5.33 development track
697 Ether 5.33.1 2020-Aug-20
698 Sawyer X 5.33.2 2020-Sep-20
699 Steve 5.33.3 2020-Oct-20
700 Tom H 5.33.4 2020-Nov-20
701 Max M 5.33.5 2020-Dec-20
702 Richard L 5.33.6 2021-Jan-20
703 Renee 5.33.7 2021-Feb-20
704 Nicolas R 5.33.8 2021-Mar-20
705 Todd R 5.33.9 2021-Apr-20
706 Sawyer X 5.34.0-RC1 2021-May-04 The 5.34 maintenance track
708 Sawyer X 5.34.0-RC2 2021-May-15
709 Sawyer X 5.34.0 2021-May-20
710 Steve 5.34.1-RC1 2022-Feb-27
711 Steve 5.34.1-RC2 2022-Mar-06
712 Steve 5.34.1 2022-Mar-13
713 Ricardo 5.35.0 2021-May-20 The 5.35 development track
715 Max 5.35.1 2021-Jun-20
716 Neil B 5.35.2 2021-Jul-23
717 Ether 5.35.3 2021-Aug-20
718 Matthew H 5.35.4 2021-Sep-20
719 Leon T 5.35.5 2021-Oct-21
720 Richard L 5.35.6 2021-Nov-20
721 Neil B 5.35.7 2021-Dec-20
722 Nicolas R 5.35.8 2022-Jan-20
723 Renee 5.35.9 2022-Feb-20
724 Sawyer X 5.35.10 2022-Mar-20
725 Steve 5.35.11 2022-Apr-20
726 Ricardo 5.36.0-RC1 2022-May-20 The 5.36 maintenance track
728 Ricardo 5.36.0-RC2 2022-May-20
729 Ricardo 5.36.0-RC3 2022-May-22
730 Ricardo 5.36.0 2022-May-27
731 SELECTED RELEASE SIZES
733 For example the notation "core: 212 29" in the release 1.000 means
734 that it had in the core 212 kilobytes, in 29 files. The "core".."doc"
735 are explained below.
736 release core lib ext t doc
738 ======================================================================
739 1.000 212 29 - - - - 38 51 62 3
741 1.014 219 29 - - - - 39 52 68 4
742 2.000 309 31 2 3 - - 55 57 92 4
743 2.001 312 31 2 3 - - 55 57 94 4
744 3.000 508 36 24 11 - - 79 73 156 5
745 3.044 645 37 61 20 - - 90 74 190 6
746 4.000 635 37 59 20 - - 91 75 198 4
747 4.019 680 37 85 29 - - 98 76 199 4
748 4.036 709 37 89 30 - - 98 76 208 5
749 5.000alpha2 785 50 114 32 - - 112 86 209 5
750 5.000alpha3 801 50 117 33 - - 121 87 209 5
751 5.000alpha9 1022 56 149 43 116 29 125 90 217 6
752 5.000a12h 978 49 140 49 205 46 152 97 228 9
753 5.000b3h 1035 53 232 70 216 38 162 94 218 21
754 5.000 1038 53 250 76 216 38 154 92 536 62
755 5.001m 1071 54 388 82 240 38 159 95 544 29
756 5.002 1121 54 661 101 287 43 155 94 847 35
757 5.003 1129 54 680 102 291 43 166 100 853 35
758 5.003_07 1231 60 748 106 396 53 213 137 976 39
759 5.004 1351 60 1230 136 408 51 355 161 1587 55
760 5.004_01 1356 60 1258 138 410 51 358 161 1587 55
761 5.004_04 1375 60 1294 139 413 51 394 162 1629 55
762 5.004_05 1463 60 1435 150 394 50 445 175 1855 59
763 5.004_51 1401 61 1260 140 413 53 358 162 1594 56
764 5.004_53 1422 62 1295 141 438 70 394 162 1637 56
765 5.004_56 1501 66 1301 140 447 74 408 165 1648 57
766 5.004_59 1555 72 1317 142 448 74 424 171 1678 58
767 5.004_62 1602 77 1327 144 629 92 428 173 1674 58
768 5.004_65 1626 77 1358 146 615 92 446 179 1698 60
769 5.004_68 1856 74 1382 152 619 92 463 187 1784 60
770 5.004_70 1863 75 1456 154 675 92 494 194 1809 60
771 5.004_73 1874 76 1467 152 762 102 506 196 1883 61
772 5.004_75 1877 76 1467 152 770 103 508 196 1896 62
773 5.005 1896 76 1469 152 795 103 509 197 1945 63
774 5.005_03 1936 77 1541 153 813 104 551 201 2176 72
775 5.005_50 1969 78 1842 301 795 103 514 198 1948 63
776 5.005_53 1999 79 1885 303 806 104 602 224 2002 67
777 5.005_56 2086 79 1970 307 866 113 672 238 2221 75
778 5.6.0 2820 79 2626 364 1096 129 863 280 2840 93
779 5.6.1 2946 78 2921 430 1171 132 1024 304 3330 102
780 5.6.2 2947 78 3143 451 1247 127 1303 387 3406 102
781 5.7.0 2977 80 2801 425 1250 132 975 307 3206 100
782 5.7.1 3351 84 3442 455 1944 167 1334 357 3698 124
783 5.7.2 3491 87 4858 618 3290 298 1598 449 3910 139
784 5.7.3 3299 85 4295 537 2196 300 2176 626 4171 120
785 5.8.0 3489 87 4533 585 2437 331 2588 726 4368 125
786 5.8.1 3674 90 5104 623 2604 353 2983 836 4625 134
787 5.8.2 3633 90 5111 623 2623 357 3019 848 4634 135
788 5.8.3 3625 90 5141 624 2660 363 3083 869 4669 136
789 5.8.4 3653 90 5170 634 2684 368 3148 885 4689 137
790 5.8.5 3664 90 4260 303 2707 369 3208 898 4689 138
791 5.8.6 3690 90 4271 303 3141 396 3411 925 4709 139
792 5.8.7 3788 90 4322 307 3297 401 3485 964 4744 141
793 5.8.8 3895 90 4357 314 3409 431 3622 1017 4979 144
794 5.8.9 4132 93 5508 330 3826 529 4364 1234 5348 152
795 5.9.0 3657 90 4951 626 2603 354 3011 841 4609 135
796 5.9.1 3580 90 5196 634 2665 367 3186 889 4725 138
797 5.9.2 3863 90 4654 312 3283 403 3551 973 4800 142
798 5.9.3 4096 91 5318 381 4806 597 4272 1214 5139 147
799 5.9.4 4393 94 5718 415 4578 642 4646 1310 5335 153
800 5.9.5 4681 96 6849 479 4827 671 5155 1490 5572 159
801 5.10.0 4710 97 7050 486 4899 673 5275 1503 5673 160
802 5.10.1 4858 98 7440 519 6195 921 6147 1751 5151 163
803 5.12.0 4999 100 1146 121 15227 2176 6400 1843 5342 168
804 5.12.1 5000 100 1146 121 15283 2178 6407 1846 5354 169
805 5.12.2 5003 100 1146 121 15404 2178 6413 1846 5376 170
806 5.12.3 5004 100 1146 121 15529 2180 6417 1848 5391 171
807 5.14.0 5328 104 1100 114 17779 2479 7697 2130 5871 188
808 5.16.0 5562 109 1077 80 20504 2702 8750 2375 4815 152
809 5.18.0 5892 113 1088 79 20077 2760 9365 2439 4943 154
810 5.20.0 6243 115 1187 75 19499 2701 9620 2457 5145 159
811 5.22.0 7819 115 1284 77 19121 2635 9772 2434 5615 176
812 5.24.0 7922 113 1287 77 19535 2677 9994 2465 5702 177
813 5.26.0 9140 121 24925 1200 40643 3017 10514 2614 7854 211
814 5.28.0 13056 128 27267 1230 41745 3130 10952 2715 8185 218
815 5.30.0 13535 128 26294 1237 39643 3080 11083 2711 8252 222
816 5.32.0 14147 127 25562 1255 40869 3098 11334 2734 8407 225
817 5.34.0 14620 126 28150 1262 42711 3138 11535 2774 8791 228
818 5.36.0 15300 129 27899 1270 48275 3236 11899 2863 8858 224
819 The "core"..."doc" mean the following files from the Perl source code
821 distribution. The glob notation ** means recursively, (.) means
822 regular files.
823 core *.[hcy]
825 lib lib/**/*.p[ml]
826 ext ext/**/*.{[hcyt],xs,pm} (for -5.10.1) or
827 {dist,ext,cpan}/**/*.{[hcyt],xs,pm} (for 5.12.0-)
828 t t/**/*(.) (for 1-5.005_56) or **/*.t (for 5.6.0-5.7.3)
829 doc {README*,INSTALL,*[_.]man{,.?},pod/**/*.pod}
830 Here are some statistics for the other subdirectories and one file in
832 the Perl source distribution for somewhat more selected releases.
833 ======================================================================
835 Legend: kB #
836 1.014 2.001 3.044
838 Configure 31 1 37 1 62 1
840 eg - - 34 28 47 39
841 h2pl - - - - 12 12
842 msdos - - - - 41 13
843 os2 - - - - 63 22
844 usub - - - - 21 16
845 x2p 103 17 104 17 137 17
846 ======================================================================
848 4.000 4.019 4.036
850 atarist - - - - 113 31
852 Configure 73 1 83 1 86 1
853 eg 47 39 47 39 47 39
854 emacs 67 4 67 4 67 4
855 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12
856 hints - - 5 42 11 56
857 msdos 57 15 58 15 60 15
858 os2 81 29 81 29 113 31
859 usub 25 7 43 8 43 8
860 x2p 147 18 152 19 154 19
861 ======================================================================
863 5.000a2 5.000a12h 5.000b3h 5.000 5.001m
865 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
867 atarist 113 31 113 31 - - - - - -
868 bench - - 0 1 - - - - - -
869 Bugs 2 5 26 1 - - - - - -
870 dlperl 40 5 - - - - - - - -
871 do 127 71 - - - - - - - -
872 Configure - - 153 1 159 1 160 1 180 1
873 Doc - - 26 1 75 7 11 1 11 1
874 eg 79 58 53 44 51 43 54 44 54 44
875 emacs 67 4 104 6 104 6 104 1 104 6
876 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
877 hints 11 56 12 46 18 48 18 48 44 56
878 msdos 60 15 60 15 - - - - - -
879 os2 113 31 113 31 - - - - - -
880 U - - 62 8 112 42 - - - -
881 usub 43 8 - - - - - - - -
882 vms - - 80 7 123 9 184 15 304 20
883 x2p 171 22 171 21 162 20 162 20 279 20
884 ======================================================================
886 5.002 5.003 5.003_07
888 Configure 201 1 201 1 217 1
890 eg 54 44 54 44 54 44
891 emacs 108 1 108 1 143 1
892 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12
893 hints 73 59 77 60 90 62
894 os2 84 17 56 10 117 42
895 plan9 - - - - 79 15
896 Porting - - - - 51 1
897 utils 87 7 88 7 97 7
898 vms 500 24 475 26 505 27
899 x2p 280 20 280 20 280 19
900 ======================================================================
902 5.004 5.004_04 5.004_62 5.004_65 5.004_68
904 beos - - - - - - 1 1 1 1
906 Configure 225 1 225 1 240 1 248 1 256 1
907 cygwin32 23 5 23 5 23 5 24 5 24 5
908 djgpp - - - - 14 5 14 5 14 5
909 eg 81 62 81 62 81 62 81 62 81 62
910 emacs 194 1 204 1 212 2 212 2 212 2
911 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
912 hints 129 69 132 71 144 72 151 74 155 74
913 os2 121 42 127 42 127 44 129 44 129 44
914 plan9 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15
915 Porting 94 2 109 4 203 6 234 8 241 9
916 qnx 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2
917 utils 112 8 118 8 124 8 156 9 159 9
918 vms 518 34 524 34 538 34 569 34 569 34
919 win32 285 33 378 36 470 39 493 39 575 41
920 x2p 281 19 281 19 281 19 282 19 281 19
921 ======================================================================
923 5.004_70 5.004_73 5.004_75 5.005 5.005_03
925 apollo - - - - - - - - 0 1
927 beos 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
928 Configure 256 1 256 1 264 1 264 1 270 1
929 cygwin32 24 5 24 5 24 5 24 5 24 5
930 djgpp 14 5 14 5 14 5 14 5 15 5
931 eg 86 65 86 65 86 65 86 65 86 65
932 emacs 262 2 262 2 262 2 262 2 274 2
933 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
934 hints 157 74 157 74 159 74 160 74 179 77
935 mint - - - - - - - - 4 7
936 mpeix - - - - 5 3 5 3 5 3
937 os2 129 44 139 44 142 44 143 44 148 44
938 plan9 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15
939 Porting 241 9 253 9 259 10 264 12 272 13
940 qnx 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2
941 utils 160 9 160 9 160 9 160 9 164 9
942 vms 570 34 572 34 573 34 575 34 583 34
943 vos - - - - - - - - 156 10
944 win32 577 41 585 41 585 41 587 41 600 42
945 x2p 281 19 281 19 281 19 281 19 281 19
946 ======================================================================
948 5.6.0 5.6.1 5.6.2 5.7.3
950 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
952 beos 5 2 5 2 5 2 6 4
953 Configure 346 1 361 1 363 1 394 1
954 Cross - - - - - - 4 2
955 djgpp 19 6 19 6 19 6 21 7
956 eg 112 71 112 71 112 71 - -
957 emacs 303 4 319 4 319 4 319 4
958 epoc 29 8 35 8 35 8 36 8
959 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15
960 hints 242 83 250 84 321 89 272 87
961 mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9
962 mpeix 9 4 9 4 9 4 9 4
963 NetWare - - - - - - 423 57
964 os2 214 59 224 60 224 60 357 66
965 plan9 92 17 92 17 92 17 85 15
966 Porting 361 15 390 16 390 16 425 21
967 qnx 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3
968 utils 228 12 221 11 222 11 267 13
969 uts - - - - - - 12 3
970 vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4
971 vms 686 38 627 38 627 38 649 36
972 vos 227 12 249 15 248 15 281 17
973 win32 755 41 782 42 801 42 1006 50
974 x2p 307 20 307 20 307 20 345 20
975 ======================================================================
977 5.8.0 5.8.1 5.8.2 5.8.3 5.8.4
979 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
981 beos 6 4 6 4 6 4 6 4 6 4
982 Configure 472 1 493 1 493 1 493 1 494 1
983 Cross 4 2 45 10 45 10 45 10 45 10
984 djgpp 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7
985 emacs 319 4 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4
986 epoc 33 8 33 8 33 8 33 8 33 8
987 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15
988 hints 294 88 321 89 321 89 321 89 348 91
989 mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9
990 mpeix 24 5 25 5 25 5 25 5 25 5
991 NetWare 488 61 490 61 490 61 490 61 488 61
992 os2 361 66 445 67 450 67 488 67 488 67
993 plan9 85 15 325 17 325 17 325 17 321 17
994 Porting 479 22 537 32 538 32 539 32 538 33
995 qnx 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3
996 utils 275 15 258 16 258 16 263 19 263 19
997 uts 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3
998 vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4
999 vms 648 36 654 36 654 36 656 36 656 36
1000 vos 330 20 335 20 335 20 335 20 335 20
1001 win32 1062 49 1125 49 1127 49 1126 49 1181 56
1002 x2p 347 20 348 20 348 20 348 20 348 20
1003 ======================================================================
1005 5.8.5 5.8.6 5.8.7 5.8.8 5.8.9
1007 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
1009 beos 6 4 6 4 8 4 8 4 8 4
1010 Configure 494 1 494 1 495 1 506 1 520 1
1011 Cross 45 10 45 10 45 10 45 10 46 10
1012 djgpp 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7
1013 emacs 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4 406 4
1014 epoc 33 8 33 8 33 8 34 8 35 8
1015 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15
1016 hints 350 91 352 91 355 94 360 94 387 99
1017 mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9
1018 mpeix 25 5 25 5 25 5 49 6 49 6
1019 NetWare 488 61 488 61 488 61 490 61 491 61
1020 os2 488 67 488 67 488 67 488 67 552 70
1021 plan9 321 17 321 17 321 17 322 17 324 17
1022 Porting 538 34 548 35 549 35 564 37 625 41
1023 qnx 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3
1024 utils 265 19 265 19 266 19 267 19 281 21
1025 uts 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3
1026 vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4
1027 vms 657 36 658 36 662 36 664 36 716 35
1028 vos 335 20 335 20 335 20 336 21 345 22
1029 win32 1183 56 1190 56 1199 56 1219 56 1484 68
1030 x2p 349 20 349 20 349 20 349 19 350 19
1031 ======================================================================
1033 5.9.0 5.9.1 5.9.2 5.9.3 5.9.4
1035 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
1037 beos 6 4 6 4 8 4 8 4 8 4
1038 Configure 493 1 493 1 495 1 508 1 512 1
1039 Cross 45 10 45 10 45 10 45 10 46 10
1040 djgpp 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7
1041 emacs 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4
1042 epoc 33 8 33 8 33 8 34 8 34 8
1043 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15
1044 hints 321 89 346 91 355 94 359 94 366 96
1045 mad - - - - - - - - 174 6
1046 mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9
1047 mpeix 25 5 25 5 25 5 49 6 49 6
1048 NetWare 489 61 487 61 487 61 489 61 489 61
1049 os2 444 67 488 67 488 67 488 67 488 67
1050 plan9 325 17 321 17 321 17 322 17 323 17
1051 Porting 537 32 536 33 549 36 564 38 576 38
1052 qnx 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3
1053 symbian - - - - - - 293 53 293 53
1054 utils 258 16 263 19 268 20 273 23 275 24
1055 uts 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3
1056 vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4
1057 vms 660 36 547 33 553 33 661 33 696 33
1058 vos 11 7 11 7 11 7 11 7 11 7
1059 win32 1120 49 1124 51 1191 56 1209 56 1719 90
1060 x2p 348 20 348 20 349 20 349 19 349 19
1061 ======================================================================
1063 5.9.5 5.10.0 5.10.1 5.12.0 5.12.1
1065 apollo 8 3 8 3 0 3 0 3 0 3
1067 beos 8 4 8 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
1068 Configure 518 1 518 1 533 1 536 1 536 1
1069 Cross 122 15 122 15 119 15 118 15 118 15
1070 djgpp 21 7 21 7 17 7 17 7 17 7
1071 emacs 329 4 406 4 402 4 402 4 402 4
1072 epoc 34 8 35 8 31 8 31 8 31 8
1073 h2pl 24 15 24 15 12 15 12 15 12 15
1074 hints 377 98 381 98 385 100 368 97 368 97
1075 mad 182 8 182 8 174 8 174 8 174 8
1076 mint 11 9 11 9 3 9 - - - -
1077 mpeix 49 6 49 6 45 6 45 6 45 6
1078 NetWare 489 61 489 61 465 61 466 61 466 61
1079 os2 552 70 552 70 507 70 507 70 507 70
1080 plan9 324 17 324 17 316 17 316 17 316 17
1081 Porting 627 40 632 40 933 53 749 54 749 54
1082 qnx 5 3 5 4 1 4 1 4 1 4
1083 symbian 300 54 300 54 290 54 288 54 288 54
1084 utils 260 26 264 27 268 27 269 27 269 27
1085 uts 12 3 12 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
1086 vmesa 25 4 25 4 21 4 21 4 21 4
1087 vms 690 32 722 32 693 30 645 18 645 18
1088 vos 19 8 19 8 16 8 16 8 16 8
1089 win32 1482 68 1485 68 1497 70 1841 73 1841 73
1090 x2p 349 19 349 19 345 19 345 19 345 19
1091 ======================================================================
1093 5.12.2 5.12.3 5.14.0 5.16.0 5.18.0
1095 apollo 0 3 0 3 - - - - - -
1097 beos 4 4 4 4 5 4 5 4 - -
1098 Configure 536 1 536 1 539 1 547 1 550 1
1099 Cross 118 15 118 15 118 15 118 15 118 15
1100 djgpp 17 7 17 7 18 7 18 7 18 7
1101 emacs 402 4 402 4 - - - - - -
1102 epoc 31 8 31 8 32 8 30 8 - -
1103 h2pl 12 15 12 15 15 15 15 15 13 15
1104 hints 368 97 368 97 370 96 371 96 354 91
1105 mad 174 8 174 8 176 8 176 8 174 8
1106 mpeix 45 6 45 6 46 6 46 6 - -
1107 NetWare 466 61 466 61 473 61 472 61 469 61
1108 os2 507 70 507 70 518 70 519 70 510 70
1109 plan9 316 17 316 17 319 17 319 17 318 17
1110 Porting 750 54 750 54 855 60 1093 69 1149 70
1111 qnx 1 4 1 4 2 4 2 4 1 4
1112 symbian 288 54 288 54 292 54 292 54 290 54
1113 utils 269 27 269 27 249 29 245 30 246 31
1114 uts 8 3 8 3 9 3 9 3 - -
1115 vmesa 21 4 21 4 22 4 22 4 - -
1116 vms 646 18 644 18 639 17 571 15 564 15
1117 vos 16 8 16 8 17 8 9 7 8 7
1118 win32 1841 73 1841 73 1833 72 1655 67 1157 62
1119 x2p 345 19 345 19 346 19 345 19 344 20
1120 ======================================================================
1122 5.20.0 5.22.0 5.24.0
1124 Configure 552 1 570 1 586 1
1126 Cross 118 15 118 15 118 15
1127 djgpp 18 7 17 7 17 7
1128 h2pl 13 15 13 15 13 15
1129 hints 355 90 356 87 362 87
1130 mad 174 8 - - - -
1131 NetWare 467 61 466 61 467 61
1132 os2 510 70 510 70 510 70
1133 plan9 316 17 317 17 314 17
1134 Porting 1204 68 1393 71 1321 71
1135 qnx 1 4 1 4 1 4
1136 symbian 290 54 291 54 292 54
1137 utils 241 27 242 27 679 53
1138 vms 538 12 532 12 524 12
1139 vos 8 7 8 7 8 7
1140 win32 1183 64 1201 64 1268 65
1141 x2p 341 19 - - - -
1142 ======================================================================
1144 5.26.0 5.28.0 5.30.0
1146 Configure 593 1 580 1 587 1
1148 Cross 122 15 125 15 126 15
1149 djgpp 21 7 21 7 21 7
1150 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15
1151 hints 376 87 364 85 372 86
1152 mad - - - - - -
1153 NetWare 499 61 493 61 493 61
1154 os2 552 70 552 70 552 70
1155 plan9 322 17 309 17 308 17
1156 Porting 1380 73 1462 75 1460 74
1157 qnx 5 4 5 4 5 4
1158 symbian 315 54 315 54 315 54
1159 utils 578 50 584 50 587 50
1160 vms 527 12 526 12 526 12
1161 vos 12 7 12 7 12 7
1162 win32 1313 65 1326 65 1331 65
1163 x2p - - - - - -
1164 5.32.0 5.34.0 5.36.0
1166 Configure 588 1 592 1 603 1
1168 Cross 126 15 126 15 122 15
1169 djgpp 21 7 22 7 - -
1170 h2pl 24 15 24 15 13 15
1171 hints 363 86 364 86 359 84
1172 NetWare 484 61 533 61 - -
1173 os2 552 70 580 70 538 70
1174 plan9 308 17 325 20 318 20
1175 Porting 1482 75 1514 75 1559 78
1176 qnx 5 4 5 4 1 4
1177 symbian 307 54 - - - -
1178 utils 583 52 597 52 607 52
1179 vms 527 12 549 12 545 12
1180 vos 12 7 12 7 8 7
1181 win32 1011 47 1001 46 966 45
1182 SELECTED PATCH SIZES
1184 The "diff lines kB" means that for example the patch 5.003_08, to be
1185 applied on top of the 5.003_07 (or whatever was before the 5.003_08)
1186 added lines for 110 kilobytes, it removed lines for 19 kilobytes, and
1187 changed lines for 424 kilobytes. Just the lines themselves are
1188 counted, not their context. The "+ - !" become from the diff(1)
1189 context diff output format.
1190 Pump- Release Date diff lines kB
1192 king -------------
1193 + - !
1194 ======================================================================
1195 Chip 5.003_08 1996-Nov-19 110 19 424
1197 5.003_09 1996-Nov-26 38 9 248
1198 5.003_10 1996-Nov-29 29 2 27
1199 5.003_11 1996-Dec-06 73 12 165
1200 5.003_12 1996-Dec-19 275 6 436
1201 5.003_13 1996-Dec-20 95 1 56
1202 5.003_14 1996-Dec-23 23 7 333
1203 5.003_15 1996-Dec-23 0 0 1
1204 5.003_16 1996-Dec-24 12 3 50
1205 5.003_17 1996-Dec-27 19 1 14
1206 5.003_18 1996-Dec-31 21 1 32
1207 5.003_19 1997-Jan-04 80 3 85
1208 5.003_20 1997-Jan-07 18 1 146
1209 5.003_21 1997-Jan-15 38 10 221
1210 5.003_22 1997-Jan-16 4 0 18
1211 5.003_23 1997-Jan-25 71 15 119
1212 5.003_24 1997-Jan-29 426 1 20
1213 5.003_25 1997-Feb-04 21 8 169
1214 5.003_26 1997-Feb-10 16 1 15
1215 5.003_27 1997-Feb-18 32 10 38
1216 5.003_28 1997-Feb-21 58 4 66
1217 5.003_90 1997-Feb-25 22 2 34
1218 5.003_91 1997-Mar-01 37 1 39
1219 5.003_92 1997-Mar-06 16 3 69
1220 5.003_93 1997-Mar-10 12 3 15
1221 5.003_94 1997-Mar-22 407 7 200
1222 5.003_95 1997-Mar-25 41 1 37
1223 5.003_96 1997-Apr-01 283 5 261
1224 5.003_97 1997-Apr-03 13 2 34
1225 5.003_97a 1997-Apr-05 57 1 27
1226 5.003_97b 1997-Apr-08 14 1 20
1227 5.003_97c 1997-Apr-10 20 1 16
1228 5.003_97d 1997-Apr-13 8 0 16
1229 5.003_97e 1997-Apr-15 15 4 46
1230 5.003_97f 1997-Apr-17 7 1 33
1231 5.003_97g 1997-Apr-18 6 1 42
1232 5.003_97h 1997-Apr-24 23 3 68
1233 5.003_97i 1997-Apr-25 23 1 31
1234 5.003_97j 1997-Apr-28 36 1 49
1235 5.003_98 1997-Apr-30 171 12 539
1236 5.003_99 1997-May-01 6 0 7
1237 5.003_99a 1997-May-09 36 2 61
1238 p54rc1 1997-May-12 8 1 11
1239 p54rc2 1997-May-14 6 0 40
1240 5.004 1997-May-15 4 0 4
1242 Tim 5.004_01 1997-Jun-13 222 14 57
1244 5.004_02 1997-Aug-07 112 16 119
1245 5.004_03 1997-Sep-05 109 0 17
1246 5.004_04 1997-Oct-15 66 8 173
1247 The patch-free era
1249 In more modern times, named releases don't come as often, and as
1251 progress can be followed (nearly) instantly (with rsync, and since late
1252 2008, git) patches between versions are no longer provided. However,
1253 that doesn't keep us from calculating how large a patch could have
1254 been. Which is shown in the table below. Unless noted otherwise, the
1255 size mentioned is the patch to bring version x.y.z to x.y.z+1.
1256 Sarathy 5.6.1 2001-Apr-08 531 44 651
1258 Rafael 5.6.2 2003-Nov-15 20 11 1819
1259 Jarkko 5.8.0 2002-Jul-18 1205 31 471 From 5.7.3
1261 5.8.1 2003-Sep-25 243 102 6162
1263 Nicholas 5.8.2 2003-Nov-05 10 50 788
1264 5.8.3 2004-Jan-14 31 13 360
1265 5.8.4 2004-Apr-21 33 8 299
1266 5.8.5 2004-Jul-19 11 19 255
1267 5.8.6 2004-Nov-27 35 3 192
1268 5.8.7 2005-May-30 75 34 778
1269 5.8.8 2006-Jan-31 131 42 1251
1270 5.8.9 2008-Dec-14 340 132 12988
1271 Hugo 5.9.0 2003-Oct-27 281 168 7132 From 5.8.0
1273 Rafael 5.9.1 2004-Mar-16 57 250 2107
1274 5.9.2 2005-Apr-01 720 57 858
1275 5.9.3 2006-Jan-28 1124 102 1906
1276 5.9.4 2006-Aug-15 896 60 862
1277 5.9.5 2007-Jul-07 1149 128 1062
1278 5.10.0 2007-Dec-18 50 31 13111 From 5.9.5
1280
1282 Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>.
1283 Thanks to the collective memory of the Perlfolk. In addition to the
1285 Keepers of the Pumpkin also Alan Champion, Mark Dominus, Andreas
1286 Koenig, John Macdonald, Matthias Neeracher, Jeff Okamoto, Michael
1287 Peppler, Randal Schwartz, and Paul D. Smith sent corrections and
1288 additions. Abigail added file and patch size data for the 5.6.0 - 5.10
1289 era.
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