1PERLHIST(1)            Perl Programmers Reference Guide            PERLHIST(1)
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NAME

6       perlhist - the Perl history records
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DESCRIPTION

9       This document aims to record the Perl source code releases.
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INTRODUCTION

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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THE KEEPERS OF THE PUMPKIN

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, Ævar Arnfjörð 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 Bäcker, Eric Herman, John SJ Anderson,
35       Karen Etheridge, Zak B. Elep, Tom Hukins, Richard Leach, Neil Bowers,
36       Yves Orton, Paul Evans, and Graham Knop.
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38   PUMPKIN?
39       [from Porting/pumpkin.pod in the Perl source code distribution]
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41       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:
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45       [begin quote]
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47          Who has the patch pumpkin?
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49       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".
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55       [end quote]
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57       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?).
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THE RECORDS

62        Pump-  Release         Date            Notes
63        kin                                    (by no means
64        Holder                                  comprehensive,
65                                                see Changes*
66                                                for details)
67        ======================================================================
68
69        Larry   0              Classified.     Don't ask.
70
71        Larry   1.000          1987-Dec-18
72
73                 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
78        Larry   2.000          1988-Jun-05
79
80                 2.001         1988-Jun-28
81
82        Larry   3.000          1989-Oct-18
83
84                 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
101        Larry   4.000          1991-Mar-21
102
103                 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
113                 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
154        Larry   5.000          1994-Oct-17
155
156        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
172        Larry   5.001          1995-Mar-13
173
174        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
202        Larry   5.002          1996-Feb-29     Prototypes.
203
204        Charles  5.002_01      1996-Mar-25
205
206                5.003          1996-Jun-25     Security release.
207
208                 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
260        Chip    5.004          1997-May-15     A major maintenance release.
261
262        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
289        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
317        Sarathy  5.005         1998-Jul-22     Oneperl.
318
319        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
335        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
357        Sarathy  5.6.0         2000-Mar-22
358
359        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
367        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
375        Jarkko   5.8.0         2002-Jul-18
376
377        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
404        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
413        Rafael   5.10.0        2007-Dec-18
414
415        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
419        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
432        Jesse    5.12.0        2010-Apr-12
433
434        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
447        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        Ævar     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
463        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
472        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
486        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
492        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
505        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
520        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
533        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
544        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
557        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
576        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
587        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
606        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
620        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
630        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
643        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
655        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
667        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
677        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
690        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
696        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
707        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        Paul E    5.34.2       2023-Nov-25
714        Paul E    5.34.3       2023-Nov-29
715
716        Ricardo   5.35.0       2021-May-20     The 5.35 development track
717        Max       5.35.1       2021-Jun-20
718        Neil B    5.35.2       2021-Jul-23
719        Ether     5.35.3       2021-Aug-20
720        Matthew H 5.35.4       2021-Sep-20
721        Leon T    5.35.5       2021-Oct-21
722        Richard L 5.35.6       2021-Nov-20
723        Neil B    5.35.7       2021-Dec-20
724        Nicolas R 5.35.8       2022-Jan-20
725        Renee     5.35.9       2022-Feb-20
726        Sawyer X  5.35.10      2022-Mar-20
727        Steve     5.35.11      2022-Apr-20
728
729        Ricardo   5.36.0-RC1   2022-May-20     The 5.36 maintenance track
730        Ricardo   5.36.0-RC2   2022-May-20
731        Ricardo   5.36.0-RC3   2022-May-22
732        Ricardo   5.36.0       2022-May-27
733        Steve     5.36.1-RC1   2023-Apr-10
734        Steve     5.36.1-RC2   2023-Apr-11
735        Steve     5.36.1-RC3   2023-Apr-16
736        Steve     5.36.1       2023-Apr-23
737        Paul E    5.36.2       2023-Nov-25
738        Paul E    5.36.3       2023-Nov-29
739
740        Ricardo   5.37.0       2022-May-27     The 5.37 development track
741        Matthew H 5.37.1       2022-Jun-20
742        Nicolas R 5.37.2       2022-Jul-20
743        Neil B    5.37.3       2022-Aug-20
744        Ether     5.37.4       2022-Sep-20
745        Todd R    5.37.5       2022-Oct-20
746        Max M     5.37.6       2022-Nov-20
747        Richard L 5.37.7       2022-Dec-20
748        Renee     5.37.8       2023-Jan-20
749        Ether     5.37.9       2023-Feb-20
750        Yves      5.37.10      2023-Mar-20
751        Steve     5.37.11      2023-Apr-20
752
753        Ricardo   5.38.0-RC1   2023-Jun-15     The 5.38 maintenance track
754        Ricardo   5.38.0-RC2   2023-Jun-23
755        Ricardo   5.38.0       2023-Jul-02
756        Paul E    5.38.1       2023-Nov-25
757        Paul E    5.38.2       2023-Nov-29
758
759        Ricardo   5.39.0       2023-Jun-30     The 5.39 development track
760        Steve     5.39.1       2023-Jul-20
761        Paul E    5.39.2       2023-Aug-20
762        Matthew H 5.39.3       2023-Sep-20
763        Graham K  5.39.4       2023-Oct-25
764        Ether     5.39.5       2023-Nov-20
765
766   SELECTED RELEASE SIZES
767       For example the notation "core: 212  29" in the release 1.000 means
768       that it had in the core 212 kilobytes, in 29 files.  The "core".."doc"
769       are explained below.
770
771        release        core       lib         ext        t         doc
772        ======================================================================
773
774        1.000           212  29      -   -      -    -     38   51     62   3
775        1.014           219  29      -   -      -    -     39   52     68   4
776        2.000           309  31      2   3      -    -     55   57     92   4
777        2.001           312  31      2   3      -    -     55   57     94   4
778        3.000           508  36     24  11      -    -     79   73    156   5
779        3.044           645  37     61  20      -    -     90   74    190   6
780        4.000           635  37     59  20      -    -     91   75    198   4
781        4.019           680  37     85  29      -    -     98   76    199   4
782        4.036           709  37     89  30      -    -     98   76    208   5
783        5.000alpha2     785  50    114  32      -    -    112   86    209   5
784        5.000alpha3     801  50    117  33      -    -    121   87    209   5
785        5.000alpha9    1022  56    149  43    116   29    125   90    217   6
786        5.000a12h       978  49    140  49    205   46    152   97    228   9
787        5.000b3h       1035  53    232  70    216   38    162   94    218  21
788        5.000          1038  53    250  76    216   38    154   92    536  62
789        5.001m         1071  54    388  82    240   38    159   95    544  29
790        5.002          1121  54    661 101    287   43    155   94    847  35
791        5.003          1129  54    680 102    291   43    166  100    853  35
792        5.003_07       1231  60    748 106    396   53    213  137    976  39
793        5.004          1351  60   1230 136    408   51    355  161   1587  55
794        5.004_01       1356  60   1258 138    410   51    358  161   1587  55
795        5.004_04       1375  60   1294 139    413   51    394  162   1629  55
796        5.004_05       1463  60   1435 150    394   50    445  175   1855  59
797        5.004_51       1401  61   1260 140    413   53    358  162   1594  56
798        5.004_53       1422  62   1295 141    438   70    394  162   1637  56
799        5.004_56       1501  66   1301 140    447   74    408  165   1648  57
800        5.004_59       1555  72   1317 142    448   74    424  171   1678  58
801        5.004_62       1602  77   1327 144    629   92    428  173   1674  58
802        5.004_65       1626  77   1358 146    615   92    446  179   1698  60
803        5.004_68       1856  74   1382 152    619   92    463  187   1784  60
804        5.004_70       1863  75   1456 154    675   92    494  194   1809  60
805        5.004_73       1874  76   1467 152    762  102    506  196   1883  61
806        5.004_75       1877  76   1467 152    770  103    508  196   1896  62
807        5.005          1896  76   1469 152    795  103    509  197   1945  63
808        5.005_03       1936  77   1541 153    813  104    551  201   2176  72
809        5.005_50       1969  78   1842 301    795  103    514  198   1948  63
810        5.005_53       1999  79   1885 303    806  104    602  224   2002  67
811        5.005_56       2086  79   1970 307    866  113    672  238   2221  75
812        5.6.0          2820  79   2626 364   1096  129    863  280   2840  93
813        5.6.1          2946  78   2921 430   1171  132   1024  304   3330 102
814        5.6.2          2947  78   3143 451   1247  127   1303  387   3406 102
815        5.7.0          2977  80   2801 425   1250  132    975  307   3206 100
816        5.7.1          3351  84   3442 455   1944  167   1334  357   3698 124
817        5.7.2          3491  87   4858 618   3290  298   1598  449   3910 139
818        5.7.3          3299  85   4295 537   2196  300   2176  626   4171 120
819        5.8.0          3489  87   4533 585   2437  331   2588  726   4368 125
820        5.8.1          3674  90   5104 623   2604  353   2983  836   4625 134
821        5.8.2          3633  90   5111 623   2623  357   3019  848   4634 135
822        5.8.3          3625  90   5141 624   2660  363   3083  869   4669 136
823        5.8.4          3653  90   5170 634   2684  368   3148  885   4689 137
824        5.8.5          3664  90   4260 303   2707  369   3208  898   4689 138
825        5.8.6          3690  90   4271 303   3141  396   3411  925   4709 139
826        5.8.7          3788  90   4322 307   3297  401   3485  964   4744 141
827        5.8.8          3895  90   4357 314   3409  431   3622 1017   4979 144
828        5.8.9          4132  93   5508 330   3826  529   4364 1234   5348 152
829        5.9.0          3657  90   4951 626   2603  354   3011  841   4609 135
830        5.9.1          3580  90   5196 634   2665  367   3186  889   4725 138
831        5.9.2          3863  90   4654 312   3283  403   3551  973   4800 142
832        5.9.3          4096  91   5318 381   4806  597   4272 1214   5139 147
833        5.9.4          4393  94   5718 415   4578  642   4646 1310   5335 153
834        5.9.5          4681  96   6849 479   4827  671   5155 1490   5572 159
835        5.10.0         4710  97   7050 486   4899  673   5275 1503   5673 160
836        5.10.1         4858  98   7440 519   6195  921   6147 1751   5151 163
837        5.12.0         4999 100   1146 121  15227 2176   6400 1843   5342 168
838        5.12.1         5000 100   1146 121  15283 2178   6407 1846   5354 169
839        5.12.2         5003 100   1146 121  15404 2178   6413 1846   5376 170
840        5.12.3         5004 100   1146 121  15529 2180   6417 1848   5391 171
841        5.14.0         5328 104   1100 114  17779 2479   7697 2130   5871 188
842        5.16.0         5562 109   1077  80  20504 2702   8750 2375   4815 152
843        5.18.0         5892 113   1088  79  20077 2760   9365 2439   4943 154
844        5.20.0         6243 115   1187  75  19499 2701   9620 2457   5145 159
845        5.22.0         7819 115   1284  77  19121 2635   9772 2434   5615 176
846        5.24.0         7922 113   1287  77  19535 2677   9994 2465   5702 177
847        5.26.0         9140 121  24925 1200 40643 3017  10514 2614   7854 211
848        5.28.0        13056 128  27267 1230 41745 3130  10952 2715   8185 218
849        5.30.0        13535 128  26294 1237 39643 3080  11083 2711   8252 222
850        5.32.0        14147 127  25562 1255 40869 3098  11334 2734   8407 225
851        5.34.0        14620 126  28150 1262 42711 3138  11535 2774   8791 228
852        5.36.0        15300 129  27899 1270 48275 3236  11899 2863   8858 224
853        5.38.0        15793 139  29070 1270 48250 3219  11950 2863   9129 239
854
855       The "core"..."doc" mean the following files from the Perl source code
856       distribution.  The glob notation ** means recursively, (.) means
857       regular files.
858
859        core   *.[hcy]
860        lib    lib/**/*.p[ml]
861        ext    ext/**/*.{[hcyt],xs,pm} (for -5.10.1) or
862               {dist,ext,cpan}/**/*.{[hcyt],xs,pm} (for 5.12.0-)
863        t      t/**/*(.) (for 1-5.005_56) or **/*.t (for 5.6.0-5.7.3)
864        doc    {README*,INSTALL,*[_.]man{,.?},pod/**/*.pod}
865
866       Here are some statistics for the other subdirectories and one file in
867       the Perl source distribution for somewhat more selected releases.
868
869        ======================================================================
870          Legend:  kB   #
871
872                         1.014      2.001      3.044
873
874        Configure      31    1    37    1    62    1
875        eg              -    -    34   28    47   39
876        h2pl            -    -     -    -    12   12
877        msdos           -    -     -    -    41   13
878        os2             -    -     -    -    63   22
879        usub            -    -     -    -    21   16
880        x2p           103   17   104   17   137   17
881
882        ======================================================================
883
884                         4.000      4.019      4.036
885
886        atarist         -    -     -    -   113   31
887        Configure      73    1    83    1    86    1
888        eg             47   39    47   39    47   39
889        emacs          67    4    67    4    67    4
890        h2pl           12   12    12   12    12   12
891        hints           -    -     5   42    11   56
892        msdos          57   15    58   15    60   15
893        os2            81   29    81   29   113   31
894        usub           25    7    43    8    43    8
895        x2p           147   18   152   19   154   19
896
897        ======================================================================
898
899                       5.000a2  5.000a12h   5.000b3h      5.000     5.001m
900
901        apollo          8    3     8    3     8    3     8    3     8    3
902        atarist       113   31   113   31     -    -     -    -     -    -
903        bench           -    -     0    1     -    -     -    -     -    -
904        Bugs            2    5    26    1     -    -     -    -     -    -
905        dlperl         40    5     -    -     -    -     -    -     -    -
906        do            127   71     -    -     -    -     -    -     -    -
907        Configure       -    -   153    1   159    1   160    1   180    1
908        Doc             -    -    26    1    75    7    11    1    11    1
909        eg             79   58    53   44    51   43    54   44    54   44
910        emacs          67    4   104    6   104    6   104    1   104    6
911        h2pl           12   12    12   12    12   12    12   12    12   12
912        hints          11   56    12   46    18   48    18   48    44   56
913        msdos          60   15    60   15     -    -     -    -     -    -
914        os2           113   31   113   31     -    -     -    -     -    -
915        U               -    -    62    8   112   42     -    -     -    -
916        usub           43    8     -    -     -    -     -    -     -    -
917        vms             -    -    80    7   123    9   184   15   304   20
918        x2p           171   22   171   21   162   20   162   20   279   20
919
920        ======================================================================
921
922                         5.002      5.003   5.003_07
923
924        Configure     201    1   201    1   217    1
925        eg             54   44    54   44    54   44
926        emacs         108    1   108    1   143    1
927        h2pl           12   12    12   12    12   12
928        hints          73   59    77   60    90   62
929        os2            84   17    56   10   117   42
930        plan9           -    -     -    -    79   15
931        Porting         -    -     -    -    51    1
932        utils          87    7    88    7    97    7
933        vms           500   24   475   26   505   27
934        x2p           280   20   280   20   280   19
935
936        ======================================================================
937
938                         5.004   5.004_04   5.004_62   5.004_65   5.004_68
939
940        beos            -    -     -    -     -    -      1   1      1   1
941        Configure     225    1   225    1   240    1    248   1    256   1
942        cygwin32       23    5    23    5    23    5     24   5     24   5
943        djgpp           -    -     -    -    14    5     14   5     14   5
944        eg             81   62    81   62    81   62     81  62     81  62
945        emacs         194    1   204    1   212    2    212   2    212   2
946        h2pl           12   12    12   12    12   12     12  12     12  12
947        hints         129   69   132   71   144   72    151  74    155  74
948        os2           121   42   127   42   127   44    129  44    129  44
949        plan9          82   15    82   15    82   15     82  15     82  15
950        Porting        94    2   109    4   203    6    234   8    241   9
951        qnx             1    2     1    2     1    2      1   2      1   2
952        utils         112    8   118    8   124    8    156   9    159   9
953        vms           518   34   524   34   538   34    569  34    569  34
954        win32         285   33   378   36   470   39    493  39    575  41
955        x2p           281   19   281   19   281   19    282  19    281  19
956
957        ======================================================================
958
959                      5.004_70   5.004_73   5.004_75      5.005   5.005_03
960
961        apollo          -    -     -    -     -    -     -    -      0   1
962        beos            1    1     1    1     1    1     1    1      1   1
963        Configure     256    1   256    1   264    1   264    1    270   1
964        cygwin32       24    5    24    5    24    5    24    5     24   5
965        djgpp          14    5    14    5    14    5    14    5     15   5
966        eg             86   65    86   65    86   65    86   65     86  65
967        emacs         262    2   262    2   262    2   262    2    274   2
968        h2pl           12   12    12   12    12   12    12   12     12  12
969        hints         157   74   157   74   159   74   160   74    179  77
970        mint            -    -     -    -     -    -     -    -      4   7
971        mpeix           -    -     -    -     5    3     5    3      5   3
972        os2           129   44   139   44   142   44   143   44    148  44
973        plan9          82   15    82   15    82   15    82   15     82  15
974        Porting       241    9   253    9   259   10   264   12    272  13
975        qnx             1    2     1    2     1    2     1    2      1   2
976        utils         160    9   160    9   160    9   160    9    164   9
977        vms           570   34   572   34   573   34   575   34    583  34
978        vos             -    -     -    -     -    -     -   -     156  10
979        win32         577   41   585   41   585   41   587   41    600  42
980        x2p           281   19   281   19   281   19   281   19    281  19
981
982        ======================================================================
983
984                         5.6.0      5.6.1      5.6.2      5.7.3
985
986        apollo          8    3     8    3     8    3     8    3
987        beos            5    2     5    2     5    2     6    4
988        Configure     346    1   361    1   363    1   394    1
989        Cross           -    -     -    -     -    -     4    2
990        djgpp          19    6    19    6    19    6    21    7
991        eg            112   71   112   71   112   71     -    -
992        emacs         303    4   319    4   319    4   319    4
993        epoc           29    8    35    8    35    8    36    8
994        h2pl           24   15    24   15    24   15    24   15
995        hints         242   83   250   84   321   89   272   87
996        mint           11    9    11    9    11    9    11    9
997        mpeix           9    4     9    4     9    4     9    4
998        NetWare         -    -     -    -     -    -   423   57
999        os2           214   59   224   60   224   60   357   66
1000        plan9          92   17    92   17    92   17    85   15
1001        Porting       361   15   390   16   390   16   425   21
1002        qnx             5    3     5    3     5    3     5    3
1003        utils         228   12   221   11   222   11   267   13
1004        uts             -    -     -    -     -    -    12    3
1005        vmesa          25    4    25    4    25    4    25    4
1006        vms           686   38   627   38   627   38   649   36
1007        vos           227   12   249   15   248   15   281   17
1008        win32         755   41   782   42   801   42  1006   50
1009        x2p           307   20   307   20   307   20   345   20
1010
1011        ======================================================================
1012
1013                         5.8.0      5.8.1      5.8.2      5.8.3      5.8.4
1014
1015        apollo          8    3     8    3     8    3     8    3     8    3
1016        beos            6    4     6    4     6    4     6    4     6    4
1017        Configure     472    1   493    1   493    1   493    1   494    1
1018        Cross           4    2    45   10    45   10    45   10    45   10
1019        djgpp          21    7    21    7    21    7    21    7    21    7
1020        emacs         319    4   329    4   329    4   329    4   329    4
1021        epoc           33    8    33    8    33    8    33    8    33    8
1022        h2pl           24   15    24   15    24   15    24   15    24   15
1023        hints         294   88   321   89   321   89   321   89   348   91
1024        mint           11    9    11    9    11    9    11    9    11    9
1025        mpeix          24    5    25    5    25    5    25    5    25    5
1026        NetWare       488   61   490   61   490   61   490   61   488   61
1027        os2           361   66   445   67   450   67   488   67   488   67
1028        plan9          85   15   325   17   325   17   325   17   321   17
1029        Porting       479   22   537   32   538   32   539   32   538   33
1030        qnx             5    3     5    3     5    3     5    3     5    3
1031        utils         275   15   258   16   258   16   263   19   263   19
1032        uts            12    3    12    3    12    3    12    3    12    3
1033        vmesa          25    4    25    4    25    4    25    4    25    4
1034        vms           648   36   654   36   654   36   656   36   656   36
1035        vos           330   20   335   20   335   20   335   20   335   20
1036        win32        1062   49  1125   49  1127   49  1126   49  1181   56
1037        x2p           347   20   348   20   348   20   348   20   348   20
1038
1039        ======================================================================
1040
1041                         5.8.5      5.8.6      5.8.7      5.8.8      5.8.9
1042
1043        apollo          8    3     8    3     8    3     8    3     8    3
1044        beos            6    4     6    4     8    4     8    4     8    4
1045        Configure     494    1   494    1   495    1   506    1   520    1
1046        Cross          45   10    45   10    45   10    45   10    46   10
1047        djgpp          21    7    21    7    21    7    21    7    21    7
1048        emacs         329    4   329    4   329    4   329    4   406    4
1049        epoc           33    8    33    8    33    8    34    8    35    8
1050        h2pl           24   15    24   15    24   15    24   15    24   15
1051        hints         350   91   352   91   355   94   360   94   387   99
1052        mint           11    9    11    9    11    9    11    9    11    9
1053        mpeix          25    5    25    5    25    5    49    6    49    6
1054        NetWare       488   61   488   61   488   61   490   61   491   61
1055        os2           488   67   488   67   488   67   488   67   552   70
1056        plan9         321   17   321   17   321   17   322   17   324   17
1057        Porting       538   34   548   35   549   35   564   37   625   41
1058        qnx             5    3     5    3     5    3     5    3     5    3
1059        utils         265   19   265   19   266   19   267   19   281   21
1060        uts            12    3    12    3    12    3    12    3    12    3
1061        vmesa          25    4    25    4    25    4    25    4    25    4
1062        vms           657   36   658   36   662   36   664   36   716   35
1063        vos           335   20   335   20   335   20   336   21   345   22
1064        win32        1183   56  1190   56  1199   56  1219   56  1484   68
1065        x2p           349   20   349   20   349   20   349   19   350   19
1066
1067        ======================================================================
1068
1069                         5.9.0      5.9.1      5.9.2      5.9.3      5.9.4
1070
1071        apollo          8    3     8    3     8    3     8    3     8    3
1072        beos            6    4     6    4     8    4     8    4     8    4
1073        Configure     493    1   493    1   495    1   508    1   512    1
1074        Cross          45   10    45   10    45   10    45   10    46   10
1075        djgpp          21    7    21    7    21    7    21    7    21    7
1076        emacs         329    4   329    4   329    4   329    4   329    4
1077        epoc           33    8    33    8    33    8    34    8    34    8
1078        h2pl           24   15    24   15    24   15    24   15    24   15
1079        hints         321   89   346   91   355   94   359   94   366   96
1080        mad             -    -     -    -     -    -     -    -   174    6
1081        mint           11    9    11    9    11    9    11    9    11    9
1082        mpeix          25    5    25    5    25    5    49    6    49    6
1083        NetWare       489   61   487   61   487   61   489   61   489   61
1084        os2           444   67   488   67   488   67   488   67   488   67
1085        plan9         325   17   321   17   321   17   322   17   323   17
1086        Porting       537   32   536   33   549   36   564   38   576   38
1087        qnx             5    3     5    3     5    3     5    3     5    3
1088        symbian         -    -     -    -     -    -   293   53   293   53
1089        utils         258   16   263   19   268   20   273   23   275   24
1090        uts            12    3    12    3    12    3    12    3    12    3
1091        vmesa          25    4    25    4    25    4    25    4    25    4
1092        vms           660   36   547   33   553   33   661   33   696   33
1093        vos            11    7    11    7    11    7    11    7    11    7
1094        win32        1120   49  1124   51  1191   56  1209   56  1719   90
1095        x2p           348   20   348   20   349   20   349   19   349   19
1096
1097        ======================================================================
1098
1099                         5.9.5     5.10.0     5.10.1     5.12.0     5.12.1
1100
1101        apollo          8    3     8    3     0    3     0    3     0    3
1102        beos            8    4     8    4     4    4     4    4     4    4
1103        Configure     518    1   518    1   533    1   536    1   536    1
1104        Cross         122   15   122   15   119   15   118   15   118   15
1105        djgpp          21    7    21    7    17    7    17    7    17    7
1106        emacs         329    4   406    4   402    4   402    4   402    4
1107        epoc           34    8    35    8    31    8    31    8    31    8
1108        h2pl           24   15    24   15    12   15    12   15    12   15
1109        hints         377   98   381   98   385  100   368   97   368   97
1110        mad           182    8   182    8   174    8   174    8   174    8
1111        mint           11    9    11    9     3    9     -    -     -    -
1112        mpeix          49    6    49    6    45    6    45    6    45    6
1113        NetWare       489   61   489   61   465   61   466   61   466   61
1114        os2           552   70   552   70   507   70   507   70   507   70
1115        plan9         324   17   324   17   316   17   316   17   316   17
1116        Porting       627   40   632   40   933   53   749   54   749   54
1117        qnx             5    3     5    4     1    4     1    4     1    4
1118        symbian       300   54   300   54   290   54   288   54   288   54
1119        utils         260   26   264   27   268   27   269   27   269   27
1120        uts            12    3    12    3     8    3     8    3     8    3
1121        vmesa          25    4    25    4    21    4    21    4    21    4
1122        vms           690   32   722   32   693   30   645   18   645   18
1123        vos            19    8    19    8    16    8    16    8    16    8
1124        win32        1482   68  1485   68  1497   70  1841   73  1841   73
1125        x2p           349   19   349   19   345   19   345   19   345   19
1126
1127        ======================================================================
1128
1129                        5.12.2     5.12.3      5.14.0     5.16.0       5.18.0
1130
1131        apollo          0    3     0    3      -    -     -    -      -     -
1132        beos            4    4     4    4      5    4     5    4      -     -
1133        Configure     536    1   536    1    539    1   547    1    550     1
1134        Cross         118   15   118   15    118   15   118   15    118    15
1135        djgpp          17    7    17    7     18    7    18    7     18     7
1136        emacs         402    4   402    4      -    -     -    -      -     -
1137        epoc           31    8    31    8     32    8    30    8      -     -
1138        h2pl           12   15    12   15     15   15    15   15     13    15
1139        hints         368   97   368   97    370   96   371   96    354    91
1140        mad           174    8   174    8    176    8   176    8    174     8
1141        mpeix          45    6    45    6     46    6    46    6      -     -
1142        NetWare       466   61   466   61    473   61   472   61    469    61
1143        os2           507   70   507   70    518   70   519   70    510    70
1144        plan9         316   17   316   17    319   17   319   17    318    17
1145        Porting       750   54   750   54    855   60  1093   69   1149    70
1146        qnx             1    4     1    4      2    4     2    4      1     4
1147        symbian       288   54   288   54    292   54   292   54    290    54
1148        utils         269   27   269   27    249   29   245   30    246    31
1149        uts             8    3     8    3      9    3     9    3      -     -
1150        vmesa          21    4    21    4     22    4    22    4      -     -
1151        vms           646   18   644   18    639   17   571   15    564    15
1152        vos            16    8    16    8     17    8     9    7      8     7
1153        win32        1841   73  1841   73   1833   72  1655   67   1157    62
1154        x2p           345   19   345   19    346   19   345   19    344    20
1155
1156        ======================================================================
1157
1158                         5.20.0           5.22.0          5.24.0
1159
1160        Configure    552      1       570      1      586      1
1161        Cross        118     15       118     15      118     15
1162        djgpp         18      7        17      7       17      7
1163        h2pl          13     15        13     15       13     15
1164        hints        355     90       356     87      362     87
1165        mad          174      8         -      -        -      -
1166        NetWare      467     61       466     61      467     61
1167        os2          510     70       510     70      510     70
1168        plan9        316     17       317     17      314     17
1169        Porting     1204     68      1393     71     1321     71
1170        qnx            1      4         1      4        1      4
1171        symbian      290     54       291     54      292     54
1172        utils        241     27       242     27      679     53
1173        vms          538     12       532     12      524     12
1174        vos            8      7         8      7        8      7
1175        win32       1183     64      1201     64     1268     65
1176        x2p          341     19         -      -        -      -
1177
1178        ======================================================================
1179
1180                         5.26.0           5.28.0           5.30.0
1181
1182        Configure    593      1       580      1       587      1
1183        Cross        122     15       125     15       126     15
1184        djgpp         21      7        21      7        21      7
1185        h2pl          24     15        24     15        24     15
1186        hints        376     87       364     85       372     86
1187        mad            -      -         -      -         -      -
1188        NetWare      499     61       493     61       493     61
1189        os2          552     70       552     70       552     70
1190        plan9        322     17       309     17       308     17
1191        Porting     1380     73      1462     75      1460     74
1192        qnx            5      4         5      4         5      4
1193        symbian      315     54       315     54       315     54
1194        utils        578     50       584     50       587     50
1195        vms          527     12       526     12       526     12
1196        vos           12      7        12      7        12      7
1197        win32       1313     65      1326     65      1331     65
1198        x2p            -      -         -      -         -      -
1199
1200                         5.32.0           5.34.0           5.36.0
1201
1202        Configure    588      1       592      1       603      1
1203        Cross        126     15       126     15       122     15
1204        djgpp         21      7        22      7         -      -
1205        h2pl          24     15        24     15        13     15
1206        hints        363     86       364     86       359     84
1207        NetWare      484     61       533     61         -      -
1208        os2          552     70       580     70       538     70
1209        plan9        308     17       325     20       318     20
1210        Porting     1482     75      1514     75      1559     78
1211        qnx            5      4         5      4         1      4
1212        symbian      307     54         -      -         -      -
1213        utils        583     52       597     52       607     52
1214        vms          527     12       549     12       545     12
1215        vos           12      7        12      7         8      7
1216        win32       1011     47      1001     46       966     45
1217
1218                         5.38.0
1219
1220        Configure    604      1
1221        Cross        122     15
1222        h2pl          13     15
1223        hints        358     83
1224        os2          538     70
1225        plan9        322     20
1226        Porting     1640     80
1227        qnx            1      4
1228        utils        606     52
1229        vms          544     12
1230        vos            8      7
1231        win32        982     45
1232
1233   SELECTED PATCH SIZES
1234       The "diff lines kB" means that for example the patch 5.003_08, to be
1235       applied on top of the 5.003_07 (or whatever was before the 5.003_08)
1236       added lines for 110 kilobytes, it removed lines for 19 kilobytes, and
1237       changed lines for 424 kilobytes.  Just the lines themselves are
1238       counted, not their context.  The "+ - !" become from the diff(1)
1239       context diff output format.
1240
1241        Pump-  Release         Date              diff lines kB
1242        king                                     -------------
1243                                                 +     -     !
1244        ======================================================================
1245
1246        Chip     5.003_08      1996-Nov-19     110    19   424
1247                 5.003_09      1996-Nov-26      38     9   248
1248                 5.003_10      1996-Nov-29      29     2    27
1249                 5.003_11      1996-Dec-06      73    12   165
1250                 5.003_12      1996-Dec-19     275     6   436
1251                 5.003_13      1996-Dec-20      95     1    56
1252                 5.003_14      1996-Dec-23      23     7   333
1253                 5.003_15      1996-Dec-23       0     0     1
1254                 5.003_16      1996-Dec-24      12     3    50
1255                 5.003_17      1996-Dec-27      19     1    14
1256                 5.003_18      1996-Dec-31      21     1    32
1257                 5.003_19      1997-Jan-04      80     3    85
1258                 5.003_20      1997-Jan-07      18     1   146
1259                 5.003_21      1997-Jan-15      38    10   221
1260                 5.003_22      1997-Jan-16       4     0    18
1261                 5.003_23      1997-Jan-25      71    15   119
1262                 5.003_24      1997-Jan-29     426     1    20
1263                 5.003_25      1997-Feb-04      21     8   169
1264                 5.003_26      1997-Feb-10      16     1    15
1265                 5.003_27      1997-Feb-18      32    10    38
1266                 5.003_28      1997-Feb-21      58     4    66
1267                 5.003_90      1997-Feb-25      22     2    34
1268                 5.003_91      1997-Mar-01      37     1    39
1269                 5.003_92      1997-Mar-06      16     3    69
1270                 5.003_93      1997-Mar-10      12     3    15
1271                 5.003_94      1997-Mar-22     407     7   200
1272                 5.003_95      1997-Mar-25      41     1    37
1273                 5.003_96      1997-Apr-01     283     5   261
1274                 5.003_97      1997-Apr-03      13     2    34
1275                 5.003_97a     1997-Apr-05      57     1    27
1276                 5.003_97b     1997-Apr-08      14     1    20
1277                 5.003_97c     1997-Apr-10      20     1    16
1278                 5.003_97d     1997-Apr-13       8     0    16
1279                 5.003_97e     1997-Apr-15      15     4    46
1280                 5.003_97f     1997-Apr-17       7     1    33
1281                 5.003_97g     1997-Apr-18       6     1    42
1282                 5.003_97h     1997-Apr-24      23     3    68
1283                 5.003_97i     1997-Apr-25      23     1    31
1284                 5.003_97j     1997-Apr-28      36     1    49
1285                 5.003_98      1997-Apr-30     171    12   539
1286                 5.003_99      1997-May-01       6     0     7
1287                 5.003_99a     1997-May-09      36     2    61
1288                 p54rc1        1997-May-12       8     1    11
1289                 p54rc2        1997-May-14       6     0    40
1290
1291               5.004           1997-May-15       4     0     4
1292
1293        Tim      5.004_01      1997-Jun-13     222    14    57
1294                 5.004_02      1997-Aug-07     112    16   119
1295                 5.004_03      1997-Sep-05     109     0    17
1296                 5.004_04      1997-Oct-15      66     8   173
1297
1298       The patch-free era
1299
1300       In more modern times, named releases don't come as often, and as
1301       progress can be followed (nearly) instantly (with rsync, and since late
1302       2008, git) patches between versions are no longer provided. However,
1303       that doesn't keep us from calculating how large a patch could have
1304       been. Which is shown in the table below. Unless noted otherwise, the
1305       size mentioned is the patch to bring version x.y.z to x.y.z+1.
1306
1307        Sarathy  5.6.1         2001-Apr-08     531    44   651
1308        Rafael   5.6.2         2003-Nov-15      20    11  1819
1309
1310        Jarkko   5.8.0         2002-Jul-18    1205    31   471   From 5.7.3
1311
1312                 5.8.1         2003-Sep-25     243   102  6162
1313        Nicholas 5.8.2         2003-Nov-05      10    50   788
1314                 5.8.3         2004-Jan-14      31    13   360
1315                 5.8.4         2004-Apr-21      33     8   299
1316                 5.8.5         2004-Jul-19      11    19   255
1317                 5.8.6         2004-Nov-27      35     3   192
1318                 5.8.7         2005-May-30      75    34   778
1319                 5.8.8         2006-Jan-31     131    42  1251
1320                 5.8.9         2008-Dec-14     340   132 12988
1321
1322        Hugo     5.9.0         2003-Oct-27     281   168  7132   From 5.8.0
1323        Rafael   5.9.1         2004-Mar-16      57   250  2107
1324                 5.9.2         2005-Apr-01     720    57   858
1325                 5.9.3         2006-Jan-28    1124   102  1906
1326                 5.9.4         2006-Aug-15     896    60   862
1327                 5.9.5         2007-Jul-07    1149   128  1062
1328
1329                 5.10.0        2007-Dec-18      50    31 13111   From 5.9.5
1330

THE KEEPERS OF THE RECORDS

1332       Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>.
1333
1334       Thanks to the collective memory of the Perlfolk.  In addition to the
1335       Keepers of the Pumpkin also Alan Champion, Mark Dominus, Andreas König,
1336       John Macdonald, Matthias Neeracher, Jeff Okamoto, Michael Peppler,
1337       Randal Schwartz, and Paul D. Smith sent corrections and additions.
1338       Abigail added file and patch size data for the 5.6.0 - 5.10 era.
1339
1340
1341
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