1=head1 NAME 2 3perlhist - the Perl history records 4 5=head1 DESCRIPTION 6 7This document aims to record the Perl source code releases. 8 9=head1 INTRODUCTION 10 11Perl history in brief, by Larry Wall: 12 13 Perl 0 introduced Perl to my officemates. 14 Perl 1 introduced Perl to the world, and changed /\(...\|...\)/ to 15 /(...|...)/. \(Dan Faigin still hasn't forgiven me. :-\) 16 Perl 2 introduced Henry Spencer's regular expression package. 17 Perl 3 introduced the ability to handle binary data (embedded nulls). 18 Perl 4 introduced the first Camel book. Really. We mostly just 19 switched version numbers so the book could refer to 4.000. 20 Perl 5 introduced everything else, including the ability to 21 introduce everything else. 22 23=head1 THE KEEPERS OF THE PUMPKIN 24 25Larry Wall, Andy Dougherty, Tom Christiansen, Charles Bailey, Nick 26Ing-Simmons, Chip Salzenberg, Tim Bunce, Malcolm Beattie, Gurusamy 27Sarathy, Graham Barr, Jarkko Hietaniemi, Hugo van der Sanden, 28Michael Schwern, Rafael Garcia-Suarez, Nicholas Clark, Richard Clamp, 29Leon Brocard, Dave Mitchell, Jesse Vincent, Ricardo Signes, Steve Hay. 30 31=head2 PUMPKIN? 32 33[from Porting/pumpkin.pod in the Perl source code distribution] 34 35Chip Salzenberg gets credit for that, with a nod to his cow orker, 36David Croy. We had passed around various names (baton, token, hot 37potato) but none caught on. Then, Chip asked: 38 39[begin quote] 40 41 Who has the patch pumpkin? 42 43To explain: David Croy once told me once that at a previous job, 44there was one tape drive and multiple systems that used it for backups. 45But instead of some high-tech exclusion software, they used a low-tech 46method to prevent multiple simultaneous backups: a stuffed pumpkin. 47No one was allowed to make backups unless they had the "backup pumpkin". 48 49[end quote] 50 51The name has stuck. The holder of the pumpkin is sometimes called 52the pumpking (keeping the source afloat?) or the pumpkineer (pulling 53the strings?). 54 55=head1 THE RECORDS 56 57 Pump- Release Date Notes 58 king (by no means 59 comprehensive, 60 see Changes* 61 for details) 62 ====================================================================== 63 64 Larry 0 Classified. Don't ask. 65 66 Larry 1.000 1987-Dec-18 67 68 1.001..10 1988-Jan-30 69 1.011..14 1988-Feb-02 70 Schwern 1.0.15 2002-Dec-18 Modernization 71 Richard 1.0.16 2003-Dec-18 72 73 Larry 2.000 1988-Jun-05 74 75 2.001 1988-Jun-28 76 77 Larry 3.000 1989-Oct-18 78 79 3.001 1989-Oct-26 80 3.002..4 1989-Nov-11 81 3.005 1989-Nov-18 82 3.006..8 1989-Dec-22 83 3.009..13 1990-Mar-02 84 3.014 1990-Mar-13 85 3.015 1990-Mar-14 86 3.016..18 1990-Mar-28 87 3.019..27 1990-Aug-10 User subs. 88 3.028 1990-Aug-14 89 3.029..36 1990-Oct-17 90 3.037 1990-Oct-20 91 3.040 1990-Nov-10 92 3.041 1990-Nov-13 93 3.042..43 1991-Jan-?? 94 3.044 1991-Jan-12 95 96 Larry 4.000 1991-Mar-21 97 98 4.001..3 1991-Apr-12 99 4.004..9 1991-Jun-07 100 4.010 1991-Jun-10 101 4.011..18 1991-Nov-05 102 4.019 1991-Nov-11 Stable. 103 4.020..33 1992-Jun-08 104 4.034 1992-Jun-11 105 4.035 1992-Jun-23 106 Larry 4.036 1993-Feb-05 Very stable. 107 108 5.000alpha1 1993-Jul-31 109 5.000alpha2 1993-Aug-16 110 5.000alpha3 1993-Oct-10 111 5.000alpha4 1993-???-?? 112 5.000alpha5 1993-???-?? 113 5.000alpha6 1994-Mar-18 114 5.000alpha7 1994-Mar-25 115 Andy 5.000alpha8 1994-Apr-04 116 Larry 5.000alpha9 1994-May-05 ext appears. 117 5.000alpha10 1994-Jun-11 118 5.000alpha11 1994-Jul-01 119 Andy 5.000a11a 1994-Jul-07 To fit 14. 120 5.000a11b 1994-Jul-14 121 5.000a11c 1994-Jul-19 122 5.000a11d 1994-Jul-22 123 Larry 5.000alpha12 1994-Aug-04 124 Andy 5.000a12a 1994-Aug-08 125 5.000a12b 1994-Aug-15 126 5.000a12c 1994-Aug-22 127 5.000a12d 1994-Aug-22 128 5.000a12e 1994-Aug-22 129 5.000a12f 1994-Aug-24 130 5.000a12g 1994-Aug-24 131 5.000a12h 1994-Aug-24 132 Larry 5.000beta1 1994-Aug-30 133 Andy 5.000b1a 1994-Sep-06 134 Larry 5.000beta2 1994-Sep-14 Core slushified. 135 Andy 5.000b2a 1994-Sep-14 136 5.000b2b 1994-Sep-17 137 5.000b2c 1994-Sep-17 138 Larry 5.000beta3 1994-Sep-?? 139 Andy 5.000b3a 1994-Sep-18 140 5.000b3b 1994-Sep-22 141 5.000b3c 1994-Sep-23 142 5.000b3d 1994-Sep-27 143 5.000b3e 1994-Sep-28 144 5.000b3f 1994-Sep-30 145 5.000b3g 1994-Oct-04 146 Andy 5.000b3h 1994-Oct-07 147 Larry? 5.000gamma 1994-Oct-13? 148 149 Larry 5.000 1994-Oct-17 150 151 Andy 5.000a 1994-Dec-19 152 5.000b 1995-Jan-18 153 5.000c 1995-Jan-18 154 5.000d 1995-Jan-18 155 5.000e 1995-Jan-18 156 5.000f 1995-Jan-18 157 5.000g 1995-Jan-18 158 5.000h 1995-Jan-18 159 5.000i 1995-Jan-26 160 5.000j 1995-Feb-07 161 5.000k 1995-Feb-11 162 5.000l 1995-Feb-21 163 5.000m 1995-Feb-28 164 5.000n 1995-Mar-07 165 5.000o 1995-Mar-13? 166 167 Larry 5.001 1995-Mar-13 168 169 Andy 5.001a 1995-Mar-15 170 5.001b 1995-Mar-31 171 5.001c 1995-Apr-07 172 5.001d 1995-Apr-14 173 5.001e 1995-Apr-18 Stable. 174 5.001f 1995-May-31 175 5.001g 1995-May-25 176 5.001h 1995-May-25 177 5.001i 1995-May-30 178 5.001j 1995-Jun-05 179 5.001k 1995-Jun-06 180 5.001l 1995-Jun-06 Stable. 181 5.001m 1995-Jul-02 Very stable. 182 5.001n 1995-Oct-31 Very unstable. 183 5.002beta1 1995-Nov-21 184 5.002b1a 1995-Dec-04 185 5.002b1b 1995-Dec-04 186 5.002b1c 1995-Dec-04 187 5.002b1d 1995-Dec-04 188 5.002b1e 1995-Dec-08 189 5.002b1f 1995-Dec-08 190 Tom 5.002b1g 1995-Dec-21 Doc release. 191 Andy 5.002b1h 1996-Jan-05 192 5.002b2 1996-Jan-14 193 Larry 5.002b3 1996-Feb-02 194 Andy 5.002gamma 1996-Feb-11 195 Larry 5.002delta 1996-Feb-27 196 197 Larry 5.002 1996-Feb-29 Prototypes. 198 199 Charles 5.002_01 1996-Mar-25 200 201 5.003 1996-Jun-25 Security release. 202 203 5.003_01 1996-Jul-31 204 Nick 5.003_02 1996-Aug-10 205 Andy 5.003_03 1996-Aug-28 206 5.003_04 1996-Sep-02 207 5.003_05 1996-Sep-12 208 5.003_06 1996-Oct-07 209 5.003_07 1996-Oct-10 210 Chip 5.003_08 1996-Nov-19 211 5.003_09 1996-Nov-26 212 5.003_10 1996-Nov-29 213 5.003_11 1996-Dec-06 214 5.003_12 1996-Dec-19 215 5.003_13 1996-Dec-20 216 5.003_14 1996-Dec-23 217 5.003_15 1996-Dec-23 218 5.003_16 1996-Dec-24 219 5.003_17 1996-Dec-27 220 5.003_18 1996-Dec-31 221 5.003_19 1997-Jan-04 222 5.003_20 1997-Jan-07 223 5.003_21 1997-Jan-15 224 5.003_22 1997-Jan-16 225 5.003_23 1997-Jan-25 226 5.003_24 1997-Jan-29 227 5.003_25 1997-Feb-04 228 5.003_26 1997-Feb-10 229 5.003_27 1997-Feb-18 230 5.003_28 1997-Feb-21 231 5.003_90 1997-Feb-25 Ramping up to the 5.004 release. 232 5.003_91 1997-Mar-01 233 5.003_92 1997-Mar-06 234 5.003_93 1997-Mar-10 235 5.003_94 1997-Mar-22 236 5.003_95 1997-Mar-25 237 5.003_96 1997-Apr-01 238 5.003_97 1997-Apr-03 Fairly widely used. 239 5.003_97a 1997-Apr-05 240 5.003_97b 1997-Apr-08 241 5.003_97c 1997-Apr-10 242 5.003_97d 1997-Apr-13 243 5.003_97e 1997-Apr-15 244 5.003_97f 1997-Apr-17 245 5.003_97g 1997-Apr-18 246 5.003_97h 1997-Apr-24 247 5.003_97i 1997-Apr-25 248 5.003_97j 1997-Apr-28 249 5.003_98 1997-Apr-30 250 5.003_99 1997-May-01 251 5.003_99a 1997-May-09 252 p54rc1 1997-May-12 Release Candidates. 253 p54rc2 1997-May-14 254 255 Chip 5.004 1997-May-15 A major maintenance release. 256 257 Tim 5.004_01-t1 1997-???-?? The 5.004 maintenance track. 258 5.004_01-t2 1997-Jun-11 aka perl5.004m1t2 259 5.004_01 1997-Jun-13 260 5.004_01_01 1997-Jul-29 aka perl5.004m2t1 261 5.004_01_02 1997-Aug-01 aka perl5.004m2t2 262 5.004_01_03 1997-Aug-05 aka perl5.004m2t3 263 5.004_02 1997-Aug-07 264 5.004_02_01 1997-Aug-12 aka perl5.004m3t1 265 5.004_03-t2 1997-Aug-13 aka perl5.004m3t2 266 5.004_03 1997-Sep-05 267 5.004_04-t1 1997-Sep-19 aka perl5.004m4t1 268 5.004_04-t2 1997-Sep-23 aka perl5.004m4t2 269 5.004_04-t3 1997-Oct-10 aka perl5.004m4t3 270 5.004_04-t4 1997-Oct-14 aka perl5.004m4t4 271 5.004_04 1997-Oct-15 272 5.004_04-m1 1998-Mar-04 (5.004m5t1) Maint. trials for 5.004_05. 273 5.004_04-m2 1998-May-01 274 5.004_04-m3 1998-May-15 275 5.004_04-m4 1998-May-19 276 5.004_05-MT5 1998-Jul-21 277 5.004_05-MT6 1998-Oct-09 278 5.004_05-MT7 1998-Nov-22 279 5.004_05-MT8 1998-Dec-03 280 Chip 5.004_05-MT9 1999-Apr-26 281 5.004_05 1999-Apr-29 282 283 Malcolm 5.004_50 1997-Sep-09 The 5.005 development track. 284 5.004_51 1997-Oct-02 285 5.004_52 1997-Oct-15 286 5.004_53 1997-Oct-16 287 5.004_54 1997-Nov-14 288 5.004_55 1997-Nov-25 289 5.004_56 1997-Dec-18 290 5.004_57 1998-Feb-03 291 5.004_58 1998-Feb-06 292 5.004_59 1998-Feb-13 293 5.004_60 1998-Feb-20 294 5.004_61 1998-Feb-27 295 5.004_62 1998-Mar-06 296 5.004_63 1998-Mar-17 297 5.004_64 1998-Apr-03 298 5.004_65 1998-May-15 299 5.004_66 1998-May-29 300 Sarathy 5.004_67 1998-Jun-15 301 5.004_68 1998-Jun-23 302 5.004_69 1998-Jun-29 303 5.004_70 1998-Jul-06 304 5.004_71 1998-Jul-09 305 5.004_72 1998-Jul-12 306 5.004_73 1998-Jul-13 307 5.004_74 1998-Jul-14 5.005 beta candidate. 308 5.004_75 1998-Jul-15 5.005 beta1. 309 5.004_76 1998-Jul-21 5.005 beta2. 310 311 Sarathy 5.005 1998-Jul-22 Oneperl. 312 313 Sarathy 5.005_01 1998-Jul-27 The 5.005 maintenance track. 314 5.005_02-T1 1998-Aug-02 315 5.005_02-T2 1998-Aug-05 316 5.005_02 1998-Aug-08 317 Graham 5.005_03-MT1 1998-Nov-30 318 5.005_03-MT2 1999-Jan-04 319 5.005_03-MT3 1999-Jan-17 320 5.005_03-MT4 1999-Jan-26 321 5.005_03-MT5 1999-Jan-28 322 5.005_03-MT6 1999-Mar-05 323 5.005_03 1999-Mar-28 324 Leon 5.005_04-RC1 2004-Feb-05 325 5.005_04-RC2 2004-Feb-18 326 5.005_04 2004-Feb-23 327 328 Sarathy 5.005_50 1998-Jul-26 The 5.6 development track. 329 5.005_51 1998-Aug-10 330 5.005_52 1998-Sep-25 331 5.005_53 1998-Oct-31 332 5.005_54 1998-Nov-30 333 5.005_55 1999-Feb-16 334 5.005_56 1999-Mar-01 335 5.005_57 1999-May-25 336 5.005_58 1999-Jul-27 337 5.005_59 1999-Aug-02 338 5.005_60 1999-Aug-02 339 5.005_61 1999-Aug-20 340 5.005_62 1999-Oct-15 341 5.005_63 1999-Dec-09 342 5.5.640 2000-Feb-02 343 5.5.650 2000-Feb-08 beta1 344 5.5.660 2000-Feb-22 beta2 345 5.5.670 2000-Feb-29 beta3 346 5.6.0-RC1 2000-Mar-09 Release candidate 1. 347 5.6.0-RC2 2000-Mar-14 Release candidate 2. 348 5.6.0-RC3 2000-Mar-21 Release candidate 3. 349 350 Sarathy 5.6.0 2000-Mar-22 351 352 Sarathy 5.6.1-TRIAL1 2000-Dec-18 The 5.6 maintenance track. 353 5.6.1-TRIAL2 2001-Jan-31 354 5.6.1-TRIAL3 2001-Mar-19 355 5.6.1-foolish 2001-Apr-01 The "fools-gold" release. 356 5.6.1 2001-Apr-08 357 Rafael 5.6.2-RC1 2003-Nov-08 358 5.6.2 2003-Nov-15 Fix new build issues 359 360 Jarkko 5.7.0 2000-Sep-02 The 5.7 track: Development. 361 5.7.1 2001-Apr-09 362 5.7.2 2001-Jul-13 Virtual release candidate 0. 363 5.7.3 2002-Mar-05 364 5.8.0-RC1 2002-Jun-01 365 5.8.0-RC2 2002-Jun-21 366 5.8.0-RC3 2002-Jul-13 367 368 Jarkko 5.8.0 2002-Jul-18 369 370 Jarkko 5.8.1-RC1 2003-Jul-10 The 5.8 maintenance track 371 5.8.1-RC2 2003-Jul-11 372 5.8.1-RC3 2003-Jul-30 373 5.8.1-RC4 2003-Aug-01 374 5.8.1-RC5 2003-Sep-22 375 5.8.1 2003-Sep-25 376 Nicholas 5.8.2-RC1 2003-Oct-27 377 5.8.2-RC2 2003-Nov-03 378 5.8.2 2003-Nov-05 379 5.8.3-RC1 2004-Jan-07 380 5.8.3 2004-Jan-14 381 5.8.4-RC1 2004-Apr-05 382 5.8.4-RC2 2004-Apr-15 383 5.8.4 2004-Apr-21 384 5.8.5-RC1 2004-Jul-06 385 5.8.5-RC2 2004-Jul-08 386 5.8.5 2004-Jul-19 387 5.8.6-RC1 2004-Nov-11 388 5.8.6 2004-Nov-27 389 5.8.7-RC1 2005-May-18 390 5.8.7 2005-May-30 391 5.8.8-RC1 2006-Jan-20 392 5.8.8 2006-Jan-31 393 5.8.9-RC1 2008-Nov-10 394 5.8.9-RC2 2008-Dec-06 395 5.8.9 2008-Dec-14 396 397 Hugo 5.9.0 2003-Oct-27 The 5.9 development track 398 Rafael 5.9.1 2004-Mar-16 399 5.9.2 2005-Apr-01 400 5.9.3 2006-Jan-28 401 5.9.4 2006-Aug-15 402 5.9.5 2007-Jul-07 403 5.10.0-RC1 2007-Nov-17 404 5.10.0-RC2 2007-Nov-25 405 406 Rafael 5.10.0 2007-Dec-18 407 408 David 5.10.1-RC1 2009-Aug-06 The 5.10 maintenance track 409 5.10.1-RC2 2009-Aug-18 410 5.10.1 2009-Aug-22 411 412 Jesse 5.11.0 2009-Oct-02 The 5.11 development track 413 5.11.1 2009-Oct-20 414 Leon 5.11.2 2009-Nov-20 415 Jesse 5.11.3 2009-Dec-20 416 Ricardo 5.11.4 2010-Jan-20 417 Steve 5.11.5 2010-Feb-20 418 Jesse 5.12.0-RC1 2010-Mar-29 419 420 Jesse 5.12.0 2010-Apr-12 421 Jesse 5.12.1 2010-May-16 422 Jesse 5.12.2 2010-Sep-06 423 424=head2 SELECTED RELEASE SIZES 425 426For example the notation "core: 212 29" in the release 1.000 means that 427it had in the core 212 kilobytes, in 29 files. The "core".."doc" are 428explained below. 429 430 release core lib ext t doc 431 ====================================================================== 432 433 1.000 212 29 - - - - 38 51 62 3 434 1.014 219 29 - - - - 39 52 68 4 435 2.000 309 31 2 3 - - 55 57 92 4 436 2.001 312 31 2 3 - - 55 57 94 4 437 3.000 508 36 24 11 - - 79 73 156 5 438 3.044 645 37 61 20 - - 90 74 190 6 439 4.000 635 37 59 20 - - 91 75 198 4 440 4.019 680 37 85 29 - - 98 76 199 4 441 4.036 709 37 89 30 - - 98 76 208 5 442 5.000alpha2 785 50 114 32 - - 112 86 209 5 443 5.000alpha3 801 50 117 33 - - 121 87 209 5 444 5.000alpha9 1022 56 149 43 116 29 125 90 217 6 445 5.000a12h 978 49 140 49 205 46 152 97 228 9 446 5.000b3h 1035 53 232 70 216 38 162 94 218 21 447 5.000 1038 53 250 76 216 38 154 92 536 62 448 5.001m 1071 54 388 82 240 38 159 95 544 29 449 5.002 1121 54 661 101 287 43 155 94 847 35 450 5.003 1129 54 680 102 291 43 166 100 853 35 451 5.003_07 1231 60 748 106 396 53 213 137 976 39 452 5.004 1351 60 1230 136 408 51 355 161 1587 55 453 5.004_01 1356 60 1258 138 410 51 358 161 1587 55 454 5.004_04 1375 60 1294 139 413 51 394 162 1629 55 455 5.004_05 1463 60 1435 150 394 50 445 175 1855 59 456 5.004_51 1401 61 1260 140 413 53 358 162 1594 56 457 5.004_53 1422 62 1295 141 438 70 394 162 1637 56 458 5.004_56 1501 66 1301 140 447 74 408 165 1648 57 459 5.004_59 1555 72 1317 142 448 74 424 171 1678 58 460 5.004_62 1602 77 1327 144 629 92 428 173 1674 58 461 5.004_65 1626 77 1358 146 615 92 446 179 1698 60 462 5.004_68 1856 74 1382 152 619 92 463 187 1784 60 463 5.004_70 1863 75 1456 154 675 92 494 194 1809 60 464 5.004_73 1874 76 1467 152 762 102 506 196 1883 61 465 5.004_75 1877 76 1467 152 770 103 508 196 1896 62 466 5.005 1896 76 1469 152 795 103 509 197 1945 63 467 5.005_03 1936 77 1541 153 813 104 551 201 2176 72 468 5.005_50 1969 78 1842 301 795 103 514 198 1948 63 469 5.005_53 1999 79 1885 303 806 104 602 224 2002 67 470 5.005_56 2086 79 1970 307 866 113 672 238 2221 75 471 5.6.0 2820 79 2626 364 1096 129 863 280 2840 93 472 5.6.1 2946 78 2921 430 1171 132 1024 304 3330 102 473 5.6.2 2947 78 3143 451 1247 127 1303 387 3406 102 474 5.7.0 2977 80 2801 425 1250 132 975 307 3206 100 475 5.7.1 3351 84 3442 455 1944 167 1334 357 3698 124 476 5.7.2 3491 87 4858 618 3290 298 1598 449 3910 139 477 5.7.3 3299 85 4295 537 2196 300 2176 626 4171 120 478 5.8.0 3489 87 4533 585 2437 331 2588 726 4368 125 479 5.8.1 3674 90 5104 623 2604 353 2983 836 4625 134 480 5.8.2 3633 90 5111 623 2623 357 3019 848 4634 135 481 5.8.3 3625 90 5141 624 2660 363 3083 869 4669 136 482 5.8.4 3653 90 5170 634 2684 368 3148 885 4689 137 483 5.8.5 3664 90 4260 303 2707 369 3208 898 4689 138 484 5.8.6 3690 90 4271 303 3141 396 3411 925 4709 139 485 5.8.7 3788 90 4322 307 3297 401 3485 964 4744 141 486 5.8.8 3895 90 4357 314 3409 431 3622 1017 4979 144 487 5.8.9 4132 93 5508 330 3826 529 4364 1234 5348 152 488 5.9.0 3657 90 4951 626 2603 354 3011 841 4609 135 489 5.9.1 3580 90 5196 634 2665 367 3186 889 4725 138 490 5.9.2 3863 90 4654 312 3283 403 3551 973 4800 142 491 5.9.3 4096 91 5318 381 4806 597 4272 1214 5139 147 492 5.9.4 4393 94 5718 415 4578 642 4646 1310 5335 153 493 5.9.5 4681 96 6849 479 4827 671 5155 1490 5572 159 494 5.10.0 4710 97 7050 486 4899 673 5275 1503 5673 160 495 5.10.1 4858 98 7440 519 6195 921 6147 1751 5151 163 496 5.12.0 4999 100 1146 121 15227 2176 6400 1843 5342 168 497 5.12.1 5000 100 1146 121 15283 2178 6407 1846 5354 169 498 499The "core"..."doc" mean the following files from the Perl source code 500distribution. The glob notation ** means recursively, (.) means 501regular files. 502 503 core *.[hcy] 504 lib lib/**/*.p[ml] 505 ext ext/**/*.{[hcyt],xs,pm} (for -5.10.1) or 506 {dist,ext,cpan}/**/*.{[hcyt],xs,pm} (for 5.12.0-) 507 t t/**/*(.) (for 1-5.005_56) or **/*.t (for 5.6.0-5.7.3) 508 doc {README*,INSTALL,*[_.]man{,.?},pod/**/*.pod} 509 510Here are some statistics for the other subdirectories and one file in 511the Perl source distribution for somewhat more selected releases. 512 513 ====================================================================== 514 Legend: kB # 515 516 1.014 2.001 3.044 517 518 Configure 31 1 37 1 62 1 519 eg - - 34 28 47 39 520 h2pl - - - - 12 12 521 msdos - - - - 41 13 522 os2 - - - - 63 22 523 usub - - - - 21 16 524 x2p 103 17 104 17 137 17 525 526 ====================================================================== 527 528 4.000 4.019 4.036 529 530 atarist - - - - 113 31 531 Configure 73 1 83 1 86 1 532 eg 47 39 47 39 47 39 533 emacs 67 4 67 4 67 4 534 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12 535 hints - - 5 42 11 56 536 msdos 57 15 58 15 60 15 537 os2 81 29 81 29 113 31 538 usub 25 7 43 8 43 8 539 x2p 147 18 152 19 154 19 540 541 ====================================================================== 542 543 5.000a2 5.000a12h 5.000b3h 5.000 5.001m 544 545 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 546 atarist 113 31 113 31 - - - - - - 547 bench - - 0 1 - - - - - - 548 Bugs 2 5 26 1 - - - - - - 549 dlperl 40 5 - - - - - - - - 550 do 127 71 - - - - - - - - 551 Configure - - 153 1 159 1 160 1 180 1 552 Doc - - 26 1 75 7 11 1 11 1 553 eg 79 58 53 44 51 43 54 44 54 44 554 emacs 67 4 104 6 104 6 104 1 104 6 555 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 556 hints 11 56 12 46 18 48 18 48 44 56 557 msdos 60 15 60 15 - - - - - - 558 os2 113 31 113 31 - - - - - - 559 U - - 62 8 112 42 - - - - 560 usub 43 8 - - - - - - - - 561 vms - - 80 7 123 9 184 15 304 20 562 x2p 171 22 171 21 162 20 162 20 279 20 563 564 ====================================================================== 565 566 5.002 5.003 5.003_07 567 568 Configure 201 1 201 1 217 1 569 eg 54 44 54 44 54 44 570 emacs 108 1 108 1 143 1 571 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12 572 hints 73 59 77 60 90 62 573 os2 84 17 56 10 117 42 574 plan9 - - - - 79 15 575 Porting - - - - 51 1 576 utils 87 7 88 7 97 7 577 vms 500 24 475 26 505 27 578 x2p 280 20 280 20 280 19 579 580 ====================================================================== 581 582 5.004 5.004_04 5.004_62 5.004_65 5.004_68 583 584 beos - - - - - - 1 1 1 1 585 Configure 225 1 225 1 240 1 248 1 256 1 586 cygwin32 23 5 23 5 23 5 24 5 24 5 587 djgpp - - - - 14 5 14 5 14 5 588 eg 81 62 81 62 81 62 81 62 81 62 589 emacs 194 1 204 1 212 2 212 2 212 2 590 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 591 hints 129 69 132 71 144 72 151 74 155 74 592 os2 121 42 127 42 127 44 129 44 129 44 593 plan9 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15 594 Porting 94 2 109 4 203 6 234 8 241 9 595 qnx 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 596 utils 112 8 118 8 124 8 156 9 159 9 597 vms 518 34 524 34 538 34 569 34 569 34 598 win32 285 33 378 36 470 39 493 39 575 41 599 x2p 281 19 281 19 281 19 282 19 281 19 600 601 ====================================================================== 602 603 5.004_70 5.004_73 5.004_75 5.005 5.005_03 604 605 apollo - - - - - - - - 0 1 606 beos 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 607 Configure 256 1 256 1 264 1 264 1 270 1 608 cygwin32 24 5 24 5 24 5 24 5 24 5 609 djgpp 14 5 14 5 14 5 14 5 15 5 610 eg 86 65 86 65 86 65 86 65 86 65 611 emacs 262 2 262 2 262 2 262 2 274 2 612 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 613 hints 157 74 157 74 159 74 160 74 179 77 614 mint - - - - - - - - 4 7 615 mpeix - - - - 5 3 5 3 5 3 616 os2 129 44 139 44 142 44 143 44 148 44 617 plan9 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15 618 Porting 241 9 253 9 259 10 264 12 272 13 619 qnx 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 620 utils 160 9 160 9 160 9 160 9 164 9 621 vms 570 34 572 34 573 34 575 34 583 34 622 vos - - - - - - - - 156 10 623 win32 577 41 585 41 585 41 587 41 600 42 624 x2p 281 19 281 19 281 19 281 19 281 19 625 626 ====================================================================== 627 628 5.6.0 5.6.1 5.6.2 5.7.3 629 630 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 631 beos 5 2 5 2 5 2 6 4 632 Configure 346 1 361 1 363 1 394 1 633 Cross - - - - - - 4 2 634 djgpp 19 6 19 6 19 6 21 7 635 eg 112 71 112 71 112 71 - - 636 emacs 303 4 319 4 319 4 319 4 637 epoc 29 8 35 8 35 8 36 8 638 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15 639 hints 242 83 250 84 321 89 272 87 640 mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9 641 mpeix 9 4 9 4 9 4 9 4 642 NetWare - - - - - - 423 57 643 os2 214 59 224 60 224 60 357 66 644 plan9 92 17 92 17 92 17 85 15 645 Porting 361 15 390 16 390 16 425 21 646 qnx 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3 647 utils 228 12 221 11 222 11 267 13 648 uts - - - - - - 12 3 649 vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4 650 vms 686 38 627 38 627 38 649 36 651 vos 227 12 249 15 248 15 281 17 652 win32 755 41 782 42 801 42 1006 50 653 x2p 307 20 307 20 307 20 345 20 654 655 ====================================================================== 656 657 5.8.0 5.8.1 5.8.2 5.8.3 5.8.4 658 659 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 660 beos 6 4 6 4 6 4 6 4 6 4 661 Configure 472 1 493 1 493 1 493 1 494 1 662 Cross 4 2 45 10 45 10 45 10 45 10 663 djgpp 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7 664 emacs 319 4 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4 665 epoc 33 8 33 8 33 8 33 8 33 8 666 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15 667 hints 294 88 321 89 321 89 321 89 348 91 668 mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9 669 mpeix 24 5 25 5 25 5 25 5 25 5 670 NetWare 488 61 490 61 490 61 490 61 488 61 671 os2 361 66 445 67 450 67 488 67 488 67 672 plan9 85 15 325 17 325 17 325 17 321 17 673 Porting 479 22 537 32 538 32 539 32 538 33 674 qnx 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3 675 utils 275 15 258 16 258 16 263 19 263 19 676 uts 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3 677 vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4 678 vms 648 36 654 36 654 36 656 36 656 36 679 vos 330 20 335 20 335 20 335 20 335 20 680 win32 1062 49 1125 49 1127 49 1126 49 1181 56 681 x2p 347 20 348 20 348 20 348 20 348 20 682 683 ====================================================================== 684 685 5.8.5 5.8.6 5.8.7 5.8.8 5.8.9 686 687 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 688 beos 6 4 6 4 8 4 8 4 8 4 689 Configure 494 1 494 1 495 1 506 1 520 1 690 Cross 45 10 45 10 45 10 45 10 46 10 691 djgpp 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7 692 emacs 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4 406 4 693 epoc 33 8 33 8 33 8 34 8 35 8 694 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15 695 hints 350 91 352 91 355 94 360 94 387 99 696 mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9 697 mpeix 25 5 25 5 25 5 49 6 49 6 698 NetWare 488 61 488 61 488 61 490 61 491 61 699 os2 488 67 488 67 488 67 488 67 552 70 700 plan9 321 17 321 17 321 17 322 17 324 17 701 Porting 538 34 548 35 549 35 564 37 625 41 702 qnx 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3 703 utils 265 19 265 19 266 19 267 19 281 21 704 uts 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3 705 vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4 706 vms 657 36 658 36 662 36 664 36 716 35 707 vos 335 20 335 20 335 20 336 21 345 22 708 win32 1183 56 1190 56 1199 56 1219 56 1484 68 709 x2p 349 20 349 20 349 20 349 19 350 19 710 711 ====================================================================== 712 713 5.9.0 5.9.1 5.9.2 5.9.3 5.9.4 714 715 apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 716 beos 6 4 6 4 8 4 8 4 8 4 717 Configure 493 1 493 1 495 1 508 1 512 1 718 Cross 45 10 45 10 45 10 45 10 46 10 719 djgpp 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7 720 emacs 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4 721 epoc 33 8 33 8 33 8 34 8 34 8 722 h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15 723 hints 321 89 346 91 355 94 359 94 366 96 724 mad - - - - - - - - 174 6 725 mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9 726 mpeix 25 5 25 5 25 5 49 6 49 6 727 NetWare 489 61 487 61 487 61 489 61 489 61 728 os2 444 67 488 67 488 67 488 67 488 67 729 plan9 325 17 321 17 321 17 322 17 323 17 730 Porting 537 32 536 33 549 36 564 38 576 38 731 qnx 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3 732 symbian - - - - - - 293 53 293 53 733 utils 258 16 263 19 268 20 273 23 275 24 734 uts 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3 735 vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4 736 vms 660 36 547 33 553 33 661 33 696 33 737 vos 11 7 11 7 11 7 11 7 11 7 738 win32 1120 49 1124 51 1191 56 1209 56 1719 90 739 x2p 348 20 348 20 349 20 349 19 349 19 740 741 ====================================================================== 742 743 5.9.5 5.10.0 5.10.1 5.12.0 5.12.1 744 745 apollo 8 3 8 3 0 3 0 3 0 3 746 beos 8 4 8 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 747 Configure 518 1 518 1 533 1 536 1 536 1 748 Cross 122 15 122 15 119 15 118 15 118 15 749 djgpp 21 7 21 7 17 7 17 7 17 7 750 emacs 329 4 406 4 402 4 402 4 402 4 751 epoc 34 8 35 8 31 8 31 8 31 8 752 h2pl 24 15 24 15 12 15 12 15 12 15 753 hints 377 98 381 98 385 100 368 97 368 97 754 mad 182 8 182 8 174 8 174 8 174 8 755 mint 11 9 11 9 3 9 - - - - 756 mpeix 49 6 49 6 45 6 45 6 45 6 757 NetWare 489 61 489 61 465 61 466 61 466 61 758 os2 552 70 552 70 507 70 507 70 507 70 759 plan9 324 17 324 17 316 17 316 17 316 17 760 Porting 627 40 632 40 933 53 749 54 749 54 761 qnx 5 3 5 4 1 4 1 4 1 4 762 symbian 300 54 300 54 290 54 288 54 288 54 763 utils 260 26 264 27 268 27 269 27 269 27 764 uts 12 3 12 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 765 vmesa 25 4 25 4 21 4 21 4 21 4 766 vms 690 32 722 32 693 30 645 18 645 18 767 vos 19 8 19 8 16 8 16 8 16 8 768 win32 1482 68 1485 68 1497 70 1841 73 1841 73 769 x2p 349 19 349 19 345 19 345 19 345 19 770 771=head2 SELECTED PATCH SIZES 772 773The "diff lines kB" means that for example the patch 5.003_08, to be 774applied on top of the 5.003_07 (or whatever was before the 5.003_08) 775added lines for 110 kilobytes, it removed lines for 19 kilobytes, and 776changed lines for 424 kilobytes. Just the lines themselves are 777counted, not their context. The "+ - !" become from the diff(1) 778context diff output format. 779 780 Pump- Release Date diff lines kB 781 king ------------- 782 + - ! 783 ====================================================================== 784 785 Chip 5.003_08 1996-Nov-19 110 19 424 786 5.003_09 1996-Nov-26 38 9 248 787 5.003_10 1996-Nov-29 29 2 27 788 5.003_11 1996-Dec-06 73 12 165 789 5.003_12 1996-Dec-19 275 6 436 790 5.003_13 1996-Dec-20 95 1 56 791 5.003_14 1996-Dec-23 23 7 333 792 5.003_15 1996-Dec-23 0 0 1 793 5.003_16 1996-Dec-24 12 3 50 794 5.003_17 1996-Dec-27 19 1 14 795 5.003_18 1996-Dec-31 21 1 32 796 5.003_19 1997-Jan-04 80 3 85 797 5.003_20 1997-Jan-07 18 1 146 798 5.003_21 1997-Jan-15 38 10 221 799 5.003_22 1997-Jan-16 4 0 18 800 5.003_23 1997-Jan-25 71 15 119 801 5.003_24 1997-Jan-29 426 1 20 802 5.003_25 1997-Feb-04 21 8 169 803 5.003_26 1997-Feb-10 16 1 15 804 5.003_27 1997-Feb-18 32 10 38 805 5.003_28 1997-Feb-21 58 4 66 806 5.003_90 1997-Feb-25 22 2 34 807 5.003_91 1997-Mar-01 37 1 39 808 5.003_92 1997-Mar-06 16 3 69 809 5.003_93 1997-Mar-10 12 3 15 810 5.003_94 1997-Mar-22 407 7 200 811 5.003_95 1997-Mar-25 41 1 37 812 5.003_96 1997-Apr-01 283 5 261 813 5.003_97 1997-Apr-03 13 2 34 814 5.003_97a 1997-Apr-05 57 1 27 815 5.003_97b 1997-Apr-08 14 1 20 816 5.003_97c 1997-Apr-10 20 1 16 817 5.003_97d 1997-Apr-13 8 0 16 818 5.003_97e 1997-Apr-15 15 4 46 819 5.003_97f 1997-Apr-17 7 1 33 820 5.003_97g 1997-Apr-18 6 1 42 821 5.003_97h 1997-Apr-24 23 3 68 822 5.003_97i 1997-Apr-25 23 1 31 823 5.003_97j 1997-Apr-28 36 1 49 824 5.003_98 1997-Apr-30 171 12 539 825 5.003_99 1997-May-01 6 0 7 826 5.003_99a 1997-May-09 36 2 61 827 p54rc1 1997-May-12 8 1 11 828 p54rc2 1997-May-14 6 0 40 829 830 5.004 1997-May-15 4 0 4 831 832 Tim 5.004_01 1997-Jun-13 222 14 57 833 5.004_02 1997-Aug-07 112 16 119 834 5.004_03 1997-Sep-05 109 0 17 835 5.004_04 1997-Oct-15 66 8 173 836 837=head3 The patch-free era 838 839In more modern times, named releases don't come as often, and as progress 840can be followed (nearly) instantly (with rsync, and since late 2008, git) 841patches between versions are no longer provided. However, that doesn't 842keep us from calculating how large a patch could have been. Which is 843shown in the table below. Unless noted otherwise, the size mentioned is 844the patch to bring version x.y.z to x.y.z+1. 845 846 Sarathy 5.6.1 2001-Apr-08 531 44 651 847 Rafael 5.6.2 2003-Nov-15 20 11 1819 848 849 Jarkko 5.8.0 2002-Jul-18 1205 31 471 From 5.7.3 850 851 5.8.1 2003-Sep-25 243 102 6162 852 Nicholas 5.8.2 2003-Nov-05 10 50 788 853 5.8.3 2004-Jan-14 31 13 360 854 5.8.4 2004-Apr-21 33 8 299 855 5.8.5 2004-Jul-19 11 19 255 856 5.8.6 2004-Nov-27 35 3 192 857 5.8.7 2005-May-30 75 34 778 858 5.8.8 2006-Jan-31 131 42 1251 859 5.8.9 2008-Dec-14 340 132 12988 860 861 Hugo 5.9.0 2003-Oct-27 281 168 7132 From 5.8.0 862 Rafael 5.9.1 2004-Mar-16 57 250 2107 863 5.9.2 2005-Apr-01 720 57 858 864 5.9.3 2006-Jan-28 1124 102 1906 865 5.9.4 2006-Aug-15 896 60 862 866 5.9.5 2007-Jul-07 1149 128 1062 867 868 5.10.0 2007-Dec-18 50 31 13111 From 5.9.5 869 870 871=head1 THE KEEPERS OF THE RECORDS 872 873Jarkko Hietaniemi <F<jhi@iki.fi>>. 874 875Thanks to the collective memory of the Perlfolk. In addition to the 876Keepers of the Pumpkin also Alan Champion, Mark Dominus, 877Andreas König, John Macdonald, Matthias Neeracher, Jeff Okamoto, 878Michael Peppler, Randal Schwartz, and Paul D. Smith sent corrections 879and additions. Abigail added file and patch size data for the 5.6.0 - 5.10 880era. 881 882=cut 883