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2
3=head1 NAME
4
5perlhist - the Perl history records
6
7=head1 DESCRIPTION
8
9This document aims to record the Perl source code releases.
10
11=head1 INTRODUCTION
12
13Perl history in brief, by Larry Wall:
14
15   Perl 0 introduced Perl to my officemates.
16   Perl 1 introduced Perl to the world, and changed /\(...\|...\)/ to
17       /(...|...)/.  \(Dan Faigin still hasn't forgiven me. :-\)
18   Perl 2 introduced Henry Spencer's regular expression package.
19   Perl 3 introduced the ability to handle binary data (embedded nulls).
20   Perl 4 introduced the first Camel book.  Really.  We mostly just
21       switched version numbers so the book could refer to 4.000.
22   Perl 5 introduced everything else, including the ability to
23       introduce everything else.
24
25=head1 THE KEEPERS OF THE PUMPKIN
26
27Larry Wall, Andy Dougherty, Tom Christiansen, Charles Bailey, Nick
28Ing-Simmons, Chip Salzenberg, Tim Bunce, Malcolm Beattie, Gurusamy
29Sarathy, Graham Barr, Jarkko Hietaniemi, Hugo van der Sanden,
30Michael Schwern, Rafael Garcia-Suarez, Nicholas Clark, Richard Clamp,
31Leon Brocard, Dave Mitchell, Jesse Vincent, Ricardo Signes, Steve Hay,
32Matt S Trout, David Golden, Florian Ragwitz, Tatsuhiko Miyagawa,
33Chris C<BinGOs> Williams, Zefram, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Stevan
34Little, Dave Rolsky, Max Maischein, Abigail, Jesse Luehrs, Tony Cook,
35Dominic Hargreaves, Aaron Crane, Aristotle Pagaltzis, Matthew Horsfall,
36Peter Martini, Sawyer X, Chad 'Exodist' Granum, Renee Bäcker, Eric Herman,
37John SJ Anderson, Karen Etheridge, Zak B. Elep, Tom Hukins, and Richard
38Leach.
39
40=head2 PUMPKIN?
41
42[from Porting/pumpkin.pod in the Perl source code distribution]
43
44=for disclaimer orking cows is hazardous, and not legal in all jurisdictions
45
46Chip Salzenberg gets credit for that, with a nod to his cow orker,
47David Croy.  We had passed around various names (baton, token, hot
48potato) but none caught on.  Then, Chip asked:
49
50[begin quote]
51
52   Who has the patch pumpkin?
53
54To explain:  David Croy once told me that at a previous job,
55there was one tape drive and multiple systems that used it for backups.
56But instead of some high-tech exclusion software, they used a low-tech
57method to prevent multiple simultaneous backups: a stuffed pumpkin.
58No one was allowed to make backups unless they had the "backup pumpkin".
59
60[end quote]
61
62The name has stuck.  The holder of the pumpkin is sometimes called
63the pumpking (keeping the source afloat?) or the pumpkineer (pulling
64the strings?).
65
66=head1 THE RECORDS
67
68 Pump-  Release         Date            Notes
69 kin                                    (by no means
70 Holder                                  comprehensive,
71                                         see Changes*
72                                         for details)
73 ======================================================================
74
75 Larry   0              Classified.     Don't ask.
76
77 Larry   1.000          1987-Dec-18
78
79          1.001..10     1988-Jan-30
80          1.011..14     1988-Feb-02
81 Schwern  1.0.15        2002-Dec-18     Modernization
82 Richard  1.0_16        2003-Dec-18
83
84 Larry   2.000          1988-Jun-05
85
86          2.001         1988-Jun-28
87
88 Larry   3.000          1989-Oct-18
89
90          3.001         1989-Oct-26
91          3.002..4      1989-Nov-11
92          3.005         1989-Nov-18
93          3.006..8      1989-Dec-22
94          3.009..13     1990-Mar-02
95          3.014         1990-Mar-13
96          3.015         1990-Mar-14
97          3.016..18     1990-Mar-28
98          3.019..27     1990-Aug-10     User subs.
99          3.028         1990-Aug-14
100          3.029..36     1990-Oct-17
101          3.037         1990-Oct-20
102          3.040         1990-Nov-10
103          3.041         1990-Nov-13
104          3.042..43     1991-Jan-??
105          3.044         1991-Jan-12
106
107 Larry   4.000          1991-Mar-21
108
109          4.001..3      1991-Apr-12
110          4.004..9      1991-Jun-07
111          4.010         1991-Jun-10
112          4.011..18     1991-Nov-05
113          4.019         1991-Nov-11     Stable.
114          4.020..33     1992-Jun-08
115          4.034         1992-Jun-11
116          4.035         1992-Jun-23
117 Larry    4.036         1993-Feb-05     Very stable.
118
119          5.000alpha1   1993-Jul-31
120          5.000alpha2   1993-Aug-16
121          5.000alpha3   1993-Oct-10
122          5.000alpha4   1993-???-??
123          5.000alpha5   1993-???-??
124          5.000alpha6   1994-Mar-18
125          5.000alpha7   1994-Mar-25
126 Andy     5.000alpha8   1994-Apr-04
127 Larry    5.000alpha9   1994-May-05     ext appears.
128          5.000alpha10  1994-Jun-11
129          5.000alpha11  1994-Jul-01
130 Andy     5.000a11a     1994-Jul-07     To fit 14.
131          5.000a11b     1994-Jul-14
132          5.000a11c     1994-Jul-19
133          5.000a11d     1994-Jul-22
134 Larry    5.000alpha12  1994-Aug-04
135 Andy     5.000a12a     1994-Aug-08
136          5.000a12b     1994-Aug-15
137          5.000a12c     1994-Aug-22
138          5.000a12d     1994-Aug-22
139          5.000a12e     1994-Aug-22
140          5.000a12f     1994-Aug-24
141          5.000a12g     1994-Aug-24
142          5.000a12h     1994-Aug-24
143 Larry    5.000beta1    1994-Aug-30
144 Andy     5.000b1a      1994-Sep-06
145 Larry    5.000beta2    1994-Sep-14     Core slushified.
146 Andy     5.000b2a      1994-Sep-14
147          5.000b2b      1994-Sep-17
148          5.000b2c      1994-Sep-17
149 Larry    5.000beta3    1994-Sep-??
150 Andy     5.000b3a      1994-Sep-18
151          5.000b3b      1994-Sep-22
152          5.000b3c      1994-Sep-23
153          5.000b3d      1994-Sep-27
154          5.000b3e      1994-Sep-28
155          5.000b3f      1994-Sep-30
156          5.000b3g      1994-Oct-04
157 Andy     5.000b3h      1994-Oct-07
158 Larry?   5.000gamma    1994-Oct-13?
159
160 Larry   5.000          1994-Oct-17
161
162 Andy     5.000a        1994-Dec-19
163          5.000b        1995-Jan-18
164          5.000c        1995-Jan-18
165          5.000d        1995-Jan-18
166          5.000e        1995-Jan-18
167          5.000f        1995-Jan-18
168          5.000g        1995-Jan-18
169          5.000h        1995-Jan-18
170          5.000i        1995-Jan-26
171          5.000j        1995-Feb-07
172          5.000k        1995-Feb-11
173          5.000l        1995-Feb-21
174          5.000m        1995-Feb-28
175          5.000n        1995-Mar-07
176          5.000o        1995-Mar-13?
177
178 Larry   5.001          1995-Mar-13
179
180 Andy     5.001a        1995-Mar-15
181          5.001b        1995-Mar-31
182          5.001c        1995-Apr-07
183          5.001d        1995-Apr-14
184          5.001e        1995-Apr-18     Stable.
185          5.001f        1995-May-31
186          5.001g        1995-May-25
187          5.001h        1995-May-25
188          5.001i        1995-May-30
189          5.001j        1995-Jun-05
190          5.001k        1995-Jun-06
191          5.001l        1995-Jun-06     Stable.
192          5.001m        1995-Jul-02     Very stable.
193          5.001n        1995-Oct-31     Very unstable.
194          5.002beta1    1995-Nov-21
195          5.002b1a      1995-Dec-04
196          5.002b1b      1995-Dec-04
197          5.002b1c      1995-Dec-04
198          5.002b1d      1995-Dec-04
199          5.002b1e      1995-Dec-08
200          5.002b1f      1995-Dec-08
201 Tom      5.002b1g      1995-Dec-21     Doc release.
202 Andy     5.002b1h      1996-Jan-05
203          5.002b2       1996-Jan-14
204 Larry    5.002b3       1996-Feb-02
205 Andy     5.002gamma    1996-Feb-11
206 Larry    5.002delta    1996-Feb-27
207
208 Larry   5.002          1996-Feb-29     Prototypes.
209
210 Charles  5.002_01      1996-Mar-25
211
212         5.003          1996-Jun-25     Security release.
213
214          5.003_01      1996-Jul-31
215 Nick     5.003_02      1996-Aug-10
216 Andy     5.003_03      1996-Aug-28
217          5.003_04      1996-Sep-02
218          5.003_05      1996-Sep-12
219          5.003_06      1996-Oct-07
220          5.003_07      1996-Oct-10
221 Chip     5.003_08      1996-Nov-19
222          5.003_09      1996-Nov-26
223          5.003_10      1996-Nov-29
224          5.003_11      1996-Dec-06
225          5.003_12      1996-Dec-19
226          5.003_13      1996-Dec-20
227          5.003_14      1996-Dec-23
228          5.003_15      1996-Dec-23
229          5.003_16      1996-Dec-24
230          5.003_17      1996-Dec-27
231          5.003_18      1996-Dec-31
232          5.003_19      1997-Jan-04
233          5.003_20      1997-Jan-07
234          5.003_21      1997-Jan-15
235          5.003_22      1997-Jan-16
236          5.003_23      1997-Jan-25
237          5.003_24      1997-Jan-29
238          5.003_25      1997-Feb-04
239          5.003_26      1997-Feb-10
240          5.003_27      1997-Feb-18
241          5.003_28      1997-Feb-21
242          5.003_90      1997-Feb-25     Ramping up to the 5.004 release.
243          5.003_91      1997-Mar-01
244          5.003_92      1997-Mar-06
245          5.003_93      1997-Mar-10
246          5.003_94      1997-Mar-22
247          5.003_95      1997-Mar-25
248          5.003_96      1997-Apr-01
249          5.003_97      1997-Apr-03     Fairly widely used.
250          5.003_97a     1997-Apr-05
251          5.003_97b     1997-Apr-08
252          5.003_97c     1997-Apr-10
253          5.003_97d     1997-Apr-13
254          5.003_97e     1997-Apr-15
255          5.003_97f     1997-Apr-17
256          5.003_97g     1997-Apr-18
257          5.003_97h     1997-Apr-24
258          5.003_97i     1997-Apr-25
259          5.003_97j     1997-Apr-28
260          5.003_98      1997-Apr-30
261          5.003_99      1997-May-01
262          5.003_99a     1997-May-09
263          p54rc1        1997-May-12     Release Candidates.
264          p54rc2        1997-May-14
265
266 Chip    5.004          1997-May-15     A major maintenance release.
267
268 Tim      5.004_01-t1   1997-???-??     The 5.004 maintenance track.
269          5.004_01-t2   1997-Jun-11     aka perl5.004m1t2
270          5.004_01      1997-Jun-13
271          5.004_01_01   1997-Jul-29     aka perl5.004m2t1
272          5.004_01_02   1997-Aug-01     aka perl5.004m2t2
273          5.004_01_03   1997-Aug-05     aka perl5.004m2t3
274          5.004_02      1997-Aug-07
275          5.004_02_01   1997-Aug-12     aka perl5.004m3t1
276          5.004_03-t2   1997-Aug-13     aka perl5.004m3t2
277          5.004_03      1997-Sep-05
278          5.004_04-t1   1997-Sep-19     aka perl5.004m4t1
279          5.004_04-t2   1997-Sep-23     aka perl5.004m4t2
280          5.004_04-t3   1997-Oct-10     aka perl5.004m4t3
281          5.004_04-t4   1997-Oct-14     aka perl5.004m4t4
282          5.004_04      1997-Oct-15
283          5.004_04-m1   1998-Mar-04     (5.004m5t1) Maint. trials for 5.004_05.
284          5.004_04-m2   1998-May-01
285          5.004_04-m3   1998-May-15
286          5.004_04-m4   1998-May-19
287          5.004_05-MT5  1998-Jul-21
288          5.004_05-MT6  1998-Oct-09
289          5.004_05-MT7  1998-Nov-22
290          5.004_05-MT8  1998-Dec-03
291 Chip     5.004_05-MT9  1999-Apr-26
292          5.004_05      1999-Apr-29
293
294 Malcolm  5.004_50      1997-Sep-09     The 5.005 development track.
295          5.004_51      1997-Oct-02
296          5.004_52      1997-Oct-15
297          5.004_53      1997-Oct-16
298          5.004_54      1997-Nov-14
299          5.004_55      1997-Nov-25
300          5.004_56      1997-Dec-18
301          5.004_57      1998-Feb-03
302          5.004_58      1998-Feb-06
303          5.004_59      1998-Feb-13
304          5.004_60      1998-Feb-20
305          5.004_61      1998-Feb-27
306          5.004_62      1998-Mar-06
307          5.004_63      1998-Mar-17
308          5.004_64      1998-Apr-03
309          5.004_65      1998-May-15
310          5.004_66      1998-May-29
311 Sarathy  5.004_67      1998-Jun-15
312          5.004_68      1998-Jun-23
313          5.004_69      1998-Jun-29
314          5.004_70      1998-Jul-06
315          5.004_71      1998-Jul-09
316          5.004_72      1998-Jul-12
317          5.004_73      1998-Jul-13
318          5.004_74      1998-Jul-14     5.005 beta candidate.
319          5.004_75      1998-Jul-15     5.005 beta1.
320          5.004_76      1998-Jul-21     5.005 beta2.
321
322 Sarathy  5.005         1998-Jul-22     Oneperl.
323
324 Sarathy  5.005_01      1998-Jul-27     The 5.005 maintenance track.
325          5.005_02-T1   1998-Aug-02
326          5.005_02-T2   1998-Aug-05
327          5.005_02      1998-Aug-08
328 Graham   5.005_03-MT1  1998-Nov-30
329          5.005_03-MT2  1999-Jan-04
330          5.005_03-MT3  1999-Jan-17
331          5.005_03-MT4  1999-Jan-26
332          5.005_03-MT5  1999-Jan-28
333          5.005_03-MT6  1999-Mar-05
334          5.005_03      1999-Mar-28
335 Leon     5.005_04-RC1  2004-Feb-05
336          5.005_04-RC2  2004-Feb-18
337          5.005_04      2004-Feb-23
338          5.005_05-RC1  2009-Feb-16
339
340 Sarathy  5.005_50      1998-Jul-26     The 5.6 development track.
341          5.005_51      1998-Aug-10
342          5.005_52      1998-Sep-25
343          5.005_53      1998-Oct-31
344          5.005_54      1998-Nov-30
345          5.005_55      1999-Feb-16
346          5.005_56      1999-Mar-01
347          5.005_57      1999-May-25
348          5.005_58      1999-Jul-27
349          5.005_59      1999-Aug-02
350          5.005_60      1999-Aug-02
351          5.005_61      1999-Aug-20
352          5.005_62      1999-Oct-15
353          5.005_63      1999-Dec-09
354          5.5.640       2000-Feb-02
355          5.5.650       2000-Feb-08     beta1
356          5.5.660       2000-Feb-22     beta2
357          5.5.670       2000-Feb-29     beta3
358          5.6.0-RC1     2000-Mar-09     Release candidate 1.
359          5.6.0-RC2     2000-Mar-14     Release candidate 2.
360          5.6.0-RC3     2000-Mar-21     Release candidate 3.
361
362 Sarathy  5.6.0         2000-Mar-22
363
364 Sarathy  5.6.1-TRIAL1  2000-Dec-18     The 5.6 maintenance track.
365          5.6.1-TRIAL2  2001-Jan-31
366          5.6.1-TRIAL3  2001-Mar-19
367          5.6.1-foolish 2001-Apr-01     The "fools-gold" release.
368          5.6.1         2001-Apr-08
369 Rafael   5.6.2-RC1     2003-Nov-08
370          5.6.2         2003-Nov-15     Fix new build issues
371
372 Jarkko   5.7.0         2000-Sep-02     The 5.7 track: Development.
373          5.7.1         2001-Apr-09
374          5.7.2         2001-Jul-13     Virtual release candidate 0.
375          5.7.3         2002-Mar-05
376          5.8.0-RC1     2002-Jun-01
377          5.8.0-RC2     2002-Jun-21
378          5.8.0-RC3     2002-Jul-13
379
380 Jarkko   5.8.0         2002-Jul-18
381
382 Jarkko   5.8.1-RC1     2003-Jul-10     The 5.8 maintenance track
383          5.8.1-RC2     2003-Jul-11
384          5.8.1-RC3     2003-Jul-30
385          5.8.1-RC4     2003-Aug-01
386          5.8.1-RC5     2003-Sep-22
387          5.8.1         2003-Sep-25
388 Nicholas 5.8.2-RC1     2003-Oct-27
389          5.8.2-RC2     2003-Nov-03
390          5.8.2         2003-Nov-05
391          5.8.3-RC1     2004-Jan-07
392          5.8.3         2004-Jan-14
393          5.8.4-RC1     2004-Apr-05
394          5.8.4-RC2     2004-Apr-15
395          5.8.4         2004-Apr-21
396          5.8.5-RC1     2004-Jul-06
397          5.8.5-RC2     2004-Jul-08
398          5.8.5         2004-Jul-19
399          5.8.6-RC1     2004-Nov-11
400          5.8.6         2004-Nov-27
401          5.8.7-RC1     2005-May-18
402          5.8.7         2005-May-30
403          5.8.8-RC1     2006-Jan-20
404          5.8.8         2006-Jan-31
405          5.8.9-RC1     2008-Nov-10
406          5.8.9-RC2     2008-Dec-06
407          5.8.9         2008-Dec-14
408
409 Hugo     5.9.0         2003-Oct-27     The 5.9 development track
410 Rafael   5.9.1         2004-Mar-16
411          5.9.2         2005-Apr-01
412          5.9.3         2006-Jan-28
413          5.9.4         2006-Aug-15
414          5.9.5         2007-Jul-07
415          5.10.0-RC1    2007-Nov-17
416          5.10.0-RC2    2007-Nov-25
417
418 Rafael   5.10.0        2007-Dec-18
419
420 David M  5.10.1-RC1    2009-Aug-06     The 5.10 maintenance track
421          5.10.1-RC2    2009-Aug-18
422          5.10.1        2009-Aug-22
423
424 Jesse    5.11.0        2009-Oct-02     The 5.11 development track
425          5.11.1        2009-Oct-20
426 Leon     5.11.2        2009-Nov-20
427 Jesse    5.11.3        2009-Dec-20
428 Ricardo  5.11.4        2010-Jan-20
429 Steve    5.11.5        2010-Feb-20
430 Jesse    5.12.0-RC0    2010-Mar-21
431          5.12.0-RC1    2010-Mar-29
432          5.12.0-RC2    2010-Apr-01
433          5.12.0-RC3    2010-Apr-02
434          5.12.0-RC4    2010-Apr-06
435          5.12.0-RC5    2010-Apr-09
436
437 Jesse    5.12.0        2010-Apr-12
438
439 Jesse    5.12.1-RC2    2010-May-13     The 5.12 maintenance track
440          5.12.1-RC1    2010-May-09
441          5.12.1        2010-May-16
442          5.12.2-RC2    2010-Aug-31
443          5.12.2        2010-Sep-06
444 Ricardo  5.12.3-RC1    2011-Jan-09
445 Ricardo  5.12.3-RC2    2011-Jan-14
446 Ricardo  5.12.3-RC3    2011-Jan-17
447 Ricardo  5.12.3        2011-Jan-21
448 Leon     5.12.4-RC1    2011-Jun-08
449 Leon     5.12.4        2011-Jun-20
450 Dominic  5.12.5        2012-Nov-10
451
452 Leon     5.13.0        2010-Apr-20     The 5.13 development track
453 Ricardo  5.13.1        2010-May-20
454 Matt     5.13.2        2010-Jun-22
455 David G  5.13.3        2010-Jul-20
456 Florian  5.13.4        2010-Aug-20
457 Steve    5.13.5        2010-Sep-19
458 Miyagawa 5.13.6        2010-Oct-20
459 BinGOs   5.13.7        2010-Nov-20
460 Zefram   5.13.8        2010-Dec-20
461 Jesse    5.13.9        2011-Jan-20
462 Ævar     5.13.10       2011-Feb-20
463 Florian  5.13.11       2011-Mar-20
464 Jesse    5.14.0RC1     2011-Apr-20
465 Jesse    5.14.0RC2     2011-May-04
466 Jesse    5.14.0RC3     2011-May-11
467
468 Jesse    5.14.0        2011-May-14     The 5.14 maintenance track
469 Jesse    5.14.1        2011-Jun-16
470 Florian  5.14.2-RC1    2011-Sep-19
471          5.14.2        2011-Sep-26
472 Dominic  5.14.3        2012-Oct-12
473 David M  5.14.4-RC1    2013-Mar-05
474 David M  5.14.4-RC2    2013-Mar-07
475 David M  5.14.4        2013-Mar-10
476
477 David G  5.15.0        2011-Jun-20     The 5.15 development track
478 Zefram   5.15.1        2011-Jul-20
479 Ricardo  5.15.2        2011-Aug-20
480 Stevan   5.15.3        2011-Sep-20
481 Florian  5.15.4        2011-Oct-20
482 Steve    5.15.5        2011-Nov-20
483 Dave R   5.15.6        2011-Dec-20
484 BinGOs   5.15.7        2012-Jan-20
485 Max M    5.15.8        2012-Feb-20
486 Abigail  5.15.9        2012-Mar-20
487 Ricardo  5.16.0-RC0    2012-May-10
488 Ricardo  5.16.0-RC1    2012-May-14
489 Ricardo  5.16.0-RC2    2012-May-15
490
491 Ricardo  5.16.0        2012-May-20     The 5.16 maintenance track
492 Ricardo  5.16.1        2012-Aug-08
493 Ricardo  5.16.2        2012-Nov-01
494 Ricardo  5.16.3-RC1    2013-Mar-06
495 Ricardo  5.16.3        2013-Mar-11
496
497 Zefram   5.17.0        2012-May-26     The 5.17 development track
498 Jesse L  5.17.1        2012-Jun-20
499 TonyC    5.17.2        2012-Jul-20
500 Steve    5.17.3        2012-Aug-20
501 Florian  5.17.4        2012-Sep-20
502 Florian  5.17.5        2012-Oct-20
503 Ricardo  5.17.6        2012-Nov-20
504 Dave R   5.17.7        2012-Dec-18
505 Aaron    5.17.8        2013-Jan-20
506 BinGOs   5.17.9        2013-Feb-20
507 Max M    5.17.10       2013-Mar-21
508 Ricardo  5.17.11       2013-Apr-20
509
510 Ricardo  5.18.0-RC1    2013-May-11     The 5.18 maintenance track
511 Ricardo  5.18.0-RC2    2013-May-12
512 Ricardo  5.18.0-RC3    2013-May-13
513 Ricardo  5.18.0-RC4    2013-May-15
514 Ricardo  5.18.0        2013-May-18
515 Ricardo  5.18.1-RC1    2013-Aug-01
516 Ricardo  5.18.1-RC2    2013-Aug-03
517 Ricardo  5.18.1-RC3    2013-Aug-08
518 Ricardo  5.18.1        2013-Aug-12
519 Ricardo  5.18.2        2014-Jan-06
520 Ricardo  5.18.3-RC1    2014-Sep-17
521 Ricardo  5.18.3-RC2    2014-Sep-27
522 Ricardo  5.18.3        2014-Oct-01
523 Ricardo  5.18.4        2014-Oct-01
524
525 Ricardo   5.19.0       2013-May-20     The 5.19 development track
526 David G   5.19.1       2013-Jun-21
527 Aristotle 5.19.2       2013-Jul-22
528 Steve     5.19.3       2013-Aug-20
529 Steve     5.19.4       2013-Sep-20
530 Steve     5.19.5       2013-Oct-20
531 BinGOs    5.19.6       2013-Nov-20
532 Abigail   5.19.7       2013-Dec-20
533 Ricardo   5.19.8       2014-Jan-20
534 TonyC     5.19.9       2014-Feb-20
535 Aaron     5.19.10      2014-Mar-20
536 Steve     5.19.11      2014-Apr-20
537
538 Ricardo   5.20.0-RC1   2014-May-16     The 5.20 maintenance track
539 Ricardo   5.20.0       2014-May-27
540 Steve     5.20.1-RC1   2014-Aug-25
541 Steve     5.20.1-RC2   2014-Sep-07
542 Steve     5.20.1       2014-Sep-14
543 Steve     5.20.2-RC1   2015-Jan-31
544 Steve     5.20.2       2015-Feb-14
545 Steve     5.20.3-RC1   2015-Aug-22
546 Steve     5.20.3-RC2   2015-Aug-29
547 Steve     5.20.3       2015-Sep-12
548
549 Ricardo   5.21.0       2014-May-27     The 5.21 development track
550 Matthew H 5.21.1       2014-Jun-20
551 Abigail   5.21.2       2014-Jul-20
552 Peter     5.21.3       2014-Aug-20
553 Steve     5.21.4       2014-Sep-20
554 Abigail   5.21.5       2014-Oct-20
555 BinGOs    5.21.6       2014-Nov-20
556 Max M     5.21.7       2014-Dec-20
557 Matthew H 5.21.8       2015-Jan-20
558 Sawyer X  5.21.9       2015-Feb-20
559 Steve     5.21.10      2015-Mar-20
560 Steve     5.21.11      2015-Apr-20
561
562 Ricardo   5.22.0-RC1   2015-May-19     The 5.22 maintenance track
563 Ricardo   5.22.0-RC2   2015-May-21
564 Ricardo   5.22.0       2015-Jun-01
565 Steve     5.22.1-RC1   2015-Oct-31
566 Steve     5.22.1-RC2   2015-Nov-15
567 Steve     5.22.1-RC3   2015-Dec-02
568 Steve     5.22.1-RC4   2015-Dec-08
569 Steve     5.22.1       2015-Dec-13
570 Steve     5.22.2-RC1   2016-Apr-10
571 Steve     5.22.2       2016-Apr-29
572 Steve     5.22.3-RC1   2016-Jul-17
573 Steve     5.22.3-RC2   2016-Jul-25
574 Steve     5.22.3-RC3   2016-Aug-11
575 Steve     5.22.3-RC4   2016-Oct-12
576 Steve     5.22.3-RC5   2017-Jan-02
577 Steve     5.22.3       2017-Jan-14
578 Steve     5.22.4-RC1   2017-Jul-01
579 Steve     5.22.4       2017-Jul-15
580
581 Ricardo   5.23.0       2015-Jun-20     The 5.23 development track
582 Matthew H 5.23.1       2015-Jul-20
583 Matthew H 5.23.2       2015-Aug-20
584 Peter     5.23.3       2015-Sep-20
585 Steve     5.23.4       2015-Oct-20
586 Abigail   5.23.5       2015-Nov-20
587 David G   5.23.6       2015-Dec-21
588 Stevan    5.23.7       2016-Jan-20
589 Sawyer X  5.23.8       2016-Feb-20
590 Abigail   5.23.9       2016-Mar-20
591
592 Ricardo   5.24.0-RC1   2016-Apr-13     The 5.24 maintenance track
593 Ricardo   5.24.0-RC2   2016-Apr-23
594 Ricardo   5.24.0-RC3   2016-Apr-26
595 Ricardo   5.24.0-RC4   2016-May-02
596 Ricardo   5.24.0-RC5   2016-May-04
597 Ricardo   5.24.0       2016-May-09
598 Steve     5.24.1-RC1   2016-Jul-17
599 Steve     5.24.1-RC2   2016-Jul-25
600 Steve     5.24.1-RC3   2016-Aug-11
601 Steve     5.24.1-RC4   2016-Oct-12
602 Steve     5.24.1-RC5   2017-Jan-02
603 Steve     5.24.1       2017-Jan-14
604 Steve     5.24.2-RC1   2017-Jul-01
605 Steve     5.24.2       2017-Jul-15
606 Steve     5.24.3-RC1   2017-Sep-10
607 Steve     5.24.3       2017-Sep-22
608 Steve     5.24.4-RC1   2018-Mar-24
609 Steve     5.24.4       2018-Apr-14
610
611 Ricardo   5.25.0       2016-May-09     The 5.25 development track
612 Sawyer X  5.25.1       2016-May-20
613 Matthew H 5.25.2       2016-Jun-20
614 Steve     5.25.3       2016-Jul-20
615 BinGOs    5.25.4       2016-Aug-20
616 Stevan    5.25.5       2016-Sep-20
617 Aaron     5.25.6       2016-Oct-20
618 Chad      5.25.7       2016-Nov-20
619 Sawyer X  5.25.8       2016-Dec-20
620 Abigail   5.25.9       2017-Jan-20
621 Renee     5.25.10      2017-Feb-20
622 Sawyer X  5.25.11      2017-Mar-20
623 Sawyer X  5.25.12      2017-Apr-20
624
625 Sawyer X  5.26.0-RC1   2017-May-11     The 5.26 maintenance track
626 Sawyer X  5.26.0-RC2   2017-May-23
627 Sawyer X  5.26.0       2017-May-30
628 Steve     5.26.1-RC1   2017-Sep-10
629 Steve     5.26.1       2017-Sep-22
630 Steve     5.26.2-RC1   2018-Mar-24
631 Steve     5.26.2       2018-Apr-14
632 Steve     5.26.3-RC1   2018-Nov-08
633 Steve     5.26.3       2018-Nov-29
634
635 Sawyer X  5.27.0       2017-May-31     The 5.27 development track
636 Eric      5.27.1       2017-Jun-20
637 Aaron     5.27.2       2017-Jul-20
638 Matthew H 5.27.3       2017-Aug-21
639 John      5.27.4       2017-Sep-20
640 Steve     5.27.5       2017-Oct-20
641 Ether     5.27.6       2017-Nov-20
642 BinGOs    5.27.7       2017-Dec-20
643 Abigail   5.27.8       2018-Jan-20
644 Renee     5.27.9       2018-Feb-20
645 Todd      5.27.10      2018-Mar-20
646 Sawyer X  5.27.11      2018-Apr-20
647
648 Sawyer X  5.28.0-RC1   2018-May-21     The 5.28 maintenance track
649 Sawyer X  5.28.0-RC2   2018-Jun-06
650 Sawyer X  5.28.0-RC3   2018-Jun-18
651 Sawyer X  5.28.0-RC4   2018-Jun-19
652 Sawyer X  5.28.0       2018-Jun-22
653 Steve     5.28.1-RC1   2018-Nov-08
654 Steve     5.28.1       2018-Nov-29
655 Steve     5.28.2-RC1   2019-Apr-05
656 Steve     5.28.2       2019-Apr-19
657 Steve     5.28.3-RC1   2020-May-18
658 Steve     5.28.3       2020-Jun-01
659
660 Sawyer X  5.29.0       2018-Jun-26     The 5.29 development track
661 Steve     5.29.1       2018-Jul-20
662 BinGOs    5.29.2       2018-Aug-20
663 John      5.29.3       2018-Sep-20
664 Aaron     5.29.4       2018-Oct-20
665 Ether     5.29.5       2018-Nov-20
666 Abigail   5.29.6       2018-Dec-18
667 Abigail   5.29.7       2019-Jan-20
668 Nicolas R 5.29.8       2019-Feb-20
669 Zak Elep  5.29.9       2019-Mar-20
670 Sawyer X  5.29.10      2019-Apr-20
671
672 Sawyer X  5.30.0-RC1   2019-May-11     The 5.30 maintenance track
673 Sawyer X  5.30.0-RC2   2019-May-17
674 Sawyer X  5.30.0       2019-May-22
675 Steve     5.30.1-RC1   2019-Oct-27
676 Steve     5.30.1       2019-Nov-10
677 Steve     5.30.2-RC1   2020-Feb-29
678 Steve     5.30.2       2020-Mar-14
679 Steve     5.30.3-RC1   2020-May-18
680 Steve     5.30.3       2020-Jun-01
681
682 Sawyer X  5.31.0       2019-May-24     The 5.31 development track
683 Ether     5.31.1       2019-Jun-20
684 Steve     5.31.2       2019-Jul-20
685 Tom H     5.31.3       2019-Aug-20
686 Max M     5.31.4       2019-Sep-20
687 Steve     5.31.5       2019-Oct-20
688 BinGOs    5.31.6       2019-Nov-20
689 Nicolas R 5.31.7       2019-Dec-20
690 Matthew H 5.31.8       2020-Jan-20
691 Renee     5.31.9       2020-Feb-20
692 Sawyer X  5.31.10      2020-Mar-20
693 Sawyer X  5.31.11      2020-Apr-28
694
695 Sawyer X  5.32.0-RC0   2020-May-30     The 5.32 maintenance track
696 Sawyer X  5.32.0-RC1   2020-Jun-07
697 Sawyer X  5.32.0       2020-Jun-20
698 Steve     5.32.1-RC1   2021-Jan-09
699 Steve     5.32.1       2021-Jan-23
700
701 Sawyer X  5.33.0       2020-Jul-17     The 5.33 development track
702 Ether     5.33.1       2020-Aug-20
703 Sawyer X  5.33.2       2020-Sep-20
704 Steve     5.33.3       2020-Oct-20
705 Tom H     5.33.4       2020-Nov-20
706 Max M     5.33.5       2020-Dec-20
707 Richard L 5.33.6       2021-Jan-20
708
709=head2 SELECTED RELEASE SIZES
710
711For example the notation "core: 212  29" in the release 1.000 means that
712it had in the core 212 kilobytes, in 29 files.  The "core".."doc" are
713explained below.
714
715 release        core       lib         ext        t         doc
716 ======================================================================
717
718 1.000           212  29      -   -      -    -     38   51     62   3
719 1.014           219  29      -   -      -    -     39   52     68   4
720 2.000           309  31      2   3      -    -     55   57     92   4
721 2.001           312  31      2   3      -    -     55   57     94   4
722 3.000           508  36     24  11      -    -     79   73    156   5
723 3.044           645  37     61  20      -    -     90   74    190   6
724 4.000           635  37     59  20      -    -     91   75    198   4
725 4.019           680  37     85  29      -    -     98   76    199   4
726 4.036           709  37     89  30      -    -     98   76    208   5
727 5.000alpha2     785  50    114  32      -    -    112   86    209   5
728 5.000alpha3     801  50    117  33      -    -    121   87    209   5
729 5.000alpha9    1022  56    149  43    116   29    125   90    217   6
730 5.000a12h       978  49    140  49    205   46    152   97    228   9
731 5.000b3h       1035  53    232  70    216   38    162   94    218  21
732 5.000          1038  53    250  76    216   38    154   92    536  62
733 5.001m         1071  54    388  82    240   38    159   95    544  29
734 5.002          1121  54    661 101    287   43    155   94    847  35
735 5.003          1129  54    680 102    291   43    166  100    853  35
736 5.003_07       1231  60    748 106    396   53    213  137    976  39
737 5.004          1351  60   1230 136    408   51    355  161   1587  55
738 5.004_01       1356  60   1258 138    410   51    358  161   1587  55
739 5.004_04       1375  60   1294 139    413   51    394  162   1629  55
740 5.004_05       1463  60   1435 150    394   50    445  175   1855  59
741 5.004_51       1401  61   1260 140    413   53    358  162   1594  56
742 5.004_53       1422  62   1295 141    438   70    394  162   1637  56
743 5.004_56       1501  66   1301 140    447   74    408  165   1648  57
744 5.004_59       1555  72   1317 142    448   74    424  171   1678  58
745 5.004_62       1602  77   1327 144    629   92    428  173   1674  58
746 5.004_65       1626  77   1358 146    615   92    446  179   1698  60
747 5.004_68       1856  74   1382 152    619   92    463  187   1784  60
748 5.004_70       1863  75   1456 154    675   92    494  194   1809  60
749 5.004_73       1874  76   1467 152    762  102    506  196   1883  61
750 5.004_75       1877  76   1467 152    770  103    508  196   1896  62
751 5.005          1896  76   1469 152    795  103    509  197   1945  63
752 5.005_03       1936  77   1541 153    813  104    551  201   2176  72
753 5.005_50       1969  78   1842 301    795  103    514  198   1948  63
754 5.005_53       1999  79   1885 303    806  104    602  224   2002  67
755 5.005_56       2086  79   1970 307    866  113    672  238   2221  75
756 5.6.0          2820  79   2626 364   1096  129    863  280   2840  93
757 5.6.1          2946  78   2921 430   1171  132   1024  304   3330 102
758 5.6.2          2947  78   3143 451   1247  127   1303  387   3406 102
759 5.7.0          2977  80   2801 425   1250  132    975  307   3206 100
760 5.7.1          3351  84   3442 455   1944  167   1334  357   3698 124
761 5.7.2          3491  87   4858 618   3290  298   1598  449   3910 139
762 5.7.3          3299  85   4295 537   2196  300   2176  626   4171 120
763 5.8.0          3489  87   4533 585   2437  331   2588  726   4368 125
764 5.8.1          3674  90   5104 623   2604  353   2983  836   4625 134
765 5.8.2          3633  90   5111 623   2623  357   3019  848   4634 135
766 5.8.3          3625  90   5141 624   2660  363   3083  869   4669 136
767 5.8.4          3653  90   5170 634   2684  368   3148  885   4689 137
768 5.8.5          3664  90   4260 303   2707  369   3208  898   4689 138
769 5.8.6          3690  90   4271 303   3141  396   3411  925   4709 139
770 5.8.7          3788  90   4322 307   3297  401   3485  964   4744 141
771 5.8.8          3895  90   4357 314   3409  431   3622 1017   4979 144
772 5.8.9          4132  93   5508 330   3826  529   4364 1234   5348 152
773 5.9.0          3657  90   4951 626   2603  354   3011  841   4609 135
774 5.9.1          3580  90   5196 634   2665  367   3186  889   4725 138
775 5.9.2          3863  90   4654 312   3283  403   3551  973   4800 142
776 5.9.3          4096  91   5318 381   4806  597   4272 1214   5139 147
777 5.9.4          4393  94   5718 415   4578  642   4646 1310   5335 153
778 5.9.5          4681  96   6849 479   4827  671   5155 1490   5572 159
779 5.10.0         4710  97   7050 486   4899  673   5275 1503   5673 160
780 5.10.1         4858  98   7440 519   6195  921   6147 1751   5151 163
781 5.12.0         4999 100   1146 121  15227 2176   6400 1843   5342 168
782 5.12.1         5000 100   1146 121  15283 2178   6407 1846   5354 169
783 5.12.2         5003 100   1146 121  15404 2178   6413 1846   5376 170
784 5.12.3         5004 100   1146 121  15529 2180   6417 1848   5391 171
785 5.14.0         5328 104   1100 114  17779 2479   7697 2130   5871 188
786 5.16.0         5562 109   1077  80  20504 2702   8750 2375   4815 152
787 5.18.0         5892 113   1088  79  20077 2760   9365 2439   4943 154
788 5.20.0         6243 115   1187  75  19499 2701   9620 2457   5145 159
789 5.22.0         7819 115   1284  77  19121 2635   9772 2434   5615 176
790 5.24.0         7922 113   1287  77  19535 2677   9994 2465   5702 177
791 5.26.0         9140 121  24925 1200 40643 3017  10514 2614   7854 211
792 5.28.0        13056 128  27267 1230 41745 3130  10952 2715   8185 218
793 5.30.0        13535 128  26294 1237 39643 3080  11083 2711   8252 222
794 5.32.0        14147 127  25562 1255 40869 3098  11334 2734   8407 225
795
796The "core"..."doc" mean the following files from the Perl source code
797distribution.  The glob notation ** means recursively, (.) means
798regular files.
799
800 core   *.[hcy]
801 lib    lib/**/*.p[ml]
802 ext    ext/**/*.{[hcyt],xs,pm} (for -5.10.1) or
803        {dist,ext,cpan}/**/*.{[hcyt],xs,pm} (for 5.12.0-)
804 t      t/**/*(.) (for 1-5.005_56) or **/*.t (for 5.6.0-5.7.3)
805 doc    {README*,INSTALL,*[_.]man{,.?},pod/**/*.pod}
806
807Here are some statistics for the other subdirectories and one file in
808the Perl source distribution for somewhat more selected releases.
809
810 ======================================================================
811   Legend:  kB   #
812
813                  1.014      2.001      3.044
814
815 Configure      31    1    37    1    62    1
816 eg              -    -    34   28    47   39
817 h2pl            -    -     -    -    12   12
818 msdos           -    -     -    -    41   13
819 os2             -    -     -    -    63   22
820 usub            -    -     -    -    21   16
821 x2p           103   17   104   17   137   17
822
823 ======================================================================
824
825                  4.000      4.019      4.036
826
827 atarist         -    -     -    -   113   31
828 Configure      73    1    83    1    86    1
829 eg             47   39    47   39    47   39
830 emacs          67    4    67    4    67    4
831 h2pl           12   12    12   12    12   12
832 hints           -    -     5   42    11   56
833 msdos          57   15    58   15    60   15
834 os2            81   29    81   29   113   31
835 usub           25    7    43    8    43    8
836 x2p           147   18   152   19   154   19
837
838 ======================================================================
839
840                5.000a2  5.000a12h   5.000b3h      5.000     5.001m
841
842 apollo          8    3     8    3     8    3     8    3     8    3
843 atarist       113   31   113   31     -    -     -    -     -    -
844 bench           -    -     0    1     -    -     -    -     -    -
845 Bugs            2    5    26    1     -    -     -    -     -    -
846 dlperl         40    5     -    -     -    -     -    -     -    -
847 do            127   71     -    -     -    -     -    -     -    -
848 Configure       -    -   153    1   159    1   160    1   180    1
849 Doc             -    -    26    1    75    7    11    1    11    1
850 eg             79   58    53   44    51   43    54   44    54   44
851 emacs          67    4   104    6   104    6   104    1   104    6
852 h2pl           12   12    12   12    12   12    12   12    12   12
853 hints          11   56    12   46    18   48    18   48    44   56
854 msdos          60   15    60   15     -    -     -    -     -    -
855 os2           113   31   113   31     -    -     -    -     -    -
856 U               -    -    62    8   112   42     -    -     -    -
857 usub           43    8     -    -     -    -     -    -     -    -
858 vms             -    -    80    7   123    9   184   15   304   20
859 x2p           171   22   171   21   162   20   162   20   279   20
860
861 ======================================================================
862
863                  5.002      5.003   5.003_07
864
865 Configure     201    1   201    1   217    1
866 eg             54   44    54   44    54   44
867 emacs         108    1   108    1   143    1
868 h2pl           12   12    12   12    12   12
869 hints          73   59    77   60    90   62
870 os2            84   17    56   10   117   42
871 plan9           -    -     -    -    79   15
872 Porting         -    -     -    -    51    1
873 utils          87    7    88    7    97    7
874 vms           500   24   475   26   505   27
875 x2p           280   20   280   20   280   19
876
877 ======================================================================
878
879                  5.004   5.004_04   5.004_62   5.004_65   5.004_68
880
881 beos            -    -     -    -     -    -      1   1      1   1
882 Configure     225    1   225    1   240    1    248   1    256   1
883 cygwin32       23    5    23    5    23    5     24   5     24   5
884 djgpp           -    -     -    -    14    5     14   5     14   5
885 eg             81   62    81   62    81   62     81  62     81  62
886 emacs         194    1   204    1   212    2    212   2    212   2
887 h2pl           12   12    12   12    12   12     12  12     12  12
888 hints         129   69   132   71   144   72    151  74    155  74
889 os2           121   42   127   42   127   44    129  44    129  44
890 plan9          82   15    82   15    82   15     82  15     82  15
891 Porting        94    2   109    4   203    6    234   8    241   9
892 qnx             1    2     1    2     1    2      1   2      1   2
893 utils         112    8   118    8   124    8    156   9    159   9
894 vms           518   34   524   34   538   34    569  34    569  34
895 win32         285   33   378   36   470   39    493  39    575  41
896 x2p           281   19   281   19   281   19    282  19    281  19
897
898 ======================================================================
899
900               5.004_70   5.004_73   5.004_75      5.005   5.005_03
901
902 apollo          -    -     -    -     -    -     -    -      0   1
903 beos            1    1     1    1     1    1     1    1      1   1
904 Configure     256    1   256    1   264    1   264    1    270   1
905 cygwin32       24    5    24    5    24    5    24    5     24   5
906 djgpp          14    5    14    5    14    5    14    5     15   5
907 eg             86   65    86   65    86   65    86   65     86  65
908 emacs         262    2   262    2   262    2   262    2    274   2
909 h2pl           12   12    12   12    12   12    12   12     12  12
910 hints         157   74   157   74   159   74   160   74    179  77
911 mint            -    -     -    -     -    -     -    -      4   7
912 mpeix           -    -     -    -     5    3     5    3      5   3
913 os2           129   44   139   44   142   44   143   44    148  44
914 plan9          82   15    82   15    82   15    82   15     82  15
915 Porting       241    9   253    9   259   10   264   12    272  13
916 qnx             1    2     1    2     1    2     1    2      1   2
917 utils         160    9   160    9   160    9   160    9    164   9
918 vms           570   34   572   34   573   34   575   34    583  34
919 vos             -    -     -    -     -    -     -   -     156  10
920 win32         577   41   585   41   585   41   587   41    600  42
921 x2p           281   19   281   19   281   19   281   19    281  19
922
923 ======================================================================
924
925                  5.6.0      5.6.1      5.6.2      5.7.3
926
927 apollo          8    3     8    3     8    3     8    3
928 beos            5    2     5    2     5    2     6    4
929 Configure     346    1   361    1   363    1   394    1
930 Cross           -    -     -    -     -    -     4    2
931 djgpp          19    6    19    6    19    6    21    7
932 eg            112   71   112   71   112   71     -    -
933 emacs         303    4   319    4   319    4   319    4
934 epoc           29    8    35    8    35    8    36    8
935 h2pl           24   15    24   15    24   15    24   15
936 hints         242   83   250   84   321   89   272   87
937 mint           11    9    11    9    11    9    11    9
938 mpeix           9    4     9    4     9    4     9    4
939 NetWare         -    -     -    -     -    -   423   57
940 os2           214   59   224   60   224   60   357   66
941 plan9          92   17    92   17    92   17    85   15
942 Porting       361   15   390   16   390   16   425   21
943 qnx             5    3     5    3     5    3     5    3
944 utils         228   12   221   11   222   11   267   13
945 uts             -    -     -    -     -    -    12    3
946 vmesa          25    4    25    4    25    4    25    4
947 vms           686   38   627   38   627   38   649   36
948 vos           227   12   249   15   248   15   281   17
949 win32         755   41   782   42   801   42  1006   50
950 x2p           307   20   307   20   307   20   345   20
951
952 ======================================================================
953
954                  5.8.0      5.8.1      5.8.2      5.8.3      5.8.4
955
956 apollo          8    3     8    3     8    3     8    3     8    3
957 beos            6    4     6    4     6    4     6    4     6    4
958 Configure     472    1   493    1   493    1   493    1   494    1
959 Cross           4    2    45   10    45   10    45   10    45   10
960 djgpp          21    7    21    7    21    7    21    7    21    7
961 emacs         319    4   329    4   329    4   329    4   329    4
962 epoc           33    8    33    8    33    8    33    8    33    8
963 h2pl           24   15    24   15    24   15    24   15    24   15
964 hints         294   88   321   89   321   89   321   89   348   91
965 mint           11    9    11    9    11    9    11    9    11    9
966 mpeix          24    5    25    5    25    5    25    5    25    5
967 NetWare       488   61   490   61   490   61   490   61   488   61
968 os2           361   66   445   67   450   67   488   67   488   67
969 plan9          85   15   325   17   325   17   325   17   321   17
970 Porting       479   22   537   32   538   32   539   32   538   33
971 qnx             5    3     5    3     5    3     5    3     5    3
972 utils         275   15   258   16   258   16   263   19   263   19
973 uts            12    3    12    3    12    3    12    3    12    3
974 vmesa          25    4    25    4    25    4    25    4    25    4
975 vms           648   36   654   36   654   36   656   36   656   36
976 vos           330   20   335   20   335   20   335   20   335   20
977 win32        1062   49  1125   49  1127   49  1126   49  1181   56
978 x2p           347   20   348   20   348   20   348   20   348   20
979
980 ======================================================================
981
982                  5.8.5      5.8.6      5.8.7      5.8.8      5.8.9
983
984 apollo          8    3     8    3     8    3     8    3     8    3
985 beos            6    4     6    4     8    4     8    4     8    4
986 Configure     494    1   494    1   495    1   506    1   520    1
987 Cross          45   10    45   10    45   10    45   10    46   10
988 djgpp          21    7    21    7    21    7    21    7    21    7
989 emacs         329    4   329    4   329    4   329    4   406    4
990 epoc           33    8    33    8    33    8    34    8    35    8
991 h2pl           24   15    24   15    24   15    24   15    24   15
992 hints         350   91   352   91   355   94   360   94   387   99
993 mint           11    9    11    9    11    9    11    9    11    9
994 mpeix          25    5    25    5    25    5    49    6    49    6
995 NetWare       488   61   488   61   488   61   490   61   491   61
996 os2           488   67   488   67   488   67   488   67   552   70
997 plan9         321   17   321   17   321   17   322   17   324   17
998 Porting       538   34   548   35   549   35   564   37   625   41
999 qnx             5    3     5    3     5    3     5    3     5    3
1000 utils         265   19   265   19   266   19   267   19   281   21
1001 uts            12    3    12    3    12    3    12    3    12    3
1002 vmesa          25    4    25    4    25    4    25    4    25    4
1003 vms           657   36   658   36   662   36   664   36   716   35
1004 vos           335   20   335   20   335   20   336   21   345   22
1005 win32        1183   56  1190   56  1199   56  1219   56  1484   68
1006 x2p           349   20   349   20   349   20   349   19   350   19
1007
1008 ======================================================================
1009
1010                  5.9.0      5.9.1      5.9.2      5.9.3      5.9.4
1011
1012 apollo          8    3     8    3     8    3     8    3     8    3
1013 beos            6    4     6    4     8    4     8    4     8    4
1014 Configure     493    1   493    1   495    1   508    1   512    1
1015 Cross          45   10    45   10    45   10    45   10    46   10
1016 djgpp          21    7    21    7    21    7    21    7    21    7
1017 emacs         329    4   329    4   329    4   329    4   329    4
1018 epoc           33    8    33    8    33    8    34    8    34    8
1019 h2pl           24   15    24   15    24   15    24   15    24   15
1020 hints         321   89   346   91   355   94   359   94   366   96
1021 mad             -    -     -    -     -    -     -    -   174    6
1022 mint           11    9    11    9    11    9    11    9    11    9
1023 mpeix          25    5    25    5    25    5    49    6    49    6
1024 NetWare       489   61   487   61   487   61   489   61   489   61
1025 os2           444   67   488   67   488   67   488   67   488   67
1026 plan9         325   17   321   17   321   17   322   17   323   17
1027 Porting       537   32   536   33   549   36   564   38   576   38
1028 qnx             5    3     5    3     5    3     5    3     5    3
1029 symbian         -    -     -    -     -    -   293   53   293   53
1030 utils         258   16   263   19   268   20   273   23   275   24
1031 uts            12    3    12    3    12    3    12    3    12    3
1032 vmesa          25    4    25    4    25    4    25    4    25    4
1033 vms           660   36   547   33   553   33   661   33   696   33
1034 vos            11    7    11    7    11    7    11    7    11    7
1035 win32        1120   49  1124   51  1191   56  1209   56  1719   90
1036 x2p           348   20   348   20   349   20   349   19   349   19
1037
1038 ======================================================================
1039
1040                  5.9.5     5.10.0     5.10.1     5.12.0     5.12.1
1041
1042 apollo          8    3     8    3     0    3     0    3     0    3
1043 beos            8    4     8    4     4    4     4    4     4    4
1044 Configure     518    1   518    1   533    1   536    1   536    1
1045 Cross         122   15   122   15   119   15   118   15   118   15
1046 djgpp          21    7    21    7    17    7    17    7    17    7
1047 emacs         329    4   406    4   402    4   402    4   402    4
1048 epoc           34    8    35    8    31    8    31    8    31    8
1049 h2pl           24   15    24   15    12   15    12   15    12   15
1050 hints         377   98   381   98   385  100   368   97   368   97
1051 mad           182    8   182    8   174    8   174    8   174    8
1052 mint           11    9    11    9     3    9     -    -     -    -
1053 mpeix          49    6    49    6    45    6    45    6    45    6
1054 NetWare       489   61   489   61   465   61   466   61   466   61
1055 os2           552   70   552   70   507   70   507   70   507   70
1056 plan9         324   17   324   17   316   17   316   17   316   17
1057 Porting       627   40   632   40   933   53   749   54   749   54
1058 qnx             5    3     5    4     1    4     1    4     1    4
1059 symbian       300   54   300   54   290   54   288   54   288   54
1060 utils         260   26   264   27   268   27   269   27   269   27
1061 uts            12    3    12    3     8    3     8    3     8    3
1062 vmesa          25    4    25    4    21    4    21    4    21    4
1063 vms           690   32   722   32   693   30   645   18   645   18
1064 vos            19    8    19    8    16    8    16    8    16    8
1065 win32        1482   68  1485   68  1497   70  1841   73  1841   73
1066 x2p           349   19   349   19   345   19   345   19   345   19
1067
1068 ======================================================================
1069
1070                 5.12.2     5.12.3      5.14.0     5.16.0       5.18.0
1071
1072 apollo          0    3     0    3      -    -     -    -      -     -
1073 beos            4    4     4    4      5    4     5    4      -     -
1074 Configure     536    1   536    1    539    1   547    1    550     1
1075 Cross         118   15   118   15    118   15   118   15    118    15
1076 djgpp          17    7    17    7     18    7    18    7     18     7
1077 emacs         402    4   402    4      -    -     -    -      -     -
1078 epoc           31    8    31    8     32    8    30    8      -     -
1079 h2pl           12   15    12   15     15   15    15   15     13    15
1080 hints         368   97   368   97    370   96   371   96    354    91
1081 mad           174    8   174    8    176    8   176    8    174     8
1082 mpeix          45    6    45    6     46    6    46    6      -     -
1083 NetWare       466   61   466   61    473   61   472   61    469    61
1084 os2           507   70   507   70    518   70   519   70    510    70
1085 plan9         316   17   316   17    319   17   319   17    318    17
1086 Porting       750   54   750   54    855   60  1093   69   1149    70
1087 qnx             1    4     1    4      2    4     2    4      1     4
1088 symbian       288   54   288   54    292   54   292   54    290    54
1089 utils         269   27   269   27    249   29   245   30    246    31
1090 uts             8    3     8    3      9    3     9    3      -     -
1091 vmesa          21    4    21    4     22    4    22    4      -     -
1092 vms           646   18   644   18    639   17   571   15    564    15
1093 vos            16    8    16    8     17    8     9    7      8     7
1094 win32        1841   73  1841   73   1833   72  1655   67   1157    62
1095 x2p           345   19   345   19    346   19   345   19    344    20
1096
1097 ======================================================================
1098
1099                  5.20.0           5.22.0          5.24.0
1100
1101 Configure    552      1       570      1      586      1
1102 Cross        118     15       118     15      118     15
1103 djgpp         18      7        17      7       17      7
1104 h2pl          13     15        13     15       13     15
1105 hints        355     90       356     87      362     87
1106 mad          174      8         -      -        -      -
1107 NetWare      467     61       466     61      467     61
1108 os2          510     70       510     70      510     70
1109 plan9        316     17       317     17      314     17
1110 Porting     1204     68      1393     71     1321     71
1111 qnx            1      4         1      4        1      4
1112 symbian      290     54       291     54      292     54
1113 utils        241     27       242     27      679     53
1114 vms          538     12       532     12      524     12
1115 vos            8      7         8      7        8      7
1116 win32       1183     64      1201     64     1268     65
1117 x2p          341     19         -      -        -      -
1118
1119 ======================================================================
1120
1121                  5.26.0           5.28.0           5.30.0
1122
1123 Configure    593      1       580      1       587      1
1124 Cross        122     15       125     15       126     15
1125 djgpp         21      7        21      7        21      7
1126 h2pl          24     15        24     15        24     15
1127 hints        376     87       364     85       372     86
1128 mad            -      -         -      -         -      -
1129 NetWare      499     61       493     61       493     61
1130 os2          552     70       552     70       552     70
1131 plan9        322     17       309     17       308     17
1132 Porting     1380     73      1462     75      1460     74
1133 qnx            5      4         5      4         5      4
1134 symbian      315     54       315     54       315     54
1135 utils        578     50       584     50       587     50
1136 vms          527     12       526     12       526     12
1137 vos           12      7        12      7        12      7
1138 win32       1313     65      1326     65      1331     65
1139 x2p            -      -         -      -         -      -
1140
1141                   5.32.0
1142
1143 Configure:    588      1
1144 Cross    :    126     15
1145 djgpp    :     21      7
1146 h2pl     :     24     15
1147 hints    :    363     86
1148 NetWare  :    484     61
1149 os2      :    552     70
1150 plan9    :    308     17
1151 Porting  :   1482     75
1152 qnx      :      5      4
1153 symbian  :    307     54
1154 utils    :    583     52
1155 vms      :    527     12
1156 vos      :     12      7
1157 win32    :   1011     47
1158
1159=head2 SELECTED PATCH SIZES
1160
1161The "diff lines kB" means that for example the patch 5.003_08, to be
1162applied on top of the 5.003_07 (or whatever was before the 5.003_08)
1163added lines for 110 kilobytes, it removed lines for 19 kilobytes, and
1164changed lines for 424 kilobytes.  Just the lines themselves are
1165counted, not their context.  The "+ - !" become from the diff(1)
1166context diff output format.
1167
1168 Pump-  Release         Date              diff lines kB
1169 king                                     -------------
1170                                          +     -     !
1171 ======================================================================
1172
1173 Chip     5.003_08      1996-Nov-19     110    19   424
1174          5.003_09      1996-Nov-26      38     9   248
1175          5.003_10      1996-Nov-29      29     2    27
1176          5.003_11      1996-Dec-06      73    12   165
1177          5.003_12      1996-Dec-19     275     6   436
1178          5.003_13      1996-Dec-20      95     1    56
1179          5.003_14      1996-Dec-23      23     7   333
1180          5.003_15      1996-Dec-23       0     0     1
1181          5.003_16      1996-Dec-24      12     3    50
1182          5.003_17      1996-Dec-27      19     1    14
1183          5.003_18      1996-Dec-31      21     1    32
1184          5.003_19      1997-Jan-04      80     3    85
1185          5.003_20      1997-Jan-07      18     1   146
1186          5.003_21      1997-Jan-15      38    10   221
1187          5.003_22      1997-Jan-16       4     0    18
1188          5.003_23      1997-Jan-25      71    15   119
1189          5.003_24      1997-Jan-29     426     1    20
1190          5.003_25      1997-Feb-04      21     8   169
1191          5.003_26      1997-Feb-10      16     1    15
1192          5.003_27      1997-Feb-18      32    10    38
1193          5.003_28      1997-Feb-21      58     4    66
1194          5.003_90      1997-Feb-25      22     2    34
1195          5.003_91      1997-Mar-01      37     1    39
1196          5.003_92      1997-Mar-06      16     3    69
1197          5.003_93      1997-Mar-10      12     3    15
1198          5.003_94      1997-Mar-22     407     7   200
1199          5.003_95      1997-Mar-25      41     1    37
1200          5.003_96      1997-Apr-01     283     5   261
1201          5.003_97      1997-Apr-03      13     2    34
1202          5.003_97a     1997-Apr-05      57     1    27
1203          5.003_97b     1997-Apr-08      14     1    20
1204          5.003_97c     1997-Apr-10      20     1    16
1205          5.003_97d     1997-Apr-13       8     0    16
1206          5.003_97e     1997-Apr-15      15     4    46
1207          5.003_97f     1997-Apr-17       7     1    33
1208          5.003_97g     1997-Apr-18       6     1    42
1209          5.003_97h     1997-Apr-24      23     3    68
1210          5.003_97i     1997-Apr-25      23     1    31
1211          5.003_97j     1997-Apr-28      36     1    49
1212          5.003_98      1997-Apr-30     171    12   539
1213          5.003_99      1997-May-01       6     0     7
1214          5.003_99a     1997-May-09      36     2    61
1215          p54rc1        1997-May-12       8     1    11
1216          p54rc2        1997-May-14       6     0    40
1217
1218        5.004           1997-May-15       4     0     4
1219
1220 Tim      5.004_01      1997-Jun-13     222    14    57
1221          5.004_02      1997-Aug-07     112    16   119
1222          5.004_03      1997-Sep-05     109     0    17
1223          5.004_04      1997-Oct-15      66     8   173
1224
1225=head3 The patch-free era
1226
1227In more modern times, named releases don't come as often, and as progress
1228can be followed (nearly) instantly (with rsync, and since late 2008, git)
1229patches between versions are no longer provided. However, that doesn't
1230keep us from calculating how large a patch could have been. Which is
1231shown in the table below. Unless noted otherwise, the size mentioned is
1232the patch to bring version x.y.z to x.y.z+1.
1233
1234 Sarathy  5.6.1         2001-Apr-08     531    44   651
1235 Rafael   5.6.2         2003-Nov-15      20    11  1819
1236
1237 Jarkko   5.8.0         2002-Jul-18    1205    31   471   From 5.7.3
1238
1239          5.8.1         2003-Sep-25     243   102  6162
1240 Nicholas 5.8.2         2003-Nov-05      10    50   788
1241          5.8.3         2004-Jan-14      31    13   360
1242          5.8.4         2004-Apr-21      33     8   299
1243          5.8.5         2004-Jul-19      11    19   255
1244          5.8.6         2004-Nov-27      35     3   192
1245          5.8.7         2005-May-30      75    34   778
1246          5.8.8         2006-Jan-31     131    42  1251
1247          5.8.9         2008-Dec-14     340   132 12988
1248
1249 Hugo     5.9.0         2003-Oct-27     281   168  7132   From 5.8.0
1250 Rafael   5.9.1         2004-Mar-16      57   250  2107
1251          5.9.2         2005-Apr-01     720    57   858
1252          5.9.3         2006-Jan-28    1124   102  1906
1253          5.9.4         2006-Aug-15     896    60   862
1254          5.9.5         2007-Jul-07    1149   128  1062
1255
1256          5.10.0        2007-Dec-18      50    31 13111   From 5.9.5
1257
1258
1259=head1 THE KEEPERS OF THE RECORDS
1260
1261Jarkko Hietaniemi <F<jhi@iki.fi>>.
1262
1263Thanks to the collective memory of the Perlfolk.  In addition to the
1264Keepers of the Pumpkin also Alan Champion, Mark Dominus,
1265Andreas KE<0xf6>nig, John Macdonald, Matthias Neeracher, Jeff Okamoto,
1266Michael Peppler, Randal Schwartz, and Paul D. Smith sent corrections
1267and additions. Abigail added file and patch size data for the 5.6.0 - 5.10
1268era.
1269
1270=cut
1271