perlhist - the Perl history records
This document aims to record the Perl source code releases.
Perl history in brief, by Larry Wall:
Perl 0 introduced Perl to my officemates.Perl 1 introduced Perl to the world, and changed /\(...\|...\)/ to /(...|...)/. \(Dan Faigin still hasn't forgiven me. :-\)Perl 2 introduced Henry Spencer's regular expression package.Perl 3 introduced the ability to handle binary data (embedded nulls).Perl 4 introduced the first Camel book. Really. We mostly just switched version numbers so the book could refer to 4.000.Perl 5 introduced everything else, including the ability to introduce everything else.Larry Wall, Andy Dougherty, Tom Christiansen, Charles Bailey, Nick Ing-Simmons, Chip Salzenberg, Tim Bunce, Malcolm Beattie, Gurusamy Sarathy, Graham Barr, Jarkko Hietaniemi, Hugo van der Sanden, Michael Schwern, Rafael Garcia-Suarez, Nicholas Clark, Richard Clamp, Leon Brocard, Dave Mitchell, Jesse Vincent, Ricardo Signes, Steve Hay, Matt S Trout, David Golden, Florian Ragwitz, Tatsuhiko Miyagawa, ChrisBinGOs Williams, Zefram, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Stevan Little, Dave Rolsky, Max Maischein, Abigail, Jesse Luehrs, Tony Cook, Dominic Hargreaves, Aaron Crane and Aristotle Pagaltzis.
[from Porting/pumpkin.pod in the Perl source code distribution]
Chip Salzenberg gets credit for that, with a nod to his cow orker, David Croy. We had passed around various names (baton, token, hot potato) but none caught on. Then, Chip asked:
[begin quote]
Who has the patch pumpkin?To explain: David Croy once told me that at a previous job, there was one tape drive and multiple systems that used it for backups. But instead of some high-tech exclusion software, they used a low-tech method to prevent multiple simultaneous backups: a stuffed pumpkin. No one was allowed to make backups unless they had the "backup pumpkin".
[end quote]
The name has stuck. The holder of the pumpkin is sometimes called the pumpking (keeping the source afloat?) or the pumpkineer (pulling the strings?).
Pump- Release Date Notesking (by no means comprehensive, see Changes* for details)======================================================================Larry 0 Classified. Don't ask.Larry 1.000 1987-Dec-18 1.001..10 1988-Jan-30 1.011..14 1988-Feb-02Schwern 1.0.15 2002-Dec-18 ModernizationRichard 1.0_16 2003-Dec-18Larry 2.000 1988-Jun-05 2.001 1988-Jun-28Larry 3.000 1989-Oct-18 3.001 1989-Oct-26 3.002..4 1989-Nov-11 3.005 1989-Nov-18 3.006..8 1989-Dec-22 3.009..13 1990-Mar-02 3.014 1990-Mar-13 3.015 1990-Mar-14 3.016..18 1990-Mar-28 3.019..27 1990-Aug-10 User subs. 3.028 1990-Aug-14 3.029..36 1990-Oct-17 3.037 1990-Oct-20 3.040 1990-Nov-10 3.041 1990-Nov-13 3.042..43 1991-Jan-?? 3.044 1991-Jan-12Larry 4.000 1991-Mar-21 4.001..3 1991-Apr-12 4.004..9 1991-Jun-07 4.010 1991-Jun-10 4.011..18 1991-Nov-05 4.019 1991-Nov-11 Stable. 4.020..33 1992-Jun-08 4.034 1992-Jun-11 4.035 1992-Jun-23Larry 4.036 1993-Feb-05 Very stable. 5.000alpha1 1993-Jul-31 5.000alpha2 1993-Aug-16 5.000alpha3 1993-Oct-10 5.000alpha4 1993-???-?? 5.000alpha5 1993-???-?? 5.000alpha6 1994-Mar-18 5.000alpha7 1994-Mar-25Andy 5.000alpha8 1994-Apr-04Larry 5.000alpha9 1994-May-05 ext appears. 5.000alpha10 1994-Jun-11 5.000alpha11 1994-Jul-01Andy 5.000a11a 1994-Jul-07 To fit 14. 5.000a11b 1994-Jul-14 5.000a11c 1994-Jul-19 5.000a11d 1994-Jul-22Larry 5.000alpha12 1994-Aug-04Andy 5.000a12a 1994-Aug-08 5.000a12b 1994-Aug-15 5.000a12c 1994-Aug-22 5.000a12d 1994-Aug-22 5.000a12e 1994-Aug-22 5.000a12f 1994-Aug-24 5.000a12g 1994-Aug-24 5.000a12h 1994-Aug-24Larry 5.000beta1 1994-Aug-30Andy 5.000b1a 1994-Sep-06Larry 5.000beta2 1994-Sep-14 Core slushified.Andy 5.000b2a 1994-Sep-14 5.000b2b 1994-Sep-17 5.000b2c 1994-Sep-17Larry 5.000beta3 1994-Sep-??Andy 5.000b3a 1994-Sep-18 5.000b3b 1994-Sep-22 5.000b3c 1994-Sep-23 5.000b3d 1994-Sep-27 5.000b3e 1994-Sep-28 5.000b3f 1994-Sep-30 5.000b3g 1994-Oct-04Andy 5.000b3h 1994-Oct-07Larry? 5.000gamma 1994-Oct-13?Larry 5.000 1994-Oct-17Andy 5.000a 1994-Dec-19 5.000b 1995-Jan-18 5.000c 1995-Jan-18 5.000d 1995-Jan-18 5.000e 1995-Jan-18 5.000f 1995-Jan-18 5.000g 1995-Jan-18 5.000h 1995-Jan-18 5.000i 1995-Jan-26 5.000j 1995-Feb-07 5.000k 1995-Feb-11 5.000l 1995-Feb-21 5.000m 1995-Feb-28 5.000n 1995-Mar-07 5.000o 1995-Mar-13?Larry 5.001 1995-Mar-13Andy 5.001a 1995-Mar-15 5.001b 1995-Mar-31 5.001c 1995-Apr-07 5.001d 1995-Apr-14 5.001e 1995-Apr-18 Stable. 5.001f 1995-May-31 5.001g 1995-May-25 5.001h 1995-May-25 5.001i 1995-May-30 5.001j 1995-Jun-05 5.001k 1995-Jun-06 5.001l 1995-Jun-06 Stable. 5.001m 1995-Jul-02 Very stable. 5.001n 1995-Oct-31 Very unstable. 5.002beta1 1995-Nov-21 5.002b1a 1995-Dec-04 5.002b1b 1995-Dec-04 5.002b1c 1995-Dec-04 5.002b1d 1995-Dec-04 5.002b1e 1995-Dec-08 5.002b1f 1995-Dec-08Tom 5.002b1g 1995-Dec-21 Doc release.Andy 5.002b1h 1996-Jan-05 5.002b2 1996-Jan-14Larry 5.002b3 1996-Feb-02Andy 5.002gamma 1996-Feb-11Larry 5.002delta 1996-Feb-27Larry 5.002 1996-Feb-29 Prototypes.Charles 5.002_01 1996-Mar-25 5.003 1996-Jun-25 Security release. 5.003_01 1996-Jul-31Nick 5.003_02 1996-Aug-10Andy 5.003_03 1996-Aug-28 5.003_04 1996-Sep-02 5.003_05 1996-Sep-12 5.003_06 1996-Oct-07 5.003_07 1996-Oct-10Chip 5.003_08 1996-Nov-19 5.003_09 1996-Nov-26 5.003_10 1996-Nov-29 5.003_11 1996-Dec-06 5.003_12 1996-Dec-19 5.003_13 1996-Dec-20 5.003_14 1996-Dec-23 5.003_15 1996-Dec-23 5.003_16 1996-Dec-24 5.003_17 1996-Dec-27 5.003_18 1996-Dec-31 5.003_19 1997-Jan-04 5.003_20 1997-Jan-07 5.003_21 1997-Jan-15 5.003_22 1997-Jan-16 5.003_23 1997-Jan-25 5.003_24 1997-Jan-29 5.003_25 1997-Feb-04 5.003_26 1997-Feb-10 5.003_27 1997-Feb-18 5.003_28 1997-Feb-21 5.003_90 1997-Feb-25 Ramping up to the 5.004 release. 5.003_91 1997-Mar-01 5.003_92 1997-Mar-06 5.003_93 1997-Mar-10 5.003_94 1997-Mar-22 5.003_95 1997-Mar-25 5.003_96 1997-Apr-01 5.003_97 1997-Apr-03 Fairly widely used. 5.003_97a 1997-Apr-05 5.003_97b 1997-Apr-08 5.003_97c 1997-Apr-10 5.003_97d 1997-Apr-13 5.003_97e 1997-Apr-15 5.003_97f 1997-Apr-17 5.003_97g 1997-Apr-18 5.003_97h 1997-Apr-24 5.003_97i 1997-Apr-25 5.003_97j 1997-Apr-28 5.003_98 1997-Apr-30 5.003_99 1997-May-01 5.003_99a 1997-May-09 p54rc1 1997-May-12 Release Candidates. p54rc2 1997-May-14Chip 5.004 1997-May-15 A major maintenance release.Tim 5.004_01-t1 1997-???-?? The 5.004 maintenance track. 5.004_01-t2 1997-Jun-11 aka perl5.004m1t2 5.004_01 1997-Jun-13 5.004_01_01 1997-Jul-29 aka perl5.004m2t1 5.004_01_02 1997-Aug-01 aka perl5.004m2t2 5.004_01_03 1997-Aug-05 aka perl5.004m2t3 5.004_02 1997-Aug-07 5.004_02_01 1997-Aug-12 aka perl5.004m3t1 5.004_03-t2 1997-Aug-13 aka perl5.004m3t2 5.004_03 1997-Sep-05 5.004_04-t1 1997-Sep-19 aka perl5.004m4t1 5.004_04-t2 1997-Sep-23 aka perl5.004m4t2 5.004_04-t3 1997-Oct-10 aka perl5.004m4t3 5.004_04-t4 1997-Oct-14 aka perl5.004m4t4 5.004_04 1997-Oct-15 5.004_04-m1 1998-Mar-04 (5.004m5t1) Maint. trials for 5.004_05. 5.004_04-m2 1998-May-01 5.004_04-m3 1998-May-15 5.004_04-m4 1998-May-19 5.004_05-MT5 1998-Jul-21 5.004_05-MT6 1998-Oct-09 5.004_05-MT7 1998-Nov-22 5.004_05-MT8 1998-Dec-03Chip 5.004_05-MT9 1999-Apr-26 5.004_05 1999-Apr-29Malcolm 5.004_50 1997-Sep-09 The 5.005 development track. 5.004_51 1997-Oct-02 5.004_52 1997-Oct-15 5.004_53 1997-Oct-16 5.004_54 1997-Nov-14 5.004_55 1997-Nov-25 5.004_56 1997-Dec-18 5.004_57 1998-Feb-03 5.004_58 1998-Feb-06 5.004_59 1998-Feb-13 5.004_60 1998-Feb-20 5.004_61 1998-Feb-27 5.004_62 1998-Mar-06 5.004_63 1998-Mar-17 5.004_64 1998-Apr-03 5.004_65 1998-May-15 5.004_66 1998-May-29Sarathy 5.004_67 1998-Jun-15 5.004_68 1998-Jun-23 5.004_69 1998-Jun-29 5.004_70 1998-Jul-06 5.004_71 1998-Jul-09 5.004_72 1998-Jul-12 5.004_73 1998-Jul-13 5.004_74 1998-Jul-14 5.005 beta candidate. 5.004_75 1998-Jul-15 5.005 beta1. 5.004_76 1998-Jul-21 5.005 beta2.Sarathy 5.005 1998-Jul-22 Oneperl.Sarathy 5.005_01 1998-Jul-27 The 5.005 maintenance track. 5.005_02-T1 1998-Aug-02 5.005_02-T2 1998-Aug-05 5.005_02 1998-Aug-08Graham 5.005_03-MT1 1998-Nov-30 5.005_03-MT2 1999-Jan-04 5.005_03-MT3 1999-Jan-17 5.005_03-MT4 1999-Jan-26 5.005_03-MT5 1999-Jan-28 5.005_03-MT6 1999-Mar-05 5.005_03 1999-Mar-28Leon 5.005_04-RC1 2004-Feb-05 5.005_04-RC2 2004-Feb-18 5.005_04 2004-Feb-23 5.005_05-RC1 2009-Feb-16Sarathy 5.005_50 1998-Jul-26 The 5.6 development track. 5.005_51 1998-Aug-10 5.005_52 1998-Sep-25 5.005_53 1998-Oct-31 5.005_54 1998-Nov-30 5.005_55 1999-Feb-16 5.005_56 1999-Mar-01 5.005_57 1999-May-25 5.005_58 1999-Jul-27 5.005_59 1999-Aug-02 5.005_60 1999-Aug-02 5.005_61 1999-Aug-20 5.005_62 1999-Oct-15 5.005_63 1999-Dec-09 5.5.640 2000-Feb-02 5.5.650 2000-Feb-08 beta1 5.5.660 2000-Feb-22 beta2 5.5.670 2000-Feb-29 beta3 5.6.0-RC1 2000-Mar-09 Release candidate 1. 5.6.0-RC2 2000-Mar-14 Release candidate 2. 5.6.0-RC3 2000-Mar-21 Release candidate 3.Sarathy 5.6.0 2000-Mar-22Sarathy 5.6.1-TRIAL1 2000-Dec-18 The 5.6 maintenance track. 5.6.1-TRIAL2 2001-Jan-31 5.6.1-TRIAL3 2001-Mar-19 5.6.1-foolish 2001-Apr-01 The "fools-gold" release. 5.6.1 2001-Apr-08Rafael 5.6.2-RC1 2003-Nov-08 5.6.2 2003-Nov-15 Fix new build issuesJarkko 5.7.0 2000-Sep-02 The 5.7 track: Development. 5.7.1 2001-Apr-09 5.7.2 2001-Jul-13 Virtual release candidate 0. 5.7.3 2002-Mar-05 5.8.0-RC1 2002-Jun-01 5.8.0-RC2 2002-Jun-21 5.8.0-RC3 2002-Jul-13Jarkko 5.8.0 2002-Jul-18Jarkko 5.8.1-RC1 2003-Jul-10 The 5.8 maintenance track 5.8.1-RC2 2003-Jul-11 5.8.1-RC3 2003-Jul-30 5.8.1-RC4 2003-Aug-01 5.8.1-RC5 2003-Sep-22 5.8.1 2003-Sep-25Nicholas 5.8.2-RC1 2003-Oct-27 5.8.2-RC2 2003-Nov-03 5.8.2 2003-Nov-05 5.8.3-RC1 2004-Jan-07 5.8.3 2004-Jan-14 5.8.4-RC1 2004-Apr-05 5.8.4-RC2 2004-Apr-15 5.8.4 2004-Apr-21 5.8.5-RC1 2004-Jul-06 5.8.5-RC2 2004-Jul-08 5.8.5 2004-Jul-19 5.8.6-RC1 2004-Nov-11 5.8.6 2004-Nov-27 5.8.7-RC1 2005-May-18 5.8.7 2005-May-30 5.8.8-RC1 2006-Jan-20 5.8.8 2006-Jan-31 5.8.9-RC1 2008-Nov-10 5.8.9-RC2 2008-Dec-06 5.8.9 2008-Dec-14Hugo 5.9.0 2003-Oct-27 The 5.9 development trackRafael 5.9.1 2004-Mar-16 5.9.2 2005-Apr-01 5.9.3 2006-Jan-28 5.9.4 2006-Aug-15 5.9.5 2007-Jul-07 5.10.0-RC1 2007-Nov-17 5.10.0-RC2 2007-Nov-25Rafael 5.10.0 2007-Dec-18David M 5.10.1-RC1 2009-Aug-06 The 5.10 maintenance track 5.10.1-RC2 2009-Aug-18 5.10.1 2009-Aug-22Jesse 5.11.0 2009-Oct-02 The 5.11 development track 5.11.1 2009-Oct-20Leon 5.11.2 2009-Nov-20Jesse 5.11.3 2009-Dec-20Ricardo 5.11.4 2010-Jan-20Steve 5.11.5 2010-Feb-20Jesse 5.12.0-RC0 2010-Mar-21 5.12.0-RC1 2010-Mar-29 5.12.0-RC2 2010-Apr-01 5.12.0-RC3 2010-Apr-02 5.12.0-RC4 2010-Apr-06 5.12.0-RC5 2010-Apr-09Jesse 5.12.0 2010-Apr-12Jesse 5.12.1-RC2 2010-May-13 The 5.12 maintenance track 5.12.1-RC1 2010-May-09 5.12.1 2010-May-16 5.12.2-RC2 2010-Aug-31 5.12.2 2010-Sep-06Ricardo 5.12.3-RC1 2011-Jan-09Ricardo 5.12.3-RC2 2011-Jan-14Ricardo 5.12.3-RC3 2011-Jan-17Ricardo 5.12.3 2011-Jan-21Leon 5.12.4-RC1 2011-Jun-08Leon 5.12.4 2011-Jun-20Dominic 5.12.5 2012-Nov-10Leon 5.13.0 2010-Apr-20 The 5.13 development trackRicardo 5.13.1 2010-May-20Matt 5.13.2 2010-Jun-22David G 5.13.3 2010-Jul-20Florian 5.13.4 2010-Aug-20Steve 5.13.5 2010-Sep-19Miyagawa 5.13.6 2010-Oct-20BinGOs 5.13.7 2010-Nov-20Zefram 5.13.8 2010-Dec-20Jesse 5.13.9 2011-Jan-20Ævar 5.13.10 2011-Feb-20Florian 5.13.11 2011-Mar-20Jesse 5.14.0RC1 2011-Apr-20Jesse 5.14.0RC2 2011-May-04Jesse 5.14.0RC3 2011-May-11Jesse 5.14.0 2011-May-14 The 5.14 maintenance trackJesse 5.14.1 2011-Jun-16Florian 5.14.2-RC1 2011-Sep-19 5.14.2 2011-Sep-26Dominic 5.14.3 2012-Oct-12David M 5.14.4-RC1 2013-Mar-05David M 5.14.4-RC2 2013-Mar-07David M 5.14.4 2013-Mar-10David G 5.15.0 2011-Jun-20 The 5.15 development trackZefram 5.15.1 2011-Jul-20Ricardo 5.15.2 2011-Aug-20Stevan 5.15.3 2011-Sep-20Florian 5.15.4 2011-Oct-20Steve 5.15.5 2011-Nov-20Dave R 5.15.6 2011-Dec-20BinGOs 5.15.7 2012-Jan-20Max M 5.15.8 2012-Feb-20Abigail 5.15.9 2012-Mar-20Ricardo 5.16.0-RC0 2012-May-10Ricardo 5.16.0-RC1 2012-May-14Ricardo 5.16.0-RC2 2012-May-15Ricardo 5.16.0 2012-May-20 The 5.16 maintenance trackRicardo 5.16.1 2012-Aug-08Ricardo 5.16.2 2012-Nov-01Ricardo 5.16.3-RC1 2013-Mar-06Ricardo 5.16.3 2013-Mar-11Zefram 5.17.0 2012-May-26 The 5.17 development trackJesse L 5.17.1 2012-Jun-20TonyC 5.17.2 2012-Jul-20Steve 5.17.3 2012-Aug-20Florian 5.17.4 2012-Sep-20Florian 5.17.5 2012-Oct-20Ricardo 5.17.6 2012-Nov-20Dave R 5.17.7 2012-Dec-18Aaron 5.17.8 2013-Jan-20BinGOs 5.17.9 2013-Feb-20Max M 5.17.10 2013-Mar-21Ricardo 5.18.0-RC1 2013-May-11 The 5.18 maintenance trackRicardo 5.18.0-RC2 2013-May-12Ricardo 5.18.0-RC3 2013-May-13Ricardo 5.18.0-RC4 2013-May-15Ricardo 5.18.0 2013-May-18Ricardo 5.18.1-RC1 2013-Aug-01Ricardo 5.18.1-RC2 2013-Aug-03Ricardo 5.18.1-RC3 2013-Aug-08Ricardo 5.18.1 2013-Aug-12Ricardo 5.18.2 2014-Jan-06Ricardo 5.19.0 2013-May-20 The 5.19 development trackDavid G 5.19.1 2013-Jun-21Aristotle 5.19.2 2013-Jul-22For example the notation "core: 212 29" in the release 1.000 means that it had in the core 212 kilobytes, in 29 files. The "core".."doc" are explained below.
release core lib ext t doc======================================================================1.000 212 29 - - - - 38 51 62 31.014 219 29 - - - - 39 52 68 42.000 309 31 2 3 - - 55 57 92 42.001 312 31 2 3 - - 55 57 94 43.000 508 36 24 11 - - 79 73 156 53.044 645 37 61 20 - - 90 74 190 64.000 635 37 59 20 - - 91 75 198 44.019 680 37 85 29 - - 98 76 199 44.036 709 37 89 30 - - 98 76 208 55.000alpha2 785 50 114 32 - - 112 86 209 55.000alpha3 801 50 117 33 - - 121 87 209 55.000alpha9 1022 56 149 43 116 29 125 90 217 65.000a12h 978 49 140 49 205 46 152 97 228 95.000b3h 1035 53 232 70 216 38 162 94 218 215.000 1038 53 250 76 216 38 154 92 536 625.001m 1071 54 388 82 240 38 159 95 544 295.002 1121 54 661 101 287 43 155 94 847 355.003 1129 54 680 102 291 43 166 100 853 355.003_07 1231 60 748 106 396 53 213 137 976 395.004 1351 60 1230 136 408 51 355 161 1587 555.004_01 1356 60 1258 138 410 51 358 161 1587 555.004_04 1375 60 1294 139 413 51 394 162 1629 555.004_05 1463 60 1435 150 394 50 445 175 1855 595.004_51 1401 61 1260 140 413 53 358 162 1594 565.004_53 1422 62 1295 141 438 70 394 162 1637 565.004_56 1501 66 1301 140 447 74 408 165 1648 575.004_59 1555 72 1317 142 448 74 424 171 1678 585.004_62 1602 77 1327 144 629 92 428 173 1674 585.004_65 1626 77 1358 146 615 92 446 179 1698 605.004_68 1856 74 1382 152 619 92 463 187 1784 605.004_70 1863 75 1456 154 675 92 494 194 1809 605.004_73 1874 76 1467 152 762 102 506 196 1883 615.004_75 1877 76 1467 152 770 103 508 196 1896 625.005 1896 76 1469 152 795 103 509 197 1945 635.005_03 1936 77 1541 153 813 104 551 201 2176 725.005_50 1969 78 1842 301 795 103 514 198 1948 635.005_53 1999 79 1885 303 806 104 602 224 2002 675.005_56 2086 79 1970 307 866 113 672 238 2221 755.6.0 2820 79 2626 364 1096 129 863 280 2840 935.6.1 2946 78 2921 430 1171 132 1024 304 3330 1025.6.2 2947 78 3143 451 1247 127 1303 387 3406 1025.7.0 2977 80 2801 425 1250 132 975 307 3206 1005.7.1 3351 84 3442 455 1944 167 1334 357 3698 1245.7.2 3491 87 4858 618 3290 298 1598 449 3910 1395.7.3 3299 85 4295 537 2196 300 2176 626 4171 1205.8.0 3489 87 4533 585 2437 331 2588 726 4368 1255.8.1 3674 90 5104 623 2604 353 2983 836 4625 1345.8.2 3633 90 5111 623 2623 357 3019 848 4634 1355.8.3 3625 90 5141 624 2660 363 3083 869 4669 1365.8.4 3653 90 5170 634 2684 368 3148 885 4689 1375.8.5 3664 90 4260 303 2707 369 3208 898 4689 1385.8.6 3690 90 4271 303 3141 396 3411 925 4709 1395.8.7 3788 90 4322 307 3297 401 3485 964 4744 1415.8.8 3895 90 4357 314 3409 431 3622 1017 4979 1445.8.9 4132 93 5508 330 3826 529 4364 1234 5348 1525.9.0 3657 90 4951 626 2603 354 3011 841 4609 1355.9.1 3580 90 5196 634 2665 367 3186 889 4725 1385.9.2 3863 90 4654 312 3283 403 3551 973 4800 1425.9.3 4096 91 5318 381 4806 597 4272 1214 5139 1475.9.4 4393 94 5718 415 4578 642 4646 1310 5335 1535.9.5 4681 96 6849 479 4827 671 5155 1490 5572 1595.10.0 4710 97 7050 486 4899 673 5275 1503 5673 1605.10.1 4858 98 7440 519 6195 921 6147 1751 5151 1635.12.0 4999 100 1146 121 15227 2176 6400 1843 5342 1685.12.1 5000 100 1146 121 15283 2178 6407 1846 5354 1695.12.2 5003 100 1146 121 15404 2178 6413 1846 5376 1705.12.3 5004 100 1146 121 15529 2180 6417 1848 5391 1715.14.0 5328 104 1100 114 17779 2479 7697 2130 5871 1885.16.0 5562 109 1077 80 20504 2702 8750 2375 4815 1525.18.0 5892 113 1088 79 20077 2760 9365 2439 4943 154The "core"..."doc" mean the following files from the Perl source code distribution. The glob notation ** means recursively, (.) means regular files.
core *.[hcy]lib lib/**/*.p[ml]ext ext/**/*.{[hcyt],xs,pm} (for -5.10.1) or {dist,ext,cpan}/**/*.{[hcyt],xs,pm} (for 5.12.0-)t t/**/*(.) (for 1-5.005_56) or **/*.t (for 5.6.0-5.7.3)doc {README*,INSTALL,*[_.]man{,.?},pod/**/*.pod}Here are some statistics for the other subdirectories and one file in the Perl source distribution for somewhat more selected releases.
====================================================================== Legend: kB # 1.014 2.001 3.044Configure 31 1 37 1 62 1eg - - 34 28 47 39h2pl - - - - 12 12msdos - - - - 41 13os2 - - - - 63 22usub - - - - 21 16x2p 103 17 104 17 137 17====================================================================== 4.000 4.019 4.036atarist - - - - 113 31Configure 73 1 83 1 86 1eg 47 39 47 39 47 39emacs 67 4 67 4 67 4h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12hints - - 5 42 11 56msdos 57 15 58 15 60 15os2 81 29 81 29 113 31usub 25 7 43 8 43 8x2p 147 18 152 19 154 19====================================================================== 5.000a2 5.000a12h 5.000b3h 5.000 5.001mapollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3atarist 113 31 113 31 - - - - - -bench - - 0 1 - - - - - -Bugs 2 5 26 1 - - - - - -dlperl 40 5 - - - - - - - -do 127 71 - - - - - - - -Configure - - 153 1 159 1 160 1 180 1Doc - - 26 1 75 7 11 1 11 1eg 79 58 53 44 51 43 54 44 54 44emacs 67 4 104 6 104 6 104 1 104 6h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12hints 11 56 12 46 18 48 18 48 44 56msdos 60 15 60 15 - - - - - -os2 113 31 113 31 - - - - - -U - - 62 8 112 42 - - - -usub 43 8 - - - - - - - -vms - - 80 7 123 9 184 15 304 20x2p 171 22 171 21 162 20 162 20 279 20====================================================================== 5.002 5.003 5.003_07Configure 201 1 201 1 217 1eg 54 44 54 44 54 44emacs 108 1 108 1 143 1h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12hints 73 59 77 60 90 62os2 84 17 56 10 117 42plan9 - - - - 79 15Porting - - - - 51 1utils 87 7 88 7 97 7vms 500 24 475 26 505 27x2p 280 20 280 20 280 19====================================================================== 5.004 5.004_04 5.004_62 5.004_65 5.004_68beos - - - - - - 1 1 1 1Configure 225 1 225 1 240 1 248 1 256 1cygwin32 23 5 23 5 23 5 24 5 24 5djgpp - - - - 14 5 14 5 14 5eg 81 62 81 62 81 62 81 62 81 62emacs 194 1 204 1 212 2 212 2 212 2h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12hints 129 69 132 71 144 72 151 74 155 74os2 121 42 127 42 127 44 129 44 129 44plan9 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15Porting 94 2 109 4 203 6 234 8 241 9qnx 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2utils 112 8 118 8 124 8 156 9 159 9vms 518 34 524 34 538 34 569 34 569 34win32 285 33 378 36 470 39 493 39 575 41x2p 281 19 281 19 281 19 282 19 281 19====================================================================== 5.004_70 5.004_73 5.004_75 5.005 5.005_03apollo - - - - - - - - 0 1beos 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1Configure 256 1 256 1 264 1 264 1 270 1cygwin32 24 5 24 5 24 5 24 5 24 5djgpp 14 5 14 5 14 5 14 5 15 5eg 86 65 86 65 86 65 86 65 86 65emacs 262 2 262 2 262 2 262 2 274 2h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12hints 157 74 157 74 159 74 160 74 179 77mint - - - - - - - - 4 7mpeix - - - - 5 3 5 3 5 3os2 129 44 139 44 142 44 143 44 148 44plan9 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15Porting 241 9 253 9 259 10 264 12 272 13qnx 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2utils 160 9 160 9 160 9 160 9 164 9vms 570 34 572 34 573 34 575 34 583 34vos - - - - - - - - 156 10win32 577 41 585 41 585 41 587 41 600 42x2p 281 19 281 19 281 19 281 19 281 19====================================================================== 5.6.0 5.6.1 5.6.2 5.7.3apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3beos 5 2 5 2 5 2 6 4Configure 346 1 361 1 363 1 394 1Cross - - - - - - 4 2djgpp 19 6 19 6 19 6 21 7eg 112 71 112 71 112 71 - -emacs 303 4 319 4 319 4 319 4epoc 29 8 35 8 35 8 36 8h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15hints 242 83 250 84 321 89 272 87mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9mpeix 9 4 9 4 9 4 9 4NetWare - - - - - - 423 57os2 214 59 224 60 224 60 357 66plan9 92 17 92 17 92 17 85 15Porting 361 15 390 16 390 16 425 21qnx 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3utils 228 12 221 11 222 11 267 13uts - - - - - - 12 3vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4vms 686 38 627 38 627 38 649 36vos 227 12 249 15 248 15 281 17win32 755 41 782 42 801 42 1006 50x2p 307 20 307 20 307 20 345 20====================================================================== 5.8.0 5.8.1 5.8.2 5.8.3 5.8.4apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3beos 6 4 6 4 6 4 6 4 6 4Configure 472 1 493 1 493 1 493 1 494 1Cross 4 2 45 10 45 10 45 10 45 10djgpp 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7emacs 319 4 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4epoc 33 8 33 8 33 8 33 8 33 8h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15hints 294 88 321 89 321 89 321 89 348 91mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9mpeix 24 5 25 5 25 5 25 5 25 5NetWare 488 61 490 61 490 61 490 61 488 61os2 361 66 445 67 450 67 488 67 488 67plan9 85 15 325 17 325 17 325 17 321 17Porting 479 22 537 32 538 32 539 32 538 33qnx 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3utils 275 15 258 16 258 16 263 19 263 19uts 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4vms 648 36 654 36 654 36 656 36 656 36vos 330 20 335 20 335 20 335 20 335 20win32 1062 49 1125 49 1127 49 1126 49 1181 56x2p 347 20 348 20 348 20 348 20 348 20====================================================================== 5.8.5 5.8.6 5.8.7 5.8.8 5.8.9apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3beos 6 4 6 4 8 4 8 4 8 4Configure 494 1 494 1 495 1 506 1 520 1Cross 45 10 45 10 45 10 45 10 46 10djgpp 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7emacs 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4 406 4epoc 33 8 33 8 33 8 34 8 35 8h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15hints 350 91 352 91 355 94 360 94 387 99mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9mpeix 25 5 25 5 25 5 49 6 49 6NetWare 488 61 488 61 488 61 490 61 491 61os2 488 67 488 67 488 67 488 67 552 70plan9 321 17 321 17 321 17 322 17 324 17Porting 538 34 548 35 549 35 564 37 625 41qnx 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3utils 265 19 265 19 266 19 267 19 281 21uts 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4vms 657 36 658 36 662 36 664 36 716 35vos 335 20 335 20 335 20 336 21 345 22win32 1183 56 1190 56 1199 56 1219 56 1484 68x2p 349 20 349 20 349 20 349 19 350 19====================================================================== 5.9.0 5.9.1 5.9.2 5.9.3 5.9.4apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3beos 6 4 6 4 8 4 8 4 8 4Configure 493 1 493 1 495 1 508 1 512 1Cross 45 10 45 10 45 10 45 10 46 10djgpp 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7emacs 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4epoc 33 8 33 8 33 8 34 8 34 8h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15hints 321 89 346 91 355 94 359 94 366 96mad - - - - - - - - 174 6mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9mpeix 25 5 25 5 25 5 49 6 49 6NetWare 489 61 487 61 487 61 489 61 489 61os2 444 67 488 67 488 67 488 67 488 67plan9 325 17 321 17 321 17 322 17 323 17Porting 537 32 536 33 549 36 564 38 576 38qnx 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3symbian - - - - - - 293 53 293 53utils 258 16 263 19 268 20 273 23 275 24uts 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4vms 660 36 547 33 553 33 661 33 696 33vos 11 7 11 7 11 7 11 7 11 7win32 1120 49 1124 51 1191 56 1209 56 1719 90x2p 348 20 348 20 349 20 349 19 349 19====================================================================== 5.9.5 5.10.0 5.10.1 5.12.0 5.12.1apollo 8 3 8 3 0 3 0 3 0 3beos 8 4 8 4 4 4 4 4 4 4Configure 518 1 518 1 533 1 536 1 536 1Cross 122 15 122 15 119 15 118 15 118 15djgpp 21 7 21 7 17 7 17 7 17 7emacs 329 4 406 4 402 4 402 4 402 4epoc 34 8 35 8 31 8 31 8 31 8h2pl 24 15 24 15 12 15 12 15 12 15hints 377 98 381 98 385 100 368 97 368 97mad 182 8 182 8 174 8 174 8 174 8mint 11 9 11 9 3 9 - - - -mpeix 49 6 49 6 45 6 45 6 45 6NetWare 489 61 489 61 465 61 466 61 466 61os2 552 70 552 70 507 70 507 70 507 70plan9 324 17 324 17 316 17 316 17 316 17Porting 627 40 632 40 933 53 749 54 749 54qnx 5 3 5 4 1 4 1 4 1 4symbian 300 54 300 54 290 54 288 54 288 54utils 260 26 264 27 268 27 269 27 269 27uts 12 3 12 3 8 3 8 3 8 3vmesa 25 4 25 4 21 4 21 4 21 4vms 690 32 722 32 693 30 645 18 645 18vos 19 8 19 8 16 8 16 8 16 8win32 1482 68 1485 68 1497 70 1841 73 1841 73x2p 349 19 349 19 345 19 345 19 345 19====================================================================== 5.12.2 5.12.3 5.14.0 5.16.0 5.18.0apollo 0 3 0 3 - - - - - -beos 4 4 4 4 5 4 5 4 - -Configure 536 1 536 1 539 1 547 1 550 1Cross 118 15 118 15 118 15 118 15 118 15djgpp 17 7 17 7 18 7 18 7 18 7emacs 402 4 402 4 - - - - - -epoc 31 8 31 8 32 8 30 8 - -h2pl 12 15 12 15 15 15 15 15 13 15hints 368 97 368 97 370 96 371 96 354 91mad 174 8 174 8 176 8 176 8 174 8mpeix 45 6 45 6 46 6 46 6 - -NetWare 466 61 466 61 473 61 472 61 469 61os2 507 70 507 70 518 70 519 70 510 70plan9 316 17 316 17 319 17 319 17 318 17Porting 750 54 750 54 855 60 1093 69 1149 70qnx 1 4 1 4 2 4 2 4 1 4symbian 288 54 288 54 292 54 292 54 290 54utils 269 27 269 27 249 29 245 30 246 31uts 8 3 8 3 9 3 9 3 - -vmesa 21 4 21 4 22 4 22 4 - -vms 646 18 644 18 639 17 571 15 564 15vos 16 8 16 8 17 8 9 7 8 7win32 1841 73 1841 73 1833 72 1655 67 1157 62x2p 345 19 345 19 346 19 345 19 344 20The "diff lines kB" means that for example the patch 5.003_08, to be applied on top of the 5.003_07 (or whatever was before the 5.003_08) added lines for 110 kilobytes, it removed lines for 19 kilobytes, and changed lines for 424 kilobytes. Just the lines themselves are counted, not their context. The "+ - !" become from the diff(1) context diff output format.
Pump- Release Date diff lines kBking ------------- + - !======================================================================Chip 5.003_08 1996-Nov-19 110 19 424 5.003_09 1996-Nov-26 38 9 248 5.003_10 1996-Nov-29 29 2 27 5.003_11 1996-Dec-06 73 12 165 5.003_12 1996-Dec-19 275 6 436 5.003_13 1996-Dec-20 95 1 56 5.003_14 1996-Dec-23 23 7 333 5.003_15 1996-Dec-23 0 0 1 5.003_16 1996-Dec-24 12 3 50 5.003_17 1996-Dec-27 19 1 14 5.003_18 1996-Dec-31 21 1 32 5.003_19 1997-Jan-04 80 3 85 5.003_20 1997-Jan-07 18 1 146 5.003_21 1997-Jan-15 38 10 221 5.003_22 1997-Jan-16 4 0 18 5.003_23 1997-Jan-25 71 15 119 5.003_24 1997-Jan-29 426 1 20 5.003_25 1997-Feb-04 21 8 169 5.003_26 1997-Feb-10 16 1 15 5.003_27 1997-Feb-18 32 10 38 5.003_28 1997-Feb-21 58 4 66 5.003_90 1997-Feb-25 22 2 34 5.003_91 1997-Mar-01 37 1 39 5.003_92 1997-Mar-06 16 3 69 5.003_93 1997-Mar-10 12 3 15 5.003_94 1997-Mar-22 407 7 200 5.003_95 1997-Mar-25 41 1 37 5.003_96 1997-Apr-01 283 5 261 5.003_97 1997-Apr-03 13 2 34 5.003_97a 1997-Apr-05 57 1 27 5.003_97b 1997-Apr-08 14 1 20 5.003_97c 1997-Apr-10 20 1 16 5.003_97d 1997-Apr-13 8 0 16 5.003_97e 1997-Apr-15 15 4 46 5.003_97f 1997-Apr-17 7 1 33 5.003_97g 1997-Apr-18 6 1 42 5.003_97h 1997-Apr-24 23 3 68 5.003_97i 1997-Apr-25 23 1 31 5.003_97j 1997-Apr-28 36 1 49 5.003_98 1997-Apr-30 171 12 539 5.003_99 1997-May-01 6 0 7 5.003_99a 1997-May-09 36 2 61 p54rc1 1997-May-12 8 1 11 p54rc2 1997-May-14 6 0 40 5.004 1997-May-15 4 0 4Tim 5.004_01 1997-Jun-13 222 14 57 5.004_02 1997-Aug-07 112 16 119 5.004_03 1997-Sep-05 109 0 17 5.004_04 1997-Oct-15 66 8 173In more modern times, named releases don't come as often, and as progress can be followed (nearly) instantly (with rsync, and since late 2008, git) patches between versions are no longer provided. However, that doesn't keep us from calculating how large a patch could have been. Which is shown in the table below. Unless noted otherwise, the size mentioned is the patch to bring version x.y.z to x.y.z+1.
Sarathy 5.6.1 2001-Apr-08 531 44 651Rafael 5.6.2 2003-Nov-15 20 11 1819Jarkko 5.8.0 2002-Jul-18 1205 31 471 From 5.7.3 5.8.1 2003-Sep-25 243 102 6162Nicholas 5.8.2 2003-Nov-05 10 50 788 5.8.3 2004-Jan-14 31 13 360 5.8.4 2004-Apr-21 33 8 299 5.8.5 2004-Jul-19 11 19 255 5.8.6 2004-Nov-27 35 3 192 5.8.7 2005-May-30 75 34 778 5.8.8 2006-Jan-31 131 42 1251 5.8.9 2008-Dec-14 340 132 12988Hugo 5.9.0 2003-Oct-27 281 168 7132 From 5.8.0Rafael 5.9.1 2004-Mar-16 57 250 2107 5.9.2 2005-Apr-01 720 57 858 5.9.3 2006-Jan-28 1124 102 1906 5.9.4 2006-Aug-15 896 60 862 5.9.5 2007-Jul-07 1149 128 1062 5.10.0 2007-Dec-18 50 31 13111 From 5.9.5Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>.
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