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+=head1 NAME
+
+perlhist - the Perl history records
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+This document aims to record the Perl source code releases.
+
+=head1 INTRODUCTION
+
+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.
+
+=head1 THE KEEPERS OF THE PUMPKIN
+
+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.
+
+=head2 PUMPKIN?
+
+[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 once 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?).
+
+=head1 THE RECORDS
+
+ Pump- Release Date Notes
+ king (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-02
+ Schwern 1.0.15 2002-Dec-18 Modernization
+ Richard 1.0.16 2003-Dec-18
+
+ Larry 2.000 1988-Jun-05
+
+ 2.001 1988-Jun-28
+
+ Larry 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-12
+
+ Larry 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-23
+ Larry 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-25
+ Andy 5.000alpha8 1994-Apr-04
+ Larry 5.000alpha9 1994-May-05 ext appears.
+ 5.000alpha10 1994-Jun-11
+ 5.000alpha11 1994-Jul-01
+ Andy 5.000a11a 1994-Jul-07 To fit 14.
+ 5.000a11b 1994-Jul-14
+ 5.000a11c 1994-Jul-19
+ 5.000a11d 1994-Jul-22
+ Larry 5.000alpha12 1994-Aug-04
+ Andy 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-24
+ Larry 5.000beta1 1994-Aug-30
+ Andy 5.000b1a 1994-Sep-06
+ Larry 5.000beta2 1994-Sep-14 Core slushified.
+ Andy 5.000b2a 1994-Sep-14
+ 5.000b2b 1994-Sep-17
+ 5.000b2c 1994-Sep-17
+ Larry 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-04
+ Andy 5.000b3h 1994-Oct-07
+ Larry? 5.000gamma 1994-Oct-13?
+
+ Larry 5.000 1994-Oct-17
+
+ Andy 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-13
+
+ Andy 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-08
+ Tom 5.002b1g 1995-Dec-21 Doc release.
+ Andy 5.002b1h 1996-Jan-05
+ 5.002b2 1996-Jan-14
+ Larry 5.002b3 1996-Feb-02
+ Andy 5.002gamma 1996-Feb-11
+ Larry 5.002delta 1996-Feb-27
+
+ Larry 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-31
+ Nick 5.003_02 1996-Aug-10
+ Andy 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-10
+ Chip 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-14
+
+ Chip 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-03
+ Chip 5.004_05-MT9 1999-Apr-26
+ 5.004_05 1999-Apr-29
+
+ Malcolm 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-29
+ Sarathy 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.
+ 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-08
+ Graham 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-28
+ Leon 5.005_04-RC1 2004-Feb-05
+ 5.005_04-RC2 2004-Feb-18
+ 5.005_04 2004-Feb-23
+
+ Sarathy 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.
+ 5.6.0 2000-Mar-22
+
+ Sarathy 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-08
+ Rafael 5.6.2-RC1 2003-Nov-08
+ 5.6.2 2003-Nov-15 Fix new build issues
+
+ Jarkko 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-13
+ 5.8.0 2002-Jul-18
+ 5.8.1-RC1 2003-Jul-10
+ 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-25
+ Nicholas 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-14
+
+ Hugo 5.9.0 2003-Oct-27
+ Rafael 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-25
+ 5.10.0 2007-Dec-18
+ David 5.10.1-RC1 2009-Aug-06
+ 5.10.1-RC2 2009-Aug-18
+ 5.10.1 2009-Aug-22
+
+=head2 SELECTED RELEASE SIZES
+
+For 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 3
+ 1.014 219 29 - - - - 39 52 68 4
+ 2.000 309 31 2 3 - - 55 57 92 4
+ 2.001 312 31 2 3 - - 55 57 94 4
+ 3.000 508 36 24 11 - - 79 73 156 5
+ 3.044 645 37 61 20 - - 90 74 190 6
+ 4.000 635 37 59 20 - - 91 75 198 4
+ 4.019 680 37 85 29 - - 98 76 199 4
+ 4.036 709 37 89 30 - - 98 76 208 5
+ 5.000alpha2 785 50 114 32 - - 112 86 209 5
+ 5.000alpha3 801 50 117 33 - - 121 87 209 5
+ 5.000alpha9 1022 56 149 43 116 29 125 90 217 6
+ 5.000a12h 978 49 140 49 205 46 152 97 228 9
+ 5.000b3h 1035 53 232 70 216 38 162 94 218 21
+ 5.000 1038 53 250 76 216 38 154 92 536 62
+ 5.001m 1071 54 388 82 240 38 159 95 544 29
+ 5.002 1121 54 661 101 287 43 155 94 847 35
+ 5.003 1129 54 680 102 291 43 166 100 853 35
+ 5.003_07 1231 60 748 106 396 53 213 137 976 39
+ 5.004 1351 60 1230 136 408 51 355 161 1587 55
+ 5.004_01 1356 60 1258 138 410 51 358 161 1587 55
+ 5.004_04 1375 60 1294 139 413 51 394 162 1629 55
+ 5.004_05 1463 60 1435 150 394 50 445 175 1855 59
+ 5.004_51 1401 61 1260 140 413 53 358 162 1594 56
+ 5.004_53 1422 62 1295 141 438 70 394 162 1637 56
+ 5.004_56 1501 66 1301 140 447 74 408 165 1648 57
+ 5.004_59 1555 72 1317 142 448 74 424 171 1678 58
+ 5.004_62 1602 77 1327 144 629 92 428 173 1674 58
+ 5.004_65 1626 77 1358 146 615 92 446 179 1698 60
+ 5.004_68 1856 74 1382 152 619 92 463 187 1784 60
+ 5.004_70 1863 75 1456 154 675 92 494 194 1809 60
+ 5.004_73 1874 76 1467 152 762 102 506 196 1883 61
+ 5.004_75 1877 76 1467 152 770 103 508 196 1896 62
+ 5.005 1896 76 1469 152 795 103 509 197 1945 63
+ 5.005_03 1936 77 1541 153 813 104 551 201 2176 72
+ 5.005_50 1969 78 1842 301 795 103 514 198 1948 63
+ 5.005_53 1999 79 1885 303 806 104 602 224 2002 67
+ 5.005_56 2086 79 1970 307 866 113 672 238 2221 75
+ 5.6.0 2820 79 2626 364 1096 129 863 280 2840 93
+ 5.6.1 2946 78 2921 430 1171 132 1024 304 3330 102
+ 5.6.2 2947 78 3143 451 1247 127 1303 387 3406 102
+ 5.7.0 2977 80 2801 425 1250 132 975 307 3206 100
+ 5.7.1 3351 84 3442 455 1944 167 1334 357 3698 124
+ 5.7.2 3491 87 4858 618 3290 298 1598 449 3910 139
+ 5.7.3 3299 85 4295 537 2196 300 2176 626 4171 120
+ 5.8.0 3489 87 4533 585 2437 331 2588 726 4368 125
+ 5.8.1 3674 90 5104 623 2604 353 2983 836 4625 134
+ 5.8.2 3633 90 5111 623 2623 357 3019 848 4634 135
+ 5.8.3 3625 90 5141 624 2660 363 3083 869 4669 136
+ 5.8.4 3653 90 5170 634 2684 368 3148 885 4689 137
+ 5.8.5 3664 90 4260 303 2707 369 3208 898 4689 138
+ 5.8.6 3690 90 4271 303 3141 396 3411 925 4709 139
+ 5.8.7 3788 90 4322 307 3297 401 3485 964 4744 141
+ 5.8.8 3895 90 4357 314 3409 431 3622 1017 4979 144
+ 5.8.9 4132 93 5508 330 3826 529 4364 1234 5348 152
+ 5.9.0 3657 90 4951 626 2603 354 3011 841 4609 135
+ 5.9.1 3580 90 5196 634 2665 367 3186 889 4725 138
+ 5.9.2 3863 90 4654 312 3283 403 3551 973 4800 142
+ 5.9.3 4096 91 5318 381 4806 597 4272 1214 5139 147
+ 5.9.4 4393 94 5718 415 4578 642 4646 1310 5335 153
+ 5.9.5 4681 96 6849 479 4827 671 5155 1490 5572 159
+ 5.10.0 4710 97 7050 486 4899 673 5275 1503 5673 160
+
+The "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}
+ 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 3.044
+
+ Configure 31 1 37 1 62 1
+ eg - - 34 28 47 39
+ h2pl - - - - 12 12
+ msdos - - - - 41 13
+ os2 - - - - 63 22
+ usub - - - - 21 16
+ x2p 103 17 104 17 137 17
+
+ ======================================================================
+
+ 4.000 4.019 4.036
+
+ atarist - - - - 113 31
+ Configure 73 1 83 1 86 1
+ eg 47 39 47 39 47 39
+ emacs 67 4 67 4 67 4
+ h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12
+ hints - - 5 42 11 56
+ msdos 57 15 58 15 60 15
+ os2 81 29 81 29 113 31
+ usub 25 7 43 8 43 8
+ x2p 147 18 152 19 154 19
+
+ ======================================================================
+
+ 5.000a2 5.000a12h 5.000b3h 5.000 5.001m
+
+ apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
+ atarist 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 1
+ Doc - - 26 1 75 7 11 1 11 1
+ eg 79 58 53 44 51 43 54 44 54 44
+ emacs 67 4 104 6 104 6 104 1 104 6
+ h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
+ hints 11 56 12 46 18 48 18 48 44 56
+ msdos 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 20
+ x2p 171 22 171 21 162 20 162 20 279 20
+
+ ======================================================================
+
+ 5.002 5.003 5.003_07
+
+ Configure 201 1 201 1 217 1
+ eg 54 44 54 44 54 44
+ emacs 108 1 108 1 143 1
+ h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12
+ hints 73 59 77 60 90 62
+ os2 84 17 56 10 117 42
+ plan9 - - - - 79 15
+ Porting - - - - 51 1
+ utils 87 7 88 7 97 7
+ vms 500 24 475 26 505 27
+ x2p 280 20 280 20 280 19
+
+ ======================================================================
+
+ 5.004 5.004_04 5.004_62 5.004_65 5.004_68
+
+ beos - - - - - - 1 1 1 1
+ Configure 225 1 225 1 240 1 248 1 256 1
+ cygwin32 23 5 23 5 23 5 24 5 24 5
+ djgpp - - - - 14 5 14 5 14 5
+ eg 81 62 81 62 81 62 81 62 81 62
+ emacs 194 1 204 1 212 2 212 2 212 2
+ h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
+ hints 129 69 132 71 144 72 151 74 155 74
+ os2 121 42 127 42 127 44 129 44 129 44
+ plan9 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15
+ Porting 94 2 109 4 203 6 234 8 241 9
+ qnx 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2
+ utils 112 8 118 8 124 8 156 9 159 9
+ vms 518 34 524 34 538 34 569 34 569 34
+ win32 285 33 378 36 470 39 493 39 575 41
+ x2p 281 19 281 19 281 19 282 19 281 19
+
+ ======================================================================
+
+ 5.004_70 5.004_73 5.004_75 5.005 5.005_03
+
+ apollo - - - - - - - - 0 1
+ beos 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
+ Configure 256 1 256 1 264 1 264 1 270 1
+ cygwin32 24 5 24 5 24 5 24 5 24 5
+ djgpp 14 5 14 5 14 5 14 5 15 5
+ eg 86 65 86 65 86 65 86 65 86 65
+ emacs 262 2 262 2 262 2 262 2 274 2
+ h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
+ hints 157 74 157 74 159 74 160 74 179 77
+ mint - - - - - - - - 4 7
+ mpeix - - - - 5 3 5 3 5 3
+ os2 129 44 139 44 142 44 143 44 148 44
+ plan9 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15
+ Porting 241 9 253 9 259 10 264 12 272 13
+ qnx 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2
+ utils 160 9 160 9 160 9 160 9 164 9
+ vms 570 34 572 34 573 34 575 34 583 34
+ vos - - - - - - - - 156 10
+ win32 577 41 585 41 585 41 587 41 600 42
+ x2p 281 19 281 19 281 19 281 19 281 19
+
+ ======================================================================
+
+ 5.6.0 5.6.1 5.6.2 5.7.3
+
+ apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
+ beos 5 2 5 2 5 2 6 4
+ Configure 346 1 361 1 363 1 394 1
+ Cross - - - - - - 4 2
+ djgpp 19 6 19 6 19 6 21 7
+ eg 112 71 112 71 112 71 - -
+ emacs 303 4 319 4 319 4 319 4
+ epoc 29 8 35 8 35 8 36 8
+ h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15
+ hints 242 83 250 84 321 89 272 87
+ mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9
+ mpeix 9 4 9 4 9 4 9 4
+ NetWare - - - - - - 423 57
+ os2 214 59 224 60 224 60 357 66
+ plan9 92 17 92 17 92 17 85 15
+ Porting 361 15 390 16 390 16 425 21
+ qnx 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3
+ utils 228 12 221 11 222 11 267 13
+ uts - - - - - - 12 3
+ vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4
+ vms 686 38 627 38 627 38 649 36
+ vos 227 12 249 15 248 15 281 17
+ win32 755 41 782 42 801 42 1006 50
+ x2p 307 20 307 20 307 20 345 20
+
+ ======================================================================
+
+ 5.8.0 5.8.1 5.8.2 5.8.3 5.8.4
+
+ apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
+ beos 6 4 6 4 6 4 6 4 6 4
+ Configure 472 1 493 1 493 1 493 1 494 1
+ Cross 4 2 45 10 45 10 45 10 45 10
+ djgpp 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7
+ emacs 319 4 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4
+ epoc 33 8 33 8 33 8 33 8 33 8
+ h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15
+ hints 294 88 321 89 321 89 321 89 348 91
+ mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9
+ mpeix 24 5 25 5 25 5 25 5 25 5
+ NetWare 488 61 490 61 490 61 490 61 488 61
+ os2 361 66 445 67 450 67 488 67 488 67
+ plan9 85 15 325 17 325 17 325 17 321 17
+ Porting 479 22 537 32 538 32 539 32 538 33
+ qnx 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3
+ utils 275 15 258 16 258 16 263 19 263 19
+ uts 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3
+ vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4
+ vms 648 36 654 36 654 36 656 36 656 36
+ vos 330 20 335 20 335 20 335 20 335 20
+ win32 1062 49 1125 49 1127 49 1126 49 1181 56
+ x2p 347 20 348 20 348 20 348 20 348 20
+
+ ======================================================================
+
+ 5.8.5 5.8.6 5.8.7 5.8.8 5.8.9
+
+ apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
+ beos 6 4 6 4 8 4 8 4 8 4
+ Configure 494 1 494 1 495 1 506 1 520 1
+ Cross 45 10 45 10 45 10 45 10 46 10
+ djgpp 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7
+ emacs 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4 406 4
+ epoc 33 8 33 8 33 8 34 8 35 8
+ h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15
+ hints 350 91 352 91 355 94 360 94 387 99
+ mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9
+ mpeix 25 5 25 5 25 5 49 6 49 6
+ NetWare 488 61 488 61 488 61 490 61 491 61
+ os2 488 67 488 67 488 67 488 67 552 70
+ plan9 321 17 321 17 321 17 322 17 324 17
+ Porting 538 34 548 35 549 35 564 37 625 41
+ qnx 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3
+ utils 265 19 265 19 266 19 267 19 281 21
+ uts 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3
+ vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4
+ vms 657 36 658 36 662 36 664 36 716 35
+ vos 335 20 335 20 335 20 336 21 345 22
+ win32 1183 56 1190 56 1199 56 1219 56 1484 68
+ x2p 349 20 349 20 349 20 349 19 350 19
+
+ ======================================================================
+
+ 5.9.0 5.9.1 5.9.2 5.9.3 5.9.4
+
+ apollo 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
+ beos 6 4 6 4 8 4 8 4 8 4
+ Configure 493 1 493 1 495 1 508 1 512 1
+ Cross 45 10 45 10 45 10 45 10 46 10
+ djgpp 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7 21 7
+ emacs 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4 329 4
+ epoc 33 8 33 8 33 8 34 8 34 8
+ h2pl 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15 24 15
+ hints 321 89 346 91 355 94 359 94 366 96
+ mad - - - - - - - - 174 6
+ mint 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9
+ mpeix 25 5 25 5 25 5 49 6 49 6
+ NetWare 489 61 487 61 487 61 489 61 489 61
+ os2 444 67 488 67 488 67 488 67 488 67
+ plan9 325 17 321 17 321 17 322 17 323 17
+ Porting 537 32 536 33 549 36 564 38 576 38
+ qnx 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3
+ symbian - - - - - - 293 53 293 53
+ utils 258 16 263 19 268 20 273 23 275 24
+ uts 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3
+ vmesa 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4
+ vms 660 36 547 33 553 33 661 33 696 33
+ vos 11 7 11 7 11 7 11 7 11 7
+ win32 1120 49 1124 51 1191 56 1209 56 1719 90
+ x2p 348 20 348 20 349 20 349 19 349 19
+
+ ======================================================================
+
+ 5.9.5 5.10.0
+
+ apollo 8 3 8 3
+ beos 8 4 8 4
+ Configure 518 1 518 1
+ Cross 122 15 122 15
+ djgpp 21 7 21 7
+ emacs 329 4 406 4
+ epoc 34 8 35 8
+ h2pl 24 15 24 15
+ hints 377 98 381 98
+ mad 182 8 182 8
+ mint 11 9 11 9
+ mpeix 49 6 49 6
+ NetWare 489 61 489 61
+ os2 552 70 552 70
+ plan9 324 17 324 17
+ Porting 627 40 632 40
+ qnx 5 3 5 4
+ symbian 300 54 300 54
+ utils 260 26 264 27
+ uts 12 3 12 3
+ vmesa 25 4 25 4
+ vms 690 32 722 32
+ vos 19 8 19 8
+ win32 1482 68 1485 68
+ x2p 349 19 349 19
+
+=head2 SELECTED PATCH SIZES
+
+The "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 kB
+ king -------------
+ + - !
+ ======================================================================
+
+ 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 4
+
+ Tim 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 8 173
+
+=head3 The patch-free era
+
+In 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 44 651
+ Rafael 5.6.2 2003-Nov-15 20 11 1819
+
+ Jarkko 5.8.0 2002-Jul-18 1205 31 471 From 5.7.3
+
+ 5.8.1 2003-Sep-25 243 102 6162
+ Nicholas 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 12988
+
+ Hugo 5.9.0 2003-Oct-27 281 168 7132 From 5.8.0
+ Rafael 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 5.9.5
+
+
+=head1 THE KEEPERS OF THE RECORDS
+
+Jarkko Hietaniemi <F<jhi@iki.fi>>.
+
+Thanks to the collective memory of the Perlfolk. In addition to the
+Keepers of the Pumpkin also Alan Champion, Mark Dominus,
+Andreas König, John Macdonald, Matthias Neeracher, Jeff Okamoto,
+Michael Peppler, Randal Schwartz, and Paul D. Smith sent corrections
+and additions. Abigail added file and patch size data for the 5.6.0 - 5.10
+era.
+
+=cut