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  22         <li><a href="#name">NAME</a></li>
  23         <li><a href="#description">DESCRIPTION</a></li>
  24         <li><a href="#introduction">INTRODUCTION</a></li>
  25         <li><a href="#the_keepers_of_the_pumpkin">THE KEEPERS OF THE PUMPKIN</a></li>
  26         <ul>
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  28                 <li><a href="#pumpkin">PUMPKIN?</a></li>
  29         </ul>
  30
  31         <li><a href="#the_records">THE RECORDS</a></li>
  32         <ul>
  33
  34                 <li><a href="#selected_release_sizes">SELECTED RELEASE SIZES</a></li>
  35                 <li><a href="#selected_patch_sizes">SELECTED PATCH SIZES</a></li>
  36         </ul>
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  38         <li><a href="#the_keepers_of_the_records">THE KEEPERS OF THE RECORDS</a></li>
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  45 <h1><a name="name">NAME</a></h1>
  46 <p>perlhist - the Perl history records</p>
  47 <p>
  48 </p>
  49 <hr />
  50 <h1><a name="description">DESCRIPTION</a></h1>
  51 <p>This document aims to record the Perl source code releases.</p>
  52 <p>
  53 </p>
  54 <hr />
  55 <h1><a name="introduction">INTRODUCTION</a></h1>
  56 <p>Perl history in brief, by Larry Wall:</p>
  57 <pre>
  58     Perl 0 introduced Perl to my officemates.
  59     Perl 1 introduced Perl to the world, and changed /\(...\|...\)/ to
  60         /(...|...)/.  \(Dan Faigin still hasn't forgiven me. :-\)
  61     Perl 2 introduced Henry Spencer's regular expression package.
  62     Perl 3 introduced the ability to handle binary data (embedded nulls).
  63     Perl 4 introduced the first Camel book.  Really.  We mostly just
  64         switched version numbers so the book could refer to 4.000.
  65     Perl 5 introduced everything else, including the ability to
  66         introduce everything else.</pre>
  67 <p>
  68 </p>
  69 <hr />
  70 <h1><a name="the_keepers_of_the_pumpkin">THE KEEPERS OF THE PUMPKIN</a></h1>
  71 <p>Larry Wall, Andy Dougherty, Tom Christiansen, Charles Bailey, Nick
  72 Ing-Simmons, Chip Salzenberg, Tim Bunce, Malcolm Beattie, Gurusamy
  73 Sarathy, Graham Barr, Jarkko Hietaniemi, Hugo van der Sanden,
  74 Michael Schwern, Rafael Garcia-Suarez, Nicholas Clark, Richard Clamp,
  75 Leon Brocard.</p>
  76 <p>
  77 </p>
  78 <h2><a name="pumpkin">PUMPKIN?</a></h2>
  79 <p>[from Porting/pumpkin.pod in the Perl source code distribution]</p>
  80 <p>Chip Salzenberg gets credit for that, with a nod to his cow orker,
  81 David Croy.  We had passed around various names (baton, token, hot
  82 potato) but none caught on.  Then, Chip asked:</p>
  83 <p>[begin quote]</p>
  84 <pre>
  85    Who has the patch pumpkin?</pre>
  86 <p>To explain:  David Croy once told me once that at a previous job,
  87 there was one tape drive and multiple systems that used it for backups.
  88 But instead of some high-tech exclusion software, they used a low-tech
  89 method to prevent multiple simultaneous backups: a stuffed pumpkin.
  90 No one was allowed to make backups unless they had the ``backup pumpkin''.</p>
  91 <p>[end quote]</p>
  92 <p>The name has stuck.  The holder of the pumpkin is sometimes called
  93 the pumpking (keeping the source afloat?) or the pumpkineer (pulling
  94 the strings?).</p>
  95 <p>
  96 </p>
  97 <hr />
  98 <h1><a name="the_records">THE RECORDS</a></h1>
  99 <pre>
 100  Pump-  Release         Date            Notes
 101  king                                   (by no means
 102                                          comprehensive,
 103                                          see Changes*
 104                                          for details)
 105  ===========================================================================</pre>
 106 <pre>
 107  Larry   0              Classified.     Don't ask.</pre>
 108 <pre>
 109  Larry   1.000          1987-Dec-18</pre>
 110 <pre>
 111           1.001..10     1988-Jan-30
 112           1.011..14     1988-Feb-02
 113  Schwern  1.0.15        2002-Dec-18     Modernization
 114  Richard  1.0.16        2003-Dec-18</pre>
 115 <pre>
 116  Larry   2.000          1988-Jun-05</pre>
 117 <pre>
 118           2.001         1988-Jun-28</pre>
 119 <pre>
 120  Larry   3.000          1989-Oct-18</pre>
 121 <pre>
 122           3.001         1989-Oct-26
 123           3.002..4      1989-Nov-11
 124           3.005         1989-Nov-18
 125           3.006..8      1989-Dec-22
 126           3.009..13     1990-Mar-02
 127           3.014         1990-Mar-13
 128           3.015         1990-Mar-14
 129           3.016..18     1990-Mar-28
 130           3.019..27     1990-Aug-10     User subs.
 131           3.028         1990-Aug-14
 132           3.029..36     1990-Oct-17
 133           3.037         1990-Oct-20
 134           3.040         1990-Nov-10
 135           3.041         1990-Nov-13
 136           3.042..43     1991-Jan-??
 137           3.044         1991-Jan-12</pre>
 138 <pre>
 139  Larry   4.000          1991-Mar-21</pre>
 140 <pre>
 141           4.001..3      1991-Apr-12
 142           4.004..9      1991-Jun-07
 143           4.010         1991-Jun-10
 144           4.011..18     1991-Nov-05
 145           4.019         1991-Nov-11     Stable.
 146           4.020..33     1992-Jun-08
 147           4.034         1992-Jun-11
 148           4.035         1992-Jun-23
 149  Larry    4.036         1993-Feb-05     Very stable.</pre>
 150 <pre>
 151           5.000alpha1   1993-Jul-31
 152           5.000alpha2   1993-Aug-16
 153           5.000alpha3   1993-Oct-10
 154           5.000alpha4   1993-???-??
 155           5.000alpha5   1993-???-??
 156           5.000alpha6   1994-Mar-18
 157           5.000alpha7   1994-Mar-25
 158  Andy     5.000alpha8   1994-Apr-04
 159  Larry    5.000alpha9   1994-May-05     ext appears.
 160           5.000alpha10  1994-Jun-11
 161           5.000alpha11  1994-Jul-01
 162  Andy     5.000a11a     1994-Jul-07     To fit 14.
 163           5.000a11b     1994-Jul-14
 164           5.000a11c     1994-Jul-19
 165           5.000a11d     1994-Jul-22
 166  Larry    5.000alpha12  1994-Aug-04
 167  Andy     5.000a12a     1994-Aug-08
 168           5.000a12b     1994-Aug-15
 169           5.000a12c     1994-Aug-22
 170           5.000a12d     1994-Aug-22
 171           5.000a12e     1994-Aug-22
 172           5.000a12f     1994-Aug-24
 173           5.000a12g     1994-Aug-24
 174           5.000a12h     1994-Aug-24
 175  Larry    5.000beta1    1994-Aug-30
 176  Andy     5.000b1a      1994-Sep-06
 177  Larry    5.000beta2    1994-Sep-14     Core slushified.
 178  Andy     5.000b2a      1994-Sep-14
 179           5.000b2b      1994-Sep-17
 180           5.000b2c      1994-Sep-17
 181  Larry    5.000beta3    1994-Sep-??
 182  Andy     5.000b3a      1994-Sep-18
 183           5.000b3b      1994-Sep-22
 184           5.000b3c      1994-Sep-23
 185           5.000b3d      1994-Sep-27
 186           5.000b3e      1994-Sep-28
 187           5.000b3f      1994-Sep-30
 188           5.000b3g      1994-Oct-04
 189  Andy     5.000b3h      1994-Oct-07
 190  Larry?   5.000gamma    1994-Oct-13?</pre>
 191 <pre>
 192  Larry   5.000          1994-Oct-17</pre>
 193 <pre>
 194  Andy     5.000a        1994-Dec-19
 195           5.000b        1995-Jan-18
 196           5.000c        1995-Jan-18
 197           5.000d        1995-Jan-18
 198           5.000e        1995-Jan-18
 199           5.000f        1995-Jan-18
 200           5.000g        1995-Jan-18
 201           5.000h        1995-Jan-18
 202           5.000i        1995-Jan-26
 203           5.000j        1995-Feb-07
 204           5.000k        1995-Feb-11
 205           5.000l        1995-Feb-21
 206           5.000m        1995-Feb-28
 207           5.000n        1995-Mar-07
 208           5.000o        1995-Mar-13?</pre>
 209 <pre>
 210  Larry   5.001          1995-Mar-13</pre>
 211 <pre>
 212  Andy     5.001a        1995-Mar-15
 213           5.001b        1995-Mar-31
 214           5.001c        1995-Apr-07
 215           5.001d        1995-Apr-14
 216           5.001e        1995-Apr-18     Stable.
 217           5.001f        1995-May-31
 218           5.001g        1995-May-25
 219           5.001h        1995-May-25
 220           5.001i        1995-May-30
 221           5.001j        1995-Jun-05
 222           5.001k        1995-Jun-06
 223           5.001l        1995-Jun-06     Stable.
 224           5.001m        1995-Jul-02     Very stable.
 225           5.001n        1995-Oct-31     Very unstable.
 226           5.002beta1    1995-Nov-21
 227           5.002b1a      1995-Dec-04
 228           5.002b1b      1995-Dec-04
 229           5.002b1c      1995-Dec-04
 230           5.002b1d      1995-Dec-04
 231           5.002b1e      1995-Dec-08
 232           5.002b1f      1995-Dec-08
 233  Tom      5.002b1g      1995-Dec-21     Doc release.
 234  Andy     5.002b1h      1996-Jan-05
 235           5.002b2       1996-Jan-14
 236  Larry    5.002b3       1996-Feb-02
 237  Andy     5.002gamma    1996-Feb-11
 238  Larry    5.002delta    1996-Feb-27</pre>
 239 <pre>
 240  Larry   5.002          1996-Feb-29     Prototypes.</pre>
 241 <pre>
 242  Charles  5.002_01      1996-Mar-25</pre>
 243 <pre>
 244          5.003          1996-Jun-25     Security release.</pre>
 245 <pre>
 246           5.003_01      1996-Jul-31
 247  Nick     5.003_02      1996-Aug-10
 248  Andy     5.003_03      1996-Aug-28
 249           5.003_04      1996-Sep-02
 250           5.003_05      1996-Sep-12
 251           5.003_06      1996-Oct-07
 252           5.003_07      1996-Oct-10
 253  Chip     5.003_08      1996-Nov-19
 254           5.003_09      1996-Nov-26
 255           5.003_10      1996-Nov-29
 256           5.003_11      1996-Dec-06
 257           5.003_12      1996-Dec-19
 258           5.003_13      1996-Dec-20
 259           5.003_14      1996-Dec-23
 260           5.003_15      1996-Dec-23
 261           5.003_16      1996-Dec-24
 262           5.003_17      1996-Dec-27
 263           5.003_18      1996-Dec-31
 264           5.003_19      1997-Jan-04
 265           5.003_20      1997-Jan-07
 266           5.003_21      1997-Jan-15
 267           5.003_22      1997-Jan-16
 268           5.003_23      1997-Jan-25
 269           5.003_24      1997-Jan-29
 270           5.003_25      1997-Feb-04
 271           5.003_26      1997-Feb-10
 272           5.003_27      1997-Feb-18
 273           5.003_28      1997-Feb-21
 274           5.003_90      1997-Feb-25     Ramping up to the 5.004 release.
 275           5.003_91      1997-Mar-01
 276           5.003_92      1997-Mar-06
 277           5.003_93      1997-Mar-10
 278           5.003_94      1997-Mar-22
 279           5.003_95      1997-Mar-25
 280           5.003_96      1997-Apr-01
 281           5.003_97      1997-Apr-03     Fairly widely used.
 282           5.003_97a     1997-Apr-05
 283           5.003_97b     1997-Apr-08
 284           5.003_97c     1997-Apr-10
 285           5.003_97d     1997-Apr-13
 286           5.003_97e     1997-Apr-15
 287           5.003_97f     1997-Apr-17
 288           5.003_97g     1997-Apr-18
 289           5.003_97h     1997-Apr-24
 290           5.003_97i     1997-Apr-25
 291           5.003_97j     1997-Apr-28
 292           5.003_98      1997-Apr-30
 293           5.003_99      1997-May-01
 294           5.003_99a     1997-May-09
 295           p54rc1        1997-May-12     Release Candidates.
 296           p54rc2        1997-May-14</pre>
 297 <pre>
 298  Chip    5.004          1997-May-15     A major maintenance release.</pre>
 299 <pre>
 300  Tim      5.004_01-t1   1997-???-??     The 5.004 maintenance track.
 301           5.004_01-t2   1997-Jun-11     aka perl5.004m1t2
 302           5.004_01      1997-Jun-13
 303           5.004_01_01   1997-Jul-29     aka perl5.004m2t1
 304           5.004_01_02   1997-Aug-01     aka perl5.004m2t2
 305           5.004_01_03   1997-Aug-05     aka perl5.004m2t3
 306           5.004_02      1997-Aug-07
 307           5.004_02_01   1997-Aug-12     aka perl5.004m3t1
 308           5.004_03-t2   1997-Aug-13     aka perl5.004m3t2
 309           5.004_03      1997-Sep-05
 310           5.004_04-t1   1997-Sep-19     aka perl5.004m4t1
 311           5.004_04-t2   1997-Sep-23     aka perl5.004m4t2
 312           5.004_04-t3   1997-Oct-10     aka perl5.004m4t3
 313           5.004_04-t4   1997-Oct-14     aka perl5.004m4t4
 314           5.004_04      1997-Oct-15
 315           5.004_04-m1   1998-Mar-04     (5.004m5t1) Maint. trials for 5.004_05.
 316           5.004_04-m2   1998-May-01
 317           5.004_04-m3   1998-May-15
 318           5.004_04-m4   1998-May-19
 319           5.004_05-MT5  1998-Jul-21
 320           5.004_05-MT6  1998-Oct-09
 321           5.004_05-MT7  1998-Nov-22
 322           5.004_05-MT8  1998-Dec-03
 323  Chip     5.004_05-MT9  1999-Apr-26
 324           5.004_05      1999-Apr-29</pre>
 325 <pre>
 326  Malcolm  5.004_50      1997-Sep-09     The 5.005 development track.
 327           5.004_51      1997-Oct-02
 328           5.004_52      1997-Oct-15
 329           5.004_53      1997-Oct-16
 330           5.004_54      1997-Nov-14
 331           5.004_55      1997-Nov-25
 332           5.004_56      1997-Dec-18
 333           5.004_57      1998-Feb-03
 334           5.004_58      1998-Feb-06
 335           5.004_59      1998-Feb-13
 336           5.004_60      1998-Feb-20
 337           5.004_61      1998-Feb-27
 338           5.004_62      1998-Mar-06
 339           5.004_63      1998-Mar-17
 340           5.004_64      1998-Apr-03
 341           5.004_65      1998-May-15
 342           5.004_66      1998-May-29
 343  Sarathy  5.004_67      1998-Jun-15
 344           5.004_68      1998-Jun-23
 345           5.004_69      1998-Jun-29
 346           5.004_70      1998-Jul-06
 347           5.004_71      1998-Jul-09
 348           5.004_72      1998-Jul-12
 349           5.004_73      1998-Jul-13
 350           5.004_74      1998-Jul-14     5.005 beta candidate.
 351           5.004_75      1998-Jul-15     5.005 beta1.
 352           5.004_76      1998-Jul-21     5.005 beta2.
 353           5.005         1998-Jul-22     Oneperl.</pre>
 354 <pre>
 355  Sarathy  5.005_01      1998-Jul-27     The 5.005 maintenance track.
 356           5.005_02-T1   1998-Aug-02
 357           5.005_02-T2   1998-Aug-05
 358           5.005_02      1998-Aug-08
 359  Graham   5.005_03-MT1  1998-Nov-30
 360           5.005_03-MT2  1999-Jan-04
 361           5.005_03-MT3  1999-Jan-17
 362           5.005_03-MT4  1999-Jan-26
 363           5.005_03-MT5  1999-Jan-28
 364           5.005_03-MT6  1999-Mar-05
 365           5.005_03      1999-Mar-28
 366  Leon     5.005_04-RC1  2004-Feb-05
 367           5.005_04-RC2  2004-Feb-18
 368           5.005_04      2004-Feb-23</pre>
 369 <pre>
 370  Sarathy  5.005_50      1998-Jul-26     The 5.6 development track.
 371           5.005_51      1998-Aug-10
 372           5.005_52      1998-Sep-25
 373           5.005_53      1998-Oct-31
 374           5.005_54      1998-Nov-30
 375           5.005_55      1999-Feb-16
 376           5.005_56      1999-Mar-01
 377           5.005_57      1999-May-25
 378           5.005_58      1999-Jul-27
 379           5.005_59      1999-Aug-02
 380           5.005_60      1999-Aug-02
 381           5.005_61      1999-Aug-20
 382           5.005_62      1999-Oct-15
 383           5.005_63      1999-Dec-09
 384           5.5.640       2000-Feb-02
 385           5.5.650       2000-Feb-08     beta1
 386           5.5.660       2000-Feb-22     beta2
 387           5.5.670       2000-Feb-29     beta3
 388           5.6.0-RC1     2000-Mar-09     Release candidate 1.
 389           5.6.0-RC2     2000-Mar-14     Release candidate 2.
 390           5.6.0-RC3     2000-Mar-21     Release candidate 3.
 391           5.6.0         2000-Mar-22</pre>
 392 <pre>
 393  Sarathy  5.6.1-TRIAL1  2000-Dec-18     The 5.6 maintenance track.
 394           5.6.1-TRIAL2  2001-Jan-31
 395           5.6.1-TRIAL3  2001-Mar-19
 396           5.6.1-foolish 2001-Apr-01     The &quot;fools-gold&quot; release.
 397           5.6.1         2001-Apr-08
 398  Rafael   5.6.2-RC1     2003-Nov-08
 399           5.6.2         2003-Nov-15     Fix new build issues</pre>
 400 <pre>
 401  Jarkko   5.7.0         2000-Sep-02     The 5.7 track: Development.
 402           5.7.1         2001-Apr-09
 403           5.7.2         2001-Jul-13     Virtual release candidate 0.
 404           5.7.3         2002-Mar-05
 405           5.8.0-RC1     2002-Jun-01
 406           5.8.0-RC2     2002-Jun-21
 407           5.8.0-RC3     2002-Jul-13
 408           5.8.0         2002-Jul-18
 409           5.8.1-RC1     2003-Jul-10
 410           5.8.1-RC2     2003-Jul-11
 411           5.8.1-RC3     2003-Jul-30
 412           5.8.1-RC4     2003-Aug-01
 413           5.8.1-RC5     2003-Sep-22
 414           5.8.1         2003-Sep-25
 415  Nicholas 5.8.2-RC1     2003-Oct-27
 416           5.8.2-RC2     2003-Nov-03
 417           5.8.2         2003-Nov-05
 418           5.8.3-RC1     2004-Jan-07
 419           5.8.3         2004-Jan-14
 420           5.8.4-RC1     2004-Apr-05
 421           5.8.4-RC2     2004-Apr-15
 422           5.8.4         2004-Apr-21
 423           5.8.5-RC1     2004-Jul-06
 424           5.8.5-RC2     2004-Jul-08
 425           5.8.5         2004-Jul-19
 426           5.8.6-RC1     2004-Nov-11
 427           5.8.6         2004-Nov-27
 428           5.8.7-RC1     2005-May-18
 429           5.8.7         2005-May-30
 430           5.8.8-RC1     2006-Jan-20
 431           5.8.8         2006-Jan-31</pre>
 432 <pre>
 433  Hugo     5.9.0         2003-Oct-27
 434  Rafael   5.9.1         2004-Mar-16
 435           5.9.2         2005-Apr-01
 436           5.9.3         2006-Jan-28</pre>
 437 <p>
 438 </p>
 439 <h2><a name="selected_release_sizes">SELECTED RELEASE SIZES</a></h2>
 440 <p>For example the notation ``core: 212  29'' in the release 1.000 means that
 441 it had in the core 212 kilobytes, in 29 files.  The ``core''..``doc'' are
 442 explained below.</p>
 443 <pre>
 444  release        core       lib         ext        t         doc
 445  ======================================================================</pre>
 446 <pre>
 447  1.000           212  29      -   -      -   -     38  51     62   3
 448  1.014           219  29      -   -      -   -     39  52     68   4
 449  2.000           309  31      2   3      -   -     55  57     92   4
 450  2.001           312  31      2   3      -   -     55  57     94   4
 451  3.000           508  36     24  11      -   -     79  73    156   5
 452  3.044           645  37     61  20      -   -     90  74    190   6
 453  4.000           635  37     59  20      -   -     91  75    198   4
 454  4.019           680  37     85  29      -   -     98  76    199   4
 455  4.036           709  37     89  30      -   -     98  76    208   5
 456  5.000alpha2     785  50    114  32      -   -    112  86    209   5
 457  5.000alpha3     801  50    117  33      -   -    121  87    209   5
 458  5.000alpha9    1022  56    149  43    116  29    125  90    217   6
 459  5.000a12h       978  49    140  49    205  46    152  97    228   9
 460  5.000b3h       1035  53    232  70    216  38    162  94    218  21
 461  5.000          1038  53    250  76    216  38    154  92    536  62
 462  5.001m         1071  54    388  82    240  38    159  95    544  29
 463  5.002          1121  54    661 101    287  43    155  94    847  35
 464  5.003          1129  54    680 102    291  43    166 100    853  35
 465  5.003_07       1231  60    748 106    396  53    213 137    976  39
 466  5.004          1351  60   1230 136    408  51    355 161   1587  55
 467  5.004_01       1356  60   1258 138    410  51    358 161   1587  55
 468  5.004_04       1375  60   1294 139    413  51    394 162   1629  55
 469  5.004_05       1463  60   1435 150    394  50    445 175   1855  59
 470  5.004_51       1401  61   1260 140    413  53    358 162   1594  56
 471  5.004_53       1422  62   1295 141    438  70    394 162   1637  56
 472  5.004_56       1501  66   1301 140    447  74    408 165   1648  57
 473  5.004_59       1555  72   1317 142    448  74    424 171   1678  58
 474  5.004_62       1602  77   1327 144    629  92    428 173   1674  58
 475  5.004_65       1626  77   1358 146    615  92    446 179   1698  60
 476  5.004_68       1856  74   1382 152    619  92    463 187   1784  60
 477  5.004_70       1863  75   1456 154    675  92    494 194   1809  60
 478  5.004_73       1874  76   1467 152    762 102    506 196   1883  61
 479  5.004_75       1877  76   1467 152    770 103    508 196   1896  62
 480  5.005          1896  76   1469 152    795 103    509 197   1945  63
 481  5.005_03       1936  77   1541 153    813 104    551 201   2176  72
 482  5.005_50       1969  78   1842 301    795 103    514 198   1948  63
 483  5.005_53       1999  79   1885 303    806 104    602 224   2002  67
 484  5.005_56       2086  79   1970 307    866 113    672 238   2221  75
 485  5.6.0          2930  80   2626 364   1096 129    868 281   2841  93
 486  5.7.0          2977  80   2801 425   1250 132    975 307   3206 100
 487  5.6.1          3049  80   3764 484   1924 159   1025 304   3593 119
 488  5.7.1          3351  84   3442 455   1944 167   1334 357   3698 124
 489  5.7.2          3491  87   4858 618   3290 298   1598 449   3910 139
 490  5.7.3          3415  87   5367 630  14448 410   2205 640   4491 148</pre>
 491 <p>The ``core''...``doc'' mean the following files from the Perl source code
 492 distribution.  The glob notation ** means recursively, (.) means
 493 regular files.</p>
 494 <pre>
 495  core   *.[hcy]
 496  lib    lib/**/*.p[ml]
 497  ext    ext/**/*.{[hcyt],xs,pm}
 498  t      t/**/*(.) (for 1-5.005_56) or **/*.t (for 5.6.0-5.7.3)
 499  doc    {README*,INSTALL,*[_.]man{,.?},pod/**/*.pod}</pre>
 500 <p>Here are some statistics for the other subdirectories and one file in
 501 the Perl source distribution for somewhat more selected releases.</p>
 502 <pre>
 503  ======================================================================
 504    Legend:  kB   #</pre>
 505 <pre>
 506             1.014   2.001   3.044   4.000   4.019   4.036</pre>
 507 <pre>
 508  atarist      -  -    -  -    -  -    -  -    -  -  113 31
 509  Configure   31  1   37  1   62  1   73  1   83  1   86  1
 510  eg           -  -   34 28   47 39   47 39   47 39   47 39
 511  emacs        -  -    -  -    -  -   67  4   67  4   67  4
 512  h2pl         -  -    -  -   12 12   12 12   12 12   12 12
 513  hints        -  -    -  -    -  -    -  -    5 42   11 56
 514  msdos        -  -    -  -   41 13   57 15   58 15   60 15
 515  os2          -  -    -  -   63 22   81 29   81 29  113 31
 516  usub         -  -    -  -   21 16   25  7   43  8   43  8
 517  x2p        103 17  104 17  137 17  147 18  152 19  154 19</pre>
 518 <pre>
 519  ======================================================================</pre>
 520 <pre>
 521             5.000a2 5.000a12h 5.000b3h 5.000  5.001m  5.002   5.003</pre>
 522 <pre>
 523  atarist    113 31  113 31    -  -      -  -    -  -    -  -    -  -
 524  bench        -  -    0  1    -  -      -  -    -  -    -  -    -  -
 525  Bugs         2  5   26  1    -  -      -  -    -  -    -  -    -  -
 526  dlperl      40  5    -  -    -  -      -  -    -  -    -  -    -  -
 527  do         127 71    -  -    -  -      -  -    -  -    -  -    -  -
 528  Configure    -  -  153  1  159  1    160  1  180  1  201  1  201  1
 529  Doc          -  -   26  1   75  7     11  1   11  1    -  -    -  -
 530  eg          79 58   53 44   51 43     54 44   54 44   54 44   54 44
 531  emacs       67  4  104  6  104  6    104  1  104  6  108  1  108  1
 532  h2pl        12 12   12 12   12 12     12 12   12 12   12 12   12 12
 533  hints       11 56   12 46   18 48     18 48   44 56   73 59   77 60
 534  msdos       60 15   60 15    -  -      -  -    -  -    -  -    -  -
 535  os2        113 31  113 31    -  -      -  -    -  -   84 17   56 10
 536  U            -  -   62  8  112 42      -  -    -  -    -  -    -  -
 537  usub        43  8    -  -    -  -      -  -    -  -    -  -    -  -
 538  utils        -  -    -  -    -  -      -  -    -  -   87  7   88  7
 539  vms          -  -   80  7  123  9    184 15  304 20  500 24  475 26
 540  x2p        171 22  171 21  162 20    162 20  279 20  280 20  280 20</pre>
 541 <pre>
 542  ======================================================================</pre>
 543 <pre>
 544             5.003_07 5.004   5.004_04 5.004_62 5.004_65 5.004_68</pre>
 545 <pre>
 546  beos         -  -     -  -    -  -     -  -     1   1    1   1
 547  Configure  217  1   225  1  225  1   240  1   248   1  256   1
 548  cygwin32     -  -    23  5   23  5    23  5    24   5   24   5
 549  djgpp        -  -     -  -    -  -    14  5    14   5   14   5
 550  eg          54 44    81 62   81 62    81 62    81  62   81  62
 551  emacs      143  1   194  1  204  1   212  2   212   2  212   2
 552  h2pl        12 12    12 12   12 12    12 12    12  12   12  12
 553  hints       90 62   129 69  132 71   144 72   151  74  155  74
 554  os2        117 42   121 42  127 42   127 44   129  44  129  44
 555  plan9       79 15    82 15   82 15    82 15    82  15   82  15
 556  Porting     51  1    94  2  109  4   203  6   234   8  241   9
 557  qnx          -  -     1  2    1  2     1  2     1   2    1   2
 558  utils       97  7   112  8  118  8   124  8   156   9  159   9
 559  vms        505 27   518 34  524 34   538 34   569  34  569  34
 560  win32        -  -   285 33  378 36   470 39   493  39  575  41
 561  x2p        280 19   281 19  281 19   281 19   282  19  281  19</pre>
 562 <pre>
 563  ======================================================================</pre>
 564 <pre>
 565             5.004_70 5.004_73 5.004_75  5.005  5.005_03</pre>
 566 <pre>
 567  apollo       -   -    -   -    -   -    -   -    0   1
 568  beos         1   1    1   1    1   1    1   1    1   1
 569  Configure  256   1  256   1  264   1  264   1  270   1
 570  cygwin32    24   5   24   5   24   5   24   5   24   5
 571  djgpp       14   5   14   5   14   5   14   5   15   5
 572  eg          86  65   86  65   86  65   86  65   86  65
 573  emacs      262   2  262   2  262   2  262   2  274   2
 574  h2pl        12  12   12  12   12  12   12  12   12  12
 575  hints      157  74  157  74  159  74  160  74  179  77
 576  mint         -   -    -   -    -   -    -   -    4   7
 577  mpeix        -   -    -   -    5   3    5   3    5   3
 578  os2        129  44  139  44  142  44  143  44  148  44
 579  plan9       82  15   82  15   82  15   82  15   82  15
 580  Porting    241   9  253   9  259  10  264  12  272  13
 581  qnx          1   2    1   2    1   2    1   2    1   2
 582  utils      160   9  160   9  160   9  160   9  164   9
 583  vms        570  34  572  34  573  34  575  34  583  34
 584  vos          -   -    -   -    -   -    -   -  156  10
 585  win32      577  41  585  41  585  41  587  41  600  42
 586  x2p        281  19  281  19  281  19  281  19  281  19</pre>
 587 <p>
 588 </p>
 589 <h2><a name="selected_patch_sizes">SELECTED PATCH SIZES</a></h2>
 590 <p>The ``diff lines kb'' means that for example the patch 5.003_08, to be
 591 applied on top of the 5.003_07 (or whatever was before the 5.003_08)
 592 added lines for 110 kilobytes, it removed lines for 19 kilobytes, and
 593 changed lines for 424 kilobytes.  Just the lines themselves are
 594 counted, not their context.  The ``+ - !'' become from the <code>diff(1)</code>
 595 context diff output format.</p>
 596 <pre>
 597  Pump-  Release         Date           diff lines kB
 598  king                                  -------------
 599                                           +   -   !
 600  ===========================================================================</pre>
 601 <pre>
 602  Chip     5.003_08      1996-Nov-19     110  19 424
 603           5.003_09      1996-Nov-26      38   9 248
 604           5.003_10      1996-Nov-29      29   2  27
 605           5.003_11      1996-Dec-06      73  12 165
 606           5.003_12      1996-Dec-19     275   6 436
 607           5.003_13      1996-Dec-20      95   1  56
 608           5.003_14      1996-Dec-23      23   7 333
 609           5.003_15      1996-Dec-23       0   0   1
 610           5.003_16      1996-Dec-24      12   3  50
 611           5.003_17      1996-Dec-27      19   1  14
 612           5.003_18      1996-Dec-31      21   1  32
 613           5.003_19      1997-Jan-04      80   3  85
 614           5.003_20      1997-Jan-07      18   1 146
 615           5.003_21      1997-Jan-15      38  10 221
 616           5.003_22      1997-Jan-16       4   0  18
 617           5.003_23      1997-Jan-25      71  15 119
 618           5.003_24      1997-Jan-29     426   1  20
 619           5.003_25      1997-Feb-04      21   8 169
 620           5.003_26      1997-Feb-10      16   1  15
 621           5.003_27      1997-Feb-18      32  10  38
 622           5.003_28      1997-Feb-21      58   4  66
 623           5.003_90      1997-Feb-25      22   2  34
 624           5.003_91      1997-Mar-01      37   1  39
 625           5.003_92      1997-Mar-06      16   3  69
 626           5.003_93      1997-Mar-10      12   3  15
 627           5.003_94      1997-Mar-22     407   7 200
 628           5.003_95      1997-Mar-25      41   1  37
 629           5.003_96      1997-Apr-01     283   5 261
 630           5.003_97      1997-Apr-03      13   2  34
 631           5.003_97a     1997-Apr-05      57   1  27
 632           5.003_97b     1997-Apr-08      14   1  20
 633           5.003_97c     1997-Apr-10      20   1  16
 634           5.003_97d     1997-Apr-13       8   0  16
 635           5.003_97e     1997-Apr-15      15   4  46
 636           5.003_97f     1997-Apr-17       7   1  33
 637           5.003_97g     1997-Apr-18       6   1  42
 638           5.003_97h     1997-Apr-24      23   3  68
 639           5.003_97i     1997-Apr-25      23   1  31
 640           5.003_97j     1997-Apr-28      36   1  49
 641           5.003_98      1997-Apr-30     171  12 539
 642           5.003_99      1997-May-01       6   0   7
 643           5.003_99a     1997-May-09      36   2  61
 644           p54rc1        1997-May-12       8   1  11
 645           p54rc2        1997-May-14       6   0  40</pre>
 646 <pre>
 647         5.004           1997-May-15       4   0   4</pre>
 648 <pre>
 649  Tim      5.004_01      1997-Jun-13     222  14  57
 650           5.004_02      1997-Aug-07     112  16 119
 651           5.004_03      1997-Sep-05     109   0  17
 652           5.004_04      1997-Oct-15      66   8 173</pre>
 653 <p>
 654 </p>
 655 <hr />
 656 <h1><a name="the_keepers_of_the_records">THE KEEPERS OF THE RECORDS</a></h1>
 657 <p>Jarkko Hietaniemi &lt;<em><a href="mailto:jhi@iki.fi">jhi@iki.fi</a></em>&gt;.</p>
 658 <p>Thanks to the collective memory of the Perlfolk.  In addition to the
 659 Keepers of the Pumpkin also Alan Champion, Mark Dominus,
 660 Andreas König, John Macdonald, Matthias Neeracher, Jeff Okamoto,
 661 Michael Peppler, Randal Schwartz, and Paul D. Smith sent corrections
 662 and additions.</p>
 663 <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3">
 664 <tr><td class="block" style="background-color: #cccccc" valign="middle">
 665 <big><strong><span class="block">&nbsp;perlhist - the Perl history records</span></strong></big>
 666 </td></tr>
 667 </table>
 668
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