PERLHIST(1)

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💖 perlhist — the Perl history records 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to PERLHIST(1) from the Perl Programmers Reference Guide, section 1 of the manual. this is the receipts page. the official, canonical, "who shipped what and when" archive of every Perl source code release. no cap, it's giving ancestry.com for Perl. 🌈

✨ NAME ✨

perlhist — the Perl history records 🎀

📜 DESCRIPTION 📜

The whole mission of this document? To record the Perl source code releases. That's it. That's the assignment. Every release, written down, so nobody has to guess later. 💅

🕰️ INTRODUCTION 🕰️

Perl history in brief, by Larry Wall himself (yes, the Larry Wall, we stan):

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.

iconic. legendary. the origin story fr fr. 😭💖

🎃 THE KEEPERS OF THE PUMPKIN 🎃

these are the people who have held the pumpkin, in order, and honestly? a whole lineage:

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, Chris "BinGOs" Williams, Zefram, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Stevan Little, Dave Rolsky, Max Maischein, Abigail, Jesse Luehrs, Tony Cook, Dominic Hargreaves, Aaron Crane, Aristotle Pagaltzis, Matthew Horsfall, Peter Martini, Sawyer X, Chad 'Exodist' Granum, Renee Bäcker, Eric Herman, John SJ Anderson, Karen Etheridge, Zak B. Elep, Tom Hukins, Richard Leach, Neil Bowers, Yves Orton, Paul Evans, Graham Knop, Philippe Bruhat (BooK), Thibault Duponchelle, and Lukas Mai.

the roster is giving very main character energy, every single one of them. 👑

🧡 PUMPKIN? 🧡

so where did "pumpkin" even come from?? bestie, it's a whole saga. this bit is straight 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]

and the name has stuck. The holder of the pumpkin is sometimes called the pumpking (keeping the source afloat?) or the pumpkineer (pulling the strings?). 🎃✨

📚 THE RECORDS 📚

okay so here's the whole timeline, bestie. four columns, and the Notes column is by no means comprehensive — for the full tea you check 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
  • Charles — 5.003 — 1996-Jun-25 — Security release.
  • Charles — 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 — the 5.004 maintenance track era 💖
    • 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) maintenance 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 — passing the baton, as one does 🦋
    • 5.004_05-MT9 — 1999-Apr-26
    • 5.004_05 — 1999-Apr-29
  • Malcolm — the 5.005 development track, let's gooo ✨
    • 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 — taking over and absolutely serving 💅
    • 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 — the 5.005 maintenance track 🎀
    • 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 — holding it down 🌸
    • 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 — years later, still cooking 🔥
    • 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-16
  • Sarathy — the 5.6 development track ✨
    • 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-22 🎉
  • Sarathy — the 5.6 maintenance track 🫶
    • 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. 😭 iconic
    • 5.6.1 — 2001-Apr-08
  • Rafael — stepping in with fixes 🍓
    • 5.6.2-RC1 — 2003-Nov-08
    • 5.6.2 — 2003-Nov-15 — fix new build issues
  • Jarkko — the 5.7 track: development 🌈
    • 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
  • Jarkko — 5.8.0 — 2002-Jul-18 💖
  • Jarkko — the 5.8 maintenance track 🧚
    • 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-25
  • Nicholas — the long-haul queen of 5.8 👑
    • 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 — the 5.9 development track 🦋
  • Rafael — carrying the 5.9 era ⭐
    • 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
  • Rafael — 5.10.0 — 2007-Dec-18 🎀
  • David M — the 5.10 maintenance track 🌸
    • 5.10.1-RC1 — 2009-Aug-06 — the 5.10 maintenance track
    • 5.10.1-RC2 — 2009-Aug-18
    • 5.10.1 — 2009-Aug-22
  • Jesse — the 5.11 development track 💖
    • 5.11.0 — 2009-Oct-02 — the 5.11 development track
    • 5.11.1 — 2009-Oct-20
  • Leon — 5.11.2 — 2009-Nov-20
  • Jesse — 5.11.3 — 2009-Dec-20
  • Ricardo — 5.11.4 — 2010-Jan-20
  • Steve — 5.11.5 — 2010-Feb-20
  • Jesse — release candidate season, we love to see it ✨
    • 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-09
  • Jesse — 5.12.0 — 2010-Apr-12 🌈
  • Jesse — the 5.12 maintenance track 🫶
    • 5.12.1-RC1 — 2010-May-09 — the 5.12 maintenance track
    • 5.12.1-RC2 — 2010-May-13
    • 5.12.1 — 2010-May-16
    • 5.12.2-RC1 — 2010-Aug-31
    • 5.12.2 — 2010-Sep-06
  • Ricardo — picking it up 💜
    • 5.12.3-RC1 — 2011-Jan-09
    • 5.12.3-RC2 — 2011-Jan-14
    • 5.12.3-RC3 — 2011-Jan-17
    • 5.12.3 — 2011-Jan-21
  • Leon — back at it 🧚
    • 5.12.4-RC1 — 2011-Jun-08
    • 5.12.4 — 2011-Jun-20
  • Dominic — 5.12.5 — 2012-Nov-10
  • Leon — the 5.13 development track 🦋
    • 5.13.0 — 2010-Apr-20 — the 5.13 development track
  • Ricardo — 5.13.1 — 2010-May-20
  • Matt — 5.13.2 — 2010-Jun-22
  • David G — 5.13.3 — 2010-Jul-20
  • Florian — 5.13.4 — 2010-Aug-20
  • Steve — 5.13.5 — 2010-Sep-19
  • Miyagawa — 5.13.6 — 2010-Oct-20
  • BinGOs — 5.13.7 — 2010-Nov-20
  • Zefram — 5.13.8 — 2010-Dec-20
  • Jesse — 5.13.9 — 2011-Jan-20
  • Ævar — 5.13.10 — 2011-Feb-20
  • Florian — 5.13.11 — 2011-Mar-20
  • Jesse — RC szn 🔥
    • 5.14.0-RC1 — 2011-Apr-20
    • 5.14.0-RC2 — 2011-May-04
    • 5.14.0-RC3 — 2011-May-11
  • Jesse — 5.14.0 — 2011-May-14 👑
  • Jesse — 5.14.1 — 2011-Jun-16 — the 5.14 maintenance track
  • Florian — keeping it fresh 🍓
    • 5.14.2-RC1 — 2011-Sep-19
    • 5.14.2 — 2011-Sep-26
  • Dominic — 5.14.3 — 2012-Oct-12
  • David M — one more round ⭐
    • 5.14.4-RC1 — 2013-Mar-05
    • 5.14.4-RC2 — 2013-Mar-07
    • 5.14.4 — 2013-Mar-10
  • David G — the 5.15 development track 🌈
    • 5.15.0 — 2011-Jun-20 — the 5.15 development track
  • Zefram — 5.15.1 — 2011-Jul-20
  • Ricardo — 5.15.2 — 2011-Aug-20
  • Stevan — 5.15.3 — 2011-Sep-20
  • Florian — 5.15.4 — 2011-Oct-20
  • Steve — 5.15.5 — 2011-Nov-20
  • Dave R — 5.15.6 — 2011-Dec-20
  • BinGOs — 5.15.7 — 2012-Jan-20
  • Max M — 5.15.8 — 2012-Feb-20
  • Abigail — 5.15.9 — 2012-Mar-20
  • Ricardo — RC time again 💖
    • 5.16.0-RC0 — 2012-May-10
    • 5.16.0-RC1 — 2012-May-14
    • 5.16.0-RC2 — 2012-May-15
  • Ricardo — 5.16.0 — 2012-May-20 🎉
  • Ricardo — the 5.16 maintenance track 🫶
    • 5.16.1 — 2012-Aug-08 — the 5.16 maintenance track
    • 5.16.2 — 2012-Nov-01
    • 5.16.3-RC1 — 2013-Mar-06
    • 5.16.3 — 2013-Mar-11
  • Zefram — the 5.17 development track ✨
    • 5.17.0 — 2012-May-26 — the 5.17 development track
  • Jesse L — 5.17.1 — 2012-Jun-20
  • TonyC — 5.17.2 — 2012-Jul-20
  • Steve — 5.17.3 — 2012-Aug-20
  • Florian — double drop 🧚
    • 5.17.4 — 2012-Sep-20
    • 5.17.5 — 2012-Oct-20
  • Ricardo — 5.17.6 — 2012-Nov-20
  • Dave R — 5.17.7 — 2012-Dec-18
  • Aaron — 5.17.8 — 2013-Jan-20
  • BinGOs — 5.17.9 — 2013-Feb-20
  • Max M — 5.17.10 — 2013-Mar-21
  • Ricardo — RC marathon 🔥
    • 5.17.11 — 2013-Apr-20
    • 5.18.0-RC1 — 2013-May-11
    • 5.18.0-RC2 — 2013-May-12
    • 5.18.0-RC3 — 2013-May-13
    • 5.18.0-RC4 — 2013-May-15
  • Ricardo — 5.18.0 — 2013-May-18 👑
  • Ricardo — the 5.18 maintenance track 🌈
    • 5.18.1-RC1 — 2013-Aug-01 — the 5.18 maintenance track
    • 5.18.1-RC2 — 2013-Aug-03
    • 5.18.1-RC3 — 2013-Aug-08
    • 5.18.1 — 2013-Aug-12
    • 5.18.2 — 2014-Jan-06
    • 5.18.3-RC1 — 2014-Sep-17
    • 5.18.3-RC2 — 2014-Sep-27
    • 5.18.3 — 2014-Oct-01
    • 5.18.4 — 2014-Oct-01

okay so picking up exactly where we left off — the receipts keep coming and bestie there are SO many of them 💀 every line down there is a real, actual release with a real, actual date and a real, actual human who shepherded it out into the world. no skipping. no skimming. we're doing this. 🫶

The 5.19 development track ✨

  • 5.19.0 — 2013-May-20 — Ricardo
  • 5.19.1 — 2013-Jun-21 — David G
  • 5.19.2 — 2013-Jul-22 — Aristotle
  • 5.19.3 — 2013-Aug-20 — Steve
  • 5.19.4 — 2013-Sep-20 — Steve
  • 5.19.5 — 2013-Oct-20 — Steve
  • 5.19.6 — 2013-Nov-20 — BinGOs
  • 5.19.7 — 2013-Dec-20 — Abigail
  • 5.19.8 — 2014-Jan-20 — Ricardo
  • 5.19.9 — 2014-Feb-20 — TonyC
  • 5.19.10 — 2014-Mar-20 — Aaron
  • 5.19.11 — 2014-Apr-20 — Steve
  • 5.20.0-RC1 — 2014-May-16 — Ricardo

and then, the moment we've all been waiting for 💅

  • 5.20.0 — 2014-May-27 — Ricardo 👑

The 5.20 maintenance track 🛠️

  • 5.20.1-RC1 — 2014-Aug-25 — Steve
  • 5.20.1-RC2 — 2014-Sep-07 — Steve
  • 5.20.1 — 2014-Sep-14 — Steve
  • 5.20.2-RC1 — 2015-Jan-31 — Steve
  • 5.20.2 — 2015-Feb-14 — Steve
  • 5.20.3-RC1 — 2015-Aug-22 — Steve
  • 5.20.3-RC2 — 2015-Aug-29 — Steve
  • 5.20.3 — 2015-Sep-12 — Steve

The 5.21 development track ✨

  • 5.21.0 — 2014-May-27 — Ricardo
  • 5.21.1 — 2014-Jun-20 — Matthew H
  • 5.21.2 — 2014-Jul-20 — Abigail
  • 5.21.3 — 2014-Aug-20 — Peter
  • 5.21.4 — 2014-Sep-20 — Steve
  • 5.21.5 — 2014-Oct-20 — Abigail
  • 5.21.6 — 2014-Nov-20 — BinGOs
  • 5.21.7 — 2014-Dec-20 — Max M
  • 5.21.8 — 2015-Jan-20 — Matthew H
  • 5.21.9 — 2015-Feb-20 — Sawyer X
  • 5.21.10 — 2015-Mar-20 — Steve
  • 5.21.11 — 2015-Apr-20 — Steve
  • 5.22.0-RC1 — 2015-May-19 — Ricardo
  • 5.22.0-RC2 — 2015-May-21 — Ricardo
  • 5.22.0 — 2015-Jun-01 — Ricardo 👑

The 5.22 maintenance track 🛠️

  • 5.22.1-RC1 — 2015-Oct-31 — Steve
  • 5.22.1-RC2 — 2015-Nov-15 — Steve
  • 5.22.1-RC3 — 2015-Dec-02 — Steve
  • 5.22.1-RC4 — 2015-Dec-08 — Steve
  • 5.22.1 — 2015-Dec-13 — Steve
  • 5.22.2-RC1 — 2016-Apr-10 — Steve
  • 5.22.2 — 2016-Apr-29 — Steve
  • 5.22.3-RC1 — 2016-Jul-17 — Steve
  • 5.22.3-RC2 — 2016-Jul-25 — Steve
  • 5.22.3-RC3 — 2016-Aug-11 — Steve
  • 5.22.3-RC4 — 2016-Oct-12 — Steve
  • 5.22.3-RC5 — 2017-Jan-02 — Steve
  • 5.22.3 — 2017-Jan-14 — Steve
  • 5.22.4-RC1 — 2017-Jul-01 — Steve
  • 5.22.4 — 2017-Jul-15 — Steve

The 5.23 development track ✨

  • 5.23.0 — 2015-Jun-20 — Ricardo
  • 5.23.1 — 2015-Jul-20 — Matthew H
  • 5.23.2 — 2015-Aug-20 — Matthew H
  • 5.23.3 — 2015-Sep-20 — Peter
  • 5.23.4 — 2015-Oct-20 — Steve
  • 5.23.5 — 2015-Nov-20 — Abigail
  • 5.23.6 — 2015-Dec-21 — David G
  • 5.23.7 — 2016-Jan-20 — Stevan
  • 5.23.8 — 2016-Feb-20 — Sawyer X
  • 5.23.9 — 2016-Mar-20 — Abigail
  • 5.24.0-RC1 — 2016-Apr-13 — Ricardo
  • 5.24.0-RC2 — 2016-Apr-23 — Ricardo
  • 5.24.0-RC3 — 2016-Apr-26 — Ricardo
  • 5.24.0-RC4 — 2016-May-02 — Ricardo
  • 5.24.0-RC5 — 2016-May-04 — Ricardo
  • 5.24.0 — 2016-May-09 — Ricardo 👑

The 5.24 maintenance track 🛠️

  • 5.24.1-RC1 — 2016-Jul-17 — Steve
  • 5.24.1-RC2 — 2016-Jul-25 — Steve
  • 5.24.1-RC3 — 2016-Aug-11 — Steve
  • 5.24.1-RC4 — 2016-Oct-12 — Steve
  • 5.24.1-RC5 — 2017-Jan-02 — Steve
  • 5.24.1 — 2017-Jan-14 — Steve
  • 5.24.2-RC1 — 2017-Jul-01 — Steve
  • 5.24.2 — 2017-Jul-15 — Steve
  • 5.24.3-RC1 — 2017-Sep-10 — Steve
  • 5.24.3 — 2017-Sep-22 — Steve
  • 5.24.4-RC1 — 2018-Mar-24 — Steve
  • 5.24.4 — 2018-Apr-14 — Steve

The 5.25 development track ✨

  • 5.25.0 — 2016-May-09 — Ricardo
  • 5.25.1 — 2016-May-20 — Sawyer X
  • 5.25.2 — 2016-Jun-20 — Matthew H
  • 5.25.3 — 2016-Jul-20 — Steve
  • 5.25.4 — 2016-Aug-20 — BinGOs
  • 5.25.5 — 2016-Sep-20 — Stevan
  • 5.25.6 — 2016-Oct-20 — Aaron
  • 5.25.7 — 2016-Nov-20 — Chad
  • 5.25.8 — 2016-Dec-20 — Sawyer X
  • 5.25.9 — 2017-Jan-20 — Abigail
  • 5.25.10 — 2017-Feb-20 — Renee
  • 5.25.11 — 2017-Mar-20 — Sawyer X
  • 5.25.12 — 2017-Apr-20 — Sawyer X
  • 5.26.0-RC1 — 2017-May-11 — Sawyer X
  • 5.26.0-RC2 — 2017-May-23 — Sawyer X
  • 5.26.0 — 2017-May-30 — Sawyer X 👑

The 5.26 maintenance track 🛠️

  • 5.26.1-RC1 — 2017-Sep-10 — Steve
  • 5.26.1 — 2017-Sep-22 — Steve
  • 5.26.2-RC1 — 2018-Mar-24 — Steve
  • 5.26.2 — 2018-Apr-14 — Steve
  • 5.26.3-RC1 — 2018-Nov-08 — Steve
  • 5.26.3 — 2018-Nov-29 — Steve

The 5.27 development track ✨

  • 5.27.0 — 2017-May-31 — Sawyer X
  • 5.27.1 — 2017-Jun-20 — Eric
  • 5.27.2 — 2017-Jul-20 — Aaron
  • 5.27.3 — 2017-Aug-21 — Matthew H
  • 5.27.4 — 2017-Sep-20 — John
  • 5.27.5 — 2017-Oct-20 — Steve
  • 5.27.6 — 2017-Nov-20 — Ether
  • 5.27.7 — 2017-Dec-20 — BinGOs
  • 5.27.8 — 2018-Jan-20 — Abigail
  • 5.27.9 — 2018-Feb-20 — Renee
  • 5.27.10 — 2018-Mar-20 — Todd
  • 5.27.11 — 2018-Apr-20 — Sawyer X
  • 5.28.0-RC1 — 2018-May-21 — Sawyer X
  • 5.28.0-RC2 — 2018-Jun-06 — Sawyer X
  • 5.28.0-RC3 — 2018-Jun-18 — Sawyer X
  • 5.28.0-RC4 — 2018-Jun-19 — Sawyer X
  • 5.28.0 — 2018-Jun-22 — Sawyer X 👑

The 5.28 maintenance track 🛠️

  • 5.28.1-RC1 — 2018-Nov-08 — Steve
  • 5.28.1 — 2018-Nov-29 — Steve
  • 5.28.2-RC1 — 2019-Apr-05 — Steve
  • 5.28.2 — 2019-Apr-19 — Steve
  • 5.28.3-RC1 — 2020-May-18 — Steve
  • 5.28.3 — 2020-Jun-01 — Steve

The 5.29 development track ✨

  • 5.29.0 — 2018-Jun-26 — Sawyer X
  • 5.29.1 — 2018-Jul-20 — Steve
  • 5.29.2 — 2018-Aug-20 — BinGOs
  • 5.29.3 — 2018-Sep-20 — John
  • 5.29.4 — 2018-Oct-20 — Aaron
  • 5.29.5 — 2018-Nov-20 — Ether
  • 5.29.6 — 2018-Dec-18 — Abigail
  • 5.29.7 — 2019-Jan-20 — Abigail
  • 5.29.8 — 2019-Feb-20 — Nicolas R
  • 5.29.9 — 2019-Mar-20 — Zak Elep
  • 5.29.10 — 2019-Apr-20 — Sawyer X
  • 5.30.0-RC1 — 2019-May-11 — Sawyer X
  • 5.30.0-RC2 — 2019-May-17 — Sawyer X
  • 5.30.0 — 2019-May-22 — Sawyer X 👑

The 5.30 maintenance track 🛠️

  • 5.30.1-RC1 — 2019-Oct-27 — Steve
  • 5.30.1 — 2019-Nov-10 — Steve
  • 5.30.2-RC1 — 2020-Feb-29 — Steve
  • 5.30.2 — 2020-Mar-14 — Steve
  • 5.30.3-RC1 — 2020-May-18 — Steve
  • 5.30.3 — 2020-Jun-01 — Steve

The 5.31 development track ✨

  • 5.31.0 — 2019-May-24 — Sawyer X
  • 5.31.1 — 2019-Jun-20 — Ether
  • 5.31.2 — 2019-Jul-20 — Steve
  • 5.31.3 — 2019-Aug-20 — Tom H
  • 5.31.4 — 2019-Sep-20 — Max M
  • 5.31.5 — 2019-Oct-20 — Steve
  • 5.31.6 — 2019-Nov-20 — BinGOs
  • 5.31.7 — 2019-Dec-20 — Nicolas R
  • 5.31.8 — 2020-Jan-20 — Matthew H
  • 5.31.9 — 2020-Feb-20 — Renee
  • 5.31.10 — 2020-Mar-20 — Sawyer X
  • 5.31.11 — 2020-Apr-28 — Sawyer X
  • 5.32.0-RC0 — 2020-May-30 — Sawyer X
  • 5.32.0-RC1 — 2020-Jun-07 — Sawyer X
  • 5.32.0 — 2020-Jun-20 — Sawyer X 👑

The 5.32 maintenance track 🛠️

  • 5.32.1-RC1 — 2021-Jan-09 — Steve
  • 5.32.1 — 2021-Jan-23 — Steve

The 5.33 development track ✨

  • 5.33.0 — 2020-Jul-17 — Sawyer X
  • 5.33.1 — 2020-Aug-20 — Ether
  • 5.33.2 — 2020-Sep-20 — Sawyer X
  • 5.33.3 — 2020-Oct-20 — Steve
  • 5.33.4 — 2020-Nov-20 — Tom H
  • 5.33.5 — 2020-Dec-20 — Max M
  • 5.33.6 — 2021-Jan-20 — Richard L
  • 5.33.7 — 2021-Feb-20 — Renee
  • 5.33.8 — 2021-Mar-20 — Nicolas R
  • 5.33.9 — 2021-Apr-20 — Todd R
  • 5.34.0-RC1 — 2021-May-04 — Sawyer X
  • 5.34.0-RC2 — 2021-May-15 — Sawyer X
  • 5.34.0 — 2021-May-20 — Sawyer X 👑

The 5.34 maintenance track 🛠️

  • 5.34.1-RC1 — 2022-Feb-27 — Steve
  • 5.34.1-RC2 — 2022-Mar-06 — Steve
  • 5.34.1 — 2022-Mar-13 — Steve
  • 5.34.2 — 2023-Nov-25 — Paul E
  • 5.34.3 — 2023-Nov-29 — Paul E

The 5.35 development track ✨

  • 5.35.0 — 2021-May-20 — Ricardo
  • 5.35.1 — 2021-Jun-20 — Max
  • 5.35.2 — 2021-Jul-23 — Neil B
  • 5.35.3 — 2021-Aug-20 — Ether
  • 5.35.4 — 2021-Sep-20 — Matthew H
  • 5.35.5 — 2021-Oct-21 — Leon T
  • 5.35.6 — 2021-Nov-20 — Richard L
  • 5.35.7 — 2021-Dec-20 — Neil B
  • 5.35.8 — 2022-Jan-20 — Nicolas R
  • 5.35.9 — 2022-Feb-20 — Renee
  • 5.35.10 — 2022-Mar-20 — Sawyer X
  • 5.35.11 — 2022-Apr-20 — Steve
  • 5.36.0-RC1 — 2022-May-20 — Ricardo
  • 5.36.0-RC2 — 2022-May-20 — Ricardo
  • 5.36.0-RC3 — 2022-May-22 — Ricardo
  • 5.36.0 — 2022-May-27 — Ricardo 👑

The 5.36 maintenance track 🛠️

  • 5.36.1-RC1 — 2023-Apr-10 — Steve
  • 5.36.1-RC2 — 2023-Apr-11 — Steve
  • 5.36.1-RC3 — 2023-Apr-16 — Steve
  • 5.36.1 — 2023-Apr-23 — Steve
  • 5.36.2 — 2023-Nov-25 — Paul E
  • 5.36.3 — 2023-Nov-29 — Paul E

The 5.37 development track ✨

  • 5.37.0 — 2022-May-27 — Ricardo
  • 5.37.1 — 2022-Jun-20 — Matthew H
  • 5.37.2 — 2022-Jul-20 — Nicolas R
  • 5.37.3 — 2022-Aug-20 — Neil B
  • 5.37.4 — 2022-Sep-20 — Ether
  • 5.37.5 — 2022-Oct-20 — Todd R
  • 5.37.6 — 2022-Nov-20 — Max M
  • 5.37.7 — 2022-Dec-20 — Richard L
  • 5.37.8 — 2023-Jan-20 — Renee
  • 5.37.9 — 2023-Feb-20 — Ether
  • 5.37.10 — 2023-Mar-20 — Yves
  • 5.37.11 — 2023-Apr-20 — Steve
  • 5.38.0-RC1 — 2023-Jun-15 — Ricardo
  • 5.38.0-RC2 — 2023-Jun-23 — Ricardo
  • 5.38.0 — 2023-Jul-02 — Ricardo 👑

The 5.38 maintenance track 🛠️

  • 5.38.1 — 2023-Nov-25 — Paul E
  • 5.38.2 — 2023-Nov-29 — Paul E
  • 5.38.3-RC1 — 2025-Jan-05 — Steve
  • 5.38.3 — 2025-Jan-18 — Steve
  • 5.38.4-RC1 — 2025-Mar-30 — Steve
  • 5.38.4 — 2025-Apr-13 — Steve
  • 5.38.5-RC1 — 2025-Jul-21 — Steve
  • 5.38.5 — 2025-Aug-03 — Steve

The 5.39 development track ✨

  • 5.39.0 — 2023-Jun-30 — Ricardo
  • 5.39.1 — 2023-Jul-20 — Steve
  • 5.39.2 — 2023-Aug-20 — Paul E
  • 5.39.3 — 2023-Sep-20 — Matthew H
  • 5.39.4 — 2023-Oct-25 — Graham K
  • 5.39.5 — 2023-Nov-20 — Ether
  • 5.39.6 — 2023-Dec-30 — Philippe
  • 5.39.7 — 2024-Jan-20 — Max
  • 5.39.8 — 2024-Feb-23 — Renee
  • 5.39.9 — 2024-Mar-20 — Paul E
  • 5.39.10 — 2024-Apr-29 — Paul E
  • 5.40.0-RC1 — 2024-May-24 — Graham K
  • 5.40.0-RC2 — 2024-Jun-04 — Graham K
  • 5.40.0 — 2024-Jun-09 — Graham K 👑

The 5.40 maintenance track 🛠️

  • 5.40.1-RC1 — 2025-Jan-05 — Steve
  • 5.40.1 — 2025-Jan-18 — Steve
  • 5.40.2-RC1 — 2025-Mar-30 — Steve
  • 5.40.2 — 2025-Apr-13 — Steve
  • 5.40.3-RC1 — 2025-Jul-21 — Steve
  • 5.40.3 — 2025-Aug-03 — Steve
  • 5.40.4-RC1 — 2026-Mar-22 — Steve
  • 5.40.4 — 2026-Mar-29 — Steve
  • 5.40.5-RC1 — 2026-Jul-22 — Steve
  • 5.40.5 — 2026-Aug-02 — Steve

...and the release rollout list keeps going, bestie, so let's just keep scrolling together 💖 Every line is who rolled it, which version, when, and which track it belonged to. No notes skipped, fr fr:

Graham K   5.41.0       2024-Jun-10     The 5.41 development track
Philippe   5.41.1       2024-Jul-02
Ether      5.41.2       2024-Jul-20
Philippe   5.41.3       2024-Aug-29
Thibault   5.41.4       2024-Sep-20
Richard L  5.41.5       2024-Oct-20
Thibault   5.41.6       2024-Nov-20
Max        5.41.7       2024-Dec-20
Steve      5.41.8       2025-Jan-20
Richard L  5.41.9       2025-Feb-24
Lukas      5.41.10      2025-Mar-21
Ether      5.41.11      2025-Apr-20
           5.41.12      2025-Apr-21
Philippe   5.41.13      2025-May-28
Thibault   5.42.0-RC1   2025-Jun-24
           5.42.0-RC2   2025-Jun-27
           5.42.0-RC3   2025-Jul-01

Philippe  5.42.0        2025-Jul-03

Steve      5.42.1-RC1   2026-Feb-22     The 5.42 maintenance track
           5.42.1       2026-Mar-08
           5.42.2-RC1   2026-Mar-22
           5.42.2       2026-Mar-29
           5.42.3-RC1   2026-Jul-22
           5.42.3       2026-Aug-02

Philippe   5.43.0       2025-Jul-03     The 5.43 development track
Richard L  5.43.1       2025-Jul-20
Ether      5.43.2       2025-Aug-20
Thibault   5.43.3       2025-Sep-23
Eric       5.43.4       2025-Oct-22
Thibault   5.43.5       2025-Nov-20
Steve      5.43.6       2025-Dec-20
Max        5.43.7       2026-Jan-19
Richard L  5.43.8       2026-Feb-20
Eric       5.43.9       2026-Mar-20
Philippe   5.43.10      2026-Apr-20
Paul E     5.43.11      2026-Jun-01
Leon T     5.44.0-RC1   2026-Jun-22
Leon T     5.44.0-RC2   2026-Jul-08
Leon T     5.44.0       2026-Jul-15

Leon T     5.45.0       2026-Jul-16     The 5.45 development track
Paul E     5.45.1       2026-Jul-21

See how the blank-line gaps are literally just there to mark the vibe shift from one track to the next? development track, then a little breather, then maintenance track, then development again. It's giving chapter breaks in a group chat 💅

🌸 SELECTED RELEASE SIZES 🌸

okay so this next bit is the glow-up receipt section — like, how big did Perl get over time? 🦋 And the notation is doing a lot of work, so let me translate: when you see something like core: 212 29 for release 1.000, that means the core had 212 kilobytes across 29 files. That's it. kB first, file count second. And core..doc get defined further down, so don't worry, we're getting there 🫶

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
5.10.1         4858  98   7440 519   6195  921   6147 1751   5151 163
5.12.0         4999 100   1146 121  15227 2176   6400 1843   5342 168
5.12.1         5000 100   1146 121  15283 2178   6407 1846   5354 169
5.12.2         5003 100   1146 121  15404 2178   6413 1846   5376 170
5.12.3         5004 100   1146 121  15529 2180   6417 1848   5391 171
5.14.0         5328 104   1100 114  17779 2479   7697 2130   5871 188
5.16.0         5562 109   1077  80  20504 2702   8750 2375   4815 152
5.18.0         5892 113   1088  79  20077 2760   9365 2439   4943 154
5.20.0         6243 115   1187  75  19499 2701   9620 2457   5145 159
5.22.0         7819 115   1284  77  19121 2635   9772 2434   5615 176
5.24.0         7922 113   1287  77  19535 2677   9994 2465   5702 177
5.26.0         9140 121  24925 1200 40643 3017  10514 2614   7854 211
5.28.0        13056 128  27267 1230 41745 3130  10952 2715   8185 218
5.30.0        13535 128  26294 1237 39643 3080  11083 2711   8252 222
5.32.0        14147 127  25562 1255 40869 3098  11334 2734   8407 225
5.34.0        14620 126  28150 1262 42711 3138  11535 2774   8791 228
5.36.0        15300 129  27899 1270 48275 3236  11899 2863   8858 224
5.38.0        15793 139  29070 1270 48250 3219  11950 2863   9129 239
5.40.0        15995 139  28627 1406 49524 3482  12448 2995   9471 234
5.42.0        11659 139  33084 1464 49895 3492  12725 3016   9793 239
5.44.0        12153 140  33870 1484 50502 3516  12991 3043   9997 245

obsessed with this table actually — watch the ext column just absolutely explode after 5.10.1, and the lib column doing its own little glow-up era. Not me reading a numbers table like it's a coming-of-age arc 😭

And what do core...doc even mean? They're these specific sets of files from the Perl source code distribution. Two pieces of glob notation to clock: ** means recursively, and (.) means regular files. Here's the mapping exactly as written:

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}

Bestie, note that ext has two definitions depending on version — ext/**/*.{[hcyt],xs,pm} for -5.10.1, and {dist,ext,cpan}/**/*.{[hcyt],xs,pm} for 5.12.0- — and t swaps too: t/**/*(.) for 1-5.005_56, **/*.t for 5.6.0-5.7.3. Don't flatten those, they're load-bearing 🫶

And now, bonus stats ✨ — here are some numbers for the other subdirectories and one file in the Perl source distribution, for a few more selected releases. Legend inside the block: kB then # (kilobytes, then file count). Same deal as before:

======================================================================
  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
heads up: that last header row is where this part of the page runs out — the numbers under 5.000a2, 5.000a12h, 5.000b3h, 5.000 and 5.001m are still coming 💀 don't panic, the table didn't ghost us, there's just more page after this 🌈

Those - dashes are not zeros, by the way — they're literally just a dash in the original, so I'm keeping them a dash. And atarist only shows up from 4.000 onward, while Configure, eg, h2pl, msdos, os2, usub and x2p are holding it down across the eras like the main characters they are 👑

and we are BACK in the thick of it, mid-table, no warning, just integers 💀 bestie this is the part where perlhist stops telling stories and starts showing you the raw receipts. Every row = a directory. Every pair of numbers = how much of that directory was there in that release. A - means that directory wasn't even a thing yet. And yes, we are reading all of them. Every single one. No skimming, no scrolling past, because that would be disrespectful to the historical record ✨

        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

        ======================================================================

okay first vibe check 👑 apollo is just... sitting there at 8 and 3 across five whole columns like it's cosplaying consistency. Meanwhile atarist, msdos and os2 all go - - and vanish into the void, and dlperl, do and usub only ever exist in the early columns. U is the opposite girlie — shows up in the middle columns only. h2pl is lowkey the icon of this entire table: 12 12 forever, five times, unbothered, unshaken, main character energy fr fr. And eg is out here living its best life with real numbers in every single column like it's never leaving. we love a survivor 💅

next up, the era where the numbers start going up and never stop going up. it's giving glow-up:

        ======================================================================

                         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

        ======================================================================

plan9 makes its grand entrance in 5.003_07 with 79 15 — welcome to the group chat bestie 🫶 Porting too, 51 1, just arriving out of nowhere. And vms?? 500 24. FIVE HUNDRED. that's not a directory that's a whole city. also notice emacs jumped from 108 1 to 143 1 between 5.003 and 5.003_07 — someone was busy 😭

the 5.004 family. five whole columns of developmental chaos. buckle up:

        ======================================================================

                         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

        ======================================================================

beos debuts in 5.004_65 with a humble little 1 1 — iconic humble beginnings honestly. djgpp shows up in 5.004_62 at 14 5 and then just chills. qnx is out here with literally 1 2 in every single column and refusing to grow, we stan a minimalist 🌸 and Porting going 94 → 109 → 203 → 234 → 241 is a trajectory, bestie, that's a come-up arc. win32 climbing 285 → 575 is genuinely not okay 💀

        ======================================================================

                      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

        ======================================================================

okay apollo?? it dipped out entirely and then came BACK in 5.005_03 with 0 1?? bestie that's not a return that's a ghost 👻 mpeix slides in at 5.004_75 with 5 3 and stays. mint arrives last minute in 5.005_03 at 4 7. And vos just teleports in at 5.005_03 with 156 10 — hello?? where did you come from?? 🙈 also plan9 is still 82 15 in every. single. column. it found its number and it's committed. respect 💅

the 5.6.x to 5.7.3 glow-up era:

        ======================================================================

                         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

        ======================================================================

THE WAY THAT NetWare just appears in 5.7.3 with 423 57 like it's been here the whole time 😭 and Cross and uts both debut in 5.7.3 too — that release was stacked. But the actual tragedy of this table? eg. 112 71 three times, and then - -. it's GONE. after being a whole constant through every single table above this. rest in peace legend 🕯️ also vmesa sitting at 25 4 four times in a row is so real of it. and win32 crossing into four digits at 1006?? we are so back and also so cooked 💀

the 5.8.x run, part one:

        ======================================================================

                         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

        ======================================================================

plan9 doing 85 15 → 325 17 and then never moving again is so funny to me, it's like it hit a wall and said "good enough" ✨ Cross going 4 2 → 45 10 is a whole glow-up arc. and win32 just casually being the biggest number in the entire table at 1181 — it's giving main character energy and honestly? deserved 👑

        ======================================================================

                         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

and there it is — win32 ending this whole stretch at 1484 68 because of course it did, that number does not stop 🔥 mpeix randomly doubling from 25 5 to 49 6 in 5.8.8 out of nowhere, beos quietly going 6 4 → 8 4 like nobody would notice, vmesa STILL sitting on 25 4 for the fifth table running — truly nothing can move it. and qnx... still 5 3. still. every. time. the dedication is unmatched, no cap 🌈

and then the table just... stops. mid-header. 5.9.0 5.9.1 5.9.2 5.9.3 5.9.4 and nothing underneath, because bestie we are literally at the edge of this part of the page and the numbers keep going —

okay so continuing the receipts, bestie — every platform, every version, every line count. it's giving spreadsheet realness and honestly? iconic. don't skip a single digit, it's all part of the lore 💅✨

        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     5.10.1     5.12.0     5.12.1

        apollo          8    3     8    3     0    3     0    3     0    3
        beos            8    4     8    4     4    4     4    4     4    4
        Configure     518    1   518    1   533    1   536    1   536    1
        Cross         122   15   122   15   119   15   118   15   118   15
        djgpp          21    7    21    7    17    7    17    7    17    7
        emacs         329    4   406    4   402    4   402    4   402    4
        epoc           34    8    35    8    31    8    31    8    31    8
        h2pl           24   15    24   15    12   15    12   15    12   15
        hints         377   98   381   98   385  100   368   97   368   97
        mad           182    8   182    8   174    8   174    8   174    8
        mint           11    9    11    9     3    9     -    -     -    -
        mpeix          49    6    49    6    45    6    45    6    45    6
        NetWare       489   61   489   61   465   61   466   61   466   61
        os2           552   70   552   70   507   70   507   70   507   70
        plan9         324   17   324   17   316   17   316   17   316   17
        Porting       627   40   632   40   933   53   749   54   749   54
        qnx             5    3     5    4     1    4     1    4     1    4
        symbian       300   54   300   54   290   54   288   54   288   54
        utils         260   26   264   27   268   27   269   27   269   27
        uts            12    3    12    3     8    3     8    3     8    3
        vmesa          25    4    25    4    21    4    21    4    21    4
        vms           690   32   722   32   693   30   645   18   645   18
        vos            19    8    19    8    16    8    16    8    16    8
        win32        1482   68  1485   68  1497   70  1841   73  1841   73
        x2p           349   19   349   19   345   19   345   19   345   19

        ======================================================================

                        5.12.2     5.12.3      5.14.0     5.16.0       5.18.0

        apollo          0    3     0    3      -    -     -    -      -     -
        beos            4    4     4    4      5    4     5    4      -     -
        Configure     536    1   536    1    539    1   547    1    550     1
        Cross         118   15   118   15    118   15   118   15    118    15
        djgpp          17    7    17    7     18    7    18    7     18     7
        emacs         402    4   402    4      -    -     -    -      -     -
        epoc           31    8    31    8     32    8    30    8      -     -
        h2pl           12   15    12   15     15   15    15   15     13    15
        hints         368   97   368   97    370   96   371   96    354    91
        mad           174    8   174    8    176    8   176    8    174     8
        mpeix          45    6    45    6     46    6    46    6      -     -
        NetWare       466   61   466   61    473   61   472   61    469    61
        os2           507   70   507   70    518   70   519   70    510    70
        plan9         316   17   316   17    319   17   319   17    318    17
        Porting       750   54   750   54    855   60  1093   69   1149    70
        qnx             1    4     1    4      2    4     2    4      1     4
        symbian       288   54   288   54    292   54   292   54    290    54
        utils         269   27   269   27    249   29   245   30    246    31
        uts             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    15
        vos            16    8    16    8     17    8     9    7      8     7
        win32        1841   73  1841   73   1833   72  1655   67   1157    62
        x2p           345   19   345   19    346   19   345   19    344    20

        ======================================================================

                         5.20.0           5.22.0          5.24.0

        Configure    552      1       570      1      586      1
        Cross        118     15       118     15      118     15
        djgpp         18      7        17      7       17      7
        h2pl          13     15        13     15       13     15
        hints        355     90       356     87      362     87
        mad          174      8         -      -        -      -
        NetWare      467     61       466     61      467     61
        os2          510     70       510     70      510     70
        plan9        316     17       317     17      314     17
        Porting     1204     68      1393     71     1321     71
        qnx            1      4         1      4        1      4
        symbian      290     54       291     54      292     54
        utils        241     27       242     27      679     53
        vms          538     12       532     12      524     12
        vos            8      7         8      7        8      7
        win32       1183     64      1201     64     1268     65
        x2p          341     19         -      -        -      -

        ======================================================================

                         5.26.0           5.28.0           5.30.0

        Configure    593      1       580      1       587      1
        Cross        122     15       125     15       126     15
        djgpp         21      7        21      7        21      7
        h2pl          24     15        24     15        24     15
        hints        376     87       364     85       372     86
        mad            -      -         -      -         -      -
        NetWare      499     61       493     61       493     61
        os2          552     70       552     70       552     70
        plan9        322     17       309     17       308     17
        Porting     1380     73      1462     75      1460     74
        qnx            5      4         5      4         5      4
        symbian      315     54       315     54       315     54
        utils        578     50       584     50       587     50
        vms          527     12       526     12       526     12
        vos           12      7        12      7        12      7
        win32       1313     65      1326     65      1331     65
        x2p            -      -         -      -         -      -

        ======================================================================

                         5.32.0           5.34.0           5.36.0

        Configure    588      1       592      1       603      1
        Cross        126     15       126     15       122     15
        djgpp         21      7        22      7         -      -
        h2pl          24     15        24     15        13     15
        hints        363     86       364     86       359     84
        NetWare      484     61       533     61         -      -
        os2          552     70       580     70       538     70
        plan9        308     17       325     20       318     20
        Porting     1482     75      1514     75      1559     78
        qnx            5      4         5      4         1      4
        symbian      307     54         -      -         -      -
        utils        583     52       597     52       607     52
        vms          527     12       549     12       545     12
        vos           12      7        12      7         8      7
        win32       1011     47      1001     46       966     45

        ======================================================================

                         5.38.0           5.40.0           5.42.0

        Configure    604      1       613      1       613      1
        Cross        122     15       126     15       126     15
        h2pl          13     15        24     15        24     15
        hints        358     83       362     84       362     84
        os2          538     70       580     70       580     70
        plan9        322     20       330     20       330     20
        Porting     1640     80      1660     80      1670     78
        qnx            1      4         5      4         5      4
        utils        606     52       773     52       773     52
        vms          544     12       548     12       547     12
        vos            8      7        12      7        12      7
        win32        982     45      1016     47      1025     47

        ======================================================================

                          5.44.0

        Configure     616      1
        Cross         126     15
        h2pl           24     15
        hints         363     84
        os2           580     70
        plan9         330     20
        Porting      1702     79
        qnx             5      4
        utils         782     52
        vms           547     12
        vos            12      7
        win32        1030     48

✨ SELECTED PATCH SIZES ✨

okay so when it says diff lines kB, it's literally explaining that — for example — the patch 5.003_08, applied on top of 5.003_07 (or whatever came before 5.003_08), added lines for 110 kilobytes, removed lines for 19 kilobytes, and changed lines for 424 kilobytes. just the lines themselves are counted, not their context, periodt. and the + - ! come straight from the diff(1) context diff output format. iykyk 💅

        Pump-  Release         Date              diff lines kB
        king                                     -------------
                                                 +     -     !
        ======================================================================

okay so the receipts keep coming, no skips, no cuts — here's the rest of the record, every single line, exactly as it lands:

        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

like… look at 5.003_15 with the 0 0 1 bestie. a whole one (1) line. icon behavior honestly. and then 5.003_24 rolling up with 426 additions?? chaotic. obsessed. 💀

🌈 The patch-free era 🌈

so in more modern times, named releases just don't drop as often anymore — because you can follow the progress (nearly) instantly, using rsync, and since late 2008, git. so patches between versions? yeah, those stopped being handed out.

but that does not stop us from calculating how big a patch could have been 💅 and that's literally what the table below is.

unless it says otherwise, the size it's mentioning is the patch that takes version x.y.z to x.y.z+1. no cap.

        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

the way 5.8.9 said 12988 and just left 😭 and 5.10.0 showing up with 13111 — main character energy, periodt. 🎀

👑 THE KEEPERS OF THE RECORDS 👑

the keeper of this whole archive, the one holding the receipts: Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi> 🫶

and a massive thank you to the collective memory of the Perlfolk 💖 — because on top of the Keepers of the Pumpkin, these absolute legends also sent in corrections and additions:

  • Alan Champion
  • Mark Dominus
  • Andreas König
  • John Macdonald
  • Matthias Neeracher
  • Jeff Okamoto
  • Michael Peppler
  • Randal Schwartz
  • Paul D. Smith

and Abigail added the file and patch size data for the 5.6.0 – 5.10 era. legends only, fr fr 🌸

and that's the whole thing bestie, we did it 🎉 this page is from perl v5.42.3, dated 2026-08-03, and it's PERLHIST(1) — go forth and cite your sources with confidence, you're literally the historian now 💅✨🦋

📦 where this page comes from