=head1 NAME

parrothist - the parrot history records

=head1 DESCRIPTION

This document aims to record the parrot source code releases.

=head1 INTRODUCTION

Parrot history in brief...

... ok, done!

=head1 THE KEEPERS OF THE PUMPKIN

Simon Cozens, Jeff Goff, Steve Fink, Leo Toetsch, Chip Salzenberg, Jerry Gay,
Patrick Michaud, Will Coleda, Matt Diephouse, chromatic, Allison Randal,
Jonathan Worthington.

=head2 PUMPKIN?

[from Porting/pumpkin.pod in the Perl source code distribution]

Chip Salzenberg gets credit for that, with a nod to his coworker,
David Croy.  We had passed around various names (baton, token, hot
potato) but none caught on.  Then, Chip asked:

[begin quote]

   Who has the patch pumpkin?

To explain:  David Croy once told me once that at a previous job,
there was one tape drive and multiple systems that used it for backups.
But instead of some high-tech exclusion software, they used a low-tech
method to prevent multiple simultaneous backups: a stuffed pumpkin.
No one was allowed to make backups unless they had the "backup pumpkin".

[end quote]

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

=head1 THE RECORDS

 Pump-       Release        Date            Release name
 king
 ===========================================================================

 Simon       0.0.1          2001-Sep-10     n/a
             0.0.2          2001-Oct-05     n/a
             0.0.3          2001-Dec-08     n/a
             0.0.4          2002-Mar-19     n/a

 Jeff        0.0.5          2002-Apr-16     n/a
             0.0.6          2002-Jun-04     n/a
             0.0.7          2002-Jul-18     "Percy"
             0.0.8          2002-Sep-01     "Octarine"
             0.0.8.1        2002-Sep-01     (bugfix release)

 Steve       0.0.9          2002-Dec-19     "Nazgul"
             0.0.10         2003-Mar-16     "Juice"
             0.0.11         2003-Sep-20     "Dubloon"
             0.0.11.2       2003-Sep-22     (bugfix release)

 Leo         0.0.13         2003-Oct-31     "Screaming Pumpkin"
             0.1.0          2004-Feb-29     "Leaping Kakapo"
             0.1.1          2004-Oct-09     "Poicephalus"
             0.1.2          2005-Mar-06     "Phoenix"
             0.2.0          2005-May-08     "NLnet"
             0.2.1          2005-Jun-04     "APW"
             0.2.2          2005-Jul-03     "Geeksunite"
             0.2.3          2005-Aug-05     "Serenity"
             0.3.0          2005-Oct-01     "Alex"
             0.3.1          2005-Nov-06     "Wart"
             0.4.0          2005-Dec-04     "Luthor"
             0.4.1          2006-Jan-08     "Foghorn Leghorn"
             0.4.2          2006-Feb-22     "GPW"
             0.4.3          2006-Apr-02     "Cold Conure"
             0.4.4          2006-May-14     "Feather"
             0.4.5          2006-Jun-19     n/a

 Chip        0.4.6          2006-Aug-08     n/a
             0.4.7          2006-Nov-14     "Caique"

 Jerry       0.4.8b         2007-Jan-16     "Eponymous"

 Patrick     0.4.9          2007-Feb-22     "Socorro"

 Will        0.4.10         2007-Mar-20     "Release Formerly Known as Prince"

 Matt        0.4.11         2007-Apr-17     "Tax Bird"

 chromatic   0.4.12         2007-May-15     "Of The Caribbean"

 Allison     0.4.13         2007-Jun-19     "Clifton"

 Jerry       0.4.14         2007-Jul-17     "Now, with Seat Belts!"

 Patrick     0.4.15         2007-Aug-22     "Augean Stable"

 Jerry       0.4.16         2007-Sep-18     "A Farewell to Alex"

 Will        0.4.17         2007-Oct-17     "Two for Finching"

 chromatic   0.5.0          2007-Nov-20     "Caulked Snack"

 Jonathan    0.5.1          2007-Dec-18     "Hatachi"

 Bob         0.5.2          2008-Jan-15     "P.e. nipalensis"

 Patrick     0.5.3          2008-Feb-20     "Way of the Parrot"

 Barney      0.6.0          2008-Mar-18     "P&P"

 Jerry       0.6.1          2008-Apr-15     "Bird of Paradise"

 chromatic   0.6.2          2008-May-20     "Reverse Sublimation"

 smash       0.6.3          2008-Jun-17     "Beautiful Parrot"

 Barney      0.6.4          2008-Jul-15     "St. Vincent Amazon"

 Bob         0.7.0          2008-Aug-19     "Severe Macaw"

 Patrick     0.7.1          2008-Sep-16     "Manu Aloha"

 particle    0.8.0          2008-Oct-21     "Pareto Principle"

 chromatic   0.8.1          2008-Nov-18     "Tio Richie"

 Whiteknight 0.8.2          2008-Dec-16     "Feliz Loro"

 chromatic   0.9.0          2009-Jan-20     "From Outer Space"

=cut
