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release_schedule - Perl 5 release schedule
STABLE RELEASE SCHEDULE
This schedule lists the projected or historical development and release schedules for the next, current and previous stable versions of Perl. Dates with two or more question marks will only be releases if deemed necessary by the Steering Council.
Perl 5.44
2026-??-?? 5.44.0Perl 5.42
2025-07-02 5.42.0 ✓ Philippe BruhatPerl 5.40
2024-06-09 5.40.0 ✓ Graham Knop
2025-01-18 5.40.1 ✓ Steve Hay
2025-04-13 5.40.2 ✓ Steve Hay
2025-08-03 5.40.3 Steve HayDEVELOPMENT RELEASE SCHEDULE
This schedule lists the release engineers for at least the next four months of releases of bleadperl. If there are fewer than four months listed as you make a release, it's important that you extend the schedule AND identify the next release engineer.
Before adding a release engineer, you must contact them and they must consent to ship the release.
When shipping a release, you should include the schedule for (at least) the next four releases. If a stable version of Perl is released, you should reset the version numbers to the next blead series.
Perl 5.43
2025-07-04 5.43.0 ✓ Philippe Bruhat (tag only)
2025-07-20 5.43.1 ✓ Richard Leach
2025-08-20 5.43.2 Karen Etheridge
2025-09-20 5.43.3 Philippe Bruhat
2025-10-20 5.43.4 Max Maischein
2025-11-20 5.43.5 Thibault Duponchelle
2025-12-20 5.43.6 Steve Hay
2026-01-20 5.43.7 Thibault Duponchelle
2026-02-20 5.43.8 Contentious changes freeze
2026-03-20 5.43.9 User-visible changes to
correctly functioning
programs freeze
2026-04-20 5.43.10 Full program freeze
2026-05-20 5.44.0 New perl!VICTIMS
The following porters have all consented to do at least one release of bleadperl. If you can't do a release and can't find a substitute amongst this list, mail p5p.
(Please do not add any names to this list without prior consent of the Steering Council.)
Abigail <abigail@abigail.be>
Aristotle Pagaltzis <pagaltzis@gmx.de>
Ask Bjørn Hansen <ask@perl.org>
Chris Williams <bingos@cpan.org>
Dave Cross <dave@perlhacks.com>
Dave Rolsky <autarch@urth.org>
David Golden <dagolden@cpan.org>
Florian Ragwitz <rafl@debian.org>
Jesse Luehrs <doy@cpan.org>
Jesse Vincent <jesse@cpan.org>
Leon Brocard <acme@astray.com>
Matt Trout <mst@shadowcat.co.uk>
Matthew Horsfall <wolfsage@gmail.com>
Max Maischein <corion@cpan.org>
Paul Evans <leonerd@leonerd.org.uk>
Peter Martini <petercmartini@gmail.com>
Philippe Bruhat <book@cpan.org>
Ricardo Signes <rjbs@cpan.org>
Stevan Little <stevan@cpan.org>
Steve Hay <steve.m.hay@googlemail.com>
Tatsuhiko Miyagawa <miyagawa@bulknews.net>
Thibault Duponchelle <thibault.duponchelle@gmail.com>
Tony Cook <tony@develop-help.com>
Yves Orton <demerphq@gmail.com>
Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avar@cpan.org>AUTHOR
Jesse Vincent <jesse@cpan.org>