Maintaining Perl (Tony Cook) April 2026
Mon, 18-May-2026 by
alh
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Tony writes:
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[Hours] [Activity]
2026/04/01 Wednesday
0.08 #24335 follow-up
1.18 #24337 try to review
2.03 #24005 work on docs
0.30 #24251 comments
0.12 #24134 re-check and trivial comment
1.35 #24005 more docs
=====
5.06
2026/04/02 Thursday
0.53 ppc/discussion/84 research and comment
0.82 #24308 read updates, try to find clarity with a correction
0.57 #24105 follow-up on #24294
0.58 #24304 review updates
0.75 #24105 research and comment
0.78 #24005 more docs (detailing $^P flags)
=====
4.03
2026/04/07 Tuesday
1.73 #23676 re-work PR, testing, push to update/CI
0.30 #24308 review updates and comment
0.33 #13626 research and comment
0.08 #24281 review update and approve
0.52 #17077 research and comment
0.52 #23995 research, testing and comment
=====
3.48
2026/04/08 Wednesday
0.08 #24308 review discussion and approve
0.37 #23995 research and testing, comment
1.98 #24005 more docs
1.52 #24005 more docs
=====
3.95
2026/04/09 Thursday
0.43 #24349 review and comment
1.22 #24105 review, research
1.53 #24005 more docs, testing
1.38 #24005 more docs, testing
=====
4.56
2026/04/13 Monday
0.30 github notifications
0.25 #24187 review discussion
0.17 #24349 review and briefly comment
0.65 #24361 review, research and comments
0.42 #24362 review, research and comment
0.20 #23660 comment
1.13 #24005 add more sample code
0.73 #24005 checking
=====
3.85
2026/04/14 Tuesday
0.63 #24361 review updates, research and comment
0.08 #24335 base issue now a blocker, re-request review for
updates
0.25 #24349 review updates and approve
0.98 #24337 review, note decision to revert, look into the
still failing issues
0.22 #24366 review, research and approve
0.43 #24364 review, comment and approve
=====
2.59
2026/04/15 Wednesday
0.23 github notifications
2.12 #23676 fix some issues in the PR, testing and git wizardry
=====
2.35
2026/04/16 Thursday
1.17 #24370 comments
0.20 #24369 review and approve
0.50 #24360 review, review discussion and approve
0.20 #24357 review and approve
0.07 #23676/24335 apply to blead
0.58 #24299 try to review, minor issues, need more thought for
the actual fix
0.20 #24343 review and approve
0.05 #24299 briefly comment
=====
2.97
2026/04/20 Monday
0.17 github notifications
0.08 #24105 comment
0.83 #24304 review updates and comments
0.12 #24251 review updates and approve
1.48 #10346 rewrite, testing, make PR 24381
0.73 #24299 review
1.12 #24999 review, comment with conditional approval
=====
4.53
2026/04/21 Tuesday
0.12 github notifications
0.20 ppc #81 review
0.72 #24378 review and comment
0.18 #24356 review - seems incomplete
0.15 #24356 follow-up
2.58 #24005 recheck, minor fixes and a more significant fix,
work on moving debugging regular expressions to another
pod
=====
3.95
2026/04/22 Wednesday
0.28 #24361 review discussion and comment
0.40 #24304 review updates and comments
0.22 #24378 more comment
0.37 #24005 commit clean up
0.68 #24356 try to get this to generate new macros
0.63 #24356 got it working, testing and comment
0.55 #24005 review perldebguts
=====
3.13
2026/04/23 Thursday
0.13 #24361 review latest and comment
2.25 #24387 review, testing, debugging and comments
0.57 review failing smoke reports - try to reproduce SelfLoader
failures
1.35 debugging SelfLoader - handle duplication error?
sysseek(.. tell()...) seems suspect
=====
4.30
2026/04/28 Tuesday
0.58 #24378 review updates and approve
0.40 #24387 review updates and approve
0.32 #24304 review updates and comment
0.52 #24390 review, check build logs, testing and comment
1.42 SeflLoader - research glibc source, debugging, testing
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3.24
2026/04/29 Wednesday
1.55 #24396 review, research and comment
0.20 #24394 review and approve
1.98 SelfLoader research- possible causes, history, work on
fix, long commit message, more testing, push for smoke-me
=====
3.73
2026/04/30 Thursday
0.52 #24397 review, comment and approve
1.77 #24389 review, research and approve
0.13 #24388 review and approve
=====
2.42
Which I calculate is 58.14 hours.
Approximately 38 tickets were reviewed or worked on.
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