Maintaining Perl (Tony Cook) July 2026
Thu, 13-Aug-2026 by
alh
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Tony writes:
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[Hours] [Activity]
2026/07/01 Wednesday
0.38 #23918 check A::H::XS fix
0.92 build as C++ thread
1.35 #23918 more ppport
1.03 #23918 more ppport
=====
3.68
2026/07/02 Thursday
0.08 #24518 check CI results after test merge and re-run failed
jobs (strange errors on win32)
0.37 #24459 review updates and comment
0.83 #23918 more ppport
1.45 #23918 more ppport
=====
2.73
2026/07/06 Monday
0.35 #24511 comment
0.70 #24495 review updates and approve
0.18 #24459 review updates and approve
1.77 #24508 review, research (look at PPC, examples)
1.10 #23918 more ppport
=====
4.10
2026/07/07 Tuesday
0.78 #24525 review, research and comment
0.28 #24540 review and approve
0.35 #24532 review and approve
1.52 #23918 more ppport
1.12 #23918 more ppport
=====
4.05
2026/07/08 Wednesday
1.07 #24544 debug assertion failure, research and comment
1.90 #23918 ppport, got it mostly building, need some
portability fixes, tests
0.93 #23918 checks on old perls
=====
3.90
2026/07/09 Thursday
0.23 #24544 review compiler runs and comment
1.33 #24304 review and approve
0.97 #24544 look into cause for warning
0.72 #24547 review and comment
0.68 #24549 try to reproduce, research and comment
=====
3.93
2026/07/13 Monday
0.95 #24549 research, testing and comment
1.35 #24553 and related p5p thread - comments
0.55 #24550 try to diagnose
1.03 #23918 more old perls for ppport
=====
3.88
2026/07/14 Tuesday
0.23 #24544 checks and comment
0.15 #24493 review updates and approve
1.92 #24508 review and comments
0.50 #24508 more review and comment
0.52 security #148: follow-up
0.80 #24558 review and comment
=====
4.12
2026/07/15 Wednesday
0.80 #24508 more review, research, comment
1.78 #24557 review, testing and comments
0.38 #23918 more ppport
1.23 #23918 more ppport - it compiles with 5.8.9, tests run
(need more tests)
=====
4.19
2026/07/16 Thursday
1.10 #23918 extract test-dist-modules update
0.67 #23918 finish extract, push for CI, work on updating
sv_num tests, review CI results and make PR 24560
1.00 #23918 adapting to DPPP strange Test::More emulation,
debugging
0.10 #24250 review and approve
0.08 #24518 review and approve
=====
2.95
2026/07/20 Monday
0.18 #24572 comment
0.95 github notifications
0.08 #24560 make minor change and push for CI
0.68 #24241 review updates and approve
0.13 #24489 review and approve
0.45 #24451 review updates and comment
0.52 #24448 follow-up
0.62 #24572 RMG checks and comment
0.83 #24448 follow-up on failed lib/overload.t tests, testing
=====
4.44
2026/07/21 Tuesday
0.13 #24451 brief follow-up
0.53 #24129 research, comment and approve
1.48 #24557 review updates, testing and comment
0.30 #24562 review and comment
0.55 #24565 review and comments
0.15 #24576 review and research
0.32 #24576 testing, comment
0.13 #24585 review, research, check CI (still running)
0.18 #24572 apparently archives are updated - but not yet for
me
0.10 #24284 rebase my PR
=====
3.87
2026/07/22 Wednesday
0.08 #24405 apply to blead
2.03 #24557 review updates, testing, comments, open related PR
24589
0.10 #24163 went to review, but I already approved it
0.22 #24547 recheck and approve
0.55 #24508 recheck, minor comment
0.47 #24557 test some possible issues, comments
0.35 #24565 review update and comment
0.58 #24587 testing and comment
=====
4.38
2026/07/23 Thursday
0.08 #24549 briefly comment
0.53 reinstate const magic vtbls - make PR 24601 (more time
writing commit message than code)
0.10 #24591 brief comment
1.87 #24557 more review, research and comment
0.32 sv_set_undef in builtin.c, push for CI
0.30 check CI results, debugging, put it off for now
0.35 #24565 expand on an unaddressed comment
0.80 #24549 work on a workaround and ask user to test PR 24604
=====
4.35
2026/07/27 Monday
0.15 #24557 research, brief follow-up
0.28 #24558 review updates and approve
0.12 #24576 review update and approve
1.18 #24448 review updates, testing and comments
0.58 #24492 review, testing and approve
1.80 #24582 testing, comment, research, work on a fix
=====
4.11
2026/07/28 Tuesday
0.08 #24619 brief comment
0.12 #24617 comment
1.72 #24616 debugging
0.62 #24617 review and comments
0.35 #24622 review and point to related comment in #24617
0.93 #24616 more debugging
=====
3.82
2026/07/29 Wednesday
0.30 #24622 review updates and approve
0.13 #24627 review and approve
0.12 #24623 review and approve
0.88 #24632 review and approve, notice an issue and open #24634
0.42 #24633 review, research and comment
0.30 #24635 review, testing and comment
0.37 #24623 follow-up
0.57 #24616 debugging
0.18 #24606 review and approve
0.47 #24602 research and comment
0.77 #24594 review, research, brief comment
=====
4.51
2026/07/30 Thursday
0.08 #24633 review updates and approve
0.62 #24617 review updates, research and approve
0.98 #24602 review updates, research and comment, approve
0.48 #24508 review latest, comment
0.58 #24060 rebase, testing
1.32 #24639 try to install, fail on dependencies, look over
code and find an issue, write up on downstream ticket and
short write up on perl5 ticket
=====
4.06
Which I calculate is 71.07 hours.
Approximately 52 tickets were reviewed or worked on, and 1 patches
were applied.
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