Maintaining Perl (Tony Cook) March 2026
Tue, 14-Apr-2026 by
alh
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Tony writes:
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[Hours] [Activity]
2026/03/02 Monday
1.55 #24228 follow-up comment, check updates, research and
comment
0.75 #24187 review updates, mark comment resolved, research
0.97 #24242 review, research
0.40 #24242 debugging and comment
1.02 #24001 debugging, research, testing
=====
4.69
2026/03/03 Tuesday
0.15 #24242 review dicsussion
0.10 #24211 review discussion and apply to blead
0.53 #24242 comment
0.23 #24239 review and comment
0.18 #24223 review and approve
0.40 #24244 review and comment
0.58 #24245 review and approve
0.07 #24247 review, existing comments seem fine
0.50 #24187 review more, comments
0.08 #24244 review update and approve
0.23 #24195 research
=====
3.05
2026/03/04 Wednesday
0.88 #24252 review, research and comments
0.75 #24251 review, research and comments
0.90 #24253 review, comments
0.12 #24239 review updates and approve
0.28 #24208 comment with guide to update
0.15 #24208 review update and approve
=====
3.08
2026/03/05 Thursday
0.68 #24254 review and comments
0.18 #24256 review and approve
0.13 #24247 check CI results and restart an apparent spurious
failure
0.18 #24241 review CI failures and comment
0.40 #24228 compare to #24252 behaviour, testing
=====
1.57
2026/03/09 Monday
0.33 #24254 review updates and approve
0.40 #24253 review updates and comment
1.38 #24252 review updates and comments, research, testing and
follow-up
0.68 #24105 rebase, testing
=====
2.79
2026/03/10 Tuesday
0.57 test 5.42.1 on fedora, looks ok, message on list indicates
likely a local problem
2.70 #24105 check everything covered, various fixes, testing,
push for CI
=====
3.27
2026/03/11 Wednesday
0.88 #24105 check CI results, fixes, push for more CI
0.57 #24187 review discussion, research and comment
0.13 #24253 review updates and approve
0.12 #24252 review updates and approve with comment
0.23 #24228 review updates and approve
0.15 #24252 approve with perldelta update
1.15 #24001 debugging (what is PL_curcopdb?)
1.20 #24001 debugging, research
=====
4.43
2026/03/12 Thursday
1.12 #24265 review, research and comment
1.33 #24001 research, testing, needs some thought
=====
2.45
2026/03/13 Friday
0.82 research, email to list about benchmarking
=====
0.82
2026/03/16 Monday
0.10 #24208 review updates and apply to blead
2.47 #24272 profiling, benchmarking, comment and work on bisect
0.75 #24272 review bisect results, confirm bisect results,
briefly try to work out cause, long comment with results
0.32 #24287 review and approve
=====
3.64
2026/03/17 Tuesday
0.23 #24265 recheck and approve
0.92 #24001 re-work, research and testing
0.57 #24105 rebase and testing, minor fix and push for CI
1.13 #24272 try to diagnose
0.45 #24056 re-work commit message
=====
3.30
2026/03/18 Wednesday
0.40 #24105 check CI results, re-check, make PR #24294
0.75 #24099 review, research and comment
0.22 #24296/#24295 research and comment (both have the same
problem)
1.37 #24277 review, testing, comment
=====
2.74
2026/03/19 Thursday
2.05 #24227 research and comments
1.22 #24272 debugging
=====
3.27
2026/03/20 Friday
0.53 #24251 research and follow-up
=====
0.53
2026/03/23 Monday
0.40 #24251 review updates, research and approve with comment
1.22 #24304 review, comment
0.15 #24313 review, research and apply to blead
0.10 #24310 review (nothing to say)
0.17 #24309 review, research and approve
0.13 #24305 review and approve
0.53 #24290 review
1.32 #24056 more update commit message, simplify perldelta
note, push and update OP on PR
=====
4.02
2026/03/24 Tuesday
0.32 #24318 review and review ticket, start workflow, research
and comment
0.08 #24301 review and approve
0.37 #24290 more review and comments
0.53 #24289 review, research current PSC and approve with
comment
0.38 #24288 review, research and comment
0.18 #24285 review, research and approve
0.72 #24282 review, research and comment
1.23 #24290 review updates, testing and more comment
=====
3.81
2026/03/25 Wednesday
0.15 #24056 check rules, apply to blead
0.30 #24308 review, research and comments
0.82 #24304 review, research and comment, consider Paul’s reply
1.55 #23918 string comparison APIs, research, open #24319
0.13 #24290 review updates and follow-up
1.50 #24005 start on perldebapi, research
=====
4.45
2026/03/26 Thursday
1.25 #24326 review and comment
0.47 #24290 review updates, comment and approve with comment
0.40 #24326 review, comment on side issue and approve
0.28 #24323 review, try to find the referenced documentation,
comment
0.10 #24324 review and approve
0.13 #24323 review update and approve
=====
2.63
2026/03/30 Monday
0.80 #24308 review updates and comments
0.08 #24290 review discussion and apply to blead
1.05 #24304 review updates and comment, long comment
1.55 #23676 research, make APIs public and document, testing
and push for CI
0.60 #24187 review updates
1.08 #24187 testing, comment
=====
5.16
2026/03/31 Tuesday
1.22 #23676 comment, comment on PR regarding qerror() name,
research, work on perldelta
0.47 github notifications, minor updates
0.53 #24332 review original ticket discussion and the change,
approve with comment
0.23 #24329 review, research and apply to blead
0.32 #24281 review, try to get a decent view, given github’s
tab mis-handling, comment
0.12 #24280 review, comments
0.35 #23995 research and comment
0.08 #24105 follow-up on PR 24294
0.50 #24251 follow-up comment
=====
3.82
Which I calculate is 63.52 hours.
Approximately 51 tickets were reviewed or worked on, and 6 patches
were applied.
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Comments (1)
Greetings from all of us at https://www.drywallproscleveland! Great work, Tony!
