For many years, perl releases were infrequent, with a single person (the "pumpking") responsible for several subsequent releases.

This has changed in the last years, and perl is released on a frequent schedule, with many people ("release managers") taking turns and making a release of perl. In this talk, we will look at what it takes to make a perl release, and show that "everyone" is able to become a release manager.

The presentor can speak from personal experiences, having released perl twice before. The presenter is also the acting release manager, and will do a release at the end of July 2014.