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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>patch pumpkin</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../P.html" title="P"/><link rel="previous" href="patch.html" title="patch"/><link rel="next" href="patch-space.html" title="patch space"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">patch pumpkin</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="patch.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">P</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="patch-space.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="patch-pumpkin"/><dt xmlns="" id="patch-pumpkin"><b>patch pumpkin</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [Perl hackers] A notional token passed around among the members of a
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project. Possession of the patch pumpkin means one has the exclusive
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authority to make changes on the project's master source tree. The
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implicit assumption is that <span class="firstterm">pumpkin
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holder</span> status is temporary and rotates periodically among senior
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project members.</p><p>This term comes from the Perl development community, but has been
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sighted elsewhere. It derives from a stuffed-toy pumpkin that was passed
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around at a development shop years ago as the access control for a shared
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backup-tape drive.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="patch.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../P.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="patch-space.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">patch </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> patch space</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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