When and where is this happening?
The Perl Toolchain Summit 2027 is being held in Lyon (France), from Thursday May 20, 2027 to Sunday May 23, 2027.
What is the Perl Toolchain Summit?
The Perl Toolchain Summit (PTS) is an annual event where we bring together the volunteers who work on the tools and modules at the heart of Perl and the CPAN ecosystem (colloquially known as "the toolchain"). The PTS gives them 4 days to work together on these systems, with all their fellow volunteers to hand, without distraction.
The Perl Toolchain Summit is an invitation-only event, with a focus on getting things done. The event moves around European countries, as the largest cohort of attendees is from Europe.
Up to 2016, the event was known as the Perl QA Hackathon - PQAH.
Previous editions
This Perl Toolchain Summit is the next in a series of annual events, following on from successful summits in:
- Oslo 2008
- Birmingham 2009
- Vienna 2010
- Amsterdam 2011
- Paris 2012
- North West England 2013
- Lyon 2014 (extended from 3 to 4 days)
- Berlin 2015
- Rugby 2016 (last Perl QA Hackathon)
- Lyon 2017 (first Perl Toolchain Summit)
- Oslo 2018
- Marlow 2019
- Lyon 2023
- Lisbon 2024
- Leipzig 2025
- Vienna 2026
These events were a great success for the Perl and Open Source communities, as well as the attendees.
