Re: place for newbie postgresql hackers to work - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: place for newbie postgresql hackers to work
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Msg-id 200106071514.f57FEod04719@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to RE: place for newbie postgresql hackers to work  ("Christopher Kings-Lynne" <chriskl@familyhealth.com.au>)
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> >     I  like  the  idea  though.  Let  the  experienced developers
> >     identify *legwork* TODO items.
> 
> From what I can see - there are none.  It took me months of reading the
> PostgreSQL source code before I could muck with it.  (And I still just did
> it for fun!)  Even the 'basic' stuff like psql and pg_dump modifications
> require a knowledge of how foreign keys are stored...

Good point.  Many of the trivial changes spin into difficult territory. 
We can suggest items if people ask us.

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