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From Gevik Babakhani
Subject Contribute to the development of PostgreSQL
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Msg-id 200411031000.iA3A011h097495@smtp-vbr3.xs4all.nl
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Responses Re: Contribute to the development of PostgreSQL  (Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>)
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<div class="Section1"><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">Dear Folks,</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial"> </span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">Sometime ago I posted a message regarding learning to develop and contribute to the development of
PostgreSQL.I started my journey with downloading the sources and take a look at the bits and pieces of the code. As I
wasexpecting it to be, my journey was and still is ponderous one. I can image the same for other newbie’s like myself
andthe fact that some like myself come from a windows development world than *nix.</span></font><p
class="MsoNormal"><fontface="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; 
font-family:Arial">Therefore I was thinking to build a website concerning a "how to contribute and develop to
PostgreSQL".</span></font><pclass="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; 
font-family:Arial"> </span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">The idea is to show the following:</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial"
size="2"><spanstyle="font-size:10.0pt; 
font-family:Arial"> </span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">1.         How to configure the compiler tools for windows and *nix </span></font><p
class="MsoNormal"><fontface="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; 
font-family:Arial">2.         How to make changes, compile and debug </span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font
face="Arial"size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; 
font-family:Arial">3.         Where to start the learning curve in the source code.</span></font><p
class="MsoNormal"><fontface="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; 
font-family:Arial">4.         If requested by any to document the code as I advance.</span></font><p
class="MsoNormal"><fontface="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; 
font-family:Arial">5.         etc.. etc..</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial"> </span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">I would like to hear your opinion and whether anyone is interested in helping.</span></font><p
class="MsoNormal"><fontface="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; 
font-family:Arial"> </span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span lang="NL"
style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">Regards,</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span lang="NL"
style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">Gevik.</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span lang="NL"
style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial"> </span></font></div>

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