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

From Christopher Kings-Lynne
Subject RE: place for newbie postgresql hackers to work
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Msg-id ECEHIKNFIMMECLEBJFIGGEONCAAA.chriskl@familyhealth.com.au
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In response to Re: place for newbie postgresql hackers to work  (Jan Wieck <JanWieck@Yahoo.com>)
Responses Re: place for newbie postgresql hackers to work  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
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> > Why not start with Thomas Swan's earlier posting?:
>
>     Because  first, exactly that would require a good concept and
>     (at least I expect it to) a fair  amount  of  system  catalog
>     changes - not the best *newbe* starter.
>
>     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...

Chris



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