2001-06-22
- > If someone was interested in joining the development team, where
- would
- > they...
- > - Find a description of the open source development process used by
- the
- > PostgreSQL team.
-
+ What open source development process is used by the PostgreSQL team?
+
Read HACKERS for six months (or a full release cycle, whichever is
longer). Really. HACKERS _is_the process. The process is not well
documented (AFAIK -- it may be somewhere that I am not aware of) --
and it changes continually.
- > - Find the development environment (OS, system, compilers, etc)
- > required to develop code.
-
+ What development environment (OS, system, compilers, etc) is required to
+ develop code?
+
Developers Corner on the website has links to this information. The
distribution tarball itself includes all the extra tools and documents
that go beyond a good Unix-like development environment. In general, a
particular version), and good working knowledge of those tools are
required.
- > - Find an area or two that needs some support.
-
+ What area or two needs some support?
+
The TODO list.
You've made the first step, by finding and subscribing to HACKERS.
<P>2001-06-22</P>
- <P>> If someone was interested in joining the development team,
- where would<BR>
- > they...<BR>
- > - Find a description of the open source development process
- used by the<BR>
- > PostgreSQL team.<BR>
+ <H3>What open source development process is used by the
+ PostgreSQL team?</H3>
</P>
<P>Read HACKERS for six months (or a full release cycle, whichever
well documented (AFAIK -- it may be somewhere that I am not aware
of) -- and it changes continually.</P>
- <P>> - Find the development environment (OS, system, compilers,
- etc)<BR>
- > required to develop code.<BR>
+ <H3>What development environment (OS, system, compilers,
+ etc) is required to develop code?</H3>
</P>
<P><A href="developers.postgresql.org">Developers Corner</A> on the
particular version), and good working knowledge of those tools are
required.</P>
- <P>> - Find an area or two that needs some support.<BR>
- </P>
+ <H3>What area or two needs some support?</H3>
<P>The TODO list.</P>