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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
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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.