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From: webmaster-owner@postgresql.org
[mailto:webmaster-owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Qiu Lei
Sent: 07 November 2005 09:12
To: webmaster@postgresql.org; pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
Subject: [webmaster] How can I join in the PostgreSql developing
team ?



Dear webmaster:

I am glad to write to you !

I am a programmer at NEC. Recently, I have interests in
PostgreSql and want to

be a member of the developing team.

Can I join in the team ? And how ?

Hope to receive your letters !


Yours,sincerely


Sam



Hi Sam,



Anyone is welcome to join the development team if they feel they can
contribute :-). The first step is to subscribe to the
pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org mailing list (see
http://www.postgresql.org/community/lists/) and get a feel for the
atmosphere and current work. We're a day away from release at the
moment, so today and tomorrow might be a little different from normal!



The next step is to visit http://www.postgresql.org/developer/, and have
a read of the material there, particularly the developers FAQ.



Next, have a search through http://archives.postgresql.org/ to see if
there has been any previous discussion on the feature you'd like to work
on.



When you think you're ready to go, send an email to the hackers list
explaining what you'd like to work on, and include any initial ideas you
might have had, and where appropriate, references to anything you found
in the archives of relevance. Quite possibly discussion of your proposed
work will follow, and any design issues will be worked out, and you can
get coding.



Once you think the job is done, simply post a patch in diff -c format to
pgsql-patches@postgresql.org for community review. Don't be surprised or
upset if the first couple get rejected - this is perfectly normal, even
for seasoned hackers; just fix whatever people objected to and re-post.



Hope this helps (and doesn't put you off)!



Regards, Dave