| From: | Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org> |
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| To: | Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> |
| Cc: | Rosser Schwarz <rosser(dot)schwarz(at)gmail(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Joshua N Pritikin <jpritikin(at)pobox(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: beginning hackers |
| Date: | 2005-08-22 21:58:50 |
| Message-ID: | 20050822215849.GC1894@surnet.cl |
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On Mon, Aug 22, 2005 at 05:31:04PM -0400, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> A couple of nice visible projects on the TODO list that might be
> suitable for beginners:
>
> . Add "include file" functionality in postgresql.conf
> . Remove Money type, add money formatting for decimal type
Actually they are both bad projects. The "include file" patch was
submitted by the @mohawksoft guy whose name I can't remember; it was
rejected with good reasons. The money type was proposed for removal
some time ago, and the author also asked not to.
> But actually, the best place to start is possibly doing cleanups.
>
> For example, gcc version 4 generates LOTS of compiler warnings. They
> need clearing up.
Yeah, please do.
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Alvaro Herrera (<alvherre[a]alvh.no-ip.org>)
"Es filósofo el que disfruta con los enigmas" (G. Coli)
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