From: | Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> |
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To: | Rosser Schwarz <rosser(dot)schwarz(at)gmail(dot)com> |
Cc: | 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 21:31:04 |
Message-ID: | 430A4418.4050407@dunslane.net |
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Rosser Schwarz wrote:
>while you weren't looking, Tom Lane wrote:
>
>[indexes spanning multiple tables]
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>
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>>Wouldn't recommend it as a project for a beginning backend hacker;
>>the locking considerations alone are a bit daunting.
>>
>>
>
>That being the case, is there a list anywhere of open/wish list/TODO
>items that are suitable for beginning pg hackers? I've been over the
>TODO list and found myself fairly daunted by what I see, but would
>still like to take a stab at contributing.
>
>
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
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. Doing that might lead to yuo look at quite a lot of
interesting code, which in turn might lead to more projects.
Plus there are always tests and docs to write ;-)
cheers
andrew
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