Re: place for newbie postgresql hackers to work

PostgreSQL Hackers,

I would like to ask, where can newbie hackers (apprentices) be of use in the
pgsql project?

Thanks Bruce for that work you did showing the TCP/IP diagramme, etc... I
did learn something! Now, the task of self learning from there. For the
server, how to learn the format of PGSQL files? How is data stored? How is
it retrieved so darn quickly? How are index files constructed? So much
glorious knowledge to be had. Source code: start with [...................]
C code file and branch out from there. Please fill in the blanks for me? I
need the start to discover for myself. Learning how to fish is better than
being handed a fish.

With Thanks,
James


----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Momjian" <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: "Christopher Kings-Lynne" <chriskl@familyhealth.com.au>
Cc: "Jan Wieck" <JanWieck@yahoo.com>; "James Buchanan"
<jamesb@northnet.com.au>; "PostgreSQL-development"
<pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 4:14 PM
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] place for newbie postgresql hackers to work


> > >     I  like  the  idea  though.  Let  the  experienced developers
> > >     identify *legwork* TODO items.
> >
> > From what I can see - there are none.  It took me months of reading the
> > PostgreSQL source code before I could muck with it.  (And I still just
did
> > it for fun!)  Even the 'basic' stuff like psql and pg_dump modifications
> > require a knowledge of how foreign keys are stored...
>
> Good point.  Many of the trivial changes spin into difficult territory.
> We can suggest items if people ask us.
>
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