Oft Ask: How to contribute to PostgreSQL?
От | The Hermit Hacker |
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Тема | Oft Ask: How to contribute to PostgreSQL? |
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Msg-id | Pine.BSF.4.21.9912052011040.823-100000@thelab.hub.org обсуждение исходный текст |
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Re: [GENERAL] Oft Ask: How to contribute to PostgreSQL?
(Lincoln Yeoh <lylyeoh@mecomb.com>)
Re: Oft Ask: How to contribute to PostgreSQL? (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>) |
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Due to a recent thread started on pgsql-hackers, I'm posting this to the lists. Vince is planning on putting in appropriate links for some of this, and, Bruce, can we maybe put it into the FAQ? I'm not an English major, so this is more techinese then anything else...or, a rambling of an un-ordered mind, however you want to classify it :) ============ There are several ways that people can contribute to the PostgreSQL project, and, below, I'm going to try and list them... 1. Code. We have a TODO list available at http://www.postgresql.org/docs/todo.html, which lists enhancements that have been picked out as needed. Some of them take time to learn the intricacies of the code, some require no more then time. Contributing code, altho not the only way to contribute, is always one of the more valuable ways of improving any Open Source Project. 2. Web Site. http://www.postgresql.org is mirrored on many sites around the world, as is ftp://ftp.postgresql.org. By increasing the number of mirrors available around the world, you help reduce the load on any one site, as well as improve the accessibility to the code. If you have the resources to provide a mirror, both hardware and bandwidth, this is another means of contributing to the project. All our mirrors are required to use rsync, in order to be listed, with details on this found at http://www.postgresql.org/howtomirror.html 3. Mailing Lists. We use software that allows us to use remote sites for 'mail relaying'. Basically, instead of our central server having to service *all* remote addresses, it offloads email onto remote servers to do the distribution. For intance, by dumping all email destined for a subscribers in France to a server residing in France, the central server has to send one email mesage "Across the pond", and let the server in France handle the other servers. If you are interested in providing a relay point, email scrappy@hub.org (me) for details on how to get setup for this. 4. Financial. In June of 1999, PostgreSQL, Inc was formed as the "Commercial Arm" of the PostgreSQL Project. Although it was originally formed to provide Commercial Support for PostgreSQL, it has expanded to include Consulting services, PostgreSQL Merchandise (ElephantWear) and, most recently, Database Hosting services. As our mission statement (http://www.pgsql.com/mission.html) states, our purpose (among several) is to provide funding for various project, whether they be Advertising or Programming. Although not currently available, but will be when the new site is up, there will be a set of pages off of http://www.pgsql.com that will provide a cleaner means of contribute financially towards having features implemented, as well as showing funds available for various projects. For instance, 25% of the revenue from Support Contracts will be ear-marked for stuff like Advertising and a General Pool that we can use to fund projects that we feel is important from a "commercial deployment" standpoint. Marc G. Fournier ICQ#7615664 IRC Nick: Scrappy Systems Administrator @ hub.org primary: scrappy@hub.org secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org
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