How to Contribute to an Open Source Project like Postgres?
summary
Covers 13 contribution paths with concrete entry points: join PG mailing lists (PG‑SQL‑hackers, PG‑SQL‑docs), file bugs via the web form or security@postgresql.org, test PG-15 beta4 and report regressions (rc1 due Sept 30), participate in commitfests and patch review, write demos or user stories (one blog post earned ~80,000 views), build or improve drivers/extensions (pg_stat_statements, FDWs, pgx_rs for Rust), and help with translations: Polish Korean Brazilian Portuguese and docs by using the “submit correction” link.
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chapters (32)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:57Who is this talk for
- 3:43Claires background
- 4:59Mailing list culture
- 7:21Contribute to Postgres
- 9:52Racing sailboats
- 11:05How to contribute to Postgres
- 11:33Postgres pie chart
- 13:29SEO
- 15:46Video Demos
- 16:50Metadata
- 17:55PGA Day Austria
- 19:02Social Media
- 20:45Meetups
- 22:58Answering questions
- 24:54Giving feedback
- 25:07Docs documentation
- 26:17Submit correction
- 26:33Reporting bugs
- 27:39User testing
- 28:33Performance regression
- 29:41Patch reviews
- 30:38Melanie Placement
- 32:46Patch Review
- 33:28Translations
- 34:14Translation catalogs
- 35:02Updating docs
- 36:26Contributing code
- 37:31Hacking on Postgres
- 37:54Drivers
- 38:11Extensions
- 40:21Questions
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