Re: beginning hackers

On Mon, Aug 22, 2005 at 05:31:04PM -0400, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
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> Rosser Schwarz wrote:
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> >while you weren't looking, Tom Lane wrote:
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> >[indexes spanning multiple tables]
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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.
> >
> >
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> A couple of nice visible projects on the TODO list that might be
> suitable for beginners:
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> . Add "include file" functionality in postgresql.conf
> . Remove Money type, add money formatting for decimal type
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> But actually, the best place to start is possibly doing cleanups.
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> 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 ;-)

Can someone turn these items into a "beginning hacker's TODO" as has
been discussed before? Or find a way to mark them on the main TODO?

If someone wants to tell me how this should be done and give me whatever
files need to be changed I'd be happy to submit a patch.

BTW, is the HTML for the website not maintained in CVS somewhere?
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