Re: Suggestions for first contribution?

From: Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Christian Convey <christian(dot)convey(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Suggestions for first contribution?
Date: 2016-09-05 17:44:11
Message-ID: CAFj8pRAVRQKNSJFU4YY4+jkm=bY7GQGAswQy4NO8mwMTDvFEcw@mail.gmail.com
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Hi

2016-09-05 19:25 GMT+02:00 Christian Convey <christian(dot)convey(at)gmail(dot)com>:

> Hi guys,
>
> Can anyone suggest a project for my first PG contribution?
>
> My first two ideas didn't pan out: Yury doesn't seem to need help
> with CMake, and the TODO list's "-Wcast-align" project (now deleted)
> appeared impractical.
>
> I can continue trying things from the TODO list, but if someone knows
> of a project that's definitely worth doing, all the better.
>
> I'd prefer doing back-end coding, but I'm flexible. The only two
> caveats are: (1) I can't work on speedup-focused changes without my
> employer's permission, and (2) I only have access to Linux boxes.
>
> Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

I wrote XMLTABLE function, and I am thinking about JSON_TABLE function. But
there is one blocker - missing JsonPath support in our JSON implementation.

So one idea - implement JsonPath support and related JSON query functions.
This can help with better standard conformance.

Regards

Pavel

>
> Kind regards,
> Christian
>
>
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