Re: You could be a PostgreSQL Patch Reviewer!

From: Torsten Zühlsdorff <foo(at)meisterderspiele(dot)de>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: You could be a PostgreSQL Patch Reviewer!
Date: 2011-06-16 13:05:15
Message-ID: itcv2b$qm6$1@dont-email.me
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Josh Berkus schrieb:

> You do not have to be a C coder to be a patch reviewer. Pretty much all
> you need to know is:
> - how to checkout PostgreSQL from Git
> - how to build PostgreSQL from source
> - how to apply a patch
>
> If you know those three things, you can help with patch review. Of
> course, if you do know C, you can be even more help ... and learn the
> PostgreSQL source in the process.

I can build PostgreSQL on different FreeBSD-Versions (7, 8.1, 8.2).

Is this in any kind related to the PG-Buildfarm? It sounds like this
could be automated very easily.

> We especially need folks who are able to build PostgreSQL on Windows, as
> we have several Windows-specific patches and no reviewers for them.

If there is an rough descriptions, this should be also possible.

Greetings from Germany,
Torsten
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