Re: Learning curves and such (was Re: pgFoundry)

On Tue, May 17, 2005 at 01:32:03AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Maybe what we need is some documentation about how to get started
> as a Postgres hacker --- what to read, what sort of things to tackle
> for your first hack, etc. I think the people who have been successful
> around here are the ones who have managed to figure out the syllabus
> by themselves ... but surely we could try to teach those who come
> after.

Didn't such a document exist at one point? I seem to remember reading
about it on the old website...

I think it might also be valuable to have a list of things that are good
'starter projects'. Maybe some indication of TODO items that are
simpler. Possibly a list of bugs, too.

It would probably also be useful to point out ways people can help that
don't involve hacking C code (or at least not much). Things like docs,
the website, advocacy, performance testing, etc.
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