Re: PostgreSQL project policy compendium

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Kurt Harriman <harriman(at)acm(dot)org>, Marko Kreen <markokr(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: PostgreSQL project policy compendium
Date: 2009-12-16 16:09:13
Message-ID: 4843.1260979753@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 10:44 AM, Kurt Harriman <harriman(at)acm(dot)org> wrote:
>> Is there somewhere a compendium of such policies which
>> fledgling hackers should consult to avoid embarrassment?

> I do think your basic point is well-taken, though. There are a lot of
> details about how we do things that I have had to learn through
> osmosis, and maybe if I can figure out what they all are, I'll try to
> write them down somewhere, if someone else hasn't done it already.

Yeah, this is something that is difficult for the senior hackers to
undertake because we've forgotten what it was we had to learn the hard
way ;-). Maybe some of the newer project members could collaborate
on scribbling down such stuff (wiki page?).

regards, tom lane

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