| From: | Peter Geoghegan <pg(at)bowt(dot)ie> |
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| To: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Craig Ringer <craig(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Antonio Belloni <abelloni(at)rioservice(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Contributing with code |
| Date: | 2017-12-31 19:27:24 |
| Message-ID: | CAH2-WzmjsY_tnAt49ukt0ie23BmWsmR4j45EKZLQM+aNf_t08g@mail.gmail.com |
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On Sun, Dec 31, 2017 at 6:35 PM, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> Also, let's delete the TODO list. People keep using it as a source of
> project ideas, and that's bad.
It would be great if the TODO list was deleted IMV.
Choosing the right project is one of the hardest and most important
parts of successfully contributing to PostgreSQL. It's usually
essential to understand in detail why the thing that you're thinking
of working on doesn't already exist. The TODO list seems to suggest
almost the opposite, and as such is a trap for inexperienced hackers.
--
Peter Geoghegan
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