Re: How to get started with contribution

Respected Sir\Mam
This year I am planning to take part in GSOC 2022 in the PostgreSQL
organization.

Regards
Vrund V Shah

On Sat, Jan 22, 2022 at 8:17 AM vrund shah <vrund3008(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> Respected Sir\Mam
>
> I am already using PostgreSQL for my college purpose and for learning SQL.
> I have learned SQL from udemy courses with instructor Jose Portilla. and I
> am well aware of PostgreSQL and PGAdmin.
>
> Regards
> Vrund V Shah
>
> On Sat, Jan 22, 2022 at 8:12 AM vrund shah <vrund3008(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
>> Thank you for your valuable guidance.
>> I will surely look at the links and if have any queries then I will
>> contact you.
>>
>> regards
>> Vrund V Shah
>>
>> On Sat, Jan 22, 2022 at 2:23 AM Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net> wrote:
>>
>>> Greetings,
>>>
>>> * Tomas Vondra (tomas(dot)vondra(at)enterprisedb(dot)com) wrote:
>>> > On 1/21/22 21:28, Stephen Frost wrote:
>>> > >* vrund v shah (vrund3008(at)gmail(dot)com) wrote:
>>> > >> I am Vrund V Shah, a computer science undergrad. I have just
>>> completed my
>>> > >> 3^rd semester at G H Patel College of Engineering & Technology.
>>> I am new
>>> > >> to open source contribution but I am well aware of C/C++, SQL
>>> and I will
>>> > >> learn Python before the end of the first week of February. I
>>> would love to
>>> > >> contribute to your organization but don’t know how!!
>>> > >>
>>> > >> Could you please guide me on how and from where to start?
>>> > >
>>> > >I'd suggest you start with patch reviews if you're interested in
>>> working
>>> > >on the core PostgreSQL server code. Information on that is available
>>> > >here:
>>> > >
>>> > >https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Reviewing_a_Patch
>>> > >
>>> >
>>> > Yeah, that's what I recommend people who ask me this question.
>>> >
>>> > However, that wiki page is more about the process than about "what" to
>>> do,
>>> > so my advice to the OP would be to first go to the current CF [1] and
>>> look
>>> > for patches that would be genuinely useful for him/her (e.g. because of
>>> > work). And do the review by following the wiki page.
>>>
>>> Yeah. There's also this:
>>>
>>> https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Developer_FAQ
>>>
>>> where the first topic is about getting involved in PG development, and
>>> there's:
>>>
>>> https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/So,_you_want_to_be_a_developer%3F
>>>
>>> which covers a bit more about mailing lists and such.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Stephen
>>>
>>