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PGConf APAC 2018 - Lightening Talk #3: How To Contribute to PostgreSQL
This document outlines various ways to contribute to the PostgreSQL open source database project. It discusses that PostgreSQL needs support from individuals and companies to continue developing and competing against commercial databases. Contributing provides benefits like being listed as a contributor or sponsor on PostgreSQL's website. The document then lists several contribution methods like making donations, participating in surveys, providing hardware/infrastructure, helping with documentation, answering user questions, reporting bugs, and writing code in the form of tools, extensions, or patches.
PGConf APAC 2018 - Lightening Talk #3: How To Contribute to PostgreSQL
- 1. How To Contributeto PostgreSQL Rajni Baliyan 1
- 2. Contents Need of contributionto the PostgreSQL community Advantages of contributing to community Contribution methods 2 Copyright 2018 FUJITSU AUSTRALIA SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY
- 3. Need of contribution PostgreSQLis a “world’s most advanced open source database” that powers many mission critical systems around the world. It needs support from individuals and companies to continue it’s development further to compete against major commercial databases. 3 Copyright 2018 FUJITSU AUSTRALIA SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY
- 4. Advantages of contribution Contributingto community will benefit both individuals and companies. All the individuals that contributes to PostgreSQL echo system are listed as contributors. https://www.postgresql.org/community/contributors/ All the companies that contributes to PostgreSQL echo system are listed as sponsors. https://www.postgresql.org/about/sponsors/ 4 Copyright 2018 FUJITSU AUSTRALIA SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY
- 5. Contribution methods There areplenty of ways to contribute to PostgreSQL (echo system) and many people are already doing the same. This topic is to list out the some of the possible ways to contribute to PostgreSQL database by individuals and companies. 5 Copyright 2018 FUJITSU AUSTRALIA SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY
- 6. Contribution methods Donation simplest wayto contribute. Used by PostgreSQL group for education, user groups and advocacy Can be done : https://www.postgresql.org/about/donate/ Participation in Survey PostgreSQL usually conducts surveys for every 4 to 6 months. helps make product better and improved with new tools and features. https://www.postgresql.org/community/survey Hardware/Infrastructure support Hardware support can be a test machine or a performance machine Details of available servers: https://www.postgresql.org/about/servers/ 6 Copyright 2018 FUJITSU AUSTRALIA SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY
- 7. Contribution methods Web updates/support Itneeds an improvement from community to increase the contribution. Needs to scale well on mobile device Signing in to mailing list: https://lists.postgresql.org/manage/ (pgsql-www) Events/Meetup groups Conducting events/local meetups will help in growing the PostgreSQL community. Try to conduct monthly/quarterly meetups. Sigh up to local meet-up groups 7 Copyright 2015 FUJITSU LIMITED
- 8. Contribution methods Translation support PostgreSQLserver and client messages can be displayed in many languages Native speakers can help make it more accurate and sensible. Dedicate mailing list - pgsql-translators All the translation issues are tracked in redmine : https://redmine.postgresql.org/projects/pgtranslation Documentation Update/improve the documentation Dedicated mailing list: pgsql-docs Register to mailing list @ https://lists.postgresql.org/manage/ 8 Copyright 2018 FUJITSU AUSTRALIA SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY
- 9. Contribution methods Answering questions answerthe simple to complex questions that are raised by the users Lists of mailing lists @ https://www.postgresql.org/list/ Bugs Submit bug: https://www.postgresql.org/account/submitbug/ mailing list : https://lists.postgresql.org/manage/ (pgsql-bugs) Writing tools/extensions Product categories @ https://www.postgresql.org/download/product-categories/ Writing feature/bug fix patches Reviewing of Patches 9 Copyright 2018 FUJITSU AUSTRALIA SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY