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> If someone was interested in joining the development team, where
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> - Find a description of the open source development process used by
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What open source development process is used by the PostgreSQL team?
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Read HACKERS for six months (or a full release cycle, whichever is
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documented (AFAIK -- it may be somewhere that I am not aware of) --
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> - Find the development environment (OS, system, compilers, etc)
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What development environment (OS, system, compilers, etc) is required to
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Developers Corner on the website has links to this information. The
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distribution tarball itself includes all the extra tools and documents
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that go beyond a good Unix-like development environment. In general, a
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modern unix with a modern gcc, GNU make or equivalent, autoconf (of a
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The TODO list.
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You've made the first step, by finding and subscribing to HACKERS.

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where would<BR>
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<P>Read HACKERS for six months (or a full release cycle, whichever
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is longer). Really. HACKERS _is_the process. The process is not
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well documented (AFAIK -- it may be somewhere that I am not aware
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<H3>What area or two needs some support?</H3>
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