On Wed, Oct 6, 2021 at 11:40 AM Daniel Gustafsson <dan...@yesql.se> wrote:
> > On 6 Oct 2021, at 12:22, Laurenz Albe <laurenz.a...@cybertec.at> wrote: > > > > On Wed, 2021-10-06 at 10:44 +0100, Joao Miguel Ferreira wrote: > >> I would like to try that yes, it would be a pleasure but I have zero > knowledge on the dev tools, setups and processes required for that. > >> > >> If someone gives me some pointers I would love to try it. I'm a > software developer so I should be able to at least try. > >> > >> Can you point me to some hands-on docs on setting up my env ? > > > > Here is an introductory article from the Wiki: > > > > https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/So,_you_want_to_be_a_developer%3F > > There is also the section in the docs for how to install a postgres > instance > for source which will be handy: > > https://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/installation.html > > For an environment to hack in I would recommend enabling debig and TAP > style > tests, and personally I always install to a specific folder (see the > section on > developer options): > > ./configure --enable-debug --enable-tap-tests > --prefix=path/to/dev/install > Hi again, thank you both for the guidance. I will start reading and setting things up in the next few days > > Feel free to reach out here if you get stuck on anything, so we can make > the > Wiki page better. > sure > > -- > Daniel Gustafsson https://vmware.com/ > >
