Cutting ties by my own interest: I want better Postgres. I want to teach those who probably will push patches. Best regards, Andrey Borodin.
четверг, 6 октября 2016 г. пользователь Joshua D. Drake написал: > On 10/06/2016 10:39 AM, Andrew Borodin wrote: > >> Hi everyone! >> >> From time to time I teach at Ural Federal University. Currently >> university wants me to make up online course. They are going to put it >> to platform like edX or something. >> >> I do not want to do another general programming course, so I made up >> my mind to do a “postgres-hacker” course. But according to my research >> topic course must be related to access methods, this is one of >> requirements from university. >> >> I need to compose list of homeworks related to usual skills necessary >> for a hacker. >> >> I’m going to put on the list training on building from source, testing >> and reviewing patches, reading mailing lists. >> >> How do you think, what skills are most important for someone who wants >> to contribute to PostgreSQL? How they can be converted to homework >> task? What homework tasks do you see useful in spite of AM accent? >> M.B. Like track and fix a bug in a specific patch? >> >> > There are two types of hackers within this community: > > Hacking internals (similar to Linux Kernel) > Hacking Generalist (Working around PG's limitations) > > The first one would be more beneficial for the community but the second > would be more beneficial for someone using something like EdX. > > Sincerely, > > jD > > > -- > Command Prompt, Inc. http://the.postgres.company/ > +1-503-667-4564 > PostgreSQL Centered full stack support, consulting and development. > Everyone appreciates your honesty, until you are honest with them. >
