If someone wants to mark easy items on the TODO list with some mark, like %, I can apply the patch. Please patch TODO and not TODO.html.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew Dunstan wrote: > > > Rosser Schwarz wrote: > > >while you weren't looking, Tom Lane wrote: > > > >[indexes spanning multiple tables] > > > > > > > >>Wouldn't recommend it as a project for a beginning backend hacker; > >>the locking considerations alone are a bit daunting. > >> > >> > > > >That being the case, is there a list anywhere of open/wish list/TODO > >items that are suitable for beginning pg hackers? I've been over the > >TODO list and found myself fairly daunted by what I see, but would > >still like to take a stab at contributing. > > > > > > > A couple of nice visible projects on the TODO list that might be > suitable for beginners: > > . Add "include file" functionality in postgresql.conf > . Remove Money type, add money formatting for decimal type > > But actually, the best place to start is possibly doing cleanups. > > For example, gcc version 4 generates LOTS of compiler warnings. They > need clearing up. Doing that might lead to yuo look at quite a lot of > interesting code, which in turn might lead to more projects. > > Plus there are always tests and docs to write ;-) > > cheers > > andrew > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend > -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
