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.
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Andrew Dunstan wrote:
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>
> 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
>
>
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