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<H1>Developer's Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for |
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PostgreSQL</H1> |
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<P>Last updated: Wed Dec 20 11:21:55 EST 2006</P> |
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<P>Last updated: Fri Dec 22 17:41:41 EST 2006</P> |
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<P>Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (<A href= |
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"mailto:bruce@momjian.us">bruce@momjian.us</A>)<BR> |
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"http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.FAQ_DEV.html">http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.FAQ_DEV.html</A>.</P> |
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<H2>General Questions</H2> |
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<A href="#item1.1">1.1</A>) How do I get involved in PostgreSQL |
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site development?<BR> |
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<A href="#item1.19">1.19</A>) What is the timeline for the next major |
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PostgreSQL release?<BR> |
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<H2>Technical Questions</H2> |
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<A href="#item2.1">2.1</A>) How do I efficiently access information in |
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<A href="#item2.8">2.8</A>) What debugging features are available?<BR> |
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in <I>doc/TODO</I> in the source distribution or at <A href= |
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"http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.TODO.html"> |
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http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.TODO.html</A>. |
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<P>You can learn more about these features by consulting the |
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archives, the SQL standards and the recommend texts (see <A href= |
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use, and any user-visible changes (new syntax, etc). For complex |
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patches, it is important to get community feeback on your proposal |
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before starting work. Failure to do so might mean your patch is |
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rejected.</P> |
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rejected. If your work is being sponsored by a company, read this |
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<a href="http://momjian.us/main/writings/pgsql/company_contributions/"> |
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article</a> for tips on being more effective.</P> |
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<P>A web site is maintained for patches awaiting review, |
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those that are being kept for the next release, |
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<a href="http://momjian.postgresql.org/cgi-bin/pgpatches_hold"> |
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http://momjian.postgresql.org/cgi-bin/pgpatches_hold</a>.</P> |
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<H3 id="item1.5">1.5) I've developed a patch, what next?</H3> |
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<P>You will need to submit the patch to pgsql-patches@postgresql.org. It |
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<I>src/tools/make_diff/difforig</I> useful. (Unified diffs are only |
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preferable if the file changes are single-line changes and do not |
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rely on surrounding lines.)</li> |
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<li>PostgreSQL is licensed under a BSD license, so any submissions must |
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conform to the BSD license to be included. If you use code that is |
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<P>We try to build on as many different canonical distributions as we can. |
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Currently we are able to build on Red Hat Linux 9, RHEL 3 and above, |
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and all Fedora Core Linux releases.</P> |
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<P>To test the binaries, we install them on our local machines and run |
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regression tests. If the package builders uses postgres user to build the |
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rpms, then it is possible to run regression tests during RPM builds.</P> |
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is possible. Only the standard released 'official to that release' |
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compiler is used -- and only the standard official kernel is used as |
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well.</P> |
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<P>PGDG RPM Building Project does not build RPMs for Mandrake .</P> |
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<P>We usually have only one SRPM for all platforms. This is because of our |
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limited resources. However, on some cases, we may distribute different |
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SRPMs for different platforms, depending on possible compilation problems, |
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especially on older distros.</P> |
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<P>Please note that this is a volunteered job -- We are doing our best to |
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keep packages up to date. We, at least, provide SRPMs for all platforms. |
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For example, if you do not find a RHEL 4 x86_64 RPM in our FTP site, it |
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