Re: You could be a PostgreSQL Patch Reviewer!

On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 3:49 PM, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> wrote:
> PostgreSQL community members:
>
> Do you love the PostgreSQL project?  Do you want to contribute to it?
> Do you want to help produce the next version of PostgreSQL? (9.2)
>
> Well, you *can*.  You can be a patch reviewer -- one of the single most
> valuable things you can contribute to the project.
>
> You do not have to be a C coder to be a patch reviewer.  Pretty much all
> you need to know is:
> - how to checkout PostgreSQL from Git
> - how to build PostgreSQL from source
> - how to apply a patch
>
> If you know those three things, you can help with patch review.  Of
> course, if you do know C, you can be even more help ... and learn the
> PostgreSQL source in the process.
>
> We especially need folks who are able to build PostgreSQL on Windows, as
> we have several Windows-specific patches and no reviewers for them.
>
> The First CommitFest for version 9.2 is underway *right now* and we need
> your help. Help PostgreSQL ... review a patch!
>
> http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Reviewing_a_Patch

This sounds suspiciously like you are trying to get me to join the army...

merlin