This document outlines various ways to contribute to the PostgreSQL open source database project. It discusses that PostgreSQL needs support from individuals and companies to continue developing and competing against commercial databases. Contributing provides benefits like being listed as a contributor or sponsor on PostgreSQL's website. The document then lists several contribution methods like making donations, participating in surveys, providing hardware/infrastructure, helping with documentation, answering user questions, reporting bugs, and writing code in the form of tools, extensions, or patches.

1. How To Contribute to PostgreSQL
Rajni Baliyan
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2. Contents
Need of contribution to the PostgreSQL community
Advantages of contributing to community
Contribution methods
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3. Need of contribution
PostgreSQL is a “world’s most advanced open source database” that powers many
mission critical systems around the world.
It needs support from individuals and companies to continue it’s development further
to compete against major commercial databases.
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4. Advantages of contribution
Contributing to community will benefit both individuals and companies.
All the individuals that contributes to PostgreSQL echo system are listed as
contributors.
https://www.postgresql.org/community/contributors/
All the companies that contributes to PostgreSQL echo system are listed as
sponsors.
https://www.postgresql.org/about/sponsors/
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5. Contribution methods
There are plenty of ways to contribute to PostgreSQL (echo system) and many people are already
doing the same.
This topic is to list out the some of the possible ways to contribute to PostgreSQL database by
individuals and companies.
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6. Contribution methods
Donation
simplest way to contribute.
Used by PostgreSQL group for education, user groups and advocacy
Can be done : https://www.postgresql.org/about/donate/
Participation in Survey
PostgreSQL usually conducts surveys for every 4 to 6 months.
helps make product better and improved with new tools and features.
https://www.postgresql.org/community/survey
Hardware/Infrastructure support
Hardware support can be a test machine or a performance machine
Details of available servers: https://www.postgresql.org/about/servers/
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7. Contribution methods
Web updates/support
It needs an improvement from community to increase the contribution.
Needs to scale well on mobile device
Signing in to mailing list: https://lists.postgresql.org/manage/ (pgsql-www)
Events/Meetup groups
Conducting events/local meetups will help in growing the PostgreSQL community.
Try to conduct monthly/quarterly meetups.
Sigh up to local meet-up groups
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8. Contribution methods
Translation support
PostgreSQL server and client messages can be displayed in many languages
Native speakers can help make it more accurate and sensible.
Dedicate mailing list - pgsql-translators
All the translation issues are tracked in redmine : https://redmine.postgresql.org/projects/pgtranslation
Documentation
Update/improve the documentation
Dedicated mailing list: pgsql-docs
Register to mailing list @ https://lists.postgresql.org/manage/
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9. Contribution methods
Answering questions
answer the simple to complex questions that are raised by the users
Lists of mailing lists @ https://www.postgresql.org/list/
Bugs
Submit bug: https://www.postgresql.org/account/submitbug/
mailing list : https://lists.postgresql.org/manage/ (pgsql-bugs)
Writing tools/extensions
Product categories @ https://www.postgresql.org/download/product-categories/
Writing feature/bug fix patches
Reviewing of Patches
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