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Re: PostgreSQL project policy compendium

Greg Smith <greg@2ndquadrant.com>

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From: Greg Smith <greg@2ndquadrant.com>
To: Kurt Harriman <harriman@acm.org>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Marko Kreen <markokr@gmail.com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2009-12-16T17:28:23Z
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Kurt Harriman wrote:
> On 12/16/2009 7:10 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
>> the project policy is to not require any compiler features not found
> > in C89.
>
> Is there somewhere a compendium of such policies which
> fledgling hackers should consult to avoid embarrassment?

The list of suggestions at http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Developer_FAQ 
and http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Submitting_a_Patch are what we've 
got now.  There's a number of us who try to record any interesting 
discussion bits like this one into one of those, to shorten the future 
learning curve for others.

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Greg Smith    2ndQuadrant   Baltimore, MD
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