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Cheers!

Appreciate the info. I'll be reading and watching for the moment.
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From: Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at>
Sent: Friday, December 12, 2025 2:07 PM
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Subject: Re: Volunteering

On Fri, 2025-12-12 at 15:47 +0000, grant@scarydba.com wrote:
> My name is Grant Fritchey. I'm very interested in contributing to the Pos=
tgreSQL project.
> However, I'm just a DBA, so I won't be writing a lot of code with the Hac=
kers.
> However, I can write, so I'd be interested in volunteering with the docum=
entation team.
> Could someone share the general duties & needs and just how I'd go about =
getting involved please?

Welcome!

I'd start by reading appendix J of the documentation.
Set up a build environment for the documentation.

Even if you don't want to write source code, much of the information in
this article will still apply:
https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/So,_you_want_to_be_a_developer%3F

Get familiar with the commitfest app: https://commitfest.postgresql.org/
Patches that you want to be reviewed and committed should go there.
The best starting point might be to review some documentation patches
from the next commitfest.

I am not aware of a TODO list for the documentation, so if you don't
have your own ideas about improving the documentation, you can hang out
on the -docs mailing list and read the questions and complaints that
others have.

Yours,
Laurenz Albe


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<div class=3D"PlainText">On Fri, 2025-12-12 at 15:47 +0000, grant@scarydba.=
com wrote:<br>
&gt; My name is Grant Fritchey. I'm very interested in contributing to the =
PostgreSQL project.<br>
&gt; However, I'm just a DBA, so I won't be writing a lot of code with the =
Hackers.<br>
&gt; However, I can write, so I'd be interested in volunteering with the do=
cumentation team.<br>
&gt; Could someone share the general duties &amp; needs and just how I'd go=
 about getting involved please?<br>
<br>
Welcome!<br>
<br>
I'd start by reading appendix J of the documentation.<br>
Set up a build environment for the documentation.<br>
<br>
Even if you don't want to write source code, much of the information in<br>
this article will still apply:<br>
<a href=3D"https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/So,_you_want_to_be_a_developer%=
3F">https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/So,_you_want_to_be_a_developer%3F</a><=
br>
<br>
Get familiar with the commitfest app: <a href=3D"https://commitfest.postgre=
sql.org/">
https://commitfest.postgresql.org/</a><br>
Patches that you want to be reviewed and committed should go there.<br>
The best starting point might be to review some documentation patches<br>
from the next commitfest.<br>
<br>
I am not aware of a TODO list for the documentation, so if you don't<br>
have your own ideas about improving the documentation, you can hang out<br>
on the -docs mailing list and read the questions and complaints that<br>
others have.<br>
<br>
Yours,<br>
Laurenz Albe<br>
<br>
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