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Subject: Re: Volunteering
From: Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at>
To: "grant@scarydba.com" <grant@scarydba.com>,
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Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2025 21:07:18 +0100
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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