> On 6 Oct 2021, at 12:22, Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Wed, 2021-10-06 at 10:44 +0100, Joao Miguel Ferreira wrote: >> I would like to try that yes, it would be a pleasure but I have zero knowledge on the dev tools, setups and processes required for that. >> >> If someone gives me some pointers I would love to try it. I'm a software developer so I should be able to at least try. >> >> Can you point me to some hands-on docs on setting up my env ? > > Here is an introductory article from the Wiki: > > https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/So,_you_want_to_be_a_developer%3F There is also the section in the docs for how to install a postgres instance for source which will be handy: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/installation.html For an environment to hack in I would recommend enabling debig and TAP style tests, and personally I always install to a specific folder (see the section on developer options): ./configure --enable-debug --enable-tap-tests --prefix=path/to/dev/install Feel free to reach out here if you get stuck on anything, so we can make the Wiki page better. -- Daniel Gustafsson https://vmware.com/
