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OWF14 : Project & Community driving track : The PostgreSQL Project - An example of Open Source Project Management
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Dimitri FONTAINE
The PostgreSQL project organisation has been evolving several times in the last 20 years to accommodate to an ever growing community of contributors and users. In this talk, we will review the history of the project organisation to better understand how this project is managed, then detail the current state of things. Strengths and weaknesses will get analyzed.
The PostgreSQL project organisation has been evolving several times in the last 20 years to accommodate to an ever growing community of contributors and users. In this talk, we will review the history of the project organisation to better understand how this project is managed, then detail the current state of things. Strengths and weaknesses will get analyzed.
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The PostgreSQL ProjectOpen World Forum, 2014
Dimitri Fontaine@tapoueh
Oct 31st, 2014
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Dimitri Fontaine
PostgreSQL Major Contributor
pgloader
prefix, skytools
apt.postgresql.org
CREATE EXTENSION
CREATE EVENT TRIGGER
Bi-Directional Replication
pginstall, pgcharts
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2ndQuadrant is a Platinum sponsor
Principal Consultant at 2ndQuadrant
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What is PostgreSQL?
PostgreSQL has roots in Database History
UC Berkeley
1973 INGRES
1986 Postgres
1996 PostgreSQL, Open SourceBSD Licence
Michael Stonebraker
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Project organisation
Core team, Committers, Contributors, Sponsors
Contributors, Enterprises, Sponsors
Mailing lists
Release Model
Minor and Major Versions
Stable Versions, Current Versions
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PostgreSQL Contributors
Who does what?
Core Team
Committers
Major Contributors
Contributors
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PostgreSQL Sponsors
Who owns PostgreSQL?
No one.
No One.The PostgresQLDevelopment Group
http://www.postgresql.
org/about/sponsors/
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Some PostgreSQL sponsors
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Pace of development
Thanks to a very active community, PostgreSQL is moving real fast.
Catch-up with alternatives mainly has beendone already
Too many patches: Commit Fests
Very fast innovation
Yearly release cycle
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Mailing List Traffic
pgsql-hackers mailing list trafic, http://markmail.com
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The Commit Fests
Allow Commiters to also work on their own patches
Current Commit Fest Status Summary:
Needs Review: 48
Waiting on Author: 14
Ready for Committer: 15
Committed: 8
Rejected: 1
Total: 86
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PostgreSQL releases
Early history
Version Current minor Supported First release date EOL date
6.3 6.3.2 No March 1998 March 20036.4 6.4.2 No Oct 1998 Oct 20036.5 6.5.3 No June 1999 June 20047.0 7.0.3 No May 2000 May 20057.1 7.1.3 No April 2001 April 20067.2 7.2.8 No Feb 2002 Feb 20077.3 7.3.21 No Nov 2002 Nov 2007
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PostgreSQL releases
The first phase of community growth
Version Current minor Supported First release date EOL date
7.4 7.4.30 No Nov 2003 Oct 20108.0 8.0.26 No Jan 2005 Oct 20108.1 8.1.23 No Nov 2005 Nov 20108.2 8.2.23 No Dec 2006 Dec 20118.3 8.3.23 No Feb 2008 Feb 20138.4 8.4.22 No July 2009 July 2014
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PostgreSQL releases
Current organisation, still growing
Version Current minor Supported First release date EOL date
9.0 9.0.18 Yes Sept 2010 Sept 20159.1 9.1.14 Yes Sept 2011 Sept 20169.2 9.2.9 Yes Sept 2012 Sept 20179.3 9.3.5 Yes Sept 2013 Sept 2018
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The Next Organisation
Commit Fest were great to help us up to where we are
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Questions?
Now is the time to ask!
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