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Speaker Name	Josh Berkus
Organization	PostgreSQL Project
Type	Talk
Scope	General
Slides	Click to download
PostgreSQL 8.3: a Story of Hundreds of Patches
Abstract	PostgreSQL 8.3 was recently released, with dozens of new and improved features consisting of hundreds of patches and thousands of lines of code since version 8.2. How did all of that code get there? What's the patch process? Who contributes to PostgreSQL, and why? Was everything written by Tom Lane? Join PostgreSQL Core Team member Josh Berkus, who will explain the idealized patch process for PostgreSQL, and examples of what actually happened with some of the major features that went in ... and ones that didn't. He'll also give demos of some of the new features, and discuss some of the development goals for 8.4 and how audience members can potentially get involved. Josh will also cover some of the many ways you can contribute to PostgreSQL (and other OSS projects) which don't involve writing core code.
Pre-requisites	General SQL database knowledge, especially of database terminology.
Speaker Profile	Josh Berkus is best known for his role on the Core Team of the PostgreSQL open source database project. He's also been involved with a variety of other open source projects, including OpenOffice.org, OpenBRR, LedgerSMB, Bricolage, and he is a board member of Software in the Public Interest, Inc. Josh was a database applications consultant for 10 years, developing and performance tuning PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server and Oracle, and worked for data warehousing startup Greenplum before going to work for Sun Microsystems as their PostgreSQL strategic lead. Josh also makes pottery and is an amateur chef. He has loved Indian food since he lived in Nepal over a decade ago, so you know where to find him when the session is over!