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It's sort of mind boggling how few people underpin the infrastructure and software so many of us we depend on.
by marcinzm 6y ago
It's sort of mind boggling how few people underpin the infrastructure and software so many of us we depend on.
- pgaddict 6y agoKeep in mind that "core team" does not mean "core developers" here. The PostgreSQL core team's responsibilities are more about governing the community (see https://www.postgresql.org/developer/core/ https://www.postgresql.org/developer/core/). When it comes to development, it might be better to look at committers, i.e. people with the right to commit stuff, recognized contributors, or even people who submitted patch to a recent commitfest: * https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Committers https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Committers * https://www.postgresql.org/community/contributors/ https://www.postgresql.org/community/contributors/ * https://commitfest.postgresql.org/29/ https://commitfest.postgresql.org/29/ And those groups are much larger and more diverse (in terms of employers). Plus if you look the the stats published by Robert Haas, some of the most active developers are working for other companies. Edit: That being said, I'd love to see people from other companies participating in the community, and I'm generally trying to help new contributors with their patches.
- xapata 6y agoThat's true outside of software as well. It's a complex world out there. Follow a thread far enough and you'll find that 7 billion people isn't very many after all.