Welcome! We are glad that you want to contribute to our CloudNativePG project! 💖
As you get started, you are in the best position to give us feedbacks on areas of our project that we need help with, including:
- Problems found while setting up the development environment
- Gaps in our documentation
- Bugs in our Github actions
- Promotion of PostgreSQL on Kubernetes with our operator
First, though, it is important that you read the code of conduct.
The guidelines below are a starting point. We don't want to limit your creativity, passion, and initiative. If you think there's a better way, please feel free to bring it up in a Github discussion, or open a pull request. We're certain there are always better ways to do things, we just need to start some constructive dialogue!
We welcome many types of contributions including:
- New features
- Builds, CI/CD
- Bug fixes
- Documentation
- Issue Triage
- Answering questions on Slack or Github Discussions
- Web design
- Communications / Social Media / Blog Posts
- Events participation
- Release management
For development contributions, please refer to the separate section called "Contributing to the source code".
The best way to reach us with a question when contributing is to drop a line in our Slack channel, or start a new Github discussion.
When raising issues, please specify the following:
- Setup details as specified in the issue template
- A scenario where the issue occurred (with details on how to reproduce it)
- Errors and log messages that are displayed by the involved software
- Any other detail that might be useful
If you are trying to report a vulnerability, please refer to the security policy.
Absolutely everyone is welcome to come to any of our meetings. You never need an invitation to join us. In fact, we want you to join us, even if you don’t have anything you feel like you want to contribute. Just being there is enough!
You don’t have to turn on your video. The first time you come, introducing yourself is more than enough. Over time, we hope that you feel comfortable voicing your opinions, giving feedback on others’ ideas, and even sharing your own ideas, and experiences.
At the moment, the only meeting we have is the bi-weekly meeting for developers. When the community grows, we hope there'll be other meetings, more focused on specific aspects/subprojects (e.g. website).
| What | When | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Developers meeting | First and third Wednesday of each month, 4PM CET/CEST | Zoom (Passcode: 278691) | Agenda/minutes, Calendar |
| Office Hours meeting | Fourth Wednesday of each month, 4PM CET/CEST | Zoom (Passcode: 278691) | It’s a free-form meeting, we can look at problems, discuss PR’s or Issues etc. There’s the #office-hours channel available if you want to mention something relating to office hours (today or future sessions). |