What's in a Postgres major release? An analysis of contributions in the v17 timeframe
Friday, October 25 at 10:30–11:20
Have you ever wondered what the ratio is of substantive vs. polish commits is in a Postgres release? Or how much code was refactored during a Postgres release cycle? What is the ratio of code to documentation—or code to comments? Have you ever wondered what the cycle time is for fixes: from when an idea is first proposed to when it lands in the Postgres core? What about non-code contributions in the timeframe of Postgres 17: things like serving as conference organizers or on talk selection teams? And while we all know Postgres is a global project, where are the PG contributors from?
In this talk, you’ll walk through a brand new analysis—done by Postgres committer Daniel Gustafsson and Claire Giordano—of the contributions to Postgres in the v17 timeframe. The analysis will build on published blog posts such as the one Robert Haas publishes annually—and will leverage data sources such as the Postgres commit logs—and info about error message translations, conference contributions, and more. And there will be fun insights too, such as, what was the oldest piece of code that was replaced in PG 17?
