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We decided to create a donation fund to support open-source projects that we depend on last year[1]. We rely heavily on PostgreSQL and so just today I was tryin

We decided to create a donation fund to support open-source projects that we depend on last year[1]. We rely heavily on PostgreSQL and so just today I was trying to find the best way to contribute to the development of Postgres. I didn't find much beyond sponsoring official community events[2]. The impression I got was that there are no paid core developers for PostgreSQL, is that correct? If so, what's the best way to support the project financially? 1. https://plausible.io/giving-back https://plausible.io/giving-back 2. https://www.postgresql.org/about/donate/ https://www.postgresql.org/about/donate/

zozbot234 5y ago
Did you check the sponsorship page? https://www.postgresql.org/about/policies/sponsorship/ https://www.postgresql.org/about/policies/sponsorship/ For that matter, does the donation page really state that donations are only used for community events? That's not what I see there.
anarazel 5y ago
> The impression I got was that there are no paid core developers for PostgreSQL, is that correct? There are (I and several of my colleagues, for example) - but they're paid by employers having us work on postgres, rather than a foundation or such. > If so, what's the best way to support the project financially? There unfortunately - personal opinion, not as a core team member - is no good way to fund a "partial" developer for postgres right now. On a smaller scale than employing a dedicated postgres developer, regularly testing the in-development release (and reporting bugs!), doing ad-hoc testing, patch review etc are a bit easier to start with.
pabs3 5y ago
The best way to give back to open source in general is probably to donate the time of your developers. Funding isn't used for development in a lot of projects, that is changing somewhat though as people try to monetise open source.

zozbot234 5y ago

Did you check the sponsorship page? https://www.postgresql.org/about/policies/sponsorship/ https://www.postgresql.org/about/policies/sponsorship/ For that matter, does the donation page really state that donations are only used for community events? That's not what I see there.

anarazel 5y ago

> The impression I got was that there are no paid core developers for PostgreSQL, is that correct? There are (I and several of my colleagues, for example) - but they're paid by employers having us work on postgres, rather than a foundation or such. > If so, what's the best way to support the project financially? There unfortunately - personal opinion, not as a core team member - is no good way to fund a "partial" developer for postgres right now. On a smaller scale than employing a dedicated postgres developer, regularly testing the in-development release (and reporting bugs!), doing ad-hoc testing, patch review etc are a bit easier to start with.

pabs3 5y ago

The best way to give back to open source in general is probably to donate the time of your developers. Funding isn't used for development in a lot of projects, that is changing somewhat though as people try to monetise open source.