The PostgreSQL Developer Meeting will be held co-located with FOSDEM PGDay 2025 on Thursday 2025-01-30, the day before the main conference.
The PostgreSQL Developer Meeting is an invite-only summit for PostgreSQL developers to meet and get a chance to discuss wicked problems, development processes and other topics. It is by invitation only to keep the group focused, and because the room has limited capacity. PostgreSQL Europe is sponsoring the event making it free to attend.
The meeting is entirely independent of FOSDEM PGDay as well as FOSDEM and registration for FOSDEM PGDay is not required to attend the meeting. The same CoC as for FOSDEM PGDay applies to the meeting.
The meeting will take place at Brussels Marriott Hotel Grand Place on Thursday 2025-01-30 starting at 9AM and concluding at 5PM. More information on booking accommodation and how to get to the venue can be found on the here. There is a discounted room rate which is available to developer meeting attendees as well.
Lunch will be provided, as well as coffee and snacks.
The agenda for the meeting is created by the attendees, to reflect the needs and wants of the group. While the discussion is free to take follow tangents and side-tracks as long as it's constructive and creative, there will be a set of topics to keep us somewhat focused on what is top of mind.
The timing in the schedule should be seen as a rough guide, following tangents and rabbitholes may shift the timing in either direction. The agenda items are discussion topics rather than presentation, and the name listed is the person kicking off the discussion (which may or may not include a small presentation).
Coffee is available starting at 08:00 outside the room to start the day with a hallway track as attendees arrive.
| Time | Title |
|---|---|
| 08:00 - 09:00 | Drop-in hallway track |
| 09:00 - 09:15 | Welcome and introductions |
| 09:15 - 10:30 | Commitfests, process and tooling - Peter Eisentraut, Jelte Fennema-Nio, Daniel Gustafsson |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Where are we on the path towards threading - Heikki Linnakangas |
| 11:30 - 12:00 | ABI stability - Peter Eisentraut |
| 12:00 - 12:30 | Rust in extensions and in core - Peter Eisentraut |
| 12:30 - 13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30 - 14:00 | An update on the mentorship program - Robert Haas |
| 14:00 - 14:30 | Additional toolchains in the test harness - Jacob Champion |
| 14:30 - 15:00 | Alternatives to user mailinglists - Peter Eisentraut |
| 15:00 - 15:30 | Patch Triage |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Coffee Break |
| 16:00 - 17:00 | Patch Triage continued |
The meeting won't be recorded, but the gist of all discussions will be recorded on the PostgreSQL Wiki as per usual.