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?
> 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.
Did you check the sponsorship page? 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.
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 2. https://www.postgresql.org/about/donate/