Hey,
I'm just one PR away from enabling an PostgreSQL database provider package. This should happen in release 17.3.0. This was a long process for about half a year and several small PRs validated by Copilot and finally thoroughly checked by Andy Butland himself.
My strongest motivation for this undertaking was the perception that PostgreSQL is gaining in popularity, especially among German cloud providers who rely on open-source software and supporter of Gaia-X. Even more so than the GDPR, the DSGVO (German implementation) prevents personal data from being stored in Azure and other (US-)Clouds. Recently, a leading Microsoft lawyer admitted that even Microsoft cannot protect against the Cloud Act.
Furthermore, I think that OSS should rely entirely on OSS, and that would be the case with PostgreSQL as a database server that is equal to, if not superior to, Sql Server.
I have two questions I'd like some help with here:
1. I'm aware that if my project generates interest, I won't be able to manage it alone. So I need as many supporters as possible.
2. Currently, I've only been able to identify and fix the issues in the Umbraco CMS project. However, I can't do this for Umbraco's commercial packages like Forms, as they aren't open to contributions. I've already noticed incompatibilities, especially with Forms. Apparently, the API isn't being used consistently in Forms.
@Sebastiaan How can I help with this?