.. _team:


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The pgAdmin Development Team
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**Version 2.3, 5 March 2009**

#. **Purpose**

   The pgAdmin Development Team exists for 2 reasons:

   #. To manage and maintain the pgAdmin Project 
   #. To ensure that pgAdmin remains freely available to anyone that wants it.

#. **Structure**

   The foundation consists of the Project Leader and Members.

   * **Project Leader**: The Project Leader is Dave Page, founder and primary
     developer of the software. The Project Leader is also considered a member.
   * **Members**: Members can be any contributor to the project who accepts an
     invitation from the existing Development Team.

#. **Division of Responsibilities**

   Any major decision regarding the Project must be voted on by the Development
   Team. Any vote will be made via email through the relevant mailing list.
   Responses not received within 2 weeks will be discounted from the vote.

   In the case of a hung vote, the Project Leader shall cast the deciding vote.

#. **People**

   The pgAdmin Development Team includes the following people:

   * `Dave Page <mailto:dpage@pgadmin.org>`_ (Project Leader): Project
     founder & primary developer.

   * `Hiroshi Saito <mailto:z-saito@guitar.ocn.ne.jp>`_: Produced a
     Japanese port of pgAdmin II, and countless patches for pgAdmin III.

   * `Raphaël Enrici <mailto:raphael@pgadmin.org>`_: Maintains the
     Debian port, and helps with numerous other issues.

   * `Guillaume Lelarge <mailto:guillaume@lelarge.info>`_: Manages the
     pgAdmin application and website translations, and has added a number of
     enhancements to pgAdmin.

   * `Erwin Brandstetter <mailto:brandstetter@falter.at>`_: Spends
     significant amounts of time testing new releases and helping us track down
     bugs and behavioural issues. 

   * `Magnus Hagander <mailto:magnus@hagander.net>`_: Has worked on
     numerous features and project infrastructure.

   The following people no longer work on the project, but we remain grateful
   for their past contributions:
        
   * `Mark Yeatman <mailto:myeatman@vale-housing.co.uk>`_: Works on
     controls and consults on UI design.
   * `Frank Lupo <mailto:frank_lupo@email.it>`_: Has made countless
     improvements to the pgAdmin II code from minor bug fixes to major
     enhancements.
   * `Jean-Michel Pouré <mailto:jm@poure.com>`_: translations &
     web site management.
   * `Andreas Pflug <mailto:pgadmin@pse-consulting.de>`_: Has written
     vast amounts of pgAdmin III code and is responsible for much of its design.
   * `Adam H. Pendleton <mailto:fmonkey@fmonkey.net>`_: Developed and
     maintains the build system, and helps with various porting issues.

