Re: ossp-uuid Contrib Patch

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)justatheory(dot)com>
Cc: Hackers Pg <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: ossp-uuid Contrib Patch
Date: 2012-09-11 00:15:05
Message-ID: 4832.1347322505@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"David E. Wheeler" <david(at)justatheory(dot)com> writes:
> Well given that OSSP seems to be abandon ware (no activity since July 2008), it might be time to dump it in favor of something else.

Yeah, maybe. It doesn't even seem to be the "standard" implementation
on Linux or Mac. A bit of research says that Theodore Ts'o's libuuid
is what comes native with the OS on those platforms. No idea whether
the functionality is equivalent, though.

regards, tom lane

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