Re: phase out ossp-uuid?

Hi,

On 2019-02-07 09:03:06 +0000, Dave Page wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 7, 2019 at 8:26 AM Peter Eisentraut
> <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:
> >
> > I'm wondering whether we should phase out the use of the ossp-uuid
> > library? (not the uuid-ossp extension) We have had preferred
> > alternatives for a while now, so it shouldn't be necessary to use this
> > anymore, except perhaps in some marginal circumstances? As we know,
> > ossp-uuid isn't maintained anymore, and a few weeks ago the website was
> > gone altogether, but it seems to be back now.
> >
> > I suggest we declare it deprecated in PG12 and remove it altogether in PG13.
>
> Much as I'd like to get rid of it, we don't have an alternative for
> Windows do we? The docs for 11 imply it's required for UUID support
> (though the wording isn't exactly clear, saying it's required for
> UUID-OSSP support!):
> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/11/install-windows-full.html#id-1.6.4.8.8

Given that we've now integrated strong crypto support, and are relying
on it for security (scram), perhaps we should just add a core uuidv4?

Greetings,

Andres Freund