| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Christoph Berg <cb(at)df7cb(dot)de>, Sandeep Thakkar <sandeep(dot)thakkar(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Dave Page <dpage(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Jakob Egger <jakob(at)eggerapps(dot)at>, Palle Girgensohn <girgen(at)pingpong(dot)net>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: uuid-ossp (Re: [pgsql-packagers] Postgresapp 9.4 beta build ready) |
| Date: | 2014-05-22 15:07:51 |
| Message-ID: | 4037.1400771271@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On Sun, May 18, 2014 at 12:28 AM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>> So, having seen that proof-of-concept, I'm wondering if we shouldn't make
>> an effort to support contrib/uuid-ossp with a choice of UUID libraries
>> underneath it. There is a non-OSSP set of UUID library functions
>> available on Linux ("libuuid" from util-linux-ng). I don't know whether
>> that's at all compatible with the BSD functions, but even if it's not,
>> presumably a shim for it wouldn't be much larger than the BSD patch.
> Well, if you want to do the work, I'm fine with that. But if you want
> to just shoot uuid-ossp in the head, I'm fine with that, too. As
> Peter says, perfectly reasonable alternatives are available.
Well, *I* don't want to do that work. I was hoping to find a volunteer,
but the silence has been notable. I think deprecation is the next step.
regards, tom lane
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