Re: OSSP UUID present but cannot be compiled - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From David E. Wheeler
Subject Re: OSSP UUID present but cannot be compiled
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Msg-id 375EE4C3-0B32-4E94-8344-5C5EDE7FE122@justatheory.com
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In response to Re: OSSP UUID present but cannot be compiled  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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On Feb 22, 2013, at 12:42 AM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:

> Yeah, you did:
> http://www.postgresql.org/message-id/62FDD311-1AFC-4296-95D8-5751D1407B71@justatheory.com
>
> I still think it's incumbent on OSSP to fix this, not us.  Or if
> they've gone dead, maybe we need to start looking for some other
> source of uuid support.

The OSSP UUID library has not been updated since 2008, and their FTP server has been down for a couple of years. Ralf
poststo Twitter now and then, but has never responded to any of my DMs or emails. 

Yeah, I think it's time to look elsewhere -- or to fork it.

David




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