Re: ossp-uuid Contrib Patch - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: ossp-uuid Contrib Patch
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Msg-id 4832.1347322505@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: ossp-uuid Contrib Patch  ("David E. Wheeler" <david@justatheory.com>)
Responses Re: ossp-uuid Contrib Patch  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
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"David E. Wheeler" <david@justatheory.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
somethingelse.
 

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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