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The UUID spec update has not been finalized yet. It would be quite unfortunate to end up with a UUID v7 in PostgreSQL that’s not quite the standardized one bec

by asabil 3y ago

The UUID spec update has not been finalized yet. It would be quite unfortunate to end up with a UUID v7 in PostgreSQL that’s not quite the standardized one because the patch got merged too quickly. EDIT: here is the IETF working group page https://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/uuidrev/about/ https://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/uuidrev/about/ Their milestone seems to submit the final proposal by March.

Rafert 3y ago
> It would be quite unfortunate to end up with a UUID v7 in PostgreSQL that’s not quite the standardized one because the patch got merged too quickly. The chances of that seem extremely low at this point. The contents of a version 7 UUID have not changed since work started on RFC 4122 bis in October 2022: https://author-tools.ietf.org/iddiff?url1=draft-ietf-uuidrev-rfc4122bis-00&url2=draft-ietf-uuidrev-rfc4122bis-14&difftype=--html#:~:text=implementation.-,5.7.%20%20UUID%20Version%207,-5.7.%20%20UUID%20Version https://author-tools.ietf.org/iddiff?url1=draft-ietf-uuidrev...
- pgaddict 3y ago
  The chances may be low, but either it's a draft or a final version. There's clearly little pressure to rush this, considering it's not difficult to add a custom function generating UUIDv7 ...