[Python-Dev] What to do with uuid? (original) (raw)

Brett Cannon brett at python.org
Sun Aug 3 00:46:42 CEST 2008


I was running the test suite and I noticed test_uuid's warning message is still up:

test_uuid WARNING: uuid.getnode is unreliable on many platforms. It is disabled until the code and/or test can be fixed properly. WARNING: uuid._ifconfig_getnode is unreliable on many platforms. It is disabled until the code and/or test can be fixed properly. WARNING: uuid._unixdll_getnode is unreliable on many platforms. It is disabled until the code and/or test can be fixed properly.

The state of uuid has been like this for a while now. Are we going to actively try to fix this, or was uuid a mistake? I guess my real question is how long are we willing to let the code sit in this partial state before we decide the module just is not getting enough attention?

-Brett



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