On Sep 11, 2015, at 5:27 PM, Ron W <ronw.m...@gmail.com> wrote: > > They will ask why isn't it a small number like, for example, SVN uses.
Solution: use tags. :) > Then they ask how do we know it's really unique? By telling them (in > simplified terms) how it is computed, they more readily accept the need for > such large IDs. It’s too bad UUID has a fixed-length meaning already, otherwise you could just tell them it’s a UUID-160, and leave it at that. _______________________________________________ fossil-users mailing list fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users