On 19 August 2010 09:20, Martin Aspeli <optilude+li...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 19 August 2010 06:47, Geir Bækholt <pl...@baekholt.com> wrote: >> On 18-08-2010 08.07, Martin Aspeli wrote: >>>> • 10778 (Stand-alone UUID) >> >>> I think my reason for wanting it in the core, is twofold: >>> >>> - There's a proliferation of half-solutions to this problem right >>> now. We need something blessed that people feel safe relying on. There >>> is a cost associated with each half-solution in terms of catalogue >>> bloat and in terms of confusion. >> >> We have repeatedly had frustration with the lack of a unified UID system >> that we can depend on when writing add-ons. To base something on it as a >> developer, you need to know you can depend on it being available always. >> >> I don't think it makes sense to postpone it "because nothing uses it yet". > > Right - I think it becomes a bit of a "chicken and egg" problem otherwise.
Also: If we do the PLIP to separate out link-by-UID and similar transforms, that's a natural candidate to use these UUIDs. :) Martin _______________________________________________ Framework-Team mailing list Framework-Team@lists.plone.org http://lists.plone.org/mailman/listinfo/framework-team
