...and a question (SHA1 UUIDs)

[Ken Murchison]

David Carter wrote:
> All from:
> 
>   http://www-uxsup.csx.cam.ac.uk/~dpc22/cyrus/patches/2.3.8/
> 
> sha1_uuid_replace.patch
> -----------------------
> 
> Throw away the existing UUID apparatus (in particular the environment
> value CYRUS_UUID_PREFIX used to pass state from master to imapd and
> lmtpd). Replace it with simple 20 byte UUIDs which are the message SHA1.
> 
> Any existing UUIDs are reset to NIL. I suppose that it would be possible
> to pad the existing 12 byte UUIDs to 20 bytes: the chance of a collision
> is remote.


I'm beginning to sift through this patch in an effort to implement what 
we had discussed privately.  Some initial questions:

- Do we still need the "uuid_mode" option in imap.conf?

- Can I assume that any mention of "provide_uuid" in the documentation 
can be removed?

-- 
Kenneth Murchison
Systems Programmer
Project Cyrus Developer/Maintainer
Carnegie Mellon University