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diff --git a/devel/py-uuid7/pkg-descr b/devel/py-uuid7/pkg-descr new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..8356f1d52a4b --- /dev/null +++ b/devel/py-uuid7/pkg-descr @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +This module implements the version 7 UUIDs, proposed by Peabody and +Davis in +https://www.ietf.org/id/draft-peabody-dispatch-new-uuid-format-02.html +as an extension to RFC4122. + +Version 7 has the nice characteristic that the start of a UUID encodes +the time with a chronological sort order and potentially ~50ns time +resolution, while the end of the UUID includes sufficient random bits +to ensure consecutive UUIDs will remain unique. |