0006716: use timeflakes for UUIDs

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update
0006716	Taler	merchant backend	public	2021-01-22 21:19	2021-08-24 14:23

Reporter	Christian Grothoff	Assigned To	Christian Grothoff	Resolution deadline
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Estimated effort (hours)		Actual effort (hours)	0
Fast-track	No
Work package	none
Priority	normal	Severity	feature	Reproducibility	N/A
Status	closed	Resolution	fixed
Platform	i7	OS	Debian GNU/Linux	OS Version	squeeze
Product Version	git (master)
Target Version	0.8	Fixed in Version	0.8

Summary	0006716: use timeflakes for UUIDs
Description	We use random UUIDs in TNG and for locking in the Taler merchant. We should switch to Timeflakes instead, to improve DB access: https://github.com/anthonynsimon/timeflake
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Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2021-01-22 21:19	Christian Grothoff	New Issue
2021-01-22 21:19	Christian Grothoff	Status	new => assigned
2021-01-22 21:19	Christian Grothoff	Assigned To	=> Christian Grothoff
2021-01-28 21:29	Christian Grothoff	Status	assigned => informing
2021-01-28 21:29	Christian Grothoff	Resolution	open => fixed
2021-01-28 21:29	Christian Grothoff	Fixed in Version	=> 0.9
2021-01-28 21:29	Christian Grothoff	Note Added: 0017438
2021-04-19 17:14	Christian Grothoff	Target Version	0.9.1 => 0.9
2021-07-30 11:57	Christian Grothoff	Fixed in Version	0.9 => 0.8.1
2021-07-30 11:59	Christian Grothoff	Target Version	0.9 => 0.8.1
2021-07-30 12:01	Christian Grothoff	Fixed in Version	0.8.1 => 0.8
2021-07-30 12:02	Christian Grothoff	Target Version	0.8.1 => 0.8
2021-08-24 14:23	Christian Grothoff	Status	informing => closed
2025-03-22 13:09	Christian Grothoff	Category	mechant backend => merchant backend

Christian Grothoff 2021-01-28 21:29 manager ~0017438	Implemented timeflake generation in libgnunetutil, documented suggested use for locking API in docs. Resolved.