Re: [patch] org-id: New org-id-method 'uuid' w/ elisp function that creates random uuid

[Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>]

On May 16, 2010, at 11:14 AM, David Maus wrote:

> Carsten Dominik wrote:
>>>
>>> - `org-id-new' uses uuidgen if present and falls back to the elisp
>>>  function otherwise
>
>> I like that.  WOuld you like to modify your patch accordingly?
>
> Yes, I'll do that.  Just for the records: using the elisp function as
> fall back for the external program changes the meaning of the
> org-id-method uuidgen: It makes Org use UUIDs for the ID property and
> the external program is the preferred method for doing this.  Hence
> the symbol should better be 'uuid, not 'uuidgen.  So if there is a
> list for backward incompatible changes for a further release (maybe
> 7.x) that are reasonable but not important this should go there.

Yes.

But what I would like to to ask is this:

Make the change and tell people to use `uuid' as the setting.  But if  
a user has set it to uuidgen, be gentle and accept that setting as  
well, treat it like uuid.

Thanks!

- Carsten