Odd to me that the focus seems to be on the inactivity of Google's package when https://github.com/gofrs/uuid not only conforms to the newer standard but is actively maintained.
I get a kick out of publishing libs with no external deps. Regardless of reasoning, this change makes that easier.
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While the uuid package is actively maintained, it hasn't had a release since 2024. Indeed, there's an open issue from June 2025 asking about it: https://github.com/google/uuid/issues/194
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The proposal is 3 years old