uuid 7.x-1.0-alpha1

This is the first and possibly last alpha for the 7.x-1.0 release of UUID. After many iterations some consensus has developed in the community about the direction UUID will take in Drupal 7 contrib and hopefully D8 core.

The Drupal 7 version of UUID uses a different approach to 6. Each entity (or "pseudo entity" such as roles) has it's own UUID module. The UUID data is stored in the same table as the primary data for the entity. Once the entity specific module is enabled, all records for that entity will receive a UUID.

The UUID generation system is pluggable so different UUID generators can be used depending on the environment the site is deployed in - the fallback PHP user space driver is the default.

Tokens are now implemented by each entity specific module. Views support has been implemented where appropriate.

The 2 main outstanding tasks before the module moves to a stable release are better documentation and a full test suite.