Use the subprocess module in the uuid module

[serhiy-storchaka]

BPO	22688
Nosy	@vstinner, @serhiy-storchaka
Superseder	bpo-22637: avoid using a shell in uuid: replce os.popen with subprocess.Popen

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title = 'Use the subprocess module in the uuid module'
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[serhiy-storchaka]

There is a proposition (msg229163) to use the subprocess module instead of os.popen() in the uuid module.

I hesitate how classify this issue (behavior, security or enhancement) and for which versions target it. May be this is a dependency of bpo-17293.

[vstinner]

Did you see my issue which has a patch?
http://bugs.python.org/issue22637

[serhiy-storchaka]

Oh, I missed it. Thank you for opening the issue and writting the patch.