[issue40501] Deprecate and remove ctypes usage in uuid

[STINNER Victor]

STINNER Victor <vstinner at python.org> added the comment:

> Do you think either need a deprecation cycle? I'd say not for the Windows change, but I'm not sure whether people could be relying on libuuid showing up after build.

If the behavior doesn't change, no deprecation is needed.

For example, if libuuid was already used trough _uuid module, the ctypes code path is basically just dead code. But it should be checked manually.

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