new_contents: import sys
  import random
  
  if len(sys.argv) != 3:
      print >> sys.stderr, "USAGE: python generate_partitions.py nodes partitions_per_node"
      sys.exit()
  
  FORMAT_WIDTH = 10
  
  nodes = int(sys.argv[1])
  partitions = int(sys.argv[2])
  
  ids = range(nodes * partitions)
  
  # use known seed so this is repeatable
  random.seed(92873498274)
  random.shuffle(ids)
  
  for i in xrange(nodes):
      print 
      print 'node', i
      print '<partitions>'
      print '    ',
      node_ids = sorted(ids[i*partitions:(i+1)*partitions])
      for j in xrange(len(node_ids)):
          print str(node_ids[j]) + ',',
          if j % FORMAT_WIDTH == FORMAT_WIDTH - 1:
              print
              print '    ',
      print '</partitions>'
  
          
  
subject: Add script to generate partition ids.