[systemd-devel] file-hierarchy. user persistent data dir.

2014-07-04 Thread Ivan Romanov
Hello. Now specification defines system variable persistent data dir (/var) but not defines similar directory for user data. I developer of Psi+ (IM client) when I was implementing XDG Base Directory Specification was questions where should be saved user conversation history. How I understand

Re: [systemd-devel] file-hierarchy. user persistent data dir.

2014-07-04 Thread Mantas Mikulėnas
Afaik, XDG defines $XDG_DATA_HOME or ~/.local/share to be the location for such data, and various other chat clients use it for logs (it doesn't exactly match /usr/share because XDG doesn't care for the rest of ~/.local). -- Mantas Mikulėnas graw...@gmail.com // sent from phone On Jul 4, 2014

Re: [systemd-devel] file-hierarchy. user persistent data dir.

2014-07-04 Thread Lennart Poettering
On Fri, 04.07.14 11:38, Ivan Romanov (dr...@land.ru) wrote: Hello. Now specification defines system variable persistent data dir (/var) but not defines similar directory for user data. I developer of Psi+ (IM client) when I was implementing XDG Base Directory Specification was

Re: [systemd-devel] file-hierarchy. user persistent data dir.

2014-07-04 Thread Lennart Poettering
On Fri, 04.07.14 12:17, Mantas Mikulėnas (graw...@gmail.com) wrote: Afaik, XDG defines $XDG_DATA_HOME or ~/.local/share to be the location for such data, and various other chat clients use it for logs (it doesn't exactly match /usr/share because XDG doesn't care for the rest of ~/.local). Oh,

Re: [systemd-devel] file-hierarchy. user persistent data dir.

2014-07-04 Thread Ivan Romanov
Thanks for such detailed answer. On Friday, July 04, 2014 12:33:06 PM Lennart Poettering wrote: On Fri, 04.07.14 11:38, Ivan Romanov (dr...@land.ru) wrote: Hello. Now specification defines system variable persistent data dir (/var) but not defines similar directory for user data. I

Re: [systemd-devel] file-hierarchy. user persistent data dir.

2014-07-04 Thread Simon McVittie
On 04/07/14 11:33, Lennart Poettering wrote: ~/.config: state and configuration, the counterpart for both /etc/ *and* /var/lib/ in the home directory ~/.local: static vendor resources of additional packages installed into the home directory. Should be considered

Re: [systemd-devel] file-hierarchy. user persistent data dir.

2014-07-04 Thread Michael Biebl
2014-07-04 14:21 GMT+02:00 Simon McVittie simon.mcvit...@collabora.co.uk: On 04/07/14 11:33, Lennart Poettering wrote: ~/.config: state and configuration, the counterpart for both /etc/ *and* /var/lib/ in the home directory ~/.local: static vendor resources of additional packages

Re: [systemd-devel] file-hierarchy. user persistent data dir.

2014-07-04 Thread Colin Guthrie
'Twas brillig, and Michael Biebl at 04/07/14 14:13 did gyre and gimble: 2014-07-04 14:21 GMT+02:00 Simon McVittie simon.mcvit...@collabora.co.uk: On 04/07/14 11:33, Lennart Poettering wrote: ~/.config: state and configuration, the counterpart for both /etc/ *and* /var/lib/ in the

Re: [systemd-devel] file-hierarchy. user persistent data dir.

2014-07-04 Thread Lennart Poettering
On Fri, 04.07.14 13:21, Simon McVittie (simon.mcvit...@collabora.co.uk) wrote: On 04/07/14 11:33, Lennart Poettering wrote: ~/.config: state and configuration, the counterpart for both /etc/ *and* /var/lib/ in the home directory ~/.local: static vendor resources of