RE: RCF: Basedir specification for non-Linux

2021-04-27 Thread Bollinger, John C
applications sharing system-wide configuration and data locations. Regards, John Bollinger From: xdg On Behalf Of Chanslor Rosenthal Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2021 1:06 PM To: xdg@lists.freedesktop.org Subject: Re: RCF: Basedir specification for non-Linux Caution: External Sender. Do not open

Re: RCF: Basedir specification for non-Linux

2021-04-27 Thread Chanslor Rosenthal
RCF: Basedir specification for non-Linux > > For what it's worth, I do not (frequently) port to Mac, but I *do* frequently > develop for Linux on Mac. I work on an outdated MBP, test against my Debian > server and Manjaro desktop, a newer Mac, and sometimes other Linux devices. > >

Re: RCF: Basedir specification for non-Linux

2021-04-27 Thread elektra
Dear XDG List, 26.04.21 at 23:46 piegames wrote: in discussions around applications adopting the basedir specification, the handling of non-Linux systems (especially Windows and MacOS) is something that really comes up a lot. Yes. Env vars were obviously the most convenient solution for

Re: RCF: Basedir specification for non-Linux

2021-04-27 Thread Simon McVittie
On Mon, 26 Apr 2021 at 23:46:46 +0200, piegames wrote: > in discussions around applications adopting the basedir specification, > the handling of non-Linux systems (especially Windows and MacOS) is > something that really comes up a lot. I think the right way to think about this is Windows vs.

RCF: Basedir specification for non-Linux

2021-04-26 Thread piegames
Hi, in discussions around applications adopting the basedir specification, the handling of non-Linux systems (especially Windows and MacOS) is something that really comes up a lot. *Technically*, the specification is platform-independent, as it only depends on the concept of environment