tags 510258 wontfix thanks On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 22:36, Mikael Öhman <[email protected]> wrote: > I apologize for writing too brief description. This was my first bug report > here and I have noted to give a much more detailed rationale in feature > requests from now on. > > Following the suggested standard gives several advantages, such as: > * Less cluttered home directories.
dot dir/files are hidden so no clutter here > * Configurable path to config files. what should I configure under ~/.config/ ? > * Backup/synchronization procedures become alot easier (copying multiple > configurations easily and without getting temporary data, logs and such). so the many backup tools we have now are all buggy? > * Easier to maintain permissions for configuration files with sensitive data > (only a single folder to protect). so now that doesn't work? > and for many applications (which i do not believe affect this software) > * Standard path for local cache data, logs and more, which are currently > handled in various ways, often merged with config data or in some arbitrary > file/folder. > > The consistency of the system would increase if additional programs adhere > to this standard as several apps already implement it. Fine: find a consensus in the Debian community BEFORE submitting bugs; if the project decide this is the way to go, breaking decades of history, it's fine, but until that time, I won't implement it Regards, -- Sandro Tosi (aka morph, Morpheus, matrixhasu) My website: http://matrixhasu.altervista.org/ Me at Debian: http://wiki.debian.org/SandroTosi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
