On Wed, Mar 14, 2007, Pierre THIERRY wrote: > I just discovered today that some packages can store pretty huge cache > data in my $HOME, and found that rather problematic. When I backup my > home, I don't want to waste backup space or time to do it, because I > have to check what eats space and tell if it's cache data. > > Couldn't such packages, like beagle and tracker, just use the standard > directory for that purpose, like specified in XDG's basedir?
FYI, There was a (underused and rather clumsy) freedesktop proposal to tell backup utilities not to backup cache files: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xdg/2004-August/004306.html -- Sam. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
