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<quote> The spec says: "There is a single base directory relative to which user-specific data files should be written. This directory is defined by the environment variable $XDG_DATA_HOME." I think "user-specific data" is very confusing here. However, the default user (~/.local/share) and system (/usr/local/share/:/ usr/share/) paths indicate what it is really for. In other words, it is for things that could reasonably go in /usr/share. Or, for what would result if you did: $ ./configure --prefix=$HOME/.local/ && make install > But Transmission developer (Charle at > http://trac.transmissionbt.com/ticket/684 ) has understood (concerning > files in $HOME/.transmission/torrents/ ) that "the intention of > XDG_DATA_HOME vs XDG_CONFIG_HOME is that the former should only be > written to when installing software. That way the directory is > relatively constant, which makes backups easier for system > administrators. Correct. </quote> -- Transmission should use XDG_DATA_HOME and XDG_CACHE_HOME for non-config user files https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/466541 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
