Public bug reported: Synaptic currently stores various files in ~/.synaptic. Instead it should use the directories recommended by the XDG specification:
https://live.gnome.org/GnomeGoals/XDGConfigFolders ** Affects: synaptic (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1168847 Title: should store files in XDG-recommended directories To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/synaptic/+bug/1168847/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs