Public bug reported:
Currently Chromium does not follow the XDG base directory specification
which means that the cache and configuration folder aren't properly
used.
This causes the issue that it's nearly impossible to properly migrate or
back up Chromium configuration (between computers) and it makes for
example mounting cache as tmpfs or wiping it very very difficult.
I felt those both immensely when trying to migrate my home folder,
gigabytes of cache in ~/snap/chromium/[id]/.config/chromium/[folder]
(and ~/snap itself is also not XDG base directory specification
compliant, shame!).
There's also the issue that the previous configuration that is located
properly, isn't migrated by the migrational package.
In order to fix this bug, it would require making the snap package
follow the XDG base directory specification.
** Affects: chromium-browser (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Summary changed:
- chromium-browser does not follow xdg base directory specification
+ chromium-browser does not follow XDG base directory specification
** Description changed:
Currently Chromium does not follow the XDG base directory specification
which means that the cache and configuration folder aren't properly
used.
This causes the issue that it's nearly impossible to properly migrate or
back up Chromium configuration (between computers) and it makes for
example mounting cache as tmpfs or wiping it very very difficult.
I felt those both immensely when trying to migrate my home folder,
- gigabytes of cache in ~/snap (also not XDG base directory specification
+ gigabytes of cache in ~/snap/chromium/[id]/.config/chromium/[folder]
+ (and ~/snap itself is also not XDG base directory specification
compliant, shame!).
There's also the issue that the previous configuration that is located
properly, isn't migrated by the migrational package.
In order to fix this bug, it would require making the snap package
follow the XDG base directory specification.
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chromium-browser does not follow XDG base directory specification
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