As previously discussed, this issue is twofold: - upstream chromium stores parts of its cache in the profile folder (that's https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=1106754)
- the snap format enforces that apps' cache folder is under $HOME/snap/$SNAP_NAME/common/.cache The first point equally affects all packaging formats (including deb). The second one is a design decision for improved security that has its downsides, particularly (as pointed out in the last few comments) with regards to backup solutions that want to exclude one single cache folder in the user's home directory. As a mitigation, can your backup tool exclude folders including wildcards, e.g. -$HOME/snap/*/common/.cache ? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1887804 Title: chromium-browser does not follow XDG base directory specification To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/chromium-browser/+bug/1887804/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
