I totally agree with that! I was thinking about this, too. Since thumbnails are essentially cache, why don't we put them in XDG_CACHE_HOME?
2008/4/17, Martin Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > GNOME currently has an open bug [1] which is aimed at using the XDG > basedir spec to eliminate some of the numerous folders in $HOME for > each user. I love this idea, and I've been following the bug closely. > One particular directory which can't be fixed currently is > ~/.thumbnails. I've filed a bug [2] about this particular issue so I > wanted to bring it up here for discussion. > > The thumbnailer spec [3] points to the ~/.thumbnails directory for the > cache of specific-sized thumbnails. Although I call them cache, it is > arguable that they may be user data. The issue I have is that the > basedir spec [4] specifies an environment variable $XDG_CACHE_HOME > which is intended as the base for all "user-specific non-essential > (cached) data". I feel that the thumbnail cache would fit in there. Is > there a chance of getting the spec changed to point to > $XDG_CACHE_HOME/thumbnails instead perhaps? Is it even open for > discussion? > > Cheers, > Martin > _______________________________________________ > xdg mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xdg > _______________________________________________ xdg mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xdg
