On 03.08.2015 10:44, Bart van Strien wrote: > It seems to me your primary issue is that xdg-user-dirs was > installed by default and/or without your consent. > Rather than blame the software for existing, […]
Hello Bart, I’m sorry but you get me entirely wrong. Please let me clarify: 1. I do value the work of <freedesktop.org> very much. If the existance of certain directories is necessary for desktop applications to work properly, any desktop environment should follow that standard. So, I don’t blame the software for existing. On the contrary, it should be there by default then. 2. My primary issue is that the software should not do unexpected things. I didn’t expect that a program would create these folders, and I didn’t expect that it would repurpose existing folders. Especially I didn’t want it to repurpose my existing folders. So what is the problem with informing the user of the changes, and giving him a chance to opt out? This is a very disrespectful behaviour! 3. My second issue is that I don’t understand the purpose of this standard. <freedesktop.org> is about setting standards, how desktop environments should work and interact, right? So where is the document that explains what these folders are good for? As a user, I want to know which kind of data I can expect there. As an application developer, one needs to know how the application should deal with these folders correctly. Regards, Thomas _______________________________________________ xdg mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xdg
