Actually, after reading that proposal, that's not exactly what I was thinking. My complaint is that the current system mixes state (e.g., recentf, email, trash, etc.) with program data (icons, themes, fonts, etc.) in XDG_DATA_HOME.
I ran across this issue because I need to store the spacemacs code,
spacemacs stat (recent file list, auto save files, etc.), and spacemacs
config (managed by the user). According to a strict reading of the spec,
the code could go in `XDG_CACHE_DIR` (it *can* be re-downloaded) but
that's mildly absurd (re-downloading/compiling is a non-trivial
operation). So, disregarding that option, I have a pigeonhole problem: I
have three things and two places to put them.
So, there really should be either:
1. A separate STATE dir for storing state:
/usr/{share,lib} -> XDG_DATA_DIR
/var/lib -> XDG_STATE_DIR (`~/.local/state`)
2. A separate LIB dir for storing "code" and "shared" data:
/usr/{share,lib} -> XDG_LIB_DIR
Some programs like python are solving this by putting program data in
`~/.local/lib` (option 2) but personally, I think option 1 is more
correct (and leaves icons, trash etc. where they are).
signature.asc
Description: PGP signature
_______________________________________________ xdg mailing list [email protected] https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xdg
