| Summary: | Respect XDG Base Directory Specification | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Product: | Asunder | Reporter: | Oliver Kahrmann <oliver.kahrmann> |
| Component: | All | Assignee: | Andrew Smith <asmith22+bugs> |
| Status: | RESOLVED DUPLICATE | ||
| Severity: | enhancement | CC: | asmith22+bugs, gmargo, oliver.kahrmann |
| Priority: | --- | ||
| Version: | 2.9.2 | ||
| Hardware: | PC | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
The XDG Base Directory specification can be viewed here: https://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html XDG base directory issues were addressed in patches r367 and r368, which occurred between versions 2.8.1 and 2.9. If you are using version 2.8.1 or earlier, you'll have the old config setup. Newer versions convert to the new config but do not delete the old config files. See bug 31 for more details. |
Currently, asunder stores 4 files directly in $HOME: .asunder .asunder_album_artist .asunder_album_genre .asunder_album_title To follow the XDG Base Directory Specification, these should not be there. Following the specification is useful to allow easier separation of caches, configuration and data files - Especially useful in backup scripts, among other things. The first one is the main config file from what I can tell, so it should be in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/asunder (defaulting to $HOME/.config/asunder). The other three are autocompletion data and/or caches. Since there is value to keeping them around (they provide useful functionality that is lost when they are deleted) they should be located in $XDG_DATA_HOME/asunder (defaulting to $HOME/.local/share/asunder) rather than $XDG_CACHE_HOME which is considered disposable.