On Mon, 27 Apr 2015 18:43:43 +0300 "Andrej N. Gritsenko" <and...@rep.kiev.ua> wrote:
> Hello there! > > The question was raised about setting XDG_DESKTOP_DIR to $HOME. While > it is possible, it's not so easy for users to understand what limitation > it gives to them, they always believe that desktop icons are simply icons > and not real files, and when they set XDG_DESKTOP_DIR to $HOME and then > they try to clear desktop from icons they (surprise!) lost every file > they ever had. I have no idea how they've set it in the first place but > they did. We had bugreports about that and to overcome such trouble it's > decided to deny setting XDG_DESKTOP_DIR to $HOME two years ago. And now > it's the question: should we revert that behavior and let inexperienced > users shoot themselves while let others to set XDG_DESKTOP_DIR to $HOME? > As for me, I always prefer to give users as much safety as I can and this > case bothers me as well so I would like to keep it as it is now. But what > everyone else think? Hi, I would say "better safe than sorry". What would be the advantage of reverting back? How is it really setup nowadays in other Desktop Managers? Best regards, Mélodie -- http://linuxvillage.org http://linuxvillage.org/en
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