Any opinions on this? I need some feedback to get it merged. The patch as merge request on Gitlab: < https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xdg/xdg-specs/merge_requests/4>
On Tue, 2019-08-20 at 00:48 +0200, piegames wrote: > A few years ago, there was a discussion about an `XDG_STATE_HOME` > folder. I also found a patch that adds `XDG_BIN_HOME` deep in the > mailing list's archive (which, by the way, is still not merged > @maintainer). > > I've made a patch similar to the one adding the `bin` directory based > on the discussion mentioned above. > > Regard, > piegames > > > --- > basedir/basedir-spec.xml | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/basedir/basedir-spec.xml b/basedir/basedir-spec.xml > index 8e6fff6..951c493 100644 > --- a/basedir/basedir-spec.xml > +++ b/basedir/basedir-spec.xml > @@ -66,6 +66,13 @@ > environment variable > <literal>$XDG_CONFIG_HOME</literal>. > </para> > </listitem> > + <listitem> > + <para> > + There is a single base directory relative to which user- > specific > + state data should be written. This directory is defined > by > the > + environment variable <literal>$XDG_STATE_HOME</literal>. > + </para> > + </listitem> > <listitem> > <para> > There is a set of preference ordered base directories > relative to > @@ -121,6 +128,17 @@ > <literal>$XDG_CONFIG_HOME</literal> is either not set or > empty, > a default equal to > <literal>$HOME</literal>/.config should be used. > </para> > + <para> > + <literal>$XDG_STATE_HOME</literal> defines the base directory > relative to > + which user-specific state files should be stored. If > + <literal>$XDG_STATE_HOME</literal> is either not set or empty, > a > default equal to > + <literal>$HOME</literal>/.local/state should be used. > + </para> > + <para> > + The <literal>$XDG_STATE_HOME</literal> fits right between > config > and cache. It contains > + convenience data that should be preserved between sessions of > a > program like logs, history, > + last opened view etc. > + </para> > <para> > <literal>$XDG_DATA_DIRS</literal> defines the preference- > ordered > set of > base directories to search for data files in addition to the _______________________________________________ xdg mailing list xdg@lists.freedesktop.org https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xdg
