[Bug 195397] Re: Bazaar does not follow the Freedesktop XDG Base Directory Specification

[Jelmer Vernooij]

Bazaar will only use ~/.config/bazaar if it already exists. Does it
exist?

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Title:
  Bazaar does not follow the Freedesktop XDG Base Directory
  Specification

Status in Bazaar Version Control System:
  Fix Released
Status in “bzr” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  The specification can be found at: http://standards.freedesktop.org
  /basedir-spec/latest/index.html

  From the specification:

  ##########################################
  There is a single base directory relative to which user-specific data files should be written. This directory is defined by the environment variable $XDG_DATA_HOME.

  There is a single base directory relative to which user-specific
  configuration files should be written. This directory is defined by
  the environment variable $XDG_CONFIG_HOME.

  $XDG_DATA_HOME defines the base directory relative to which user
  specific data files should be stored. If $XDG_DATA_HOME is either not
  set or empty, a default equal to $HOME/.local/share should be used.

  $XDG_CONFIG_HOME defines the base directory relative to which user specific configuration files should be stored. If $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is either not set or empty, a default equal to $HOME/.config should be used. 
  ##########################################

  
  The reasoning behind this is so that it's easy to remove config files while not affecting any user data. This is especially important when a user upgrades their OS, i.e. Ubuntu 7.10 -> Ubuntu 8.04, and wants to start with the default settings for their applications. It will also help organise the ever so horrid mess in the home folder.

  A simple rule might be:
  Data for which there exists sane defaults, is config data. Data which should not be lost is user data.

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