<html> <head> <base href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/" /> </head> <body> <div> <a class="bz_bug_link bz_status_RESOLVED bz_closed" title="RESOLVED WONTFIX - Defaulting <cachedir> to ~/Library/Caches/org.freedesktop.fontconfig for OSX build" href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=71715#c2">Comment # 2</a> on <a class="bz_bug_link bz_status_RESOLVED bz_closed" title="RESOLVED WONTFIX - Defaulting <cachedir> to ~/Library/Caches/org.freedesktop.fontconfig for OSX build" href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=71715">bug 71715</a> from <a class="email" href="mailto:clayton.m.walker@gmail.com" title="Clayton Walker <clayton.m.walker@gmail.com>"> Clayton Walker</a> <pre>The thing about OSX is that using non-global Caches _is_ was OSX expects. As per the documentation [1], ~/Library/Caches should be used for bundled applications, as it is the norm. On OSX, Applications are installed as normal users (installed meaning drag'n'drop dmg or using an installer pkg) and there is no location to write a global cache. Also, each OSX user has their own individual ~/Library/Fonts folder that they install fonts to. This folder should not be visible from another user, hence the reliance on a local cache makes more sense on osx. I agree that for MacPorts, Fink, and Brew users it might make sense to simply use the global location (using the default /var directory), but even so, it would be just as beneficial to them as it is to us to have per-user font caches on OSX. I urge you to reconsider. :) [1] <a href="https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/FileManagement/Conceptual/FileSystemProgrammingGuide/MacOSXDirectories/MacOSXDirectories.html">https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/FileManagement/Conceptual/FileSystemProgrammingGuide/MacOSXDirectories/MacOSXDirectories.html</a></pre> </div> <hr> You are receiving this mail because: <ul> <li>You are the assignee for the bug.</li> </ul> </body> </html>