[pulseaudio-tickets] [Bug 83298] New: PA daemon "should" issue warning if XDG_RUNTIME_DIR not set

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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=83298

          Priority: medium
            Bug ID: 83298
                CC: lennart at poettering.net
          Assignee: pulseaudio-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
           Summary: PA daemon "should" issue warning if XDG_RUNTIME_DIR
                    not set
        QA Contact: pulseaudio-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Severity: normal
    Classification: Unclassified
                OS: Linux (All)
          Reporter: hortplumber at gmail.com
          Hardware: All
            Status: NEW
           Version: unspecified
         Component: daemon
           Product: PulseAudio

[Pertains to pulseaudio from Arch linux 5.0-1 package]

>From the XDG Base Dir Spec (v 0.7):

   "If $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR is not set applications should fall back to a
    replacement directory with similar capabilities and print a warning
    message."

I understand that "should" clauses are not mandatory, but imo, it would be very
helpful to have this particular warning issued, and to state explicitly the
replacement directory that is being used instead. Even better would be to issue
an informational message on every PA daemon startup that states the runtime
directory. (The latter could perhaps be conditional on -v.)

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