Why .local/share ?

[Thiago Macieira]

On Monday 10 November 2008 13:56:08 Rodney Dawes wrote:
> Then why ".config" instead of ".local/etc" and ".cache" instead of
> ".local/var/cache"? Shouldn't these directories be under .local as
> well? And shouldn't we define XDG_FOO_HOME variables for the other
> paths? I think an $XDG_LIB_HOME would be particularly useful for
> apps who wish to allow plug-ins to be installed in the user's home
> directory.

For .config I agree (it would match the KDE layout if it were in 
.local/share/config). I don't know why that was chosen like that. It does 
confuse me as well (remember to change XDG_CONFIG_HOME and XDG_DATA_HOME and 
remember what's where).

Cache, however, is something different. Caches can be removed/deleted without 
ill effect. Worst case scenario, things need to be regenerated or 
redownloaded.

As for a lib, I very much agree that there should be a directory. In fact, 
I've recently started using ~/.local/bin for my own executables instead of 
~/bin. That allows me to keep my $HOME clean. But I don't think an environment 
variable will be of much use unless it's $LD_LIBRARY_PATH...

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