volatile config data and XDG Base Directory spec

[Thomas Koch]

On Thursday, August 22, 2013 02:43:19 PM Dieter Plaetinck wrote:
> I think the xdg basedir spec has good ideals, and sure, it can take some
> work to adopt it properly.  But this subject comes up often enough to say
> it should be dealt with properly. Having a spec that takes care of config,
> data, cache but not state (at least not in a proper way) makes the spec
> incomplete and what's the point of that? Keeping the spec 3/4-complete as
> a "favor" to developers who are short on time/interest seems lame; I would
> rather finish the spec and if devs don't feel like implementing it all the
> way, they should at least accept patches from people who do.

Thank you!

I've added a table that helps to see the difference between STATE and the 
other categories:
https://wiki.debian.org/XDGBaseDirectorySpecification

Thomas Koch