XDG_DATA_HOME vs XDG_STATE_HOME usage

[Josef Šimánek]

út 13. 9. 2022 v 0:12 odesílatel Thiago Macieira <thiago at kde.org> napsal:
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> On Monday, 12 September 2022 14:39:26 PDT Josef Šimánek wrote:
> > This file is portable between systems, since the whole content is just
> > a number (UNIX timestamp). It is not crucial to the user, but it is
> > beneficial to sync this across machines to avoid potentially redundant
> > update recommendations. Our plan is to recommend update only once per
> > week thanks to this stored UNIX timestamp.
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> Why would you not want to generate update recommendations? If the software in
> question is per system, the warning should be per system.

I see your point, but sometimes it is friendlier to sync those
notifications in between systems. We're still not 100% decided on
this.

Anyway, is that the decision maker for XDG_DATA_HOME vs
XDG_STATE_HOME? Synced vs not synced between machines?

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> Thiago Macieira - thiago (AT) macieira.info - thiago (AT) kde.org
>    Software Architect - Intel DCAI Cloud Engineering
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