RE: Re: Move config to ~/.config/

[zeurkous@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

On Sun, 22 Dec 2024 10:08:37 +1030, Justin Zobel <justin@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Not sure what you're getting at, no operating system should ever remove 
> user data when removing the app. Most operating systems specifically 
> avoid that as it's dangerous. Flatpak for instance can remove user data 
> if requested precisely because the location of user data is 
> standardized, but it is not done automatically still.

But this is not luser data, it was put there without me ever being
asked!

But me main point was: how is mv'ing things to ~/.config/ an
improvement over standard dotfiles?

(Me'd actually argue that the general UNIX hierarchy conventions should
apply to home dirs, so that config files would be stored in ~/etc/ --
if you're going to change conventions, do it right, and for the right
reasons!)

        --zeurkous.

>
> On 21/12/24 21:44, zeurkous@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> On Sat, 21 Dec 2024 14:18:19 +1030, Justin Zobel <justin@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Please help keep user directories tidy.
>> Hmm...
>>
>>   0% ls ~/.config/
>>   eduke32 # never got this to run (beyond a black hole)
>>   grafx2 # terminally buggy on UNIX
>>   gtk-3.0 # installed this once to try something, long-removed since
>>   lftp # no idea wtf ~/.lftprc isn't enough
>>   mgba # malfunctioned when me tried it; uninstalled
>>   openttd # evaluated this but doesn't solve ttd's actual problems
>>   visualboyadvance-m # malfunctioned when me tried it; uninstalled
>>   0%
>>
>> Me created none of these dirs. Surely you can take it this to a couple of
>> those projects -- perhaps they can create it in ~/.config/config/ from
>> now on?! Will keep ~/.config/ tidy!
>>
>>          --zeurkous.
>>

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