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Re: ongoing NEWS
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Neil Jerram |
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Re: ongoing NEWS |
Date: |
Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:49:34 +0100 |
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Andreas Rottmann <address@hidden> writes:
> As long as nothing is set in stone, perhaps you want to consider
> following the XDG basedir spec[0], which would suggest using something
> under ~/.cache/ per default; this would make e.g. having reasonable
> backup policies easier, as stuff under ~/.cache can be safely ignored
> for backups, and it avoids cluttering $HOME with yet-another
> dotfile/dotdir
I'd like this too.
> (although that is somewhat of a lost cause on GNU/Linux
> anyway).
It's incremental; if we can avoid one new piece of arbitrariness, I
think that's worthwhile.
Regards,
Neil