#688: adopt XDG basedir spec ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Reporter: guest | Owner: Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: low | Milestone: Component: cabal-install tool | Version: 1.8.0.4 Severity: normal | Keywords: Difficulty: hard (< 1 day) | Ghcversion: 6.10.4 Platform: Linux | ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Comment(by duncan): I thought you might say the XDG spec. Yes I realise it's a "real" standard as opposed to a de facto standard. I must admit I'm slightly sceptical about the attempt to redefine where apps keep their per-user info. So far, very few apps seem to follow this new spec (mainly a few GNOME desktop bits). I will be surprised if they ever manage to get more than the two main desktops to move their dot files. That said, if the world is going to move that direction then we don't want to get in the way. We should make it easier for users or distros to change where the per-user files go by default. Thanks for confirming it is at least possible (if not convenient). -- Ticket URL: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/688#comment:3 Hackage http://haskell.org/cabal/ Hackage: Cabal and related projects