[PATCH 1/1] Use ~/.subsurface as default directory on Linux

[Dirk Hohndel]

> On Oct 11, 2015, at 3:35 PM, Gaetan Bisson <bisson at archlinux.org> wrote:
> 
> [2015-10-12 00:20:14 +0300] Lubomir I. Ivanov:
>> i would say -1 for $XDG_DATA_HOME as that doesn't seem to be
>> established very well, yet.
>> but $HOME/.local/share/subsurface is less intrusive than ~/.subsurface
>> IMHO, so +1 to that.
> 
> As far as I understand the XDG specs:
> - the cloud storage cache should go under ~/.cache/Subsurface/
> - the configuration file should go under ~/.config/Subsurface/
> - some other things should go under ~/.local/share/Subsurface/
> 
> To me, that really scatters user data over many directories for
> little-to-no benefit. Instead, I'd like an app called Subsurface to
> simply write its user data under ~/.subsurface/: that's a unique
> directory for me to symlink, backup, or rename, for instance in case
> there's an issue I want to debug with a fresh profile.
> 
> But that's just my two cents.

I'll add my +2 cents as well. I think this makes more sense.

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