[Bug 20888] New: Use XDG Base Directory Specification
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20888 Summary: Use XDG Base Directory Specification Product: Wine Version: 1.1.33 Platform: PC OS/Version: Linux Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P2 Component: -unknown AssignedTo: wine-bugs(a)winehq.org ReportedBy: cristiklein+wine(a)gmail.com Hello, The XDG Base Directory Specification [1]. Aims at solving two issues: 1) User's home directory is currently filled with hidden files. 2) Application settings, cache and data files are not separated. Wine does not currently respect this standard. - The "*.reg" files and "dosdevices" folder should be moved to $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/wine. - drive_c should be moved to $XDG_DATA_HOME/wine [1] http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-0.6.html -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email Do not reply to this email, post in Bugzilla using the above URL to reply. ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching all bug changes.
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20888 cristiklein+wine(a)gmail.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|UNCONFIRMED |RESOLVED Resolution| |WONTFIX --- Comment #1 from cristiklein+wine(a)gmail.com 2009-12-01 09:20:50 --- After a discussion on IRC we reached the following conclusions: - .reg files also contain user data (e.g. what applications are installed) - .reg files and dosdevices cannot be separated from drive_c, all three forming a "wine image" - ~/.wine can be moved (if it's really in the way of the user) using $WINEPREFIX = Main problem = Wine cannot move to XDG, because it runs legacy applications inside it, which create a mess. Even if wine would use an XDG directory (say $XDG_DATA_HOME) there would be no way to guarantee that the applications inside it would put data / configs / cache in the proper place. Unlike typical applications, wine does not fully control the content of its folder. = Solution = Wine already maps as many folders as it can to XDG folders (e.g. Desktop, Music etc.) and if proper places are found for other folders inside wine, it will continue mapping them to their right place. Right now, the XDG standard does not support a folder for "virtual images", which is most likely where wine should be. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email Do not reply to this email, post in Bugzilla using the above URL to reply. ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching all bug changes.
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20888 Vitaliy Margolen <vitaliy(a)kievinfo.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|RESOLVED |CLOSED --- Comment #2 from Vitaliy Margolen <vitaliy(a)kievinfo.com> 2009-12-01 09:25:40 --- Closing -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email Do not reply to this email, post in Bugzilla using the above URL to reply. ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching all bug changes.
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20888 Alexandre Julliard <julliard(a)winehq.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |spirit55555(a)gmail.com --- Comment #3 from Alexandre Julliard <julliard(a)winehq.org> 2010-11-04 12:52:19 CDT --- *** Bug 25018 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email Do not reply to this email, post in Bugzilla using the above URL to reply. ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching all bug changes.
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20888 Eric Heintzmann <Heintzmann.Eric(a)free.fr> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |Heintzmann.Eric(a)free.fr --- Comment #4 from Eric Heintzmann <Heintzmann.Eric(a)free.fr> 2012-12-08 10:53:00 CST --- What is planned now about FreeDesktop XDG basedir specification for Wine? http://ploum.net/post/207-modify-your-application-to-use-xdg-folders https://live.gnome.org/GnomeGoals/XDGConfigFolders http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/latest/ -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email Do not reply to this email, post in Bugzilla using the above URL to reply. ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching all bug changes.
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20888 Jerome Leclanche <adys.wh(a)gmail.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Keywords| |integration CC| |adys.wh(a)gmail.com --- Comment #5 from Jerome Leclanche <adys.wh(a)gmail.com> 2012-12-14 06:33:35 CST --- (In reply to comment #4) The wineprefix cannot be split up properly according to the spec due to wine's own requirements. If you want to follow the basedir spec, you should set WINEPREFIX by default to be $XDG_DATA_HOME/wine/prefixes/default or $XDG_DATA_HOME/wineprefixes/default (the latter is used by winetricks and some other apps although wine/prefixes is more "correct" according to the spec) -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email Do not reply to this email, post in Bugzilla using the above URL to reply. ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching all bug changes.
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20888 --- Comment #6 from Eric Heintzmann <Heintzmann.Eric(a)free.fr> 2012-12-15 08:07:06 CST --- (In reply to comment #5) Why not setting WINEPREFIX by default to be $XDG_DATA_HOME/wine/prefixes/default? There are advantages of following XDG basedir specification : - a lot less cluttered $HOME - Make backups a lot more safer and easier. (you know that backuping your $XDG_DATA_HOME along with your files is enough or excludind $XDG_CACHE_HOME) - A lot easier to reset a default configuration if you want/need it (and without any risk to loose informations). Even for the software itself could choose to reset $XDG_CONFIG_HOME if needed. - Avoid some strange bugs that happens because you had a old version of some configuration file - A lot more of flexibility and portability because no path are hardcoded. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email Do not reply to this email, post in Bugzilla using the above URL to reply. ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching all bug changes.
https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20888 Vladimir Porotnikov <zerdox.cool4(a)gmail.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |zerdox.cool4(a)gmail.com --- Comment #7 from Vladimir Porotnikov <zerdox.cool4(a)gmail.com> --- It's been 11 years already.. Really? I'm tired of trash in my home directory. Thank you for respecting specs. -- Do not reply to this email, post in Bugzilla using the above URL to reply. You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
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