http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20888
cristiklein+wine@gmail.com changed:
What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|UNCONFIRMED |RESOLVED Resolution| |WONTFIX
--- Comment #1 from cristiklein+wine@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.