FreeCol / Bugs / #2419 use XDG dirs instead of HOME

#2419 use XDG dirs instead of HOME

Milestone: Fixed_0.11.0

Status: closed-fixed

Owner: Paolo Bizzarri

Labels: filesystem (1)

Priority: 5

Updated: 2014-10-18

Created: 2012-05-15

Creator: William Jon McCann

Private: No

Currently createAndSetDirectories() create ~/.freecol. It would be better to use locations defined in the XDG Base Directory Specification.

https://live.gnome.org/GnomeGoals/XDGConfigFolders
http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/latest/

Discussion

Michael Vehrs - 2012-06-09

Paolo, if you are rewriting the directory code anyway, you could have a look at this issue.

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Michael Vehrs - 2012-06-09

assigned_to: nobody --> pibizza
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Eric Heintzmann - 2012-12-08

What is planned now about FreeDesktop XDG basedir specification for FreeCol?

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/

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Mike Pope - 2012-12-08

When last discussed on freecol-devel, we agreed to defer fixing this until the next major release.

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Mike Pope - 2013-01-11

milestone: --> Current
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Mike Pope - 2013-06-05

labels: --> filesystem
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Mike Pope - 2013-08-30

status: open --> pending-fixed

Group: Current --> Fixed_trunk
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Mike Pope - 2013-08-30

As of git.f8f17f2 FreeCol should now be XDG compliant. Setting to Pending until next release.

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Mike Pope - 2014-10-18

Group: Fixed_trunk --> Fixed_0.11.0
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Mike Pope - 2014-10-18

Status: pending-fixed --> closed-fixed
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