Comply with the XDG Base Directory Specification #1390

issue graingert opened this issue on May 25, 2012

graingert commented at 3:00 AM on May 25, 2012: contributor

The bitcoin wallet is user data and so should go in: $XDG_DATA_HOME/bitcoin/ The block chain is cache, and can be reloaded from the internet and so should go into $XDG_CACHE_HOME/bitcoin/ The configuration file is config and so should go in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/bitcoin/

http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html
Diapolo commented at 5:36 AM on May 25, 2012: none

I think it sucks to spread files all over the fs!
jgarzik commented at 10:16 PM on July 5, 2012: contributor

Bitcoin's definition of 'cache' and XDG's are quite different, I think. Also, splitting requires database schema update, as per issue #68. Compliance is not desired, I think.
jgarzik closed this on Jul 5, 2012
suprnurd referenced this in commit 61d56ee22e on Dec 5, 2017
lateminer referenced this in commit 8655e0252d on Jan 22, 2019
bilelmoussaoui commented at 3:59 PM on August 27, 2019: none

Are the maintainers open to reconsider this? It would be nice to have this, see here https://github.com/flathub/flathub/pull/1100#discussion_r312281741
MarcoFalke commented at 4:04 PM on August 27, 2019: member

Can't seem to reopen it, so I created a new issue here: #16733
MarcoFalke removed the label Refactoring on Aug 27, 2019
bilelmoussaoui commented at 4:06 PM on August 27, 2019: none

Thanks!
lhanson commented at 2:23 AM on September 5, 2019: none

@Diapolo

I think it sucks to spread files all over the fs!

Except that's exactly what happens when each program I use ignores my preferences and dumps files wherever they want. For example, I want all of my configuration files in one tree and ephemeral cache data in another. Much easier to manage.
lateminer referenced this in commit d84d6bea2e on May 6, 2020
MarcoFalke locked this on Dec 16, 2021

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#16733 Comply with the XDG Base Directory Specification