yes please. its a big peeve for me and thats not even exclusive to linux.
its dumb to be so contrarian about something like where the directory will go. be predictable for us and just respect the fucking standard, it will make everyones lives that little bit easier in the long run. mobile oses simply just force them to write in a specific directory, maybe its necessary here too.
I hate all the cruft in my home directory, but I also hate when stuff suddently stop working after an update, or when all the documentation online talks about something that doesn’t work on my system or is not there anymore. Developers are the ones that will have to deal with people with these issues, so I can see why they are reluctant to implement the naive solutions that some ask for.
yes please. its a big peeve for me and thats not even exclusive to linux.
its dumb to be so contrarian about something like where the directory will go. be predictable for us and just respect the fucking standard, it will make everyones lives that little bit easier in the long run. mobile oses simply just force them to write in a specific directory, maybe its necessary here too.
We could do this already with flatpak apps
Yeah, flatpaks that just write into $HOME/.var are a prime example of how not to do it.
its a step in the right direction. that way all flatpak app data is going to be there, no fuss. well, some fuss but much less so.
My home directory has its own nearly full 300gb partition, so it could be better…
Not a ringing endorsement. Of anything.
I hate all the cruft in my home directory, but I also hate when stuff suddently stop working after an update, or when all the documentation online talks about something that doesn’t work on my system or is not there anymore. Developers are the ones that will have to deal with people with these issues, so I can see why they are reluctant to implement the naive solutions that some ask for.