On Sunday 18 September 2005 17:43, Faré wrote:
> Dear Debian developers,
>
> here is a proposal I submit for inclusion in the debian policy:
>
> PROPOSAL 1: ~/.cache/${package_name}/
> All packages that keep a per-user directories caches of data that need
> not be archived/backed up should put it in ~/.cache/${package_name}/
> instead of wherever they put it currently.Given PROPOSAL 3 below, shouldn't this be ~/.var/cache or something like that? > PROPOSAL 3: ~/.run/ ~/.lib/ ~/.share, etc. > Programs that insist to install stuff in the user's directory (such as > openoffice, gimp, etc.), or that have runtime files (such as emacs' > .saves-*) should put this stuff in a proper hierarchy that mirrors the > categories of the FHS, only on a per-user basis. This will help > administration of per-user installed stuff in the same way that the > FHS helps with machine-global installed stuff. -- Wesley J. Landaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <xmpp:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> OpenPGP FP: 4135 2A3B 4726 ACC5 9094 0097 F0A9 8A4C 4CD6 E3D2
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