On 12/10/13 00:52, Paul Wise wrote: > On Sat, Oct 12, 2013 at 8:26 AM, Charles Plessy wrote: > >> I think that this would be more suitable for the Upstream Guide >> (https://wiki.debian.org/UpstreamGuide). The Debian Policy focuses on how to >> integrate works in Debian, so if being XDG-compliant or not does not make a >> difference, then I think that there is no need to mention this standard. > > Good point. I've added a section on user home directories to the UG, > pointing out the XDG spec and the libraries that support it.
GLib has a nice set of functions for this, see https://developer.gnome.org/glib/stable/glib-Miscellaneous-Utility-Functions.html#g-get-user-cache-dir Emilio > > https://wiki.debian.org/UpstreamGuide#User_home_directories > > I also put a paragraph about the HOME environment variable and falling > back to getpwuid. > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/525ac8e3.70...@debian.org
