> I don't think the specification¹ mandates how folders should be structured under $XDG_DATA_HOME and $XDG_CONFIG_HOME.
`$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/$SOFTWARE_NAME` is the de facto way, snap ignores it. Technically, yes, you're absolutely free to use hashes instead of your software's name when you store things in the configuration folder, really doesn't mean it's a good idea. > Hopefully snapd behaves (mostly) the same on all supported distributions, so distro-hopping shouldn't be a concern either. You're making three assumptions. That snap will behave the same across distributions, that snap is supported on different distributions at all, and that someone even wants to install the snap package. All of them are frankly really bad assumptions and just cause people pain. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of UBUNTU - AL - BR, which is subscribed to Chromium Browser. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1887804 Title: chromium-browser does not follow XDG base directory specification Status in Chromium Browser: New Status in chromium-browser package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Currently Chromium does not follow the XDG base directory specification which means that the cache and configuration folder aren't properly used. This causes the issue that it's nearly impossible to properly migrate or back up Chromium configuration (between computers) and it makes for example mounting cache as tmpfs or wiping it very very difficult. I felt those both immensely when trying to migrate my home folder, gigabytes of cache in ~/snap/chromium/[id]/.config/chromium/[folder] (and ~/snap itself is also not XDG base directory specification compliant, shame!). There's also the issue that the previous configuration that is located properly, isn't migrated by the migrational package. In order to fix this bug, it would require making the snap package follow the XDG base directory specification. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/chromium-browser/+bug/1887804/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~linux-traipu Post to : linux-traipu@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~linux-traipu More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
