Here is the branch where I started the work but didn’t get too far. https://github.com/parkera/swift-corelibs-foundation/tree/parkera/xdg_implementation
One tricky part is that we need to figure out a way to test this stuff without exposing public API from file manager… - Tony > On Jan 23, 2017, at 2:09 AM, Pushkar N Kulkarni <pushkar...@in.ibm.com> wrote: > > Hi Tony, > > Thanks! A starting point will really help. > > I've filed a feature request on JIRA: https://bugs.swift.org/browse/SR-3697 > <https://bugs.swift.org/browse/SR-3697> > > Pushkar N Kulkarni, > IBM Runtimes > > Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability - Edsger W. Dijkstra > > > > -----anthony.par...@apple.com <mailto:-----anthony.par...@apple.com> wrote: > ----- > To: Pushkar N Kulkarni <pushkar...@in.ibm.com <mailto:pushkar...@in.ibm.com>> > From: Tony Parker > Sent by: anthony.par...@apple.com <mailto:anthony.par...@apple.com> > Date: 01/20/2017 11:28PM > Cc: Will Stanton <willstant...@yahoo.com <mailto:willstant...@yahoo.com>>, > swift-corelibs-dev <swift-corelibs-dev@swift.org > <mailto:swift-corelibs-dev@swift.org>> > Subject: Re: [swift-corelibs-dev] Implementing HTTPCookieStorage > > Yup, I think that makes sense. > > I started an implementation a bit ago but didn’t get very far before I got > derailed onto some other topics. I’ll see if I can clean it up and put it > somewhere as a starting point. > > - Tony > >> On Jan 20, 2017, at 2:31 AM, Pushkar N Kulkarni <pushkar...@in.ibm.com >> <mailto:pushkar...@in.ibm.com>> wrote: >> >> Hi Tony, Will, others: >> >> Apologies for bringing this up after a long time! >> >> I hope we still agree on the use of the "XDG Base Directory Specification". >> I did a quick read of the spec document. >> >> I am happy to file a JIRA report for this. >> >> The scope, as I understand it is: CoreFoundation will implement the "XDG >> Base Directory Specification" and present an API to allow Foundation to >> retrieve the different absolute paths(related to the different env variables >> defined), which will be used to persist the different kinds of user data. >> >> Please do let me know if my understanding is correct. Please augment it if >> necessary. >> >> Thanks! >> Pushkar N Kulkarni, >> IBM Runtimes >> >> Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability - Edsger W. Dijkstra >> >> >> >> -----swift-corelibs-dev-boun...@swift.org >> <mailto:-----swift-corelibs-dev-boun...@swift.org> wrote: ----- >> To: Will Stanton <willstant...@yahoo.com <mailto:willstant...@yahoo.com>> >> From: Tony Parker via swift-corelibs-dev >> Sent by: swift-corelibs-dev-boun...@swift.org >> <mailto:swift-corelibs-dev-boun...@swift.org> >> Date: 11/17/2016 03:45AM >> Cc: swift-corelibs-dev <swift-corelibs-dev@swift.org >> <mailto:swift-corelibs-dev@swift.org>> >> Subject: Re: [swift-corelibs-dev] Implementing HTTPCookieStorage >> >> Hi Will, >> >> > On Nov 14, 2016, at 12:56 PM, Will Stanton <willstant...@yahoo.com >> > <mailto:willstant...@yahoo.com>> wrote: >> > >> > Hello Tony, >> > >> > Thanks for the reply. About XDG_DATA_HOME, the variable is undefined on my >> > desktop-less server, and I think many processes still have their own save >> > locations. >> > Still, I can believe its used in a lot of places >> > (https://github.com/search?q=XDG_DATA_HOME&type=Code&utf8= >> > <https://github.com/search?q=XDG_DATA_HOME&type=Code&utf8=>✓) and am not >> > opposed to it! >> > >> > Perhaps SEARCH/$EXECUTABLE_NAME/Preferences.plist would be good place and >> > format for NSUserDefaults with SEARCH = getenv(XDG_DATA_HOME) then >> > ~/.config? >> > >> > >> > What about the path for cookies+caches? >> >> I’m just reading this spec for the first time, but it looks like it accounts >> for that: >> >> > • There is a single base directory relative to which user-specific >> > non-essential (cached) data should be written. This directory is defined >> > by the environment variable $XDG_CACHE_HOME. >> >> Overall the spec looks reasonable and seems to be close to what we we would >> need. >> >> A great next step would be to file a JIRA and look for volunteers who want >> to help implement this in SCL-Foundation. >> >> - Tony >> >> > >> > Regards, >> > Will Stanton >> > >> >> On Nov 14, 2016, at 2:37 PM, Tony Parker via swift-corelibs-dev >> >> <swift-corelibs-dev@swift.org <mailto:swift-corelibs-dev@swift.org>> >> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> Off-list, someone pointed me here: >> >> >> >> https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html >> >> >> >> <https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html> >> >> >> >> and here: >> >> >> >> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1024114/location-of-ini-config-files-in-linux-unix >> >> >> >> <http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1024114/location-of-ini-config-files-in-linux-unix> >> >> >> >> Noting that there seems to be a growing consensus for $HOME/.config. >> >> >> >> Is this spec beginning to be used in the real world? >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> swift-corelibs-dev mailing list >> swift-corelibs-dev@swift.org <mailto:swift-corelibs-dev@swift.org> >> https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-corelibs-dev >> <https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-corelibs-dev> >> > >
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