Public bug reported:
It would be great if this module followed the [XDG Base Directory
Specification](https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec
/basedir-spec-latest.html). Instead of placing the file
`.sudo_as_admin_successful` in the home directory it should be placed in
the OS specific appropriate directory. This, among other things, allows
a user to specify a directory in which they want all applications to
look for their user configurable setting files and keep their home
directory clean.
Sidenote: I was first confused about this file and a quick search got me
top results with confused people too, it might be even better to remove
this file altogether.
** Affects: sudo (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Description changed:
- Trying to keep my home directory clean seeing the
- `.sudo_as_admin_successful` file is very annoying. It does not follow
- the XDG base directory specification, I would expect this to be created
- in ~/.cache by default.
+ It would be great if this module followed the [XDG Base Directory
+ Specification](https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec
+ /basedir-spec-latest.html). Instead of placing the file
+ `.sudo_as_admin_successful` in the home directory it should be placed in
+ the OS specific appropriate directory. This, among other things, allows
+ a user to specify a directory in which they want all applications to
+ look for their user configurable setting files and keep their home
+ directory clean.
** Description changed:
It would be great if this module followed the [XDG Base Directory
Specification](https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec
/basedir-spec-latest.html). Instead of placing the file
`.sudo_as_admin_successful` in the home directory it should be placed in
the OS specific appropriate directory. This, among other things, allows
a user to specify a directory in which they want all applications to
look for their user configurable setting files and keep their home
directory clean.
+
+ Sidenote: I was first confused about this file and a quick search got me
+ top results with confused people too, it might be even better to remove
+ this file altogether.
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