Re: [Evolution-hackers] User directory layout for 2.0

[Chris Toshok <toshok ximian com>]

On Fri, 2003-08-22 at 09:48, Ettore Perazzoli wrote:
> Here are my thoughts on how to organize Evolution's data in 2.0.
> 
> First of all, we need to move the root directory to a hidden place; 
> so instead of storing everything under ~/evolution we should store
> everything under ~/.evolution.  (Yeah, finally. :-))
> 
> While we are at it, we could clean up the structure a little bit;
> there are a bunch of files that are currently in the toplevel
> ~/evolution but should probaly go into component-specific directories
> instead.  (Since we need to touch all the paths in the code anyways,
> it's not going to be much extra work.)
> 
> We could have something like this:
> 
> 	$HOME
> 		.evolution
> 			calendar
> 				local
> 				config
> 				cache
> 				views
> 			addressbook
> 				local
> 				config
> 				cache
> 				views
> 

hmm, I thought we were going to try and use more gnome-centric and less
evolution-centric locations for the addressboo and /calendar, like
$HOME/.gnome-contacts/ and $HOME/.gnome-calendar/ or something.

Chris