Re: [Evolution-hackers] XDG Base Directories

[Martin Owens <doctormo gmail com>]

Hey Matthew,

I welcome the move to XDG at last but...

On Sun, 2010-06-06 at 12:34 -0400, Matthew Barnes wrote:
> .local/
>   +-- share/
>         +-- evolution/
>               +-- addressbook/
>               |     +-- <<local-backend-files>>
>               +-- calendar/
>               |     +-- <<local-backend-files>>
>               +-- mail/
>               |     +-- <<local-backend-files>>
>               +-- memos/
>               |     +-- <<local-backend-files>>
>               +-- tasks/
>               |     +-- <<local-backend-files>>
>               +-- camel-cert.db
>               +-- cert8.db
>               +-- cert9.db
>               +-- key3.db
>               +-- key4.db
>               +-- mapi-profiles.ldb
>               +-- secmod.db
> 
> 
> Comments:
> 
> * Cached Camel provider data moves to ~/.cache/evolution/mail.  This
>   includes folders.db.  Files for local accounts will be divided up:
>   index files for searching would go in ~/.cache, whereas actual mail
>   content (mbox/Maildir/etc.) would go in ~/.local.  Need to think on
>   that some more. 

You do know that ~/.local is for user application data and not
application user data? Yes they sound almost like the same thing, but
there is a very big difference between firefox plugins/evolution filters
and emails/calendar events.

Because hiding user data is cool and making backups impossible is
awesome.

If you're planning on separating out the indexing (a good move) then why
not just park emails in ~/Documents/Email in a list of maildirs?

Martin,