Re: [orca-list] Changed the user's preference directory

[Nolan Darilek <nolan thewordnerd info>]

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Oopse, meant to send this to the list.

On 07/26/2010 04:17 PM, Nolan Darilek wrote:
> Hmm, shouldn't this be in .config rather than .local/share (I.e.
> configuration rather than data?)
>
> On 07/26/2010 03:13 PM, Alejandro Leiva wrote:
> > Hi Steve,
>
> >     Copy and paste from Freedesktop.org specification [1]:
>
> >     $XDG_DATA_HOME defines the base directory relative to which user
> > specific data files should be stored. If $XDG_DATA_HOME is either not
> > set or empty, a default equal to $HOME/.local/share should be used.
>
> > [1]: http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/latest/ar01s03.html
>
> > Cheers,
>
> > El 26/07/10 15:03, Steve Holmes escribió:
> > > Just where is this SDG-DATA-HOME/ directory supposed to be located.  I
> > > assume this name you gave is an environment variable of somekind? That
> > > is not found in my environment at this time.  I have no SDG anything
> > > in my home directory.  So can someone enlighten me further on this?
> > > If I migrate the orca data, where will it actually go?  I guess I
> > > could experiment but sure don't wanna lose it nor be unable to verify
> > > its contents wherever it is.
> > >
> > > Thanks for the help.
> > >
> > > On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 05:36:47AM +0200, Juanje Ojeda wrote:
> > > > Hi :-)
> > > >
> > > > I've just pushed two patches[1][2] to the master in order to fix this
> > > > bug:
> > > > https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=596108
> > > >
> > > > The bug is about to use XDG locations for storing configuration files.
> > > > XDG locations are the Freedesktop.org ones:
> > > > http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/latest/ar01s03.html
> > > >
> > > > This is important because two reasons:
> > > >   * This is a goal for GNOME to have moved all the user's configs to
> > > > XDG locations[3]
> > > >   * It's crossdesktop solution
> > > >
> > > > We know there is people here using the Orca master's version and the
> > > > one from their distro and to move their ~/.orca to XDG-DATA-HOME/orca
> > > > could be a problem because the one from the distro won't know anything
> > > > about this new location.
> > > > That's why right now the migration is optional. Let's see with some
> > > > user cases:
> > > >   * New user install the version from master. He/she hasn't run Orca
> > > > before so hasn't got any configs stored at ~/.orca.
> > > > When the user run Orca the first time, it will create the
> > > > configuration files at XDG-DATA-HOME/orca
> > > >   * Betatester is using the version from his/her distro but also is
> > > > testing the last version from master. To be able to switch from one to
> > > > another version keeping the configs, the config directory must be
> > > > ~/.orca. The one that understand both versions.
> > > > By default, the new code from master won't change anything, so this
> > > > case is safe.
> > > >   * User want to have the last version from the master and just that
> > > > version. The new code has a new command line option for migrating the
> > > > config files ('-m, --migrate-config').
> > > > If the user pass this option the ~/.orca directory will be moved to
> > > > XDG-DATA-HOME/orca.
> > > >
> > > > The idea is to change the default behavior just before the release,
> > > > when the betatesters won't need so much to main both versions. Then
> > > > the migrate option will be deleted and the default behaviour will be
> > > > to use XDG-DATA-HOME and if ~/.orca exists, this will me moved to the
> > > > new location.
> > > >
> > > > I'm not sure if I've explain myself well but the lasts comments at the
> > > > bug maybe can clarify it. I think Joanmarie can explain better things
> > > > than me :-)
> > > >
> > > > Cheers :-)
> > > >
> > > > [1]
> > > > http://git.gnome.org/browse/orca/commit/?id=759c61df50e61c92c274cf5a9461945bd267d54b
> > > >
> > > > [2]
> > > > http://git.gnome.org/browse/orca/commit/?id=49af893c1894821ef0f868aebf75e42c716db8ef
> > > >
> > > > [3] http://live.gnome.org/GnomeGoals/XDGConfigFolders
> > > > -- 
> > > > Juanje
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