[fhs-discuss] Split home directory for each user into two parts

[Steve Langasek]

On Mon, May 09, 2011 at 11:15:58PM -0400, Jeff Licquia wrote:
> Maybe more like this:

> "See also the XDG Base Directory specification (ref), which sets a 
> number of conventions intended to organize users' home directories.  The 
> XDG Base Directory specification is recommended, but not mandated."

I think it's reasonable to provide a reference to the XDG spec, but I object
to making this a recommendation of the FHS.  First, because I think this is
scope creep; if we're not actually going to define this as part of the FHS
itself (and I don't think we should because it's not particularly
"heirarchical"), then I don't think we should be pointing elsewhere to
recommend it either.  Second, because I think the XDG spec has done an
inadequate job of addressing the migration concerns for the myriad existing
applications and installations that use "legacy" dotfiles and dot dirs, and
it's not at all recommendable that applications migrate to XDG dirs without
a careful and very long-term transition.

So please drop this comment about the XDG spec being "recommended".

Thanks,
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