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Patch software to use "~/Library" folders. #17054

Closed adamv closed 11 years ago

adamv commented 11 years ago

Only a semi-serious suggestion, but we should patch (and submit upstream) software to place their config files in appropriate ~/Library locations, preferably without the "hide this file dot". This is OS X, and I'm tired of all the cruft in my ~ folder.

samueljohn commented 11 years ago

So true.

MikeMcQuaid commented 11 years ago

Meh, I expect unix command-line stuff to dump shit there. GUIs? Not so much.

cooljeanius commented 11 years ago

But that will ruin the names of everyone's Github repositories for their dotfiles! But seriously though, KDE stuff on OS X stores its preferences in ~/Library/Preferences/KDE, so maybe more stuff could follow that model... I wouldn't force it though if upstream doesn't want to.

Sharpie commented 11 years ago

I really don't want to be in the business of maintaining this stuff. If upstream is interested in carrying the patches then we should go for it. Otherwise, there are other things to do then fixing a problem that tab-complete does a fair job of working around.

Sharpie commented 11 years ago

Also, there is some value to being able to invest time in a set of dotfiles that are portable across operating systems and package managers.