Move all files into ~/.local

[ayekat]

The XDG base directory specification does not specify where user-specific variable program data goes. Also, we're already replicating to some extent the FHS under ~/.local (we've already got bin, src and opt), so the logical next step would be the following transitions:

• ~/.config → ~/.local/etc
• ~/.cache → ~/.local/var/cache and ~/.local/var/log
• ~/.local/share → ~/.local/share and ~/.local/var/lib (split variable data)

To avoid spreading non-conforming applications' data (a.k.a. probably all applications' data) over multiple places, sym-linking the old directories to the new ones might be a good idea.

[ayekat]

Essentially, commit bff3ae2 (and later) has performed this transition. With the increased splitting of data locations comes an increased number of directories that need to be set up/symlinked; writing a script for automating the control over the dotfiles would be a nice idea.