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It would be more appropriate to store state in ~/.local/state than ~/.config #18
Description
Describe the bug
basilk stores its app state in XDG_CONFIG_HOME instead of XDG_STATE_HOME, which would be more appropriate
To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
- Start the app, create a task
Expected behavior
Task data is stored in ~/.local/state/baslik
Additional context
Task data is store in ~/.config
Activity
bentorkington commentedon Feb 14, 2025
in
dirslingo, this isstate_dir: (https://docs.rs/dirs/5.0.1/dirs/fn.state_dir.html)janTatesa commentedon Feb 26, 2025
Agree
GabAlpha commentedon Mar 16, 2025
Agreed, thanks! About the suggestion: what's the distinction between
~/.local/stateand~/.local/share?I'm looking at the
dirsdocumentation forstate_dirand see it only mentions a path for Linux. Is there a default for other operating systems, or will I need to handle them specifically, maybe with a switch case?bentorkington commentedon Mar 16, 2025
This page might help: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/XDG/Base_Directories
Indeed,
~/.local/sharemay be a better choice than~/.local/state.I suspect the
dirsdocumentation is simply incomplete regarding paths, and as long as you're using thedirsmodule correctly it'll get it right.GabAlpha commentedon Mar 16, 2025
Great, I'll try to do some tests