[rfc][icedtea-web] fix for RH947647, following the XDG basedir specification

[Andrew Hughes]

----- Original Message -----
> Hi
> 
> 
> On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 6:53 AM, Jiri Vanek <jvanek at redhat.com> wrote:
> 
> >
> > Some more thoughts about this:
> >  - eg I have non XDG variable set, but many applications have already
> > started to use theirs default values.
> >
> 
> I am not sure what you mean by this but distributions aren't supposed to
> set any of XDG environment variables by default.  It is solely a deployment
> customization for the odd cases out there.  Running cache in tmpfs or
> config from nfs or whatever
> 
> 
> > - If we decide to move to ./config and ./cache:
> >    if used XDG* variables are set, then use them. otherwise use ./config
> > and ./cache
> >    if they change, user is on his own?
> >
> 
> Yes.  If users customize it, they will have to deal with the fallout.
> 
> 
> > - how about xdg not following systems (windows) ? Keep .icedtea or move to
> > ./config and ./cache ?
> >
> 
> Hidden directories is not how Windows programs stores its profiles.  You
> might consider following what glib helper functions do
> 
> Refer to
> https://developer.gnome.org/glib/2.34/glib-Miscellaneous-Utility-Functions.html
> 
> g_get_user_cache_dir() and so on
> 

I didn't realise glib supported this for so long (since 2.6).  It seems like an
excellent solution to just use that.

> Rahul
> 

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