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

[Jiri Vanek]

On 05/31/2013 01:44 PM, Andrew Hughes wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
>> Hi Jiri,
>>
>> On 05/20/2013 03:11 PM, Jiri Vanek wrote:
>>> This fix is migrating us to  ~/.config/icedtea and ~/.cache/icedtea
>>> instead of ~/.icedtea.
>>
>> We decided on the current paths (and files and formats) to stay as close
>> to the proprietary JREs as possible. We have deviated from this in the
>> past (the contents of the cache directory, for example), but it's either
>> because of something not (yet) implemented in icedtea-web, or something
>> the user should never have to care about (like cache directory layout).
>>
>> I am not sure if that decision was perfect, but if we are going to
>> change this now, I would like us to weigh all the pros and cons.
>>
>> As far as the patch itself goes, two things jump out to me:
>>
>> 1. We need to stay backwards compatible, if possible. For things like
>> configuration files, we should check the old locations too. For the
>> persistence cache, not reading the old data is like throwing away user's
>> data.
>>
>
> This was the main point I was about to make.  It seems to have already been
> changed once; I have $HOME/.icedtea and $HOME/.icedteaplugin it seems.
> First run should probably migrate the settings and offer to remove the old

it is exctly what this patch do:)

See http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2013-May/023362.html, omair missed it too:)
(especially http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2013-May/023356.html line 220-290)


> set.  I seem to remember a bug from the previous change so don't create bugs
> just for the sake of naming.
>
> I don't see what this has to do with the proprietary plugin; surely it doesn't
> look for $HOME/.icedtea?  If it's going to be changed, it should be
> $HOME/.config/icedtea-web anyway, as that's the name of the product.

This is great idea. i'm 100% for this

>
>> 2. The patch seems to be missing support for using the environment
>> variables (such as $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS) to specify the locations of the
>> directories.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Omair
>>
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