[Enhancement] Directories and files should be in accordance with XDG base directory spec

[omyno]

On Linux, Pybitmessage uses ~/.PyBitmessage. Instead, it should respect the XDG Base Directory Specification, which means ~/.config/pybitmessage ($XDG_CONFIG_HOME) for keys.dat and so on.

[r14c]

I agree, I'll put that on my TODO list.

[r14c]

Reasons, expressed better than I could.

(I'll put in a pull request when I implement migration.)

[r14c]

Sorry about the mess, I forgot to base my changes off of Bitmessage/PyBitmessage master

[nimdahk]

Please close this issue.

[omyno]

xj9, thank you very much for your patch. 👍
I think this bug report should stay open until every file has its right place according to the XDG standard:

• $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/pybitmessage: keys.dat
• $XDG_CACHE_HOME/pybitmessage: debug.log and knownnodes.dat
• $XDG_DATA_HOME/pybitmessage: messages.dat

[PeterSurda]

Hasn't this been fixed already?

[PeterSurda]

Ok, so now it puts everything into XDG_CONFIG_HOME, if the variable exists. While I understand what the standard wants to achieve, I am not sure it's a good fit for PyBitmessage, since the directory structure would differ from portable mode. It needs to be investigated.