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AppDataDir is wrong for Linux/unix #14

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andwj opened this issue Sep 29, 2018 · 2 comments
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AppDataDir is wrong for Linux/unix #14

andwj opened this issue Sep 29, 2018 · 2 comments

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andwj commented Sep 29, 2018

In Linux, and unix in general, it is considered quite rude to create a file or directory in $HOME which does not begin with a dot.

Hence you should use $HOME/.config instead of $HOME/lib for the AppDataDir. This would be consistent with Debian policy, the XDG Base Directory Specification, etc...
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mjl- commented Dec 14, 2020

fixed in latest version, by using os.UserConfigDir

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mjl- commented Dec 14, 2020

thanks for reporting!

mjl- added a commit that referenced this issue Dec 14, 2020
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change AppDataDir to use os.UserConfigDir, and deprecate it
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fixes #14
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