Use XDG Base Directory specification cache path

qtile · Mar 4, 2016 · fd8686e · fd8686e
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diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 qtile x.x.x, released xxxx-xx-xx:
+    * file path changes (XDG Base Directory specification)
+        - the cache directory changed from ~/.cache to ~/.cache/qtile
     * features
         - wlan widget shows when you are disconnected and uses a configurable
           format

diff --git a/libqtile/utils.py b/libqtile/utils.py
@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@ def get_cache_dir():
     if cache_directory == '$XDG_CACHE_HOME':
         # if variable wasn't set
         cache_directory = os.path.expanduser("~/.cache")
+    cache_directory = os.path.join(cache_directory, 'qtile')
     if not os.path.exists(cache_directory):
         os.makedirs(cache_directory)
     return cache_directory