From freedesktop-xdg  Thu Sep 02 22:10:13 2004
From: Claes Holmerson <claes () it-slav ! net>
Date: Thu, 02 Sep 2004 22:10:13 +0000
To: freedesktop-xdg
Subject: Re: Trash: base dir in $HOME
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On Fri, 3 Sep 2004, Mikhail Ramendik wrote:

> (2) do we follow the FreeDesktop.org base dir spec? The arguments about
> evenrually moving it to $HOME/.var/Trash seem justified.

I think we have a golden opportunity here to set a good example. Note that
the base dir spec does not currently define a $HOME/.var directory, but
I hope it can include that.

It shouldn't be a radical change really. The FHS does not involve itself
with the structure of the home directory, but structure is surely needed,
and I think freedesktop is the best candidate to fill this void.

Claes