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List:       freedesktop-xdg
Subject:    Re: Autostart spec available on fd.o website
From:       Waldo Bastian <bastian () kde ! org>
Date:       2006-02-18 1:07:02
Message-ID: 200602171707.05988.bastian () kde ! org
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On Thursday 16 February 2006 02:01, Sebastien Bacher wrote:
> Le mercredi 15 février 2006 à 17:03 -0800, Waldo Bastian a écrit :
> > It took a while but the autostart spec has now been made available on
> > http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Standards/autostart-spec
>
> Hi,
>
> Just a question about the spec, why recommending to install
> those .desktop to $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS and not $XDG_DATA_DIRS? That doesn't
> seem to be the right place for that

Which one to use is always somewhat of a judgement call, but CONFIG seems more 
suitable here since whether to start an application or not is ultimately a 
decision that the user or system administrator has control over. As such it 
belongs in CONFIG. DATA on the other hand is aimed at resources that are 
required for the correct execution of applications.

Cheers,
Waldo  
-- 
Linux Client Architect - Channel Platform Solutions Group - Intel Corporation

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