Use xdg basedir spec on linux

[Óscar García Amor]

https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html

Instead of ~/.novaclient, configuration should be in the $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/novaclient/ and cache (safely-deletable files) should be in $XDG_CACHE_HOME/novaclient.

[Takashi Natsume (natsume-takashi)]

XDG is a project for desktop environments.
The novaclient is a CLI tool that is used in not only desktop environments.

[Óscar García Amor (oscar-garcia-amor)]

@natsume-takashi No, XDG is a standard driven by freedesktop.org but
it doesn't have any (necessary) relation with a desktop environment.

Can read more here
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/XDG_Base_Directory or here
https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/xdg-basedir-scripting.html

The motivation of this standard is to have well-known locations to
make easy things like backups or roaming profiles.

El dom., 12 abr. 2020 a las 4:40, Takashi Natsume
(<email address hidden>) escribió:
>
> XDG is a project for desktop environments.
> The novaclient is a CLI tool that is used in not only desktop environments.
>
> ** Changed in: python-novaclient
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
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> Title:
> Use xdg basedir spec on linux
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> Status in python-novaclient:
> Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-
> latest.html
>
> Instead of ~/.novaclient, configuration should be in the
> $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/novaclient/ and cache (safely-deletable files) should
> be in $XDG_CACHE_HOME/novaclient.
>
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[Óscar García Amor (oscar-garcia-amor)]

A small piece of code that can help:

CONFIG_HOME = os.environ.get('XDG_CONFIG_HOME', os.path.join(os.path.expanduser('~'), '.config'))
DATA_HOME = os.environ.get('XDG_DATA_HOME', os.path.join(os.path.expanduser('~'), '.local/share'))
CACHE_HOME = os.environ.get('XDG_CACHE_HOME', os.path.join(os.path.expanduser('~'), '.cache'))