Use Basedir configuration directories

[Corey Burger]

Byobu should follow the xdg basedir spec and not store its data in .byobu in the users home. More information can be found here:
http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html

[Dustin Kirkland  (kirkland)]

Thanks for the report.

Personally, I like my settings in ~/.byobu, so I won't be working on this. But I'm all for it if someone else does the work ;-) I'll mark this Incomplete, until someone drives by and drops off a decent patch.

Thanks,
:-Dustin

[Corey Burger (corey.burger)]

They still end up in a subdir, but having all user settings in a single . folder makes syncing easier, etc.

[Dustin Kirkland  (kirkland)]

There's 100+ references to $HOME/.byobu (or similar) in the source code.

Forgive me, but I don't see the value in adhering to this XDG specification justifying the cost.

Where exactly do you want ~/.byobu to go?

[Corey Burger (corey.burger)]

.byobu disappears and the data in .byobu is found within the XDG specified directories. As for migration, I know Tomboy has done it, the information for which can found here: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=518585

As for why, the answer is fairly simple: reducing the number of dot folders allows easier replication of data across machines, as admins can easily separate user data from user configuration.

[Dustin Kirkland  (kirkland)]

Thanks for the information, Corey. I'm marking this bug triaged.

I won't be working on this bug personally, as I can't justify the cost/benefit. But I will gladly accept a well-formed patch.

[Dustin Kirkland  (kirkland)]

FWIW, I have spent a colossal amount of time on this tonight, and I'm no where near done. This is going to be a huge PITA.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package byobu - 3.7-0ubuntu1

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byobu (3.7-0ubuntu1) natty; urgency=low

  [ Dustin Kirkland ]
  * usr/lib/byobu/ec2_cost, usr/share/byobu/ec2/rates.eu_ie,
    usr/share/byobu/ec2/rates.us_ca, usr/share/byobu/ec2/rates.us_va:
    - add ec2_cost support for t1.micro instances, LP: #669190
  * etc/byobu/statusrc, usr/bin/byobu-config, usr/lib/byobu/Makefile.am,
    usr/lib/byobu/notify_osd, usr/share/byobu/profiles/common,
    usr/share/man/man1/byobu.1:
    - add notify_osd support to byobu, LP: #669189
    - separate the perl into a script of its own
    - add per-pid notifier monitors, terminate when screen terminates
    - allow for disabling the notify_osd status; must handle in the perl
      script
    - use BYOBU_PREFIX for local installs
  * usr/bin/byobu-config, usr/bin/byobu-janitor, usr/bin/byobu-launcher-
    uninstall, usr/share/byobu/keybindings/f-keys:
    - use gsed, where available; should help with BSD issues running byobu,
      LP: #651993
  * README: add a note about gsed
  * usr/share/man/man1/byobu.1: add a synopsis section that mentions options
    simply passed through to screen, LP: #669566
  * usr/bin/byobu, usr/bin/byobu-janitor,
    usr/share/byobu/profiles/common: change location of $SSH_AUTH_SOCK symlink
    from /var/run to $HOME, as we can't be sure that the user's var/run
    dir will exist before screen starts, LP: #664059
  * etc/update-motd.d, etc/update-motd.d/55-window-manager,
    etc/update-motd.d/Makefile.am, Makefile.am, usr/bin/byobu-disable,
    usr/bin/byobu-enable:
    - add a helpful update-motd message and a convenient command to enable-and-
      launch byobu
  * usr/bin/byobu-select-session: enable byobu-select-session to list
    custom session names, LP: #630673
  * debian/templates, etc/byobu/statusrc, usr/bin/byobu, usr/bin/byobu-
    janitor, usr/bin/byobu-launcher, usr/bin/byobu-launcher-install,
    usr/bin/byobu-launcher-uninstall, usr/bin/byobu-select-profile,
    usr/bin/byobu-status, usr/lib/byobu/custom, usr/lib/byobu/disk_io,
    usr/lib/byobu/ec2_cost, usr/lib/byobu/hostname,
    usr/lib/byobu/ip_address, usr/lib/byobu/logo,
    usr/lib/byobu/mem_available, usr/lib/byobu/menu,
    usr/lib/byobu/network, usr/lib/byobu/.notify_osd,
    usr/lib/byobu/reboot_required, usr/lib/byobu/services,
    usr/lib/byobu/updates_available, usr/share/byobu/keybindings/f-keys,
    usr/share/byobu/keybindings/screen-escape-keys,
    usr/share/byobu/profiles/byoburc, usr/share/byobu/profiles/common,
    usr/share/man/man1/byobu.1:
    - xdg user dirs overhaul, LP: #553105
  * etc/byobu/statusrc, usr/bin/byobu-config, usr/lib/byobu/mail,
    usr/lib/byobu/Makefile.am, usr/lib/byobu/raid,
    usr/share/byobu/profiles/common, usr/share/man/man1/byobu.1:
    - add a raid notification, LP: #669191
  * usr/bin/byobu-status, usr/lib/byobu/notify_osd:
    - fix all detail printing
  * usr/bin/byobu:
    - fix listing of sessions, LP: #672023
  * usr/lib/byobu/services:
    - drop max instance count from NC service reporting; was inaccurate

  [ Marcus Asshauer ]
  * usr/bin/byobu-config: add directory option when creating new window,
    LP: #623033
 -- Dustin Kirkla...

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package byobu - 4.17-0ubuntu1

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byobu (4.17-0ubuntu1) oneiric; urgency=low

  * usr/bin/byobu-launch: LP: #802646
    - ensure that .profile gets sourced if launching byobu by default,
      but also make sure that we won't recurse, using a variable flag
  * usr/lib/byobu/cpu_temp: LP: #799237, #802819
    - fix temperature on Atom D510
  * usr/bin/byobu-status:
    - deprecated RUNDIR
  * debian/postinst, etc/byobu/socketdir, experimental/byobu-aggregate-
    status, experimental/byobu-status-all, === modified symlink
    usr/share/byobu/keybindings/common, === target was uf-keys,
    usr/bin/byobu, usr/bin/byobu-config, usr/bin/byobu-ctrl-a,
    usr/bin/byobu-disable, usr/bin/byobu-enable, usr/bin/byobu-export,
    usr/bin/byobu-janitor, usr/bin/byobu-launch, usr/bin/byobu-launcher,
    usr/bin/byobu-launcher-install, usr/bin/byobu-launcher-uninstall,
    usr/bin/byobu-quiet, usr/bin/byobu-reconnect-sockets, usr/bin/byobu-
    select-profile, usr/bin/byobu-shell, usr/bin/byobu-silent,
    usr/bin/byobu-status, usr/bin/byobu-status-detail, usr/bin/byobu-
    ugraph, usr/bin/byobu-ulevel, usr/lib/byobu/.common,
    usr/lib/byobu/.constants, usr/lib/byobu/custom,
    usr/lib/byobu/disk_io, usr/lib/byobu/ec2_cost,
    usr/lib/byobu/ip_address, usr/lib/byobu/logo,
    usr/lib/byobu/Makefile.am, usr/lib/byobu/mem_available,
    usr/lib/byobu/menu, usr/lib/byobu/network,
    usr/lib/byobu/.notify_osd, usr/lib/byobu/reboot_required,
    usr/lib/byobu/services, usr/lib/byobu/.shutil,
    usr/lib/byobu/updates_available, usr/share/byobu/keybindings/f-keys,
    usr/share/byobu/profiles/common, usr/share/man/man1/byobu.1,
    usr/share/man/man1/byobu-select-session.1: LP: #802122
    - massive reworking to globalize and standardize the use of
      + BYOBU_RUN_DIR, which is typically /var/run/screen/S-$USER/byobu
      + BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR, which is typically $HOME/.byobu
    - this rework should more easily allow us to support users who's
      SOCKETDIR is not /var/run/screen, and XDG_USER_DIRS users
  * usr/lib/byobu/.constants:
    - should probably export those
  * usr/bin/byobu-ctrl-a:
    - whitespace
  * etc/byobu/statusrc, usr/share/byobu/keybindings/f-keys,
    usr/share/byobu/keybindings/screen-escape-keys,
    usr/share/byobu/profiles/byoburc, usr/share/byobu/profiles/common,
    usr/share/byobu/profiles/screenrc, usr/share/man/man1/byobu.1:
    - fix up a few more references to BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR
  * usr/bin/byobu-ctrl-a, usr/bin/byobu-quiet, usr/bin/byobu-select-
    profile, usr/bin/byobu-select-session, usr/bin/byobu-silent,
    usr/bin/byobu-status:
    - fix up a few more $HOME/.$PKG refs to $BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR
  * usr/bin/byobu-janitor, usr/lib/byobu/.constants:
    - LP: #553105, #780081: support XDG user dirs
  * usr/lib/byobu/.shutil:
    - quiet printing of metadata service test
  * usr/bin/byobu-select-session:
    - need to use the screen binary, LP: #800496
  * debian/control:
    - modernized description
 -- Dustin Kirkland <email address hidden> Mon, 27 Jun 2011 14:14:17 +0000