Comment 43 for bug 135874

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Bryan Donlan (bdonlan) wrote : Re: [Bug 135874] Re: [needs-packaging] StepMania

On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 2:41 PM, Wolfgang Silbermayr <email address hidden> wrote:
> I guess we should not clutter the home directory even more by adding a
> .stepmania subdirectory. Instead it makes sense to follow the XDG
> specification and use XDG_DATA_HOME and XDG_CONFIG_HOME for new
> developments. See http://ploum.frimouvy.org/?207-modify-your-
> application-to-use-xdg-folders for further information about that.

The problem is, for the non-advanced user who just wants to play their
game, they don't really want to go digging in hidden folders (or might
not know where those folders are!) A location that would be more
obvious to the new user would be helpful :)