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snapd package

  1. Bug #1575053
  2. Comment #32

Comment 32 for bug 1575053

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GizmoChicken (gizmochicken) wrote : Re: Please move snap user data from "$HOME/snap" to "$HOME/.snap" (or to "$HOME/.local/share/snap" in accordance with the XDG spec)

"Rather than just moving it, please allow it to be configurable. Hard-coding anything is a very bad idea."

With regard to a directory that is intended to be user accessible (as opposed to one that contains configuration files), I'm all for reconfigurability.

But with regard to the locations of pure configuration files, I hope (and assume) that they will be hard-coded to an appropriate location. I'd be perfectly content with the proposed “$HOME/.snap” location. But just to repeat, flatpak places flatpak user data in “$HOME/.local/share/flatpak” in accordance with the XDG spec. See https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/wiki/Filesystem So an argument could be made for placing snap user data in "$HOME/.local/share/snap" to conform with the XDG spec.

P.S. I realize that, from a developers point of view, this issue may seem trivial compared to the much more import issues that the developers are fixing. And I'm surprised that term "bikeshedding" hasn't been mentioned in this thread. But as you can see from the "heat" of this report, having a visible "snap" directory (with a lower case "s") being forcibly placed in the home directory is disturbing to many.

Speaking for myself, if snap requires a visible "Snap" directory to appear in my home directory (upper case "S" consistent with other visible default directories in my home directory), although not ideal, I could live with that. But I anticipate that many would continue to complain. So it would be better if the name of any visible directory appearing in home is configurable.