Re: Location of user configuration (Linux)

On lundi, 16 janvier 2017 17.13:31 h CET Dave Page wrote:
> Hi
>
> On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 5:00 PM, Bruno Friedmann <bruno(at)ioda-net(dot)ch> wrote:
> > With the new layout of freedesktop can we imagine to placed
> > the runtime configuration and related to a more sensible directory than
> > ~/.pgadmin
>
> Using a per-app dot directory (or file) in the users home directory
> has been an accepted location for user config/settings etc. for, what,
> 30+ years? I don't see a reason to write code to migrate from that -
> I'd far rather spend time working on real issues.

Sensible argument, just think to explain in documentation then that users will
have pgadmin4 data in 3 locations : one config, two runtime data.
Which could be qualified as bad design or choice (see my smiley face?)
And more the time will pass, more users impacted ...

;-)

> > The configuration is okay ~/.config/pgadmin
> > Now the db, sessions, storage should be moved to
> > ~/.local/share/pgadmin
> >
> > That's where QTWebEngine place already its data.
> > .local/share/pgadmin/pgadmin4/QtWebEngine/Default/
> >

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