From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: swedebugia Subject: bug#35683: wishlist: addessing statefulness of .cache(s) Date: Sun, 12 May 2019 23:29:55 +0200 Message-ID: <7367fb7b-7ee9-6a33-4a99-aee6be025276@riseup.net> References: <878svdh2ec.fsf@roquette.mug.biscuolo.net> <87zhntxlj4.fsf@nckx> <87tve1f8oq.fsf@roquette.mug.biscuolo.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:54953) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hPw5j-0004Zo-4V for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 12 May 2019 17:33:07 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hPw3i-0001Iv-Ng for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 12 May 2019 17:31:03 -0400 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:58208) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hPw3i-0001HE-DJ for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 12 May 2019 17:31:02 -0400 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hPw3i-0006t8-5R for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 12 May 2019 17:31:02 -0400 Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <87tve1f8oq.fsf@roquette.mug.biscuolo.net> Content-Language: en-US List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Guix List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-guix-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "bug-Guix" To: 35683@debbugs.gnu.org On 2019-05-11 14:59, Giovanni Biscuolo wrote: > Hello Tobias, > > Tobias Geerinckx-Rice writes: ... >>> often users have to delete something in some .cache by guessing, >>> "just" >>> to solve some strange software crash (this is common to all >>> distros) >> >> I have never had to do this, ever. I have no memories having to do this either during the last 15 years. ... > [1] having data in .cache that crashes applications and services is bad > design IMHO, let alone having configuration in .cache +1 -- Cheers Swedebugia