From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mp1 ([2001:41d0:2:4a6f::]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)) by ms11 with LMTPS id oOwpNUlTlF/cSwAA0tVLHw (envelope-from ) for ; Sat, 24 Oct 2020 16:16:09 +0000 Received: from aspmx1.migadu.com ([2001:41d0:2:4a6f::]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)) by mp1 with LMTPS id kMcXMUlTlF8pGQAAbx9fmQ (envelope-from ) for ; Sat, 24 Oct 2020 16:16:09 +0000 Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by aspmx1.migadu.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E330B940224 for ; Sat, 24 Oct 2020 16:16:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([::1]:33220 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kWMD9-0003sd-O3 for larch@yhetil.org; Sat, 24 Oct 2020 12:16:07 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:53352) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kWMD4-0003sB-34 for guix-patches@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Oct 2020 12:16:02 -0400 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:51342) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kWMD3-0007ks-Pm for guix-patches@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Oct 2020 12:16:01 -0400 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1kWMD3-0003SE-L5 for guix-patches@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Oct 2020 12:16:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Subject: [bug#43920] [SHEPHERD PATCH] shepherd: Move log file to XDG_CACHE_DIR. Resent-From: Ludovic =?UTF-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: guix-patches@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2020 16:16:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 43920 X-GNU-PR-Package: guix-patches X-GNU-PR-Keywords: patch To: Leo Prikler Cc: "Jan \(janneke\) Nieuwenhuizen" , 43920@debbugs.gnu.org, Efraim Flashner Received: via spool by 43920-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B43920.160355614613209 (code B ref 43920); Sat, 24 Oct 2020 16:16:01 +0000 Received: (at 43920) by debbugs.gnu.org; 24 Oct 2020 16:15:46 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:34622 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1kWMCn-0003Qz-QF for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 24 Oct 2020 12:15:45 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:53168) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1kWMCl-0003QM-Pn for 43920@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 24 Oct 2020 12:15:44 -0400 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:49337) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kWMCd-0007Zu-LZ; Sat, 24 Oct 2020 12:15:35 -0400 Received: from [2a01:e0a:1d:7270:af76:b9b:ca24:c465] (port=52098 helo=ribbon) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1kWMCd-0002IB-6p; Sat, 24 Oct 2020 12:15:35 -0400 From: Ludovic =?UTF-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= References: X-URL: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ X-Revolutionary-Date: 3 Brumaire an 229 de la =?UTF-8?Q?R=C3=A9volution?= X-PGP-Key-ID: 0x090B11993D9AEBB5 X-PGP-Key: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ludovic.asc X-PGP-Fingerprint: 3CE4 6455 8A84 FDC6 9DB4 0CFB 090B 1199 3D9A EBB5 X-OS: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2020 18:15:33 +0200 In-Reply-To: (Leo Prikler's message of "Sat, 24 Oct 2020 00:17:22 +0200") Message-ID: <87h7qjiore.fsf@gnu.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-Spam-Score: -3.3 (---) X-BeenThere: guix-patches@gnu.org List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-patches-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-patches" X-Scanner: scn0 Authentication-Results: aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=none; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=gnu.org; spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of guix-patches-bounces@gnu.org designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=guix-patches-bounces@gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -1.51 X-TUID: xzUd5u8hKJ0q Hi, Leo Prikler skribis: >> The previous location wasn=E2=80=99t perfect, but the proposed one isn= =E2=80=99t >> great >> either: one can generally assume =E2=80=9Crm -rf ~/.cache=E2=80=9D won= =E2=80=99t lose >> anything >> that cannot be reconstructed, and the log is something that cannot be >> reconstructed. > That is actually not part of the XDG specification =E2=80=93 it merely st= ates, > that non-essential files be put there. Whether or not one considers > the shepherd log essential is debatable. Right, that=E2=80=99s my interpretation of what =E2=80=9Ccache=E2=80=9D mea= ns. > You could alternatively put it under $XDG_DATA_HOME. Some projects > like Xorg seem to do that. Of course, there always remains the option > of having yet another environment variable or command line parameter > for the placement of the log file. Yup, XDG_DATA_HOME would work for me; it seems to be rather in line with what the XDG states and what Xorg does, as you note. https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.h= tml WDYT, Efraim & Janneke? Ludo=E2=80=99.