[xmonad] XDG_CONFIG_HOME (reprise)

[Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH]

On 2008 Aug 31, at 7:47, Devin Mullins wrote:

> On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 12:09:31AM -0400, Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH  
> wrote:
>>> Would an acceptable alternative be to pass the config directory as a
>>> cmdline arg?
>> What exactly is the problem with following a documented standard?
> My reasons are Spencer's reasons, plus it's not really a standard
> standard. You didn't answer the question.

I answered the question with another question:  if the history file  
isn't properly locked, it must be non-shared which means at minimum a  
separate one per host.

And if we're picking and choosing which standards we consider to be  
"true" standards, we risk getting locked out of distributions that  
disagree with us.  (I would not be greatly surprised if Debian were to  
decide to demand it where it is relevant.)

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electrical and computer engineering, carnegie mellon university    KF8NH