Bug 2201 – Enh: Audacity does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification

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Audacity 3.0.3 development began 19th April 2021

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Bug 2201 - Enh: Audacity does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification


Summary:	Enh: Audacity does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification

Status:	NEW

Product:	Audacity
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Application Core
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	Per OS Linux

Importance:	P4 Enhancement
Assigned To:	Default Assignee for New Bugs

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Reported:	2019-08-18 17:58 UTC by Steve Daulton
Modified:	2019-08-20 11:40 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Steve Daulton 2019-08-18 17:58:22 UTC

freedesktop.org provide specifications for how desktops should locate files, such as config files or application data files.
https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/latest/

Audacity does not conform to this specification, but uses hard coded paths to "dot files" (namely .audacity-data and .audacity-files) directly in the user's $HOME directory. This practice is now considered "legacy" and Desktop applications are encouraged to at least provide an option for XDG Base Directory compliance.

Additional information: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/XDG_Base_Directory#Support