Forwarding my own message to the list because my client failed to reply-to the list. I am embarrassed. Apologies to elektra@markus-raab!
Begin forwarded message: > From: Chanslor Rosenthal <[email protected]> > Date: April 27, 2021 at 11:03:23 AM PDT > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: RCF: Basedir specification for non-Linux > > For what it's worth, I do not (frequently) port to Mac, but I *do* frequently > develop for Linux on Mac. I work on an outdated MBP, test against my Debian > server and Manjaro desktop, a newer Mac, and sometimes other Linux devices. > > I mention this because, when I do that, I almost always leave the spec > unchanged *for user files*. Things don't get tricky until you arrive at > executables. > > Things get *very* tricky when you arrive at executables. "Straight" Unix > programs are, for the most part, where they are supposed to be, but desktop > Mac programs work more like an AppImage and do not live anywhere nor have > anything resembling a desktop entry. > > Special-casing it may be the only good solution. Some kind of parser would > probably be the easiest solution, a companion package that locates Mac > locations from FreeDesktop-specified paths and envvars. > > Just my two cents. Other people do much more intensive work porting full > desktop apps and etc.
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