> But take a step further back: why should anyone care about what the XDG says in first place?
Because their users are asking them to not pollute the home directory? This isn't bikeshedding config locations without reason, there is a clear motivation for letting users a) specify where data should go and b) separate different types of data.
> It's been my observation that good standards can be adopted broadly and quickly with little controversy or need for advocacy.
The XDG basedir spec has been adopted broadly amongs many organizations and individual devlopers including all major desktop environments. It is not adopted universally yet, but few things are.
Because their users are asking them to not pollute the home directory? This isn't bikeshedding config locations without reason, there is a clear motivation for letting users a) specify where data should go and b) separate different types of data.
> It's been my observation that good standards can be adopted broadly and quickly with little controversy or need for advocacy.
The XDG basedir spec has been adopted broadly amongs many organizations and individual devlopers including all major desktop environments. It is not adopted universally yet, but few things are.