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- Firefox 147 Will Support The XDG Base Directory Specification
Merged this morning was the support for this specification and associated commits In turn this long-open bug is now closed and Firefox 147 should be the version to finally support the XDG Base Directory specification for jiving more nicely with other Linux apps
- Mozilla Resolves 21-Year-Old Bug, Adds Full XDG Directory Support
Firefox 147 adds support for the XDG Base Directory Specification, ending a 21-year wait and aligning the browser’s Linux file storage with modern standards
- Firefox is fixing a 21-year old problem on Linux - How-To Geek
As part of the upcoming release of Firefox 147, Mozilla has resolved a bug report about missing support for Freedesktop's XDG Base Directory standard The report had been open for a whopping 21 years, and the fix will make Firefox installation files cleaner and more organized Bug 259356, created in September 2004, outlined how Firefox was not following XDG Base Directory specifications, which
- 259356 - (xdg-basedir) Support for the Freedesktop. org XDG . . .
It's a good help to give this switch smooth > > > > And some users have a dual-boot with a profile share between windows and > > GNU Linux, XDG Base Directory Specification could break i too > > With Firefox Sync built in by default, and other sync engines available, is > it really such a big problem?
- Firefox 147 Will Support the XDG Base Directory Specification . . .
Then Firefox (and ansible, and many others) comes barreling in dropping an unconfigurable dot-directory in my fucking home folder ignoring the perfectly good XDG variables I have set
- Firefox 147 Will Support The XDG Base Directory Specification
The XDG Base Directory specification lays out where application data files, configuration files, cached assets, and other files and file formats should be positioned within a user's home directory and the XDG environment variables for accessing those locations
- Firefox is fixing a 21-year old problem on Linux - Nsane Forums
As part of the upcoming release of Firefox 147, Mozilla has resolved a bug report about missing support for Freedesktop's XDG Base Directory standard The report had been open for a whopping 21 years, and the fix will make Firefox installation files cleaner and more organized Bug 259356, created
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