GNU bug report logs - #71732
30.0.50; [FR] xdg: provide an ability to create XDG directory, if it does not exist

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Message #26 received at 71732 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92 <at> posteo.net>
Cc: bjorn.bidar <at> thaodan.de, 71732 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#71732: 30.0.50; [FR] xdg: provide an ability to create XDG
 directory, if it does not exist
Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2024 14:53:21 +0300

> From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92 <at> posteo.net>
> Cc: 71732 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, bjorn.bidar <at> thaodan.de
> Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2024 11:42:47 +0000
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
> >> Let me clarify: I did not mean creating a directory _under_ XDG
> >> directory. I meant creating XDG directory itself - it is regulated by
> >> XDG spec.
> >
> > Yes, I understood, and my response includes that part as well.
> 
> Then, I do not understand your
> 
>   >>> ...I disagree, mainly because the details are not part of XDG
> 
> According to
> https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html,
> 0700 permission is a part of XDG spec.

I already explained that: we don't blindly follow any standards, and
this particular issue is up to the calling Lisp program.  xdg.el has
no business forcing permissions on the caller.

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