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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From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92 <at> posteo.net>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: bjorn.bidar <at> thaodan.de, 71732 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#71732: 30.0.50; [FR] xdg: provide an ability to create XDG directory, if it does not exist
Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2024 12:12:20 +0000

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> 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.

I do not ask to force the permissions.
I am asking to provide an API function that will create XDG dir with
appropriately assignment permissions. It will be up to the xdg.el caller
to use that API function.

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