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30.0.50; [FR] xdg: provide an ability to create XDG directory, if it does not exist

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To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
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Subject: bug#71732: closed (30.0.50; [FR] xdg: provide an ability to
 create XDG directory, if it does not exist)
Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2024 12:38:02 +0000

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From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92 <at> posteo.net>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 30.0.50; [FR] xdg: provide an ability to create XDG directory, if
 it does not exist
Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2024 09:40:49 +0000

Follow-up from "Please document the caching and its user options"
https://yhetil.org/emacs-devel/86le35rwyp.fsf <at> gnu.org/

Currently `xdg-cache-home`, and other functions in xdg.el only return
the path, but never create any directories.

However, to follow XDG spec, XDG directories must follow certain
rules. In particular:

    If, when attempting to write a file, the destination directory is
    non-existent an attempt should be made to create it with permission
    0700. If the destination directory exists already the permissions
    should not be changed.
  https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html

May you please add a functionality to xdg.el to create the directory
with right permissions, so that xdg.el users do not need to know these
technical details of the spec?

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92 <at> posteo.net>
Cc: bjorn.bidar <at> thaodan.de, 71732-done <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 15:36:37 +0300

> From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92 <at> posteo.net>
> Cc: 71732 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, bjorn.bidar <at> thaodan.de
> Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2024 12:28:48 +0000
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
> >> 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.
> >
> > Like I said earlier: this is a two-liner:
> >
> >   (with-file-modes 0700
> >     (make-directory DIR t))
> >
> > where the value 0700 is something the Lisp program should control.
> 
> Yes, it is a two-liner, but 0700 requires familiarity with XDG.

No, it doesn't.  It requires the decision which modes to use, which is
independent of what XDG mandates.

> 
> > I see no reason to provide an API for such simple code, let alone do
> > that in xdg.el.
> >
> > And if you still don't agree, let's at least agree to disagree.
> > because this argument begins to revisit what was already said.
> 
> Ok. Then, feel free to close the feature request.

Done.

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