[Bug 276466] New: kdecache should use ~/.cache/kdecache/ instead of /var/tmp/kdecache-$USER

[g111 at netcologne.de]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=276466

           Summary: kdecache should use ~/.cache/kdecache/ instead of
                    /var/tmp/kdecache-$USER
           Product: kde
           Version: 4.6
          Platform: Debian unstable
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: wishlist
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: unassigned-bugs at kde.org
        ReportedBy: g111 at netcologne.de


Version:           4.6 (using KDE 4.6.4) 
OS:                Linux

It would be great if KDE would use the ~/.cache/ e.g. ~/.cache/kdecache
directory for caching data instead of writing to /var/tmp/kdecache-$USER. The
freedesktop guidline recommends this directory for cache data:
http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html

IMHO there are some good reasons to do this:
1) If all software would use this directory for personal cache data, it would
be more simple (and obvious) to exclude all of this data out of backups.

2) If you have the system partition (including /var) installed on a SSD it
would save unnecessary write operations on this SSD.

3) Deleting a user's home directory removes all his temporary data, too. Moving
his home directory to another server keeps the cached data automatically in
place.

Thanks,
Gert

Reproducible: Always



Expected Results:  
Use ~/.cache to store cache data in.

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