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Wireshark-bugs: [Wireshark-bugs] [Bug 7146] New: XDG Base Directory Specification unsupported

Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:31:03 -0700 (PDT)
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7146

           Summary: XDG Base Directory Specification unsupported
           Product: Wireshark
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: Linux (other)
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Major
          Priority: Low
         Component: Wireshark
        AssignedTo: bugzilla-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
        ReportedBy: wolfram@xxxxxxxxxxx


Build Information:
wireshark 1.6.6 (SVN Rev Unknown from unknown)

Copyright 1998-2012 Gerald Combs <gerald@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> and contributors.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Compiled (64-bit) with GTK+ 2.24.8, with GLib 2.30.2, with libpcap (version
unknown), with libz 1.2.6, with POSIX capabilities (Linux), without libpcre,
without SMI, without c-ares, without ADNS, without Lua, with Python, with
GnuTLS
2.12.18, without Gcrypt, without Kerberos, without GeoIP, without PortAudio,
without AirPcap.

Running on Linux 3.2.1-gentoo-r2-00, with libpcap version 1.1.1, with libz
1.2.6, GnuTLS 2.12.18.

Built using gcc 4.5.3.

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Could Wireshark please follow the XDG Base Directory Specification for
the configuration/data directory on linux?

more infos here:
- http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html
- http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/pyxdg
- https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LittleDetails#Use%20XDG%20folders

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