done: reportbug (shot down hard). blender <-- nowhere to supply feature requests dbus linux dc++ driconf <-- hosted on freedesktop, but eclipse <-- probably tricky. elinks <-- very unlikely fluxbox <-- ? gbdfed <-- maybe gEDA <-- not likely (to old == they hate new things) gftp <-- quite probable gimp <-- planned git <-- not likely gnome <-- Yes? no? Most likely no reason to tell them though gnupg <-- gnuplot <-- gstreamer gtk <-- already using it.. a bit? gv inkscape <-- reported jscalibrator mame mplayer <-- (smplayer and other are using it) dunno mediatomb <-- possible mednafen <-- possible (might be reluctant, slow activity) mozilla / firefox <-- worth a try? NEEDS IT mupen64plus <-- neverball pidgin / purple <-- not gonna happen qt screen scummvm ssh songbird svn vim <-- lol! not going to happen xvncviewer wine wmii xbindkeys xmess xmoto <-- zsnes <-- not gonna happen This is what i sent: Bried description: Should follow the XDG Base Directory Specification Long description For config files, temporary files and more the specification found at http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html should be used. Following such a standard gives several advantages, such as: * Less cluttered home directories. * Configurable path to config files. * Backup/synchronization procedures become alot easier (copying multiple configurations easily and without getting temporary data, logs and such). * Easier to maintain permissions for configuration files with sensitive data (only a single folder to protect). and for many applications: * Standard path for local cache data, logs and more, which are currently handled in various ways, often merged with config data or in some arbitrary file/folder. The consistency of the system would increase if additional programs adhere to this standard as several apps already implement it.