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Re: [Tarsnap GUI] RFC: Automatic job backup and more



  Definite and very gigantic upvote for the automatic job feature from me!

Shinnok:
>> On Jun 24, 2015, at 11:43 AM, Seth Heeren <tarsnap@sehe.nl> wrote:
>>
>> On 06/23/2015 09:56 AM, Shinnok wrote:
>>> I'd like to change the default directory for newly generated keys(via the Setup Wizard for now) from the system specific APPDATA ones, which currently are:
>>> 1. ~/.local/share/ on Linux/BSD
>>> 2. ~/Library/Application Support/ on OS X
>> I agree with others that changing this is a bad idea for various reasons.
>>
>> Changing the location is a breaking change.
>>
>> As others have pointed out 
>>
>> `~/Documents/`  is for user created _documents_. (They can be mailed, copied to a different system etc.) Keys are configuration. 
>> The keys should not look like documents (which may be deleted when old, e.g.)
>> The "dotfiles" or "Application Support/" are exactly where this kind of configuration is expected (beyond `/etc` maybe, but that usually implies system deamons)
>> I suggest you don't make this change. I can see a `~/.tarnsap/` location, but then again, it's probably not worth changing for anymore.
> This is the third request I got to not make this change, I guess it suffices to abandon it.
>
> Now in regards to the automatic job feature, do I get any more upvotes for it?
>
> Thanks for your feedback,
> Shinnok

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