MySQL Bugs: #92026: Configuration files should go in XDG directories

Bug #92026	Configuration files should go in XDG directories
Submitted:	15 Aug 2018 18:42
Reporter:	Alex Cabal	Email Updates:
Status:	Open	Impact on me:	None
Category:	MySQL Workbench	Severity:	S4 (Feature request)
Version:	6.3.10	OS:	Linux
Assigned to:		CPU Architecture:	Any

Description:
MySQL Workbench stores configuration files in $HOME/.mysql/workbench/ by default on Linux.

However, it should respect XDG base directory locations, which have been defined since 2003. Configuration files should instead be stored in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/mysql-workbench/ (which is usually $HOME/.config/mysql-workbench/)

How to repeat:
Install and run MySQL Workbench and observe the $HOME/.mysql/workbench/ directory.

Suggested fix:
If $HOME/.mysql/workbench/ exists, read/store config files there to maintain backwards compatibility.

If $HOME/.mysql/workbench/ does not exist, use $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/mysql-workbench/ to read/store config files.

I was also about to file a bug report regarding this issue. Please consider conforming to the XDG Base Directory Specification, it makes backing up user profiles a lot easier.