Bug#661388: Please tag devscripts cache using CACHEDIR.TAG

[James McCoy]

On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 01:02:30PM -0800, Josh Triplett wrote:
> Various backup utilities can automatically exclude cache directories if tagged
> via the "Cache Directory Tagging" standard
> (http://www.brynosaurus.com/cachedir/).  Doing so requires creating a file
> CACHEDIR.TAG in the cache directory, containing the contents "Signature:
> 8a477f597d28d172789f06886806bc55".  Please consider implementing this standard
> by creating this file, so that backup software can automatically exclude the
> devscripts cache.
> 
> (I'd also love to see a fix for 659330, to consolidate cache directories in
> XDG_CACHE_DIR.)

I've just implemented the use of $XDG_CACHE_HOME.  Do you still consider
the use of CACHEDIR.TAG relevant?

Cheers,
-- 
James
GPG Key: 4096R/331BA3DB 2011-12-05 James McCoy <jamessan at debian.org>
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