Debian Bug report logs - #409068
please make ~/Desktop/ the default incoming directory

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Robert Millan <rmh@aybabtu.com>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: please make ~/Desktop/ the default incoming directory

Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 19:07:02 +0100

Package: amule
Version: 2.1.3-1
Severity: wishlist

Please could you make ~/Desktop/ the default incoming directory ?  Having it
in a dotdir confuses unexperienced users (since they have to figure out how
to access hidden dirs in their file browser).

Alternatively, you could make a symlink from ~/Desktop/something to
~/.aMule/incoming in the first run of the program.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-3-amd64
Locale: LANG=ca_AD.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=ca_AD.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages amule depends on:
hi  amule-common              2.1.3-1+custom common files for the rest of aMule
ii  libc6                     2.3.6.ds1-8    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcrypto++5.2c2a         5.2.1c2a-3     General purpose cryptographic shar
ii  libgcc1                   1:4.1.1-21     GCC support library
ii  libstdc++6                4.1.1-21       The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  libwxbase2.6-0            2.6.3.2.1.5    wxBase library (runtime) - non-GUI
ii  libwxgtk2.6-0             2.6.3.2.1.5    wxWidgets Cross-platform C++ GUI t
ii  zlib1g                    1:1.2.3-13     compression library - runtime

Versions of packages amule recommends:
ii  amule-utils               2.1.3-1+custom utilities for aMule (command-line 

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Message #10 received at 409068@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Carlos Izquierdo <gheesh@it.uc3m.es>

To: 409068@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: please make ~/Desktop/ the default incoming directory

Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2008 17:26:07 +0200

While I do not agree with Desktop being a good location for Incoming files (everything that you put there will automatically be shared, for example), I think it is an excellent idea to use a regular (non-hidden) directory for downloaded files. aMSN, for example, uses ~/amsn_received for that.

I've filed a bug upstream as well: http://www.amule.org/abugs/view.php?id=1407 (requires account)

Message #19 received at 409068@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: "shankao@gmail.com" <shankao@gmail.com>

To: 409068@bugs.debian.org

Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2016 20:16:26 +0800

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It should use XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR instead. See
https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/xdg-user-dirs/

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