Firefox 147 Will Support The XDG Base Directory Specification The XDG Base Directory specification lays out where application data files, configuration files, cached assets, and other files and file formats should be positioned within a user's home directory and the XDG environment variables for accessing those locations
Firefox is fixing a 21-year old problem on Linux - Nsane Forums As part of the upcoming release of Firefox 147, Mozilla has resolved a bug report about missing support for Freedesktop's XDG Base Directory standard The report had been open for a whopping 21 years, and the fix will make Firefox installation files cleaner and more organized Bug 259356, created
XDG Base Directory :: ITS FOSS This article serves as an exhaustive guide, offering a deep dive into the XDG Base Directory structure, its significance, its implementation, and how to leverage it effectively for a cleaner, more organized user experience
XDG Base Directory - ArchWiki This section exists to catalog the growing set of software using the XDG Base Directory Specification introduced in 2003 This is here to demonstrate the viability of this specification by listing commonly found dotfiles and their support status
259356 - (xdg-basedir) Support for the Freedesktop. org XDG . . . This will be fun with writing testcases :-) Adding MOZ_XDG_BASE_DIR_SUPPORT=false that disables the new support in Firefox only needs to do something at profile creation time (and add 2-way fallback everywhere else, still no fun but strictly easier and less error prone)