Ipython: IPython should follow the XDG Base Directory spec for configuration

[ipython]

Original Launchpad bug 409277: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ipython/+bug/409277
Reported by: bernd-sch (Bernd Schlapsi).

Could IPython please follow the XDG Base Directory Specification for the configuration/data directory on linux.

more infos here:

• http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html
• http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/pyxdg
• https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LittleDetails#Use%20XDG%20folders

I am using:
python 2.6.2
ipython 0.9.1
Ubuntu 9.04 with latest updates

[ipython]

[ LP comment 1 by: Brian Granger, on 2010-01-04 00:34:36.662458+00:00 ]

We definitely need to look at this as we have recently refactored our config system.

[minrk]

use XDG_CONFIG_HOME if available

priority is:

$XDG/ipython if both or neither exist
$HOME/.ipython if it exists and $XDG/ipython does not exist

closed by c1c2a7104aa859c980e0d0506429c0cfab3766ce
closed by c1c2a7104aa859c980e0d0506429c0cfab3766ce

[ivanov]

we are reverting this in IPython 2.0 and dropping support for XDG. See PR #4457