Ubuntu
snapd package

  1. Bug #1575053
  2. Comment #15

Comment 15 for bug 1575053

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GizmoChicken (gizmochicken) wrote : Re: Please move snap user data from "$HOME/snap" to "$HOME/.snap" (or to "$HOME/.local/share/snap" in accordance with the XDG spec)

I agree with comments #2 and #3 regarding the urgency of this issue. As John Wang points out, it would be best to address this issue before the current data location becomes entrenched once more snaps are rolled out.

In comment #11, Mark Shuttleworth suggested that “$HOME/.snap” makes sense. I too prefer placing snap user data in the “$HOME/.snap” location. But I notice that flatpak places flatpak user data in “$HOME/.local/share/flatpak” in accordance with the XDG spec. See https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/wiki/Filesystem So an argument could be made for placing snap user data in "$HOME/.local/share/snap" to conform with the XDG spec.