Re: Location for user installed plugin libraries and icons
Jon Gough <jonsgough@gmail.com> wrote:
> So, any user installable application extension/plugin which has
> executables and supporting data is left behind on the system when the
> owning application is removed or updated using the system installation
> process? This is accepted behaviour?
Yes, this is accepted behaviour, because the system does not know if the
user uses the file for anything else. Maybe $HOME is mounted from the
network and the application using the files is still being used on a
different system.
> Shouldn't applications clean up after themselves and not leave user
> systems with junk lying around?
No.
Grüße,
S°
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