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Idea #21020

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Support XDG base directory envvars throughout the Python SDK

Added by Brett Smith 7 months ago.

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New
Priority:
Normal
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Category:
SDKs
Target version:
Future
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Description

We should support XDG Base Directory environment variables throughout the Python SDK. Things like XDG_CONFIG_PATH and XDG_CACHE_HOME. Note that this includes validations like ensuring the paths are absolute. There are probably packages on PyPI that can help us with this.

Known specific instances:

  • arvados.config.initialize should default to config_file=None. When the value is None, the function should search XDG_CONFIG_PATH to find arvados/settings.conf.
  • arvados.api.http_cache should create and write to to $XDG_CACHE_HOME/arvados/SUBDIR.

Related issues

Related to Arvados - Idea #21323: System services use cache/config directories indicated by XDG env vars / systemd directivesNewActions
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Updated by Tom Clegg 4 months ago

  • Related to Idea #21323: System services use cache/config directories indicated by XDG env vars / systemd directives added
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