user dirs in f16

[Rex Dieter]

Matthias Clasen wrote:

> Since gnome3 does no longer show the desktop folder contents on the
> desktop, having 'Desktop' show up in the file chooser is confusing, at
> best. Thankfully, GTK+ already hides it if it is the same as HOME. So,
> for F16 I plan to change the default xdg-user-dirs configuration to set
> Desktop=HOME.

As this affects everyone, not just gnome users, I'd suggest moving this 
topic to -devel or somewhere for a wider discussion if possible.

Offhand, I can certainly understand the incentive to simplify matters and 
have one-less folder, but it also makes me a bit nervous that other software 
and DE's may make assumptions about ~/Desktop being present and used as well 
as breaking some user expectations about ~/Desktop existence and use.  Both 
of these are fixable, of course.

-- Rex