Why are .thunderbird and .evolution hidden ?

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Fri, 2010-02-26 at 18:39 -0500, Marcel Rieux wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 6:26 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan
> <pocallaghan at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Fri, 2010-02-26 at 18:27 -0500, Marcel Rieux wrote:
> >> On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 8:05 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan
> >> <pocallaghan at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Like many good ideas, I'd say that this one has very little chance of
> >> > becoming standard practice, given that each Linux app decides for itself
> >> > where to put its config files
> >>
> >> As I told Ed, there is more than config files in .evolution and
> >> .thunderbird: there is data!
> >>
> >> > More to the point, my answer to the OP would be "use a real backup
> >> > solution".
> >>
> >> What would you suggest as a "real backup solution"? By this, i mean
> >> something a Mac user could use eyes closed, given that defining a
> >> solution that all dummies can use will in no way curtail the options
> >> an experimented user has.
> >
> > TimeMachine. I think I already said that. There are also a number of
> > rsync-based solutions for Macs if you Google for them.
> >
> > Why are we talking about Macs anyway? This is a Fedora list.
> 
> Good question! Maybe I was talking about a solution the typical Mac
> user could use with Linux? It never crossed your mind? Really?

If you meant "any idiot like a Mac user" then, no it didn't. a) Plenty
of very smart people use Macs, and b) "working like a Mac" is not, as
far as I'm aware, a stated objective of the Fedora Project.

Going back to the actual point I'm trying to make, a "real backup
solution" should require *no* manual intervention on the part of the
user once it's been properly set up. Apple's TimeMachine is an example,
the various rsync+cron scripts out there are another. Manually copying
files using K3B is not, so the question as to whether the files are
"hidden" or not is simply a non-issue.

poc