[craftedv2beta] Why is crafted-config-var-directory not included in v2?

[monora]

In crafted-emacs v1 we had crafted-config-var-directory as a location for files that should not pollute user-emacs-directory, like history, recentf,...
I would like to see it again in v2. Is there a reason to abandon it?

[monora]

I now see the diffs between the new crafted-defaults-config.el and crafted-defaults.el of v1. There we had crafted-defaults--sensible-path which is quite useful to define various paths:

(crafted-defaults--sensible-path crafted-config-var-directory
                                 'savehist-file "history")

(crafted-defaults--sensible-path crafted-config-var-directory
                                 'auto-save-list-file-prefix "auto-save-list/.saves-")

(with-eval-after-load 'saveplace
  (crafted-defaults--sensible-path crafted-config-var-directory
                                    'save-place-file "places"))

(with-eval-after-load 'bookmark
  (crafted-defaults--sensible-path crafted-config-var-directory
                                    'bookmark-default-file "bookmarks"))

(with-eval-after-load 'tramp
  (crafted-defaults--sensible-path crafted-config-var-directory
                                    'tramp-persistency-file-name
                                    "tramp"))

(with-eval-after-load 'org-id
  (crafted-defaults--sensible-path crafted-config-var-directory
                                    'org-id-locations-file
                                    "org-id-locations"))

(with-eval-after-load 'nsm
  (crafted-defaults--sensible-path crafted-config-var-directory
                                    'nsm-settings-file
                                    "network-security.data"))

(with-eval-after-load 'project
  (crafted-defaults--sensible-path crafted-config-var-directory
                                    'project-list-file
                                    "projects"))

Why was this removed in v2?

[monora]

See also #315 (comment).

[jeffbowman]

No, there is no intention to bring this back. There is a package, however, which might be interesting to those who prefer configuration along those lines: please check out https://melpa.org/#/no-littering. The v1 solution was not as complete but ideas from this package in various places. This package is the better solution going forward.

[monora]

Thanks, I will check this out.