GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 690429
Scores should be saved in home folders (in addition to/replacement of /var/games)
Last modified: 2014-01-15 23:35:37 UTC
+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #638425 +++ Since scores are stored in /var/games, users depend on the system administrator. For example, if the system is installed again or if users move to another computer, users can loose their scores. Personally, I consider games scores as user data, so it would make sense to save them in home folders (or to have an option to make users able to). The first time I lost all my scores, I was a bit disappointed, I thought they were saved in my home folder.
The following fix has been pushed: fdf6d2d Move scores from /var/games to home directory
Created attachment 266417 [details] [review] Move scores from /var/games to home directory The score system was originally designed for multi-user systems where storing scores in a central location allowed different users on the same computer at different times to compete amongst each other for high scores. This might still be fun in a computer lab, but nowadays most users have individual machines, and we are more concerned about ensuring a user's scores are his own data, on his home partition, to remain even after blowing away / for an OS upgrade. All of the modernized games have already switched to scores in the home directory: time for the rest to do so as well. Also, I get to delete a lot of code, and that's fun. https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=690430