Put config files in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/dbeaver instead of ~/.dbeaver as per basedir-spec

dbeaver shouldn’t use user’s root directory to store configuration files, as per freedesktop spec and basedir-spec

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$XDG_CONFIG_HOME defines the base directory relative to which user specific configuration files should be stored. If $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is either not set or empty, a default equal to $HOME/.config should be used.

On Windows, if $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is not set, %appdata%\dbeaver , %localappdata%\dbeaver or %userprofile%\.config\dbeaver should be used.

[serge-rider]

Version 6.1.3 will use new workspace format and new location workspace location.

• Linux: ${XDG_DATA_HOME}/DBeaverData
• Max: ~/Library/DBeaverData
• Windows: %AppData%/DBeaverData

If XDG_DATA_HOME is not set then ~/.local/share folder will be used on Linux.

On first start DBeaver 6.1.3+ will ask about workspace migration and will automatically copy/convert all configurations.

[ghost]

In addition, dbeaver is dropping 2 directories. I for application and one for drivers. These should be under $XDG_CONFIG_HOME

Not really.

$XDG_CONFIG_HOME is not a place for binaries (like drivers) or logs. This directory is supposed to be user-level /etc directory, so in ideal world only configuration files should be stored here.
Drivers downloaded by DBeaver should go to $XDG_DATA_DIR - user-level /usr/share.
Logs, temporary files etc. should go to $XDG_CACHE_DIR - user-level /var.
There is also $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR, as name suggests, used only during runtime - user-level /run, /var/run, /var/lock etc. - good place for .lock file (or other kinds of data that could be shared between running instances of an application).