[OJFord]

Sounds like your issue's more with change than specifically what the spec says then. I get that, but also.. where would we be? (But then, I use a rolling release distro (btw) and happen to like systemd.)

> Why does that path need to be two directories deep?

It doesn't, set `$XDG_DATA_HOME` to something that isn't.

[benatkin]

Eh, for me it's that it's a grouping I don't like. I would really rather have the config and data bundled together. It's kind of like OOP where the functions and data are bundled together.