id,summary,reporter,owner,description,type,status,priority,milestone,component,version,severity,resolution,keywords,cc,difficulty,ghcversion,platform
688,adopt XDG basedir spec,guest,,"I want to be able to tell {{{cabal}}} to read the configuration from a different place than {{{$HOME/.cabal/config}}}.

The ultimate goal is to get rid of the non-standard {{{.cabal}}} directory altogether, so far careful {{{--package-db}}}/{{{--prefix}}} etc. juggling served me well; {{{config}}} is the last remaining file there.

{{{
> cabal --version
cabal-install version 0.8.2
using version 1.8.0.2 of the Cabal library
}}}",enhancement,new,low,cabal-install-0.16,cabal-install tool,1.8.0.4,normal,,,,hard (< 1 day),6.10.4,Linux