[tor-bugs] #31937 [Core Tor/Tor]: decide and document that stuff in the CacheDirectory can be deleted while Tor is running

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#31937: decide and document that stuff in the CacheDirectory can be deleted while
Tor is running
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 Reporter:  arma          |          Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement   |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium        |      Milestone:
Component:  Core Tor/Tor  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal        |     Resolution:
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Comment (by eighthave):

 I think the bigger question is sorting out the true "cache" files that can
 be deleted at will, and the "data" files that need to be kept around.
 XDG's definition is a little looser, but not much: "There is a single base
 directory relative to which user-specific non-essential (cached) data
 should be written. This directory is defined by the environment variable
 $XDG_CACHE_HOME."https://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-
 spec-latest.html

 To me, "non-essential" means things will run regardless of the presence of
 those files.  So XDG's definition of "cache" is pretty much the same as
 Android's.

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