Thunderbird bug creates empty ~/thunderbird directory on each launch due to XDG changes
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Summary
The author recently started using Thunderbird again but discovered a bug caused by recent XDG changes that introduced a new type of projects directory. Every time Thunderbird starts, it creates an empty, useless ~/thunderbird directory, while the actual configuration and data remain in the old ~/.thunderbird location.
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The bug means that any time I start Thunderbird, it creates a directory ~/thunderbird.
The directory is useless. It remains empty, and Thunderbird already uses an old-style ~/.thunderbird for configuration and data, instead
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