[PR #2003] [MERGED] Revert private cache enabled by default #4149

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📋 Pull Request Information

Original PR: https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/pull/2003
Author: @SkewedZeppelin
Created: 6/14/2018
Status: ✅ Merged
Merged: 6/15/2018
Merged by: @netblue30

Base: master ← Head: revert-private-cache

📝 Commits (2)

ce416de Revert "mounting a tmpfs on ~/.cache directory (private-cache) by default"
b885aec Add private-cache to many profiles

📊 Changes

110 files changed (+147 additions, -27 deletions)

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📝 README.md (+8 -5)
📝 RELNOTES (+1 -3)
📝 etc/Cryptocat.profile (+1 -0)
📝 etc/android-studio.profile (+1 -0)
📝 etc/apktool.profile (+1 -0)
📝 etc/arch-audit.profile (+1 -0)
📝 etc/ardour5.profile (+1 -0)
📝 etc/arduino.profile (+1 -0)
📝 etc/atom.profile (+1 -0)
📝 etc/atool.profile (+1 -0)
📝 etc/bitlbee.profile (+1 -0)
📝 etc/bless.profile (+1 -0)
📝 etc/brackets.profile (+1 -0)
📝 etc/brasero.profile (+1 -0)
📝 etc/cherrytree.profile (+1 -0)
📝 etc/cin.profile (+1 -0)
📝 etc/clion.profile (+1 -0)
📝 etc/clipit.profile (+1 -0)
📝 etc/code.profile (+1 -0)
📝 etc/conky.profile (+1 -0)

...and 80 more files

📄 Description

Commit caa7ad8714 enabled private-cache by default globally.

Should this really be enabled by default? Preventing programs from having persistent cache directories overall has many negative impacts.

Most email clients cache emails to allow various functionality and downloading them can take many minutes
Caching makes webpages load faster
Most music players cache album art from libraries
Mapping programs (gnome-maps, viking) don't need to constantly redownload tiles
Mesa shader cache improves graphics load performance
General waste of bandwith of clients/servers
General increase in recomputing things
General potential increase in disk I/O

I think it'd be better if we just manually add private-cache only to suitable programs.

private-cache will need to be added to more programs as identified by

grep 'whitelist ${HOME}/.cache' -L $(grep "private-cache" -L $(grep "redirect" -RiL))

_{🔄 This issue represents a GitHub Pull Request. It cannot be merged through Gitea due to API limitations.}

## 📋 Pull Request Information **Original PR:** https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/pull/2003 **Author:** [@SkewedZeppelin](https://github.com/SkewedZeppelin) **Created:** 6/14/2018 **Status:** ✅ Merged **Merged:** 6/15/2018 **Merged by:** [@netblue30](https://github.com/netblue30) **Base:** `master` ← **Head:** `revert-private-cache` --- ### 📝 Commits (2) - [`ce416de`](https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/commit/ce416de492c229b09b4cb466e042f03ed3ce2e40) Revert "mounting a tmpfs on ~/.cache directory (private-cache) by default" - [`b885aec`](https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/commit/b885aec301631b7fc6e1b402820f734b77e670a2) Add private-cache to many profiles ### 📊 Changes **110 files changed** (+147 additions, -27 deletions) <details> <summary>View changed files</summary> 📝 `README.md` (+8 -5) 📝 `RELNOTES` (+1 -3) 📝 `etc/Cryptocat.profile` (+1 -0) 📝 `etc/android-studio.profile` (+1 -0) 📝 `etc/apktool.profile` (+1 -0) 📝 `etc/arch-audit.profile` (+1 -0) 📝 `etc/ardour5.profile` (+1 -0) 📝 `etc/arduino.profile` (+1 -0) 📝 `etc/atom.profile` (+1 -0) 📝 `etc/atool.profile` (+1 -0) 📝 `etc/bitlbee.profile` (+1 -0) 📝 `etc/bless.profile` (+1 -0) 📝 `etc/brackets.profile` (+1 -0) 📝 `etc/brasero.profile` (+1 -0) 📝 `etc/cherrytree.profile` (+1 -0) 📝 `etc/cin.profile` (+1 -0) 📝 `etc/clion.profile` (+1 -0) 📝 `etc/clipit.profile` (+1 -0) 📝 `etc/code.profile` (+1 -0) 📝 `etc/conky.profile` (+1 -0) _...and 80 more files_ </details> ### 📄 Description Commit caa7ad8714206a158123773ddcaca6ef219a5501 enabled private-cache by default globally. Should this really be enabled by default? Preventing programs from having persistent cache directories overall has many negative impacts. - Most email clients cache emails to allow various functionality and downloading them can take many minutes - Caching makes webpages load faster - Most music players cache album art from libraries - Mapping programs (gnome-maps, viking) don't need to constantly redownload tiles - Mesa shader cache improves graphics load performance - General waste of bandwith of clients/servers - General increase in recomputing things - General potential increase in disk I/O I think it'd be better if we just manually add `private-cache` only to suitable programs. private-cache will need to be added to more programs as identified by ``` grep 'whitelist ${HOME}/.cache' -L $(grep "private-cache" -L $(grep "redirect" -RiL)) ``` --- <sub>🔄 This issue represents a GitHub Pull Request. It cannot be merged through Gitea due to API limitations.</sub>

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[PR #4149] [MERGED] Add localtime to signal-desktop's profile. #5043

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