Store cache in $XDG_CACHE_HOM or ~/.cache

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
dart, flutter
Domain
mobile-dev

Research direction

Start by tracing the FileSystem() and LocalFileSystem() APIs mentioned in the issue and how the cache directory is selected on Linux. Done should include a configurable cache location and a default of $XDG_CACHE_HOME or $HOME/.cache when appropriate, with documentation explaining how to choose a custom location.

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Description

On linux, /tmp is most of the time an in memory filesystem, wipe out after a reboot.

So for a long term cache, this does not work, unless you can specify a custom location.
I can't find out how to specify a said custom location. Where is the doc? How do you use FileSystem() or LocalFileSystem() (not really user friendly API)

You should be able to choose where the cache is stored, and a default location better be $XDG_CACHE_HOME if set or else $HOME/.cache on linux.

/tmp is for temporary file not cache

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