Yeah, let's break the entire world in order to bring OpenSSH up to ideological purity (as defined by a particular group, to the exclusion of everyone else). XDG, or now Free Desktop, have no authority to dictate how others write their software. What makes their prescriptions holy? We are all equal in OSS and no one has the right to enforce their ideals on others.
I myself simply want the software to work and not to suddenly change behaviour. If you're writing something entirely new, perhaps the holy edicts of the XDG are right for you. But to ask for OpenSSH to change shows a complete incompetence in software leadership and impact assessment. Anyone that suggests something that insane ought not to be listened to and all their ideas ought to be entirely disregarded.
I myself simply want the software to work and not to suddenly change behaviour. If you're writing something entirely new, perhaps the holy edicts of the XDG are right for you. But to ask for OpenSSH to change shows a complete incompetence in software leadership and impact assessment. Anyone that suggests something that insane ought not to be listened to and all their ideas ought to be entirely disregarded.