[BUG] Respect platform specific directories for config, data, cache, etc.

npm/npm#6675

[soredake]

any progress?

[natestemen]

In particular, following https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/XDG_Base_Directory would be great!

[astier]

npm is one of the few programs which keeps littering my $HOME. Annoying.

[darcyclarke]

npm v6 is no longer in active development; We will continue to push security releases to v6 at our team's discretion as-per our Support Policy.

If your bug is preproducible on v7, please re-file this issue using our new issue template.

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[ljharb]

This isn't specific to npm 6, but it definitely should be an RFC.