[Lazarus] Automatic handling of multiple Lazarus installation - user configuration folder (Was: Re: Search paths per platform)

[Martin]

On 14/09/2011 10:05, Sven Barth wrote:
> On 14.09.2011 10:54, Martin wrote:
>> Storing config in the app dir IMHO is not a good idea (btw older Lazarus
>> did do that.)
>> Most modern OS have guidelines t say otherwise.
>>
>> On linux users can not write to that dir at all. On Windows it would
>> currently work, because lazarus is nt in "Program Files" folder => once
>> it will be, windows will apply "workarounds" by moving the files to
>> "Program Data" or similar (newer windows only).
>>
>> Backup solutions may not find the data in the prg folder, multi user
>> systems will not work...
>
> I believe he meant extending the name where the configuration is 
> stored... e.g. "lazarus0.9" instead of just "lazarus".

What happens if you upgrade?