2011/9/14 Flávio Etrusco <[email protected]>: > On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 6:33 AM, Martin <[email protected]> wrote: >> 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? >> > > Lazarus could search for a suitable configuration (one pointing to its > installation directory) and ask the user whether they want to migrate, > delete or leave as is the configuration.
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