Wish: version specific configuration folder

[Mitja Nemec]

Would it be possible for future Kicad releases to store configuration data in version specific configuration folder (at least major version).

Currently the data is stored in
Windows: APPDATA\Kicad\ (e.g. C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Roaming\Kicad\)
Linux: ~/.config/Kicad/
MacOs: ~/Library/Preferences/Kicad/ (if comments in kicadpcb.cpp are correct but I am not really sure)

If the data for V5 would be stored in :
Windows: APPDATA\Kicad\V5\ (e.g. C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Roaming\Kicad\V5\)
Linux: ~/.config/Kicad/V5/
MacOs: ~/Library/Preferences/Kicad/V5/

user could have different versions installed concurrently. Though this is a feature that should be
thought out. I don't see a problem with my workflow and until the nightlies introduced eeschema library changes, I did run 4.0.7 and a nightly successfully. But I suspect that different workflows, library and library setups can break things. Maybe just implement the solution but require that only one installation is supported.

Thanks for all the hard work.

[Mitja Nemec (mitjan)]

This can be closed now, as the feature has been implemented.

[Anton (antonpupkov)]

Your report was made in mid-2018. In branch 5 it was already possible to make a separate directory. There is already version 6 and nothing has been done. The problem is really urgent. Click "This bug affects me". To see the developers. Making corrections is not so difficult - changing the paths in the source code files.

[Anton (antonpupkov)]

The question is very relevant while the projects are not yet in release.