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[Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx>]

I created a ticket on launchpad in
https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1780601

I have target it to the 5.0.0 milestone such that we can make sure we
discuss this in time.

Den søn. 8. jul. 2018 kl. 06.19 skrev Adam Wolf <
adamwolf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

> Let's postpone this discussion maybe until the 10th when Wayne is back at
> it.
>
> On Sat, Jul 7, 2018, 10:33 PM Mark Roszko <mark.roszko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hey guys,
>>
>> So with 5.0 approaching theres something of an annoying problem on
>> windows (that many are complaining about). The install location!
>> Currently, even though you can install kicad into separate folders if
>> you wanted to, kicad still tries to write to the same appdata folder!
>>
>> Why would you want both the new and old? Because if you want to tweak
>> a old design, you don't want to risk opening it in newer versions and
>> having unforseen bugs. New designs sure, you really want to use the
>> latest and greatest, but the old is a risk not worth taking,
>> especially in the commercial field ;)
>>
>> Also there is a settings conflicts between 4.0 and 5.0 sharing appdata.
>>
>> I've seen some kicad forum "workarounds" where they use launcher
>> scripts that set KICAD_CONFIG_HOME each time. While it works, its
>> completely against the windows way :3
>>
>>
>> What I propose, is we patch KiCad a little to:
>>
>> 1. Write to appdata in a versioned manner (just minor and maybe minor
>> version)
>> C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\kicad 4.0\
>> C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\kicad 5.0\
>> C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\kicad 6.0\
>>
>> 2. Potentially prompt the user on first-start to copy settings.
>> (Maybe? Might be too much work for the final 5.0)
>>
>> Then we patch the installer to follow the convention of:
>> C:\Program Files\KiCad 4.0\
>> C:\Program Files\KiCad 5.0\
>> C:\Program Files\KiCad 6.0\
>>
>> This would do what every other CAD and IDE does on Windows (versioned
>> installs).
>>
>> But what if people want to install in crazier ways ?!
>> Well then that should beyond the scope of the "standard" installs and
>> they are on their own. (Just like other tools)
>>
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