As I understand it, LibreOffice (hereinafter LO) only supports saving of backup files (file type .BAK) in a single folder location (Windows7 default such as C:\Users\eBatch\AppData\Roaming\LibreOffice\4\user\backup) . I believe there are good significant drawback with the single default folder approach and would like to  request a capability to save backup files in same folder as the respective original documents. I see the drawbacks of the single folder approach as follows:


1. The single default folder will just get fuller and fuller over time with what are potentially redundant backup files (of course, if one is aware of it, one can "manage" the situation to some degree, but it is not as obvious as storing the backups along with the original documents).


2. Following on from 1. above, if one comes to manage the backup files at a later it is not not so obvious as to what each file is (without reviewing the contents). This is particularly so when one has many projects under way at the same time (especially where the documents for each project are held in discrete folders but with some degree of commonality of document naming - e.g. ...\CustomerA\Costings.odt  and  ...\CustomerB\Costings.odt etc.). 


3. Following the example given in 2. above, a conflict arises when editing documents with the same name from two different
folders. LO does not manage this effectively at all, with the backup reflecting whichever was the latest document to be saved. This happens regardess of whether the files are being edited (and saved) concurrently or separately. IMHO, not good at all.


Seems to me that one should at least have the choice of whether to use the current default method or store backups with the  original documents. This request applies to all components that support saving of such backup files.
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