Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
I want to have different elpa directories for different versions of emacs. Currently prelude overrides package-user-dir
Describe the solution you'd like
A variable that controls this behaviour (defvar) so the user can override it. eg:
(when prelude-override-package-user-dir (setq package-user-dir ...
Describe alternatives you've considered
My current solution is has been to comment the (setq package-user-dir ...) line
Additional context
It helps to have different directories for elpa downloaded files for different versions of emacs.