Separate persistent mutable state from config

That way, we clearly see which things are not change, and we also
clearly see which things are persistent.

editors/code/src/persistent_state.ts

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+import * as vscode from 'vscode';
+import { log } from "./util";
+
+export class PersistentState {
+    constructor(private readonly ctx: vscode.ExtensionContext) {
+    }
+
+    readonly installedNightlyExtensionReleaseDate = new DateStorage(
+        "installed-nightly-extension-release-date",
+        this.ctx.globalState
+    );
+    readonly serverReleaseDate = new DateStorage("server-release-date", this.ctx.globalState);
+    readonly serverReleaseTag = new Storage<null | string>("server-release-tag", this.ctx.globalState, null);
+}
+
+
+export class Storage<T> {
+    constructor(
+        private readonly key: string,
+        private readonly storage: vscode.Memento,
+        private readonly defaultVal: T
+    ) { }
+
+    get(): T {
+        const val = this.storage.get(this.key, this.defaultVal);
+        log.debug(this.key, "==", val);
+        return val;
+    }
+    async set(val: T) {
+        log.debug(this.key, "=", val);
+        await this.storage.update(this.key, val);
+    }
+}
+export class DateStorage {
+    inner: Storage<null | string>;
+
+    constructor(key: string, storage: vscode.Memento) {
+        this.inner = new Storage(key, storage, null);
+    }
+
+    get(): null | Date {
+        const dateStr = this.inner.get();
+        return dateStr ? new Date(dateStr) : null;
+    }
+
+    async set(date: null | Date) {
+        await this.inner.set(date ? date.toString() : null);
+    }
+}