1. I didn't deliberatly hid the footer, this is the state of the theme i took over
That's an excuse. Someone hid the footer in that theme. It doesn't matter if that was you or someone else you got the theme from. It's part of the license that comes with coppermine (read up the documentation that comes with your package if you don't trust me) that says you mustn't edit it out..
I already stated this will be fixed in the new theme.
That is simply not acceptable. No visible, license compliant footer means no support. It's our choice who we support, not yours.
If there's a way to gain information about the galerie that's not in the documentation that's not what I would call a secure application. If it's a way that's standard on the net I'ld say its in
'public' interest to know about it.
The documentation contains information about the package releases and the reasons for the releases. Of course an old copy of the documentation can't contain information that didn't exist then. You should have checked here frequently. You could have subscribed to the notifications for new releases. That's what others do. You can't expect that every piece of information about an open source app is in the docs. Quite frankly: your attitude sucks! If you're not happy about the security impact, then stop using coppermine.
If there where someone to report you to for your behavior I would do so.
Sounds like you have a nice "Blockwart"-notion. Lovely.
Nothing left to say on my side now.
That's fine. Locking thread then.
Yes, I can. With an open apology as I had posted misinformatin at the expense of a most-likely non-infected gallery and innocent owner.
No need to apologize - you did your best, and it's quite likely that such an ancient version actually was hacked, even if you have interpreted something wrong.
I think now is a good time for me to take a break from this board (and another which I have been just as overzealous in) and learn a little more about the software I attempt to "support".
Please don't quit. We're very fond of the support you provide.