I'm just saying that I think it's odd that it's taken until midway through 2010 to see spam prevention built-into Coppermine itself. I think many people would agree with me.
Well, if the release cycle is too slow for you then you're welcome to start contributing to the project to speed it up. Spam protection was available as mod and plugin in many different flavors for cpg1.4.x already. Finally, this discussion is useless and inappropriate within this thread. Imo this is just another attempt to start an argument.
Also the manual fails to describe the update sequence properly.
Again: you're welcome not to just nag, but to improve the documentation.
It says not to overwrite any files in the albums directory and yet the install wizard complains about having 3 files missing in albums (that I have never removed / renamed).
You're not supposed to run the install wizard when upgrading. If you do, you clearly didn't follow upgrade instructions.
I appreciate that config etc. doesn't belong in albums. What I'm really getting at is that it would be preferable to have a folder along the lines of "userdata" and another along the lines of "application". Imagevue x2 has a similar system that makes updating much simpler. I wonder if you are willfully misunderstanding this in order to accuse me of not knowing anything.
I indeed accuse you not to know anything. Config data is not stored in a file or a folder, but within the database. Therefore, your "rant" (or whatever you prefer to call this) about the superiority of Imagevue is invalid, but after all: if you don't like Coppermine, then improve it or go away and use another app - I couldn't care less.
I'm not sure if you're a troll or not. Anyway, your "remarks" don't help at all: they don't help you, and they don't help anybody else. If you're getting the error message you initially reported, then you haven't followed the upgrade instructions to a T, that's why I suggested you re-read them. If they are not clearly enough written, then you're welcome to re-phrase them and let us know.