hi again;/
sorry, but that was not my point. as far as i can see you are bypassing the security limitation for the ordinary users to batch add images. if i missed something, and it is not just bypass, please excuse me and do not read below.
i can see a point for the newbies, but all i was complaining about is for some more general change - only in the import part.
the real simpe case wich frustrated me was the following: i've uploaded manually a bunch of images i've wanted to add to my child album.
just to be sure (i've used simply ftp) i've created a user to upload, and pointed his homedir (chrooted by the proftpd) to the directory FROM where cpg was supposed to TAKE images. that was my (and i think it was/is logical) guess - the cpg will make some mumbo-jumbo for this images and afterwards i'll delete them. which i've done. (i will call "import directory" the dir where cpg expects and is pointed to take images FROM)
but, for my suprise, cpg only created some tumbnails/midsize images, using this directory. and, after removal... you can guess what happened. you can guess what will happen if i create again a directory and files with same names.
again, i don't want to mess anything with the move-between-the-albums mechanisms AFTER the batch import.
but, if you get my point, it is really really bad to use the import directory for storing images, i think you can guess 2-3 scenarios, - missing images, replaced ones with others witjout knowledge of doing so, or even changing the picture file with something other, with not picture format and same filename.
and, to the conclusion: all i will be glad to see in cpg batch import is separate directory for the import, used ONLY during the import process.
you can do it one way or another, but it is clear, for me, that any removal or overwrite of the import directory after finishing the import does NOT affect nor the cpg nor the already imported images. i can suggest, of you want, more wishes about this.
i can ask for more, but it is the most important part, for me.
wwell edi
PS and something about if this will be useful: if i want a non-specialist users to upload images - migrating from other gallery or simply dumping 100+ images from their camera, it is nessesary to have this current behaviour changed.
PS/2 sorry for my bad english, and, anyway, thank you for the attention.