hey there,

we've stumbled across an issue here. seems like if you turn on Imagecache but not ImageAPI GD2, the module won't work, but won't tell you why.

the modules page should request that users turn on the needed component to avoid confusion. the use case is our approach: we only enable the modules and contribs we're *really* going to use, in order to keep the DB small, the UI clean and our heads sane ;]

cheers,
Luciano

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vunger’s picture

vunger commented
Title: no alert for when ImageAPI GD2 is not on » ImageAPI GD2 should be a required module for Imagecache

I've been having trouble with Imagecache since forever. I have experienced endless frustration. Finally I came across this thread: http://drupal.org/node/280144#comment-1594528. So why, indeed, isn't ImageAPI GD2 a required module? It's a very simple change to the .info file that would save a lot of difficulty.

drewish’s picture

drewish commented
Status: Active » Closed (won't fix)

Because if you only want to use ImageMagick that would prevent it. I'd be open to a feature request for a warning message telling people to enable one though.