Changes to mediagoblin_local.ini often require running “./bin/gmg/dbupdate” or installing some dependencies. That should be mentioned in the comments in the file.

For instance,

• changing the database requires at least dbupdate;
• adding a new media type requires dbupdate and installing dependencies (mention the documentation page “media-types”).

MediaGoblin needs to be able to write into user_dev. OK.

When using sqlite, MediaGoblin by default needs to be able to write to mediagoblin.db and mediagoblin.db-journal. That means (at least in the beginning) being able to write to the directory with MediaGoblin itself.

If it not even worse for security, it would be better if mediagoblin.db was in user_dev, so only one directory needs to be writable.

When hovering over an image on an image’s media page, the pointer changes to “enlarge”/“zoom in”, meaning you can click the image to see the larger original version. If the displayed image is the original itself, click does nothing, but hovering still changes the pointer.