Because then Drupal requires write access to the entire drupal directory where all code is stored. That's a big red neon "hack me" sign. On Saturday 08 December 2007, DragonWize wrote:
Why not just require write permission just as we require write permission of settings.php (unless you do it manually). Then use the install script to write a files directory. That way there is not a file directory in the distro and won't cause any problems with copying files over for upgrades.
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