What would you think about releasing upgrade packs that just contain the changed files? I know its a bit more work to put that together but I think it makes it easier for people who have done a lot of changes on some templates.
Yes it is more work for Rick and co, but UBB.threads is proprietary software and the licenses don't come cheap, so it's probably something they should look into providing for their customers.
It certainly would make things easier.
Easier still would be Subversion-based distribution, of the kind that is common in open source, non-proprietary projects. You "install" by doing a Subversion check out, customize as desired, and future upgrades are performed by doing an "svn up", which automatically merges the changes made in the new version into your local customized install.
Now I know Groupee is very unlikely to do this, but I can dream, can't I? It's an upgrade mechanism which works brilliantly for me in my Bugzilla, MediaWiki and Wordpress installs.
