diff -ru redmine-0.8.0/app/controllers/admin_controller.rb redmine-0.8.0.futurelab/app/controllers/admin_controller.rb
--- redmine-0.8.0/app/controllers/admin_controller.rb	2008-12-30 11:09:23.000000000 +0100
+++ redmine-0.8.0.futurelab/app/controllers/admin_controller.rb	2008-12-31 11:53:03.000000000 +0100
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@
     @flags = {
       :default_admin_changed => User.find(:first, :conditions => ["login=? and hashed_password=?", 'admin', User.hash_password('admin')]).nil?,
       :file_repository_writable => File.writable?(Attachment.storage_path),
+      :plugin_assets_writable => File.writable?(Engines.public_directory),
       :rmagick_available => Object.const_defined?(:Magick)
     }
   end  
diff -ru redmine-0.8.0/app/views/admin/info.rhtml redmine-0.8.0.futurelab/app/views/admin/info.rhtml
--- redmine-0.8.0/app/views/admin/info.rhtml	2008-12-30 11:09:24.000000000 +0100
+++ redmine-0.8.0.futurelab/app/views/admin/info.rhtml	2008-12-31 12:00:23.000000000 +0100
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 <table class="list">
 <tr class="odd"><td><%= l(:text_default_administrator_account_changed) %></td><td><%= image_tag (@flags[:default_admin_changed] ? 'true.png' : 'false.png'), :style => "vertical-align:bottom;" %></td></tr>
 <tr class="even"><td><%= l(:text_file_repository_writable) %></td><td><%= image_tag (@flags[:file_repository_writable] ? 'true.png' : 'false.png'), :style => "vertical-align:bottom;" %></td></tr>
+<tr class="even"><td><%= l(:text_plugin_assets_writable) %>: <%= Engines.public_directory %></td><td><%= image_tag (@flags[:plugin_assets_writable] ? 'true.png' : 'false.png'), :style => "vertical-align:bottom;" %></td></tr>
 <tr class="odd"><td><%= l(:text_rmagick_available) %></td><td><%= image_tag (@flags[:rmagick_available] ? 'true.png' : 'false.png'), :style => "vertical-align:bottom;" %></td></tr>
 </table>
 
diff -ru redmine-0.8.0/lang/en.yml redmine-0.8.0.futurelab/lang/en.yml
--- redmine-0.8.0/lang/en.yml	2008-12-30 11:09:26.000000000 +0100
+++ redmine-0.8.0.futurelab/lang/en.yml	2008-12-31 12:00:34.000000000 +0100
@@ -661,6 +661,7 @@
 text_select_project_modules: 'Select modules to enable for this project:'
 text_default_administrator_account_changed: Default administrator account changed
 text_file_repository_writable: File repository writable
+text_plugin_assets_writable: Plugin assets directory writable
 text_rmagick_available: RMagick available (optional)
 text_destroy_time_entries_question: %.02f hours were reported on the issues you are about to delete. What do you want to do ?
 text_destroy_time_entries: Delete reported hours