But what Plesk, shared hosts, or even WPMU do isn't really under our control.<div><br></div><div>IMHO, the *best practice* is to expose the option to the user. What Developer freedom (or judgement) would we be restricting by requiring the option be exposed to the user?</div>
<div><br></div><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><div>" If users don't like the favicon, they're not forced to use that theme."</div></blockquote>
<div><br></div><div>This take-it-or-leave-it sentiment is completely antithetical to the user-freedom philosophy that underlies both WordPress and the Theme Repository.</div><div><br></div><div>Chip<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 4:06 PM, Austin Matzko <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:austin@pressedcode.com">austin@pressedcode.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 3:47 PM, Chip Bennett <<a href="mailto:chip@chipbennett.net">chip@chipbennett.net</a>> wrote:<br>
> The reason I think it should be *required* to provide a user configuration<br>
> setting is, as I've already stated, because the Favicon is part of the site<br>
> identity/branding, and not part of the Theme.<br>
<br>
</div>My point is that where issues are not clear-cut, there shouldn't be<br>
*requirements.* You say favicons should be determined solely by an<br>
individual site's branding; Plesk, many shared hosts, and WPMU back in<br>
the day disagree (by providing their own favicons by default). So why<br>
not give developers some freedom to work it out using a measure of<br>
judgment? If users don't like the favicon, they're not forced to use<br>
that theme.<br>
<br>
It's OK if there are contingencies that have not been specifically regulated.<br>
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