Mainly, because that Plugin compatibility tool is horribly, irrevocably broken.<div><br></div><div>Also, parsing readme.txt header tags into the Extend listing page for Themes would require Themes to implement those header tags - which doesn't help us for themes that haven't been, and likely won't be, updated.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Chip<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 3:11 PM, Angelo Bertolli <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:angelo.bertolli@gmail.com">angelo.bertolli@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Why not just have a "works with version X" selection for users like on<br>
the plugin side? Then the users could decide what was working, and<br>
things could be pruned accordingly.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
<br>
On 07/26/2011 03:44 PM, Justin Tadlock wrote:<br>
> We've had this discussion before, so I'll say what I said before. I'm<br>
> all for it so long as there's actually a need for an update on the theme<br>
> side of things (e.g., nav menus, comment form, etc.). Just keep in mind<br>
> that not all WP releases have things that need to be addressed in themes.<br>
><br>
> WP 2.9 is a generous cutoff date because we've had loads of theme<br>
> features added to core WP since then. WP 3.0 wouldn't be too much of a<br>
> stretch.<br>
><br>
> On 7/25/2011 2:09 PM, Chip Bennett wrote:<br>
>> I support this as well, but we need buy-in from higher up.<br>
>><br>
>> I would propose WordPress 2.9 (December 18, 2009) is the *ideal*<br>
>> cutoff - or, barring that, WordPress 2.8 (June 11 2009), as the<br>
>> "generous" cutoff.<br>
>><br>
>> I will raise the flag, if there is general consensus?<br>
>><br>
>> Chip<br>
>><br>
>> On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 2:02 PM, Amy Hendrix <<a href="mailto:sabreuse@gmail.com">sabreuse@gmail.com</a><br>
</div><div class="im">>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:sabreuse@gmail.com">sabreuse@gmail.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> I noticed that this theme was last updated in 2008 -- it seems like,<br>
>> as we're just now gearing up for the next release cycle, it might be a<br>
>> good time to revisit enforcement of the "must be kept up-to-date"<br>
>> guideline? I'd welcome autosuspension of themes that haven't been<br>
>> updated in n core versions with a "please update" message to the dev<br>
>> (where n is a somewhat generous number).<br>
>><br>
>> On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 2:50 PM, Emil Uzelac <<a href="mailto:emil@themeid.com">emil@themeid.com</a><br>
</div><div class="im">>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:emil@themeid.com">emil@themeid.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
>> > Yes and thank you. Theme has been suspended from the directory.<br>
>> They had at<br>
>> > least one more site which was suspended in the past.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > ----<br>
</div>>> > Emil Uzelac | ThemeID | T: <a href="tel:224-444-0006" value="+12244440006">224-444-0006</a> <tel:<a href="tel:224-444-0006" value="+12244440006">224-444-0006</a>> |<br>
>> Twitter: @EmilUzelac | E:<br>
>> > <a href="mailto:emil@themeid.com">emil@themeid.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:emil@themeid.com">emil@themeid.com</a>> | <a href="http://themeid.com" target="_blank">http://themeid.com</a><br>
<div class="im">>> > Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler. - Albert<br>
>> Einstein<br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> > On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 1:38 PM, esmi at quirm dot net<br>
</div>>> <<a href="mailto:esmi@quirm.net">esmi@quirm.net</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:esmi@quirm.net">esmi@quirm.net</a>>><br>
<div class="im">>> > wrote:<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> <<a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/3d-realty" target="_blank">http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/3d-realty</a>><br>
>> >><br>
>> >> The link on the theme's Repo page and in the footer of the theme<br>
>> leads to<br>
>> >> an SEO site. No mention of the theme anywhere on the SEO site.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> Mel P.<br>
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