The basic premise I have always tried to champion is moving the "older" themes into a secondary repository so they are not lost but are obviously shown as "out-of-date"<br><br>There are many older themes that can be easily brought up to current standards but the original author's are no longer interested in updating and/or involved with WordPress.<br>
<br>I would like to see these themes simply moved, then after another arbitrary time limit made available to be adopted by a new author. I have put forward this idea at least once before and still see it as having a great deal of potential (aside from all necessary changes to the repository to make it work).<br>
<br><br clear="all">Cais.<br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 4:15 PM, Claude Needham <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gxxaxx@gmail.com">gxxaxx@gmail.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 Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 1:11 PM, Angelo Bertolli<br>
<<a href="mailto:angelo.bertolli@gmail.com">angelo.bertolli@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
</div><div class="im">> 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>
><br>
</div>If a theme seriously does not work with the current version of<br>
wordpress, it should be retired.<br>
I am assuming that we are trying to encourage people to work with the<br>
latest release that they can.<br>
<br>
I have been in situations where a plugin that I relied upon had not<br>
been updated yet. (A shopping cart).<br>
But if I need an old obsolete theme -- I probably already have it<br>
installed on my site.<br>
<br>
If I am theme hunting, it would be very disappointing to dl a theme<br>
from wporg that is obsolete under the most current core.<br>
<br>
Just my thoughts,<br>
<font color="#888888">Claude Needham<br>
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