I am worried about the potential for abuse, if this is solely tag-based.<div><br></div><div>What about adding a theme-slug bypass filter to the uploader script, whereby "niche" Themes bypass non-critical checks, based on a registered theme-slug?</div>
<div><br></div><div>Chip<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 1:39 PM, Edward Caissie <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:edward.caissie@gmail.com">edward.caissie@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
There may be a relatively simple solution to by-passing the upload checks: add a flag (read: theme tag) similar to BuddyPress themes that by-passes certain aspects of the upload checks (Theme Check, too?)<br>Then if the Theme Author chooses to use this "niche" tag; they would be required (aside from mandatory Theme documentation) to explain why they are using the niche tag in the (initial?) Trac ticket(s).<br>
<br>Is something like this a good starting point/doable?<br><br><br clear="all">Cais.<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 2:04 PM, Otto <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:otto@ottodestruct.com" target="_blank">otto@ottodestruct.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div>On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 12:20 PM, Chip Bennett <<a href="mailto:chip@chipbennett.net" target="_blank">chip@chipbennett.net</a>> wrote:<br>
> Oh, I see what you mean. :)<br>
> I don't really see that as a "method", insofar as we can't directly *do*<br>
> anything about the request. Right now, we'd have to rely on Otto bypassing<br>
> the system, somehow - which requires his time and effort, so obviously, we<br>
> try to be as judicial as possible with such requests.<br>
> Chip<br>
<br>
</div>No worries. :)<br>
<br>
Come up with guidelines and such to do it and let me handle the<br>
technical aspects. It isn't hard to add some kind of special case code<br>
to bypass the checks.<br>
<br>
Just hammer out when and why and how the process should happen and so<br>
on. What is a special case? When should they be allowed? When should<br>
they not be? That sort of thing.<br>
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-Otto<br>
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