Doug: <a href="http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/8589">http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/8589</a><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 10 September 2012 10:26, Doug Stewart <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:zamoose@gmail.com" target="_blank">zamoose@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Kirk:<br>
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On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 10:20 AM, Kirk Wight <<a href="mailto:kwight@kwight.ca">kwight@kwight.ca</a>> wrote:<br>
> I've had GitHub rejected as a URL as having "no real value to the enduser".<br>
> I understand it may be intimidating to a lot of users, but the benefits of<br>
> collaboration, issue tracking, milestones etc far outweigh the discomfort of<br>
> less technical users.<br>
><br>
><br>
> On 10 September 2012 10:06, Chip Bennett <<a href="mailto:chip@chipbennett.net">chip@chipbennett.net</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> I don't even understand why we're having this discussion. I don't<br>
>> understand why anyone would ever think that a GitHub project repository<br>
>> would *not* be appropriate as a ThemeURI. If we've been rejecting GitHub<br>
>> project repository URLs as invalid ThemeURIs (or GitHub user URLs as invalid<br>
>> AuthorURIs), then we need to stop doing that. A GitHub preject repository is<br>
>> absolutely acceptable as a ThemeURI.<br>
>><br>
>> Speaking personally and IMHO (i.e. my personal opinion, rather than as a<br>
>> WPTRT admin), GitHub project repository URLs would even be *recommended*.<br>
>> GitHub allows for project collaboration. It allows for version tagging. It<br>
>> has issue (bug/feature-request) and milestone tracking. It provides access<br>
>> to development versions (bleeding-edge, beta-testing, etc.)<br>
>><br>
>> Thanks,<br>
>><br>
>> Chip<br>
>><br>
>> p.s. if we've been rejecting subdomains (e.g. <a href="http://themename.example.com" target="_blank">themename.example.com</a>) as<br>
>> inherently inappropriate, we need to stop doing that, as well. When and why<br>
>> did we start this practice? There is nothing inherently wrong with using a<br>
>> subdomain URL.<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 6:08 AM, Chandra Maharzan <<a href="mailto:maharzan@gmail.com">maharzan@gmail.com</a>><br>
>> wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>> I think since we have been rejecting github or other subdomains /<br>
>>> folder whose root URL doesn't have to do anything with the theme, this<br>
>>> should also be rejected unless there is a different rule for<br>
>>> buddypress. If we approve this, people will argue why theirs were<br>
>>> rejected.<br>
>>><br>
>>> It might be best if you could create a page about the theme in your<br>
>>> own <a href="http://buddypress.org" target="_blank">buddypress.org</a> URL and have all the information including github<br>
>>> link on that page.<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 4:43 PM, Japheth Thomson <<a href="mailto:japh@envato.com">japh@envato.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>>> > What's not appropriate about a GitHub link? What's not "a page<br>
>>> > specifically<br>
>>> > related to the Theme" about it?<br>
>>> ><br>
>>> > Cheers,<br>
>>> > Japh<br>
>>> ><br>
>>> ><br>
>>> > On 10 September 2012 20:50, Otto <<a href="mailto:otto@ottodestruct.com">otto@ottodestruct.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>>> >><br>
>>> >> Umm... I kinda actually agree with him. A github link isn't<br>
>>> >> appropriate for a theme URL. IMO, of course.<br>
>>> >><br>
>>> >> -Otto<br>
>>> >><br>
>>> >><br>
>>> >> On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 5:48 AM, Emil Uzelac <<a href="mailto:emil@themeid.com">emil@themeid.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>>> >> > commented, please check the ticket :)<br>
>>> >> ><br>
>>> >> > Emil<br>
>>> >> ><br>
>>> >> > On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 5:37 AM, Japheth Thomson <<a href="mailto:japh@envato.com">japh@envato.com</a>><br>
>>> >> > wrote:<br>
>>> >> >><br>
>>> >> >> Hey everyone,<br>
>>> >> >><br>
>>> >> >> I assume someone else is already taking a look at this, but just in<br>
>>> >> >> case,<br>
>>> >> >> please check out this ticket:<br>
>>> >> >> <a href="http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/9057" target="_blank">http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/9057</a><br>
>>> >> >><br>
>>> >> >> I'm not convinced this should've been a rejection.<br>
>>> >> >><br>
>>> >> >> Cheers,<br>
>>> >> >> Japh<br>
>>> >> >><br>
>>> >> >> --<br>
>>> >> >> Japh Thomson<br>
>>> >> >> WordPress Evangelist<br>
>>> >> >> <a href="mailto:japh@envato.com">japh@envato.com</a><br>
>>> >> >> <a href="http://envato.com" target="_blank">http://envato.com</a><br>
>>> >> >> <a href="http://twitter.com/envato" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/envato</a><br>
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>>> >> >><br>
>>> >> >><br>
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>>> > Japh Thomson<br>
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