<div dir="ltr">Not really sure if this was decided or not, but we talked about this for sure.<div style>Please see: <a href="http://lists.wordpress.org/pipermail/theme-reviewers/2012-June/009455.html">http://lists.wordpress.org/pipermail/theme-reviewers/2012-June/009455.html</a></div>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 6:26 PM, Justin Tadlock <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:justin@justintadlock.com" target="_blank">justin@justintadlock.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">It is OK. This was decided by the theme review team last year:<br>
<a href="http://lists.wordpress.org/pipermail/theme-reviewers/2012-June/009450.html" target="_blank">http://lists.wordpress.org/<u></u>pipermail/theme-reviewers/<u></u>2012-June/009450.html</a><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">
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On 2/28/2013 6:18 PM, Paul Appleyard wrote:<br>
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I thought it was OK to extend core functionality - as long as it RETAINED the original functionality; ie didn't break when they switched themes. So, replacing a widget with a custom one of the same name that had the original functionality but with some added powers.<br>
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Paul<br>
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On 1/03/2013 9:34 AM, Otto wrote:<br>
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On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 5:14 PM, Justin Tadlock<br>
<<a href="mailto:justin@justintadlock.com" target="_blank">justin@justintadlock.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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I disagree. If we don't want developers ...<br>
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There is more than one type of developer.<br>
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Removing widgets makes perfect sense to be available for plugins<br>
territory. Doesn't make sense for themes. Yet another form of<br>
vendor-lock-in.<br>
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-Otto<br>
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