[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #12425: Fallback theme code is not translatable / default theme in theme repo is not translatable

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#12425: Fallback theme code is not translatable / default theme in theme repo is
not translatable
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 Reporter:  Denis-de-Bernardy  |        Owner:  westi   
     Type:  enhancement        |       Status:  reopened
 Priority:  high               |    Milestone:  3.0     
Component:  General            |      Version:  3.0     
 Severity:  major              |   Resolution:          
 Keywords:  needs-patch        |  
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Comment(by nacin):

 I would opt for this:

 1. Replace current Kubrick files in the wp.org repo with the i18n version.

 2. Remove theme-compat, and hard-code a search for /default, and deprecate
 this behavior.

 This prevents us from adding new strings to core or requiring a separate
 pot file or translations for theme-compat.

 If it is a fresh 3.0 install without default and without theme-compat, and
 they try to use a theme using the deprecated behavior, then that's their
 problem. It is also very easily fixable, by downloading Kubrick, and, to
 eliminate the deprecated behavior, adding "Template: default" to the
 style.css.

 I think theme-compat was a good idea but it introduced an
 oddity/complexity when it comes to translations (and modified Kubricks,
 for that matter), and thus breaks more than it needs to.

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