[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #25927: Remove the theme information from style.css and add a theme manifest file

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#25927: Remove the theme information from style.css and add a theme manifest file
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 Reporter:  jolyonruss       |       Owner:
     Type:  feature request  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Themes           |     Version:  3.7.1
 Severity:  normal           |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                   |
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Comment (by nacin):

 As said in #24152: "While JSON files are both machine-readable and human-
 readable, they aren't necessarily human-editable. You need to understand
 syntax and such, and there are some gotchas like trailing commas and when
 to quote that can be confusing. I think this would be a nice thing to keep
 in our back pocket in case the world of dependencies, testing, and such
 force something more powerful than the existing headers. But the current
 headers are a very integral part of WordPress and are one of those things
 that make things so simple to so many."

 At this time, the limited benefit does not outweigh the high cost and
 increased barrier to entry.

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