[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #14179: Theme asking to update (theme with same name on WordPress.org)

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#14179: Theme asking to update (theme with same name on WordPress.org)
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 Reporter:  design_dolphin  |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)    |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:  WordPress.org
Component:  Themes          |     Version:
 Severity:  normal          |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                  |     Focuses:
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Comment (by joyously):

 @dingdang I don't see how your scheme helps the biggest category: old
 themes or child themes with no number that match a name in the repo.
 And if old themes don't //need// a number, why do new themes need a
 number? In other words, trying to tie the site's theme to a repo theme by
 something besides a name is good, but it would have to work for all
 themes. So what do all themes in the repo already have that other themes
 do not? I'd say that the SVN info is unique, so even if the theme name
 matches, the style.css or the readme probably do not (or just the
 headers). Someone mentioned author, which sounds good but is often
 changed. What if the update API checked if their current version style.css
 matched the one in SVN for that version?

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