[theme-reviewers] Theme Check - ever changing policies

[Chip Bennett]

The Theme Review Guidelines, in all honestly, do NOT change very frequently
(I'd link to the revision history, but it appears that the Codex crashed
just now). Almost all changes now only take place with each new
major-version WordPress release, and such changes are summarized on the
make.wordpress.org/themes site.

The uploader script was *always* intended to fail on WARNING/REQUIRED
issues; we merely gave a very long lead-time before throwing the
fail-switch.

It is always a good idea to test any Theme revision against the most current
Theme-Check version before submission. (I got caught on this, too, on a
relatively recent submission. :) ) At the very least, Theme Check will
encapsulate any warning/required issues that may have been overlooked.

We've tried to be sensitive to developers' needs regarding consistent review
Guidelines, which is why we've adopted the major-WordPress-release cycle for
implementing the vast majority of Guidelines revisions, and why Pross and
Otto make every effort to keep Theme Check current. Additionally, most
changes are discussed on this list and on the "make" site before
implementation, so that everyone has ample opportunity to weigh-in regarding
proposed revisions.

We're not perfect, but we're always trying to get better...

Chip

On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 11:59 AM, Bruce Wampler <brucewampler at gmail.com>wrote:

> The last time I used Theme Check, WARNINGS did not ban a theme from
> submission. Apparently it does now.
>
> The Theme Check plugin itself should be more clear about this. I think it
> should have a
> "Your theme will FAIL submission" message, which I don't see now.
>
> Last time I submitted my theme, which wasn't all that long ago, the WARNING
> for fopen did not automatically ban the theme, but now it does. It would be
> much more helpful if the Theme Check plugin matched the theme submit Theme
> Check as far as issuing a FAIL notice.
>
> What makes a theme fail submission seems to change fairly rapidly - it
> would be nice if there were an easy to find, concise list of the new things
> that make a theme fail. Embedding new criteria within the current documents
> is necessary, but doesn't help much for people with existing, accepted
> themes. I'm really not going to re-read the full set of requirements each
> time, and then maybe notice a new one.
>
> And there may be a change list somewhere, but I can't find it. Maybe Theme
> Check could include a link to the latest set of changes, or even better, a
> link to the specific requirement (I know - that's really too hard because
> the links would be hard to keep constant - but it would be nice.)
>
> Bruce Wampler
>
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