[theme-reviewers] What are your thoughts on "blank" themes?

[Angelo Bertolli]

Claude Needham wrote:
> This warm fuzzy feeling of creating something to truly help a
> developer get a foot hold in the door with theme development should be
> extended to include the css.
>
> Why not define all of the id and classes needed for the theme. Leave
> the definitions empty. But include inline comments in the css
> explaining what is going on there too.

I wouldn't mind that as long as the CSS contains only empty definitions 
of those required for the WP repository.  I think it should be as 
bare-bones as possible--just enough to teach developers about all the 
requirements.