[theme-reviewers] Decaying of older themes and mass emailing users pre 3.0 to update their theme.

[Benjamin Howe]

Or perhaps like firefox has - where the install button is greyed out, but
it says below it in small text: install anyway?

On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 3:31 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net> wrote:

> If we could implement a system like Mozilla has for Firefox add-ons, where
> the add-on can't be auto-installed from the repository if it doesn't work
> with the user's current version of Firefox, then I agree that suspending
> wouldn't be necessary.
>
> Ideally, we could implement something similar, integrated into the
> WP-Admin, in which the "Install" button is replaced with a "Doesn't work
> with your version of WordPress" notice, thereby requiring the user to
> download/install the Theme manually, then that might be the best of all
> worlds.
>
> Chip
>
> On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 7:29 AM, Edward Caissie <edward.caissie at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> @Amy - Thanks for the support (*grin*) although I imagine the patch I
>> wrote will need to be revisited with the new WP_Theme API in place.
>>
>> As to the discussion in general, I agree with Otto on not suspending a
>> theme without good cause and being old is not good enough. Failing
>> miserably on security or some other serious issue is obviously justifiable,
>> but as noted, if the entire theme uses deprecated functions they still
>> exist and the theme will "work" to the best of my knowledge ... it's just
>> not recommended to use?!.
>>
>> I know I made suggestions in the past and we have gone round and round a
>> few times trying to come up with a working solution ... those discussions
>> were what prompted the patch that @Amy noted to be submitted. Once/if that
>> patch is added, then a REQUIRED guideline to make those details be included
>> with new submissions and down the road those themes can be simply (and
>> possibly much more easily) flagged as out of date or untested. Even
>> existing themes can be noted as untested until they have been updated with
>> this key information. This in itself may be the impetus needed to bring the
>> repository as a whole in to a more current status.
>>
>>
>> Cais.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 1:26 AM, Philip M. Hofer (Frumph) <
>> philip at frumph.net> wrote:
>>
>>> That's what I was referring to earlier.  Someone mentioned that last
>>> time we had this discussion.  A "disclaimer" one that is seen from the
>>> installed WordPress as well as the repo.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message----- From: Otto
>>> Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2012 10:14 PM
>>> To: theme-reviewers at lists.**wordpress.org<theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org>
>>> Subject: Re: [theme-reviewers] Decaying of older themes and mass
>>> emailing users pre 3.0 to update their theme.
>>>
>>>
>>> If it's not actually broken in some major way, I'm against suspending
>>> it. For the moment. I'd like a better solution.
>>>
>>> Perhaps a flag or something to indicate that the theme is old would be
>>> better, somehow.
>>>
>>> -Otto
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 11:59 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I see that as something related, even required - but separate from what
>>>> Phil
>>>> suggests.
>>>>
>>>> At this point, I am in favor of suspending Themes not updated within a
>>>> set
>>>> time frame (1 year, 2 major WP releases, etc.).
>>>>
>>>> Chip
>>>>
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