[theme-reviewers] Uploader's Theme Check updated

[Chip Bennett]

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On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 4:43 PM, yulian yordanov <yul.yordanov at gmail.com>wrote:

> On topic: Good work, Otto!
>
> Off topic: Where can I find more info about dropping widgets support? At a
> first glance I second Daniel's concerns.
>
> Fingli
>
>
> On 23.1.2013 г. 23:32 ч., Daniel Fenn wrote:
>
>> Ah thank you for clearing that up Amy, I hope that doesnt happen - I
>> wouldn't be happy if I download a theme that doesn't support widgets.
>>
>> On 1/24/13, Amy Hendrix <sabreuse at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Not dropping widget support -- dropping the requirement that all
>>> themes MUST have widget areas, to allow for it to be a design
>>> decision.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 4:20 PM, Daniel Fenn <danielx386 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Why would we drop widget support?
>>>>
>>>> On 1/24/13, Konstantin Obenland <konstantin at obenland.it> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hey Otto,
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for updating the uploader!
>>>>>
>>>>> I was hoping an update would include dropping the requirement of widget
>>>>> support - but as I just saw from the development log, that change was
>>>>> added
>>>>> to Theme Check right after the 20121211.1 release.
>>>>>
>>>>> Is there any chance you could add the latest change to the uploader,
>>>>> outside
>>>>> of the regular release?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Konstantin
>>>>>
>>>>> On Jan 23, 2013, at 12:02 PM, Otto <otto at ottodestruct.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>  Okay, so I was a bit late this time, but as per the usual procedure,
>>>>>> the Theme Uploader's version of Theme Check has been updated to the
>>>>>> latest released version, one month (and a bit) after the release of
>>>>>> WordPress 3.5.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So as of last night, the uploader is using the checks from version
>>>>>> 20121211.1 of the Theme Check plugin, and will reject themes that get
>>>>>> a "fail" from that version.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In addition, I took the opportunity to remove some of the duplicated
>>>>>> "old-style" checks from the uploader, so it should be a bit more
>>>>>> speedy in performing the check. Not so much that you'd probably
>>>>>> notice, but still.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If anybody has any issues with it, let us know. If the issue is in
>>>>>> Theme Check itself, then we'd need to update the plugin.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -Otto
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>>>>>
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