[theme-reviewers] Question about removing default widgets

[Emil Uzelac]

If others are good with
http://lists.wordpress.org/pipermail/theme-reviewers/2012-June/009455.html
I am as well :)

Emil


On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 8:01 PM, Daniel Fenn <danielx386 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Just to check my understanding, it's ok for me to replace the search
> widget and replace it with a better one?
>
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 12:56 PM, Justin Tadlock
> <justin at justintadlock.com> wrote:
> > It seemed pretty definitive to me since several us agreed on what was
> > allowed and wrote up a new guideline.  I thought we had already added it
> to
> > the rest of the Theme Review Guidelines.  Otherwise, I would've made a
> note
> > that we forgot to add it.
> >
> >
> > On 2/28/2013 7:06 PM, Emil Uzelac wrote:
> >
> > Not really sure if this was decided or not, but we talked about this for
> > sure.
> > Please see:
> >
> http://lists.wordpress.org/pipermail/theme-reviewers/2012-June/009455.html
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 6:26 PM, Justin Tadlock <
> justin at justintadlock.com>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> It is OK.  This was decided by the theme review team last year:
> >>
> http://lists.wordpress.org/pipermail/theme-reviewers/2012-June/009450.html
> >>
> >>
> >> On 2/28/2013 6:18 PM, Paul Appleyard wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I thought it was OK to extend core functionality - as long as it
> RETAINED
> >>> the original functionality; ie didn't break when they switched themes.
> So,
> >>> replacing a widget with a custom one of the same name that had the
> original
> >>> functionality but with some added powers.
> >>>
> >>> Paul
> >>>
> >>> On 1/03/2013 9:34 AM, Otto wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 5:14 PM, Justin Tadlock
> >>>> <justin at justintadlock.com> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I disagree.  If we don't want developers ...
> >>>>
> >>>> There is more than one type of developer.
> >>>>
> >>>> Removing widgets makes perfect sense to be available for plugins
> >>>> territory. Doesn't make sense for themes. Yet another form of
> >>>> vendor-lock-in.
> >>>>
> >>>> -Otto
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