[theme-reviewers] Bundled plugins

[Srikanth Koneru]

no objection


On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 10:09 PM, Christine Rondeau <
christine at bluelimemedia.com> wrote:

> +1 to what Chip said.
> Themes are becoming more and more complex these days.
> Adding plugins will just add to the complexity.
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> On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 8:37 AM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>wrote:
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>> ...which explains why bundled Plugins should not be allowed. Theme
>> reviewers cannot reasonably be expected to review Plugin code.
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>> We've been discussing it for a while now. Unless there remains some
>> reasonable opposition, I would like to formalize it, and require that
>> Themes not bundle Plugins.
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>> On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 11:30 AM, Christine Rondeau <
>> christine at bluelimemedia.com> wrote:
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>>> Oh, oh.. I wasn't aware of that. I reviewed the theme, didn't see
>>> anything wrong and so marked it as approved. I didn't even think to review
>>> the plugins, but I don't think that I could anyway. Plugins fall in a total
>>> different category.
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>>> I also work for cyberchimps. I do customer support for them and I have a
>>> few themes in the repo under my name.
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>>> Christine Rondeau
>>> Bluelime Media
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>>> On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 3:31 AM, Srikanth Koneru <tskk79 at gmail.com>wrote:
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>>>> In recent discussion, its recommended not to bundle the plugin, if its
>>>> bundled then it has to be reviewed too.
>>>> you work for cyberchimps too?
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>>>> On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 12:53 PM, Emil Uzelac <emil at uzelac.me> wrote:
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>>>>> Please don't beat yourself up, we have so many questions and
>>>>> discussions going on and it ain't easy to keep up with all of them :-)
>>>>> On Jan 24, 2014 1:14 AM, "Christine Rondeau" <
>>>>> christine at bluelimemedia.com> wrote:
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>>>>>> Ok good to know. I must have misread or thought I read about plugins
>>>>>> not being allowed as part of the theme. I try to keep up with the list, but
>>>>>> there's a bit too much sometimes . :)
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>>>>>> I'll approve the theme then, since I think the rest is ok.
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>>>>>> Cheers
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>>>>>> Christine Rondeau
>>>>>> Bluelime Media
>>>>>> www.bluelimemedia.com
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>>>>>> On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 11:10 PM, Emil Uzelac <emil at uzelac.me> wrote:
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>>>>>>> We don't have any special guidelines about plugin being part of the
>>>>>>> Theme. It's recommended, but no it is not required. Many authors do :-)
>>>>>>> On Jan 24, 2014 1:00 AM, "Christine Rondeau" <
>>>>>>> christine at bluelimemedia.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Just want to double check again, but I seem to recall that plugins
>>>>>>>> CANNOT be bundled with themes.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I'm reviewing a theme right now -
>>>>>>>> https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/16203#comment:4
>>>>>>>> and the theme works without the plugin and installing the plugins
>>>>>>>> is optional, but if you choose to install these, they are downloaded
>>>>>>>> directly from the theme.
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>>>>>>>> I'm pretty sure that this is not allowed right?
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>>>>>>>> Christine
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