[theme-reviewers] How to request "grandfathered" exception to WP 3.9 Theme guidelines?

[Chip Bennett]

For which *specific* guideline (s) do you want a grandfather exception?
On Mar 6, 2014 11:38 AM, "Bruce Wampler" <weavertheme at gmail.com> wrote:

> After reviewing the impacts on my themes of the proposed 3.9 theme
> guidelines, I've reached the conclusion that conforming to one particular
> new requirement will seriously impact my thousands of existing users - many
> many users would have their options simply disappear, thus breaking their
> sites. Because of the way the Settings API work, this particular option
> would simply be erased.
>
> I was working on complying when I discovered this serious problem. There
> is no solution I can figure out to avoid existing users losing settings
> upon update.
>
> How do I go about requesting getting a permanent "grandfathered" exemption
> to one of the new guidelines for my existing themes?
>
> Bruce Wampler
>
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