[theme-reviewers] Why can't theme authors have a second version of a theme?

[Otto]

On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 2:44 PM, Trent Lapinski <trent at cyberchimps.com>
wrote:

> We are trying to release Responsive 2.0, and after a year of development
> and months of debating how to release it we’re now being told we cannot
> have two themes with the same name.
>

So, you want to have "responsive two version zero point zero point one" and
you don't see an inherent problem with this?

Version numbers are version numbers. Making your next theme named the same
but with an extra fake version number in it is plain ridiculous.

You're the one risking brand confusion here. "Which version of Responsive
are you using?" "Oh, version 2". "There is no version two, Responsive only
goes to version one nine seven three."

My vote: If it's a new theme, then it should have a new name. If it's not a
new theme, then it shouldn't have a separate entry in the theme directory
for it.

-Otto
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