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

[Emil Uzelac]

Theme Name Guidelines are *required* for new Themes, and recommended for
existing Themes.


   - Themes are *not* to use related Theme names (e.g. *WP Theme Name*, *Theme
   Name WP*, *The Theme Name*, etc.) in their name.

https://make.wordpress.org/themes/handbook/guidelines/license-theme-name-credit-links-up-sell-themes/#theme-name

Please read the guidelines and if something was said in the ticket, stop
second guessing all the time, not cool and very disrespectful.

On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 4:55 PM, Trent Lapinski <trent at cyberchimps.com>
wrote:

> Otto,
>
> The theme name is “Responsive II” please review the ticket. Which
> technically is a new theme name.
>
> From a branding purpose this makes logical sense.
>
> From a versioning perspective it makes sense. It is “Responsive II”
> starting at v2.0.
>
> It isn’t a new theme, it is the next version of the existing theme with a
> different grid. Again, I do not want to be responsible for breaking several
> million websites.
>
> --Trent Lapinski
> =============
> CEO of CyberChimps Inc.
> http://CyberChimps.com
> Twitter @trentlapinski
> Skype: mobiletrent
>
> On Sep 26, 2014, at 1:23 PM, Otto <otto at ottodestruct.com> wrote:
>
> 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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