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

[Liane Blanco]

Cool, I didn't think so but wanted to make sure. I would hate to have to
rename it since the name fits it so perfectly. I generally like one-word
names for some reason....

On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 6:32 AM, Rohit Tripathi <rohitink at live.com> wrote:

> I don't think that's a problem. But if it was Haunted 2.0, then it would
> have been a problem.
>
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>
> On 27-Sep-2014, at 5:20 pm, Liane Blanco <lianeblanco at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Can y'all clarify something for me re: names. I have submiited a new theme
> called "Haunted" to the directory, which has not yet been reviewed. There
> is another theme called "Haunted House" that I did not write. The two
> themes are quite different in appearance and style. However, in my theme
> trac page for Haunted, the list of previous versions pulls up "Haunted
> House".
>
> Should I change the name? I would rather not as it really fits the look of
> the template, I don't think there's any way someone could confuse the two
> themes. Thanks!
>
> On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 10:15 PM, Trent Lapinski <trent at cyberchimps.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On Sep 26, 2014, at 10:02 PM, Bryan Hadaway <bhadaway at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> *@Otto* - No worries man :).
>>
>> Sure, Responsive is a dumb name, but it's our dumb name, a name that is
>> beyond established and that will continue on.
>>
>> Let's remain objective and on-point though.
>>
>> We're asking for an exception in a unique situation. Hopefully we can get
>> a definite yes or no on whether we can get
>> http://wordpress.org/themes/responsive-ii live while also still
>> supporting http://wordpress.org/themes/responsive for end-users and
>> making the upgrade optional, not mandatory.
>>
>> Please think on it and if it's a no, we'll figure out something else, we
>> always do.
>>
>>
>> Well put Bryan.
>>
>> Again from the beginning here I was simply looking for an alternative or
>> a solution to this problem.
>>
>> I e-mailed this list for help, not to be pushed around.
>>
>> Otto, just a year ago we were working on solving problems together in
>> person at WordCamp SF, I’m not sure why can’t do the same online.
>>
>> I don’t make the trends, I just follow them. We just want to release our
>> new theme that we’ve been working on most of this year.
>>
>> -Trent
>>
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