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

[Edward Caissie]

The one thing in common with all of these other "brands" being distributed
with version numbers in their names ... they are the primary distributor,
at least in this comparison, of their own product.

Edward Caissie
aka Cais.

On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 1:41 PM, Bruce Wampler <weavertheme at gmail.com>
wrote:

> So, let me see. Windows seems like a pretty stupid name for a software
> product. Guess Microsoft is going to find a new name instead of WIndows 9.
>
>   Fränk Klein <wp-mailing at fklein.info>
>  September 26, 2014 at 2:57 PM
> I agree with Otto that a new theme should have a new name. If an update
> breaks users’ sites then it is no longer the same theme, but a different
> one.
>
> We also should consider that the name Responsive 2.0, Responsive New,
> Responsive Rewritten or similar names would not fit the current naming
> guidelines IMO, as the term responsive is too generic to be a good theme
> name.
>
> That being said, I think people worry too much about names. If the theme
> has great design and great code, it doesn’t really matter what you call it.
> So why not give it a beautiful, poetic name?
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