[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #26233: Twenty Fourteen: prefix the Featured_Content class and options

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#26233: Twenty Fourteen: prefix the Featured_Content class and options
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 Reporter:  kovshenin        |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)     |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  3.8
Component:  Bundled Theme    |     Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal           |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch close  |
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Comment (by DrewAPicture):

 Replying to [comment:5 obenland]:
 > The class should not be in Twenty Fourteen in the first place - the
 theme should only have to care about the display of featured content, not
 how it's managed. Bringing it in was a compromise to enable support for a
 slider that is smarter than using sticky posts. Using post tags is far
 from ideal, but it's the next best thing.

 This sounds like an excellent argument in favor of ''not'' bundling it
 with the theme. If it's a plugin, great, ship it as a plugin. If it's part
 of the theme, ship it as part of the theme, but prefix it as such.

 In my opinion, this isn't the same thing as bundling a library or similar.
 This is plugin functionality in a default theme, which seems weird to me.
 It also sends kind of an odd message to send to the theme community,
 because, really, that's what default themes do. They're supposed to be the
 shining examples of how to do it the right way. Is this compromise doing
 it the right way?

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