[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #28509: Allow themes specifically meant to be parent themes to prevent activation

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#28509: Allow themes specifically meant to be parent themes to prevent activation
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 Reporter:  nathanrice   |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Themes       |     Version:  3.9.1
 Severity:  normal       |  Resolution:
 Keywords:               |     Focuses:
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Comment (by ryanduff):

 Replying to [comment:4 Otto42]:
 > Sounds like a badly made theme to me. Parent themes aren't meant as
 "frameworks", they should be working themes.

 Perhaps in a past sense of the word, but who's to say we don't remake the
 concept some? They *should* work as stand-alone, but that's not always the
 intended use case. Lets remember [comment:2 nathanrice] comes from Genesis
 where it is meant to be a parent theme and not directly modified.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/28509#comment:8>
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