[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 F J Kaiser):

 ''25 comments without anyone throwing stones. I guess that's a new
 record.''

 Parent themes that are not intended to be used as stand alone themes are
 fact. If you still feel uncomfortable with the idea of parent/child themes
 not both being fully functional themes, try to see it like this: Sender &
 Receiver Themes. This is something we simply need when we want to start
 building "WebApps on the WordPress platform". One theme for setting up the
 App and defining routes and another one to have stylesheets and actual
 templates which return JSON (built by template tags).

 I'm totally sold on that ticket. It's a needed step and we should turn our
 heads towards it.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/28509#comment:26>
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