[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 greenshady):

 Replying to [comment:29 travisnorthcutt]:
 > One thing I didn't see mentioned here (apologies if I missed it) is
 this: @nathanrice, how many times have you dealt with or seen support
 requests from users who modified Genesis (the parent theme), then updated
 it and wiped out their changes? Everyone else: how many times have you
 heard of that happening with other themes?

 I've been building parent/child themes for six years.  In that time, I've
 maybe seen this happen 10 times.  Most of them were in my first couple of
 years when no one knew what a child theme was.

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