[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #16395: Add 'Template Version' for use with 'Template' in Child-Themes

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#16395: Add 'Template Version' for use with 'Template' in Child-Themes
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 Reporter:  cais                        |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement                 |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                      |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Themes                      |     Version:  3.1
 Severity:  normal                      |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch needs-unit-tests  |     Focuses:
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Comment (by cais):

 Replying to [comment:10 swissspidy]:
 > An alternative to having a global `Template Version` field is to declare
 the template version for each template file (e.g. by adding `@version xy`
 to each PHP file), similar to how WooCommerce does it.
 >
 > That way developers can check for the individual theme files that need
 an update instead of checking the whole parent theme when it gets updated.
 See https://wordpress.org/plugins/child-theme-check/ for a plugin that
 implements such a check.

 I can definitely see this idea as working in conjunction with this ticket
 but I'm not seeing it as an alternative. The premise is for Child-Theme
 authors to be aware of and note which Parent-Theme version the Child-Theme
 was last known to be compatible with in an overall sense. This is much
 along the same lines that the "Requires at least" reference in plugins is
 used ... in my mind, this is where the idea originated from.

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