[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #34884: Remove .pot files from Default Themes

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#34884: Remove .pot files from Default Themes
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 Reporter:  dd32           |       Owner:  davidakennedy
     Type:  defect (bug)   |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal         |   Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  Bundled Theme  |     Version:
 Severity:  normal         |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                 |     Focuses:
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Comment (by davidakennedy):

 Adding a bit of detail to this from a conversation I had with @ocean90
 awhile back.

 * Theme translations started rolling out in 2015. See:
 https://make.wordpress.org/themes/2015/07/14/theme-translations-on-
 wordpress-org/
 * Necessary changes were made to WordPress in
 https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/22346 and
 https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/709 Should be fine to make this
 change to themes released with and after 3.5.
 * Translations would now happen via https://translate.wordpress.org/ and
 `.pot` files are no longer needed.

 Can/Should we go ahead and remove the `.pot` files for Twenty Eleven and
 Twenty Ten as well? They wouldn't get the `load_theme_textdomain` change,
 right?

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