[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #43335: Consistency for error reporting when theme is broken or not working

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#43335: Consistency for error reporting when theme is broken or not working
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 Reporter:  bashaus            |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement        |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal             |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Themes             |     Version:  4.9.4
 Severity:  normal             |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  close 2nd-opinion  |     Focuses:
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Changes (by SergeyBiryukov):

 * keywords:   => close 2nd-opinion


Comment:

 Hi @bashaus, welcome to WordPress Trac! Thanks for the report.

 > The recommendation of this ticket is to display an error message on the
 frontend
 That's already the case, though the message is only displayed to logged-in
 users with `switch_themes` capability:
 {{{
 The theme directory "twentyseventeen" does not exist.
 }}}
 See the discussion in #21931. We could reconsider this, though I don't see
 any benefit in displaying the message for regular visitors, search
 engines, etc.

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