[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #48515: [Theme compatibility] Changes to WP_Theme to add correct header data

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#48515: [Theme compatibility] Changes to WP_Theme to add correct header data
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 Reporter:  afragen                       |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement                   |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                        |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Themes                        |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch dev-feedback early  |     Focuses:  administration
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Comment (by Otto42):

 As for the slack discussion, yes, there is much confusion on this topic.
 I've been trying to clear it up for ages now, over many releases. This is
 getting far out of hand.

 Please do not add any code to core that parses the readme.txt file, for
 any reason. This separation of these two files is fairly critical to how
 we process things, and adding in additional confusion is going to create
 additional technical burden for development of the directories as well as
 the API in the future. Every time we screw this up we're creating more and
 more backwards compatibility issues for ourselves.

 Do not have core code parse the readme.txt file *for any reason*. Code in
 there that is doing it now *should be removed* in the first available
 release where it is possible to do so.

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