[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #51408: For WP 5.6: remove a core theme, to bundle only three themes

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#51408: For WP 5.6: remove a core theme, to bundle only three themes
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 Reporter:  joyously       |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)   |      Status:  closed
 Priority:  normal         |   Milestone:
Component:  Bundled Theme  |     Version:
 Severity:  normal         |  Resolution:  invalid
 Keywords:                 |     Focuses:
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Changes (by desrosj):

 * status:  new => closed
 * resolution:   => invalid
 * milestone:  Awaiting Review =>


Comment:

 Replying to [ticket:51408 joyously]:
 > Will one of the current bundled themes be removed?
 > But which theme to remove?
 > Do you choose the oldest or the largest or the one with the most bug
 reports?
 > Removing the oldest results in 3 very similar looking themes.
 > Removing the largest addresses the bundle size problem directly but
 leaves a gap in the sequence.

 When a new default bundled theme is released, WordPress Core is updated to
 only include the 2 newest when creating the release packages. This is
 documented somewhere, but I am unable to locate where at this time. I'm
 going to work on locating where I have seen this documented and I'll add a
 note on the [https://make.wordpress.org/core/handbook/about/release-cycle
 /releasing-major-versions/ Releasing Major Versions page] in the Handbook
 so it's not forgotten on release day (I believe that 3 themes were
 mistakenly left initially for 5.0).

 > Removing the buggiest improves the WP package (default theme is often
 used as a way to test user problems).

 All of the Twenty X default themes continue to be officially supported. If
 any of them contain bugs, let's try to ensure those bugs are documented
 with Trac tickets so that they can be fixed. Choosing to arbitrarily
 exclude them in favor of other "less buggy" default themes does not help
 users that prefer using those themes (Twenty X themes are active on almost
 20% of all WordPress installs).

 Also, this is not something that can be addressed here as it requires a
 commit to the private WP.org repository so I am going to close this out.

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