[wp-hackers] New Default Theme in 2.1?

[Matt Mullenweg]

Jeremy Visser wrote:
> I knew that. I'm just worried you'll create a new default theme, and
> leave Kubrick's folder called 'default' for the sake of compatibility.

The way theme file fallback works many themes might be relying on 
Kubrick's PHP files being in default and not even realize it.

> Yeah, in fact, Kubrick is the reason I first found out about WordPress.
> At the time, the blog at http://whereswalden.com/ (specifically I was
> linked to the post
> <http://whereswalden.com/2005/02/25/firefox-prefwindowv/>) was running
> Kubrick. Because it was the first time I'd seen that theme, I was
> captivated, went to the WordPress link featured in the footer,
> downloaded WordPress, and now I'm a WordPress user!

That's a pretty neat story, doubly so now that you're participating in 
WP development discussion.

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