id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc
21931	White screen of death if theme can't be found	ericlewis		"If the current theme can't be found or is renamed, the front-end of the site will white screen. This is developer error, as when WP_USE_THEMES is true, the template loader should always have a template to load (as far as I understand). 

It's rare, but I come across it every once in a while in developing. It might be nice to have a wp_die() if a proper template can't be found in template-loader. 

Proof of concept: 

{{{
if ( $template = apply_filters( 'template_include', $template ) )
	include( $template );
else
	wp_die(""Whoops! Looks like you're missing a theme."");
}}}"	enhancement	reopened	normal	Awaiting Review	Themes		normal		2nd-opinion dev-feedback	mdhansen@…