id summary reporter owner description type status priority milestone component version severity resolution keywords cc focuses 34884 Remove .pot files from Default Themes dd32 davidakennedy "Now that we're pushing all translations through translate.wordpress.org & Language Packs for themes, I think we can consider removing the `.pot` files from our Default Themes. The `.pot` files are only used for when someone wishes to translate the theme using offline tools such as poEdit or similar. Language Packs have removed the need for themes to include the generated po/mo files, so shipping the `.pot` file (which needs to be updated with each version) now seems redundant. If someone needs the .pot file, the tools to generate it are open-source, and I believe it may be available from translate.wordpress.org as well." defect (bug) closed normal 4.6 Bundled Theme normal fixed has-patch