[development] Splitting up patches

[Angela Byron]

Thanks for the reply, Neil! I'll try to reply to the rest of it in  
more detail tonight, but...

> Is anyone actually working on this stuff, admin or default theme,  
> with the intention of getting it in core?

Yes, Jeff Robbins and some other folks are working on a new default  
theme for core, with hopefully a demo/patch to come this weekend. To  
some extent, the holdup has been due to dependencies on some of the  
new theme stuff that have gone in recently, from what I understand.