With the customizer out of the picture, theme settings should naturally find a home in the Editor, right?

Also, theme devs are pretty in tune with their users. Shouldn’t they have a say in the onboarding process? They often know the best starting points for their audience.

I don’t think an exception needs to be made, I think the review standards need to be rewritten for Block Themes. That should help minimize the headaches and strain that Carolina brought up as well.

It sounds like some training may be needed to help evaluators understand the new standards being set by Block Themes and the FSE. That’s understandable, and in my opinion should be a top priority.

I would imagine that people like Mike and Justin are great candidates to create some of that training. Not only would it be helpful for training evaluators, it would also help developers better understand the standards they need to follow to get accepted into the repo.