What is the purpose of the compatibility entry in the theme skeleton?

Moin · September 7, 2025, 8:52pm

Just a heads-up, a compatibility entry has been added again:

< 3.6.0.beta1-dev: 38c281a9907b82f8af2a3a63e53801653fb3097c

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