In reply to Terence.

I recommend theme authors to look at _s

I have seen an improvement in themes of those who use the starter theme. I easily recognise the changes the developer has made as that is where the issues are.

Requiring theme developers to one starter theme or framework is like requiring all writers to use the same template.

The way forward to to automate the process as much as possible and educate the developers to submit better themes code wise.