I use kendo's source LESS files as part of my build. I updated to 902 but quickly realized theme-template.less is now missing. http://docs.telerik.com/kendo-ui/web/appearance-styling still references this file.
I briefly looked at the source but feel more comfortable asking what/how I should include the less files now.
kendo.flat.less has a single import - type-flat.less. type-flat.less imports common/mixins and themes/type.less but then it goes on to define styles that have nothing to do with type? border-color? background-color? I don't follow the rationale here.
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Hello Ryan,
Thank you for bringing our attention to this issue. The page will be updated shortly, along with the new Q3 release.
The changed file structure is due to refactoring of the themes. Previously, all themes included the same theme-template.less. This was a good approach for themes that did not have many differences, but has proven error-prone as we created different themes: some themes required overrides for buttons, others for colors, or different header styles. This lead to an explosion of LESS variables, which made customization unthinkable.
To resolve this problem, we have split the themes into types, and each kendo.theme.less uses only the minimum set of colors that need to be defined. The type-theme.less files convert these colors to an actual theme, depending on what theme you need to create -- if you want to base your theme on Metro, you can use type-metro.less. To base your theme on Material, use type-material.less.
I hope this clears up the reasoning behind the change. If you need more information, let me know.
Regards,Alex Gyoshev
Telerik