title: magento create own package or use default
body: <p>The main reason I like creating a fresh package is that it allows you to keep a clean separation between your store themes and the default bundled Magento themes. On the other hand most extensions install layout and template files to <strong>app/design/frontend/default/default/</strong> and if your theme is installed under the default package magento will find the extensions frontend files or else you'll have to copy extension files to <strong>app/design/frontend/package/default/</strong> always. So it's a little more work using your own package. </p>
  
  <p>I'm curious to see if I'm missing anything else so what are some of the benefits of creating your own theme package in Magento as opposed to using the default package? </p>