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Starter kit relaunch

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Description

Overhaul of the wagtail start support for custom templates and the news template for higher usability and maintainability.

Intended outcome

  • Simpler support for multiple starter kits
  • Tooling to guarantee starter kits are always up-to-date with latest releases
  • Higher usability for developers creating new Wagtail projects
  • Better maintainability of official starter templates

More information

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reading the existing wagtail start support and the linked start command DX improvements issue (#14350), then review the Wagtail news template and the starter-template guidance. Define how multiple starter kits, update guarantees, and improved project-creation usability should work; done requires an agreed design and implementation plan for the overhaul.

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Assessment

Domain
cli, tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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