Investigate - New Frontend component imports aren't covered by the update process

[joelanman]

What

The GOVUK Frontend components are all imported in app/views/layout.html. We should investigate if thats the right approach, and/or add to the update process.

Why

This is in user space, and is not currently covered by the update process. If a user updates an existing prototype and tries to use a new component, it won't work.

We can tell people to add the new line themselves in release notes, but thats not ideal.

Who needs to work on this

Developers

Who needs to review this

Developers

Done when

• [ ] We've investigated importing components and have an idea for a new approach

[lfdebrux]

This feels like something that is part of the wider extensions story... I feel like extensions should be able to tell the kit to import macros into the base layout 🤔

[lfdebrux]

I think this is covered by the changes @nataliecarey has suggested for GOV.UK Frontend: https://github.com/alphagov/govuk-frontend/pull/2851

[colinrotherham]

@lfdebrux @nataliecarey Lots of moving parts of this one, nearly there: https://github.com/alphagov/govuk-frontend/pull/2851#issuecomment-1292188131

Please jump on with any extra feedback

Just updating our build to write out the config

[joelanman]

I think this one is done - we have a new approach, awaiting next Frontend release