[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #39299: Twenty Seventeen: Allow child themes use Page Template as a front page

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#39299: Twenty Seventeen: Allow child themes use Page Template as a front page
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 Reporter:  sami.keijonen  |      Owner:
     Type:  enhancement    |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal         |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Bundled Theme  |    Version:  4.7
 Severity:  normal         |   Keywords:
  Focuses:  template       |
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 In Twenty Seventeen we use `frontpage_template` filter like this

 {{{
 function twentyseventeen_front_page_template( $template ) {
         return is_home() ? '' : $template;
 }
 add_filter( 'frontpage_template',  'twentyseventeen_front_page_template'
 );
 }}}

 But this means that child themes can't use Custom Page Template as a front
 page if they want because `front-page.php` would always win over any page
 templates.

 1. Create a child theme.
 1. Create custom page template.
 1. Try to set that as front page. You can't because `front-page.php`
 always wins.

 In client/custom sites Custom Page Template as front page would be nice to
 have so that you don't have to override `front-page.php` logic.

 I'll add patch in a minute.

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