  Including another URLconf
      1. Import the include() function: from django.conf.urls import url, include
      2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  url(r'^blog/', include('blog.urls'))
  """
  from django.conf.urls import url
  from django.contrib import admin
  
  urlpatterns = [
      url(r'^admin/', admin.site.urls),
  ]
 
</s> remove         url(r'^publishers/$', PublisherList.as_view()),
 </s> add         path('publishers/', PublisherList.as_view()), </s> remove     from django.conf.urls import url
 </s> add     from django.urls import path </s> remove         url(r'^articles/([0-9]{4})/$', views.year_archive, name='news-year-archive'),
 </s> add         path('articles/<int:year>/', views.year_archive, name='news-year-archive'), </s> remove            url(r'^static/(?P<path>.*)$', views.serve),
 </s> add            re_path(r'^static/(?P<path>.*)$', views.serve),
  Including another URLconf
      1. Import the include() function: from django.conf.urls import url, include
      2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  url(r'^blog/', include('blog.urls'))
  """

  from django.contrib import admin
  
  urlpatterns = [
      url(r'^admin/', admin.site.urls),
  ]
keep keep keep keep replace keep keep keep keep keep
 Fixed #28593 -- Added a simplified URL routing syntax per DEP 0201.

Thanks Aymeric Augustin for shepherding the DEP and patch review.
Thanks Marten Kenbeek and Tim Graham for contributing to the code.
Thanks Tom Christie, Shai Berger, and Tim Graham for the docs. 
django/conf/project_template/project_name/urls.py-tpl