csstools/cssdb

cssdb v2 project changes

jonathantneal opened this issue · 1 comments

jonathantneal commented

I would like to make two significant changes to cssdb to help users in the future.

First, I would like to change feature IDs.

The current IDs have been problematic because they try to follow specification anchors, but some features aren’t always covered in a single section, and because sections are inconsistently named, just like spec headings are inconsistently named. On the later point, I asked the CSSWG about their anchors, received feedback from some major spec contributors w3c/csswg-drafts#2255, and a good summary would be:

there is no pattern you can predict for any of the headings

Therefore, I would like the new IDs to name the feature and provide context, which seems more sensible and consistent. For example:

old id new id
css-cascade-all-shorthand all-property
css-fonts-propdef-font-variant font-variant-property
selectors-any-link-pseudo any-link-pseudo-class
css-color-modifying-colors color-mod-function
selectors-dir-pseudo dir-pseudo-class
selectors-attribute-case case-insensitive-attributes
css-color-functional-notation color-functional-notation
css-nesting nesting-rules

Second, I would like to rename the project in github from css-db to cssdb because that is its name on npm, and because it’s easier to type.

TODO:

  • Update cssdb badges on all projects
  • Update postcss-preset-env to use the new ids
  • Anything else?

cc: @ai, @shrpne, @vkrol, @keithjgrant,

ai commented

I always like shorter names 👍

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