feat(macros): remove mdn-data dependency #390
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Should be good once the dependency on the content PR for the new l10n file has landed. Tests run fine for me locally. |
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Maybe tests just run fine locally, because your cached |
…nd run it before the tests
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Kicked off test deployment: https://github.com/mdn/dex/actions/runs/20141208343 |
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Description
CSSInfomacroThis removes the dependency on mdn-data for the
{{cssinfo}}macro. Data now comes solely from the contents ofwebref/css, except for translations of the values. The latter are now in a new translation file, living incontent.This is about the Formal defintion blocks on the CSS reference pages. These show up potentially on CSS
propertiesand@-rule descriptors.The legacy mdn-data-sourced localizations contained md/html/macro-enhanced content at times, linking to the data via enumerations. These enumerations along with any localizations, are not available in webref/css. After discussion with the content team it was deemed to be more important to reflect the specs from webref/css properly than any markup-regression we will see with this new approach.
The keys (
inherited,animation type, …) are still translated as before, sourcing translations fromcontent/files/jsondata/L10n-Template.jsonValues are now translated from a new file in
content/files/jsondata/L10n-CSSFormalDefinition.json. All translated languages are missing currently and can be filled in later. The current file includes the en-US values copied straight from the key.CSS_refmacroThis macro used to be based on
mdn-data, with numerous dead links in the resulting list. Since content has shifted away from the Wiki-style "link first, create the page second" mantra, we now base this macro on the actual content in the file system. This is in line with another macro{{APIListAlpha}}that simply walks the file system. This obviously removes the dependency onmdn-dataMotivation
Getting rid of mdn-data and go directly to the source.
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This depends on mdn/content#42241 to land before deploying.
Fixes #369.