Deprecating cssnext
Following my farewell to CSS, I am deprecating cssnext.
Just switch to postcss-preset-env.
Like I said in my farewell to CSS post, I don't use CSS directly anymore. And things have been this way for years now. I also have been tired of PostCSS (because I disagree with the vision and the directions taken by the project).
Beside the fact that I were not using CSS directly anymore, too many PostCSS releases meant that I had to update most of the PostCSS plugins underneath cssnext in order to adapt to the new or changed APIs. This was a very time consuming process. At the time being one of the most active PostCSS contributors, I wasn’t always warned about these API changes. This eventually motivated me to just stop contributing to this ecosystem, even if I created the PostCSS GitHub organization in the first place.
I tried. I gave 3 of the most active contributors in the cssnext/PostCSS ecosystem rights over the repo, but given everyone’s time and priorities, it wasn’t enough to ensure the project would be sufficiently maintained.
I also tried to ask for help via Twitter, but no response.
Then one active member of PostCSS organization made a fork (kind of) and it's probably better already than cssnext ever was. If you still want to use CSS, you should take a look at it.
That's not my type. I tried to maintain the package for a while, as the number of downloads prove that people are actually using it. But now that a solid alternative is around (postcss-preset-env), I think it's time to deprecate cssnext.
Migration should be pretty easy.
In short, just replace postcss-cssnext with postcss-preset-env and choose your stage.
If you want a sort of changelog, here is what you can expect
pixrem (generates pixel fallbacks for rem units)
postcss-calc (reduces calc, not really a polyfill)
postcss-color-function (color() is now color-mod())
postcss-color-rgba-fallback (IE8 fallback for alpha colors)
postcss-pseudoelements (IE8 fallback for : => :: pseudos)
postcss-color-mod-function (color() is now color-mod())
postcss-dir-pseudo-class (:dir(ltr) and :dir(rtl) directional selectors)
postcss-focus-visible (requires WICG focus-visible js polyfill)
postcss-focus-within (requires focus-within js polyfill)
postcss-logical (new margin-block, inset, etc. directional properties)
postcss-page-break (fallback break- properties with page-break- alias)
postcss-color-rgb (Stage 2)
postcss-custom-media (Stage 2)
postcss-custom-selectors (Stage 2)
postcss-nesting (Stage 1)
postcss-apply (Rejected as a standard)
You will find more accurate and up to date informations on this notice to cssnext users on postcss-preset-env repo
Hope this way you don't feel abandonned. This is better for you to upgrade and rely on a more mature database, with stages, or like me, stop using CSS directly.
