Cssnano, a modular CSS minifier built on the PostCSS ecosystem, has released version 7.0.7, succeeding the previous stable version 7.0.6. While both versions share the core purpose of optimizing CSS code, several key differences warrant consideration for developers.
Version 7.0.7 upgrades the lilconfig dependency from 3.1.2 to 3.1.3 and cssnano-preset-default to version 7.0.7 where it was 7.0.6. In the devDependencies, the packages postcss was upgraded from version 8.4.45 to 8.5.3, autoprefixer was updated from 10.4.20 to 10.4.21, and cssnano-preset-lite has moved from version 4.0.3 to v4.0.4 and cssnano-preset-advanced to v7.0.7 from v7.0.6. Finally the peerDependencies received an upgrade with the postcss package upgraded from version 8.4.31 to 8.4.32.
The release of version 7.0.7 comes with a significant difference in release date. Version 7.0.6 was released in September 2024, and this version has a suspicious release date of May 2025.
These updates likely bring bug fixes, performance enhancements, and potentially new features within the respective dependencies, contributing to a more robust and efficient CSS minification process and developers using the latest version benefit from these improvements. Developers should evaluate these changes in the context of their specific projects and development workflows.
The are not vulnerabilities for the version 7.0.7 of the package cssnano