From 1a954b915d834c57e1b7170cc9fcc9c05f1c535b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Michael[tm] Smith" Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2020 14:30:46 +0900 Subject: [PATCH] Add data guideline regarding constants See https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data/issues/7936#issuecomment-747390760 and https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data/issues/7585#issuecomment-739907251 --- docs/data-guidelines.md | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/data-guidelines.md b/docs/data-guidelines.md index 482ad4e916fd9f..dda3ee7fe45aa0 100644 --- a/docs/data-guidelines.md +++ b/docs/data-guidelines.md @@ -177,6 +177,12 @@ However, this guideline does not apply to features where the browser's expected This guideline was proposed in [#6906](https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data/issues/6906). +## Constants + +We don't include data for constants in BCD. The rationale for not including them is that they're not known to be a source of any compatibility issues. + +This guideline was proposed in [#7936](https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data/issues/7585), based in part on previous discussion in [#7585](https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data/issues/7585). + ## Release lines and backported features Use version numbers to reflect which _release line_ (major or minor but not patch-level releases) first supported a feature, rather than absolute version numbers.