[csswg-drafts] [css-2024] The Current Work page is, well, not current (#9790)

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== [css-2024] The Current Work page is, well, not current ==
The snapshot has for some years contained the advice:

> A list of all CSS modules, stable and in-progress, and their statuses can be found at the [CSS Current Work page](https://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/current-work).

This isn't true. I'm not sure who if anyone maintains it (perhaps @bert-github ?) or if it is just some software that happens to keep running. But it certainly doesn't reflect all CSS modules and doesn't reflect current status.

Parts of that page appear to be maintained, perhaps automatically. For example the "What's New" part seems to have an automatic feed, and lists the 2023-12-19 CRD of Backgrounds and Borders 3 as the latest CSS /TR publication. The [official CSS /TR page](https://www.w3.org/TR/?filter-tr-name=&tags%5B%5D=css) agrees that this is the latest (and also lists some TTML specs, presumably because they reference CSS properties).

Other parts seem to be manually generated and are quite out of date. I certainly didn't check it all; I just happened to notice on a spot check that things were clearly not up to date.

To take an example, CSS Color Level 4  is listed in the "Testing" category, current status WD,Upcoming status WD. While the actual category (from the bikeshed source) is CRD, and the spec [went to CR Snapshot](https://www.w3.org/standards/history/css-color-4/) on 5 July 2022. The Current Work table also links to a [summary](https://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/specs#css-color-4):

> Color Module Level 4 extends [Color level 3.](https://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/specs#color) It defines various color notations, including RGB, HSL, hexadecimal, named colors, HWB, Lab, LCH and relative colors ('color-mod'). It defines the 'color' and 'opacity' properties. And it provides ways to work in color spaces other than the default sRGB.

> Editors: Tab Atkins Jr., Chris Lilley, L. David Baron

That summary isn't extracted from the current or earlier abstract, omits a bunch of things (Oklab, Oklch, color interpolation, gamut mapping, and so on) and the list of editors is out of date by 3 years.

CSS Color 5, on the other hand, is not listed at all despite [being first published in March 2020](https://www.w3.org/standards/history/css-color-5/).

Similarly CSS Fonts 4 is also not listed at all, despite [first publication in July 2017](https://www.w3.org/standards/history/css-fonts-4/).

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