Angular Animations version 4.4.2 represents a minor update to the animation library within the Angular framework, building upon the foundation laid by version 4.4.1. Both versions provide the necessary tools for developers to craft engaging and dynamic user interfaces through web animations. The core functionality remains consistent, offering features for creating transitions, state-based animations, and complex animation sequences. Underneath, both leverage the tslib library (version ^1.7.1) for TypeScript helper functions, highlighting a stable and consistent dependency.
A key difference lies in the peer dependency @angular/core. Version 4.4.2 requires @angular/core version 4.4.2, while version 4.4.1 requires @angular/core version 4.4.1. This indicates a synchronization with the core Angular framework, suggesting that developers upgrading to Angular 4.4.2 should also update their @angular/animations package to ensure compatibility and potentially benefit from bug fixes or performance enhancements within the animation module that align with the core framework. The release dates, a few days apart (September 18th for 4.4.2 versus September 15th for 4.4.1 in 2017), further suggest a bug fix or minor feature addition prompted the incremental update. Developers aiming for long-term stability within the Angular ecosystem should always prioritize alignment between the @angular/core version and related modules like @angular/animations.
The are not vulnerabilities for the version 4.4.2 of the package @angular/animations