Angular's @angular/platform-browser-dynamic package enables developers to use Angular within a web browser environment, leveraging Just-In-Time (JIT) compilation. Comparing versions 6.0.4 and 6.0.5 reveals subtle but potentially impactful differences. Both versions share core dependencies like tslib for TypeScript helper functions, ensuring compatibility with existing TypeScript codebases. Crucially, they also declare peer dependencies on @angular/core, @angular/common, @angular/compiler, and @angular/platform-browser, underlining their tight integration with other core Angular modules. Developers need to ensure they are using compatible versions of these peer dependencies (6.0.4 and 6.0.5 accordingly) to avoid runtime errors or unexpected behavior.
The key difference lies in the version numbers of these peer dependencies, with 6.0.5 requiring the latest version and 6.0.4 requiring the corresponding older version. The increment in version from 6.0.4 to 6.0.5 usually signifies bug fixes, performance improvements, or minor feature enhancements. The slight increase in unpacked size from 681,793 bytes in 6.0.4 to 681,862 bytes in 6.0.5 indirectly suggests that some changes have occurred in the new version, even small. Developers should consult the official Angular changelog or release notes to understand the specific changes included in version 6.0.5 as those are not described. From a practical perspective, upgrading from 6.0.4 to 6.0.5 should be relatively straightforward, assuming all peer dependencies are also updated to their respective 6.0.5 versions. The newer version was released around one week after the older version.
The are not vulnerabilities for the version 6.0.5 of the package @angular/platform-browser-dynamic